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01 Dec 2018
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Adapting to Meet Changing Needs

Sciences (SEAS), and the Faculty of Arts and Sciences debuted the Harvard Business Analytics Program (HBAP), an online certificate offering for executives focused on quantitative analysis and data science. A few months later, the first... View Details

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Tessa Vacher-Desvernais

analytics, but truly appreciate aesthetics. I’m very conscious of my inner tension between analytical and creative thinking.” Following her mathematical and sciences baccalaureate, she pursued liberal arts at an all-girl military boarding... View Details

Keywords: Retail/Hospitality; Financial Services

01 Apr 1999
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WSA Conference Focuses on Reaching Goals

out to get the audience to believe that homemaking and gardening are an art form, not drudgery." Stewart and Patrick have worked to bring their vision of style to an even wider audience, as their newest venture with strategic partner... View Details

Keywords: Eileen K. McCluskey

04 May 2007
What Do You Think?

How Do Managers Think?

key success factor—like with doctors (is) management's willingness to hear as input in their decision processes." Alberto Souto said, "Both medicine and management are socio-technologies plus art . There is still a lot of... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett

28 Nov 2018
Blog Post

Making the Switch from Finance to Fitness

Being a young Nigerian female on a highly quantitative desk was already unconventional, but I was also joining the firm with an untraditional background as a liberal arts major with previous experiences in media. Nevertheless, I was still... View Details

Keywords: Entertainment / Media / Sports

16 Jan 2018
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Celebrating the Impact of Nonprofits

arts programming. To boost fundraising for the SPNM program, Panoff says the club has established the F. Steele III and Patricia H. Blackall Scholarship—named for the late F. Steele Blackall (MBA 1949), a club member who played a key role... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

13 Jul 2017
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Making Friends with Mother Nature

In 2006, the entire region celebrated the opening of the Wild Center, a 54,000-square-foot, interactive museum experience. The center includes live wildlife exhibits, a movie theater, an art studio, a large system of trails, and... View Details

Keywords: Ralph Ranalli

17 Aug 2015
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The Play Alchemist

As a student at Harvard College, Matthews continued her experimentation, signing up for a class called Affecting Change through Art and Science. “I took the course because people said, ‘You can create cool stuff and they give you money to... View Details

Keywords: Constantine von Hoffman

31 Oct 2023
Blog Post

Climate Change Pioneers in the Class of 1978

MJ quit ‘paid employment’ in 2003. After a successful careers in private industry and the federal government, she is now focused on philanthropy and personal enrichment. MJ founded and funded her Veverka Family Foundation, served on several non-profit boards that... View Details

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Native American Heritage Month | Baker Library

physical exhibition) explores representations of Native Americans in the popular imagination through a selection of advertising trade cards, currency, illustrations, and sculpture from Baker Library Special Collections and the HBS Art and... View Details

01 Mar 2017
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The Inside Story of the New American Writers Museum

fundraise the vision into reality. Six years later, the American Writers Museum will open in late spring at 180 North Michigan Avenue in Chicago, with Hammer serving as treasurer. “I had been chair of Washington Performing Arts but knew... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna

01 Oct 1997
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Patricia ("Tosh") Rapoport Barron

early-stage arthritis would prevent her from pursuing an artistic career. Barron put away her leotards and applied to HBS, thinking she might have a future in arts administration. "I was lucky that the School had the imagination to admit... View Details

Keywords: Nancy O. Perry

01 Jun 2004
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Teaching and Learning Center Established, Honors Christensen’s Legacy

Many HBS faculty members make it look easy. But anyone who has ever tried to lead a discussion among eighty students will quickly realize that case-method teaching is an art. It is an art that requires a tremendous amount of training,... View Details

Keywords: C. Roland Christensen; Chris Christensen; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

25 Feb 2020
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Teachable Moments

book to articulate the nuts and bolts of what goes into creating an environment for this transformation to occur.” As seen in these excerpts from DeLong’s new book, teaching—whether the milieu is the classroom or a conference room—is a delicate balancing act, requiring... View Details

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Dafna Bearson

remains uncharted territory,” Dafna explains. “I have the opportunity to pursue actionable research impacting real phenomena we read about in the news every day, and to contribute to state of the art knowledge about issues that matter for... View Details

08 Sep 2015
Blog Post

On the Road: HBS Midwest Tour

Circus. Finally, Minneapolis definitely has a “hip” vibe you feel the minute you get off the airplane. I love the focus on the outdoors, the easy-living feeling of the city and what seemed to be a thriving arts and theatre scene. I wish... View Details

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Introduction - Georges F. Doriot : Educating Leaders, Building Companies, Baker Library, Harvard Business School

establishing the first Master of Business Administration program in Europe by helping establish the Institut Européen d’Administration des Affaires. Doriot learned the art of bringing science and industry together in World War II, where... View Details

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The Campus Emerges - A Concrete Symbol: The Building of Harvard Business School 1908-1927 – Baker Library | Bloomberg Center, Historical Collections

on May 14, 1927 featured a military procession and drew large crowds along the banks of the river. Construction View, East Dormitories, June 1926 Hegeman-Harris Company, the contractors hired to construct the HBS campus, broke ground on June 2, 1925. Harvard’s... View Details

20 May 2020
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Keeping Families Connected

like Mattel, Baby Einstein, and Sesame Street, as well as up-and-coming indie authors that expose children to new cultures, characters, and stories. Caribu also builds its own content. For example, users can visit a museum together through virtual collections of View Details

01 Dec 2016
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Inside Modern HR

go head-to-head with other corporate functions to bring more analytical rigor to talent decision-making. For example, we can look at our hiring data over the last five years and correlate a college major or a previous workplace against performance review results. The... View Details