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- 01 Jun 2013
- News
A Case For Fellowships
LEOPOLD At HBS we often say that fellowships are the lifeblood of the School. During my 20-plus years serving on the MBA Admissions Board—and the last 7 as its director—I have witnessed firsthand the truth of that statement. Fellowships, which are funded by gifts from... View Details
- 10 Jan 2012
- News
The Tender Taxman
- 14 May 2012
- Research & Ideas
Breaking the Smartphone Addiction
world's most elite and demanding professional service firms—The Boston Consulting Group (BCG)—could work together to ensure that they each could truly disconnect from work for a scheduled unit of time each... View Details
Keywords: by Leslie A. Perlow
- 01 Sep 2011
- News
Faculty Research Online
HBS Cases: KFC’s Explosive Growth in China In China, Yum! Brands is opening a KFC store every day. But this is not the KFC known in America. A recent case study written by Professor David Bell and Agribusiness Program director Mary Shelman (MBA ’87) reveals how the... View Details
- 01 Sep 2011
- News
Every Gift Counts
Class of 1961 Smashing the 50th Reunion participation record and their own dollar goal, the class raised an impressive $11.8 million, with 77 percent of the class contributing. Reunion Gift Cochairs Frank Klapperich and Warren McFarlan, Participation Chair Roger Hauck,... View Details
- 01 Sep 2011
- News
Faculty Learn Firsthand about Chinese Business
Related Links More faculty takeaways on the IXP Read about the Harvard Center Shanghai View upcoming executive programs in China Find HBS Alumni Clubs in China MBA students aren’t the only ones honing their global knowledge by traveling abroad. In June, a dozen HBS... View Details
- 01 Mar 2012
- News
School’s Financial Picture Brighter than Expected
HBS finished fiscal year 2011 with a stronger financial performance than expected despite the lingering effects of the recent recession. Revenue for the year July 1, 2010, to June 30, 2011, exceeded the budget by nearly 9 percent, totaling $509 million, according to... View Details
- 01 Mar 2012
- News
New Fund Supports FIELD Module 3
HBS has received a $1 million commitment from the DS Foundation MBA Program Innovation Fund to help underwrite the costs of ongoing MBA curriculum innovation. The fund will be used to cover expenses first-year student teams incur while preparing to launch... View Details
- 01 Mar 2012
- News
I-Lab Hosts Start-Up Weekend Scramble
Already a well-used venue, the Harvard Innovation Lab has been the site for a full schedule of panels, workshops, and seminars since its opening last fall. In early November, the i-lab hosted its first Start-Up Weekend Scramble, an event designed to let aspiring... View Details
- 01 Sep 2012
- News
Joint Venture
In this issue of the Bulletin, our focus is on HBS’s “intellectual ambition.” Since its founding in 1908, the School has been committed to creating and disseminating intellectual capital that will help define, strengthen, and improve business, organizations, and... View Details
- 01 Sep 2012
- News
Reunion Magic
Dean Nitin Nohria Professor Tom DeLong Photos by Tom Fitzsimmons and Neal Hamberg Spring 2012 Reunion Photo Galleries Spring reunions are always a big event on campus, and the 2012 edition, held May 31–June 3, was bigger than most. An all-time record was set with 3,399... View Details
- 01 Sep 2012
- News
Supporting our Exceptional Faculty
Bell In recruiting candidates for HBS faculty positions over the years, one of the many qualities I’ve looked for is what I call “boundless interest,” a passion for not just business but for inquiry as well. Our exceptional faculty — over 220 strong — create knowledge... View Details
- 01 Dec 2008
- News
Strategy is About People
Jay Light played a number of key roles in McArthur’s Deanship. (He also served as first lieutenant to Kim Clark, who directly succeeded McArthur as Dean; when Clark assumed the presidency of Brigham Young University–Idaho, Light was his logical successor.) Looking back... View Details
- 01 Mar 2008
- News
Conference Examines Intersection of Medicine and Business
With a focus on cutting-edge ideas shaping global health care, the HBS Health Industry Alumni Association drew some 300 participants to its annual three-day conference in early November, held for the first time on the Harvard Medical School campus. The conference,... View Details
- 01 Mar 2009
- News
Faculty Responds to Financial Crisis
Global Failures Create a “Lodestar” for HBS Research and Teaching From new cases to new courses and research projects, the HBS faculty’s response to the global financial crisis has been “quite extraordinary,” says Professor Joe Badaracco, chair of the MBA Program. Many... View Details
- 01 Mar 2009
- News
Social Entrepreneurship Fellowship
Recent HBS graduates who are launching social enterprises — nonprofit, for-profit, or hybrid organizations — may apply for a new $25,000 fellowship. The Social Entrepreneurship Fellowship will select one recipient each year based on a competitive process. The... View Details
- 01 Sep 2009
- News
Class Day, Commencement Mark New Beginning for Newest Alumni
Class Day speaker Jamie Dimon (MBA ’82) Photos by Stuart Cahill Overcast skies, but no stormy washout: That bad news/good news scenario for last June’s Class Day ceremonies seemed to reflect the uncertain economy awaiting the School’s nearly 900 freshly minted MBAs.... View Details
- 01 Jun 2001
- News
Fellowship Donors and Recipients Honored
Over three hundred fellowship donors and recipients were honored in early April at a dinner on campus at the new Spangler Center. Dean Kim B. Clark, who hosted the event, told the assembled guests that they are a vital part of the School’s legacy of investment in... View Details
- 01 Dec 2006
- News
Entrepreneurial Unit Travels to China
While China’s Communist Party still controls the country’s political machinery, the nation’s booming economy is increasingly in the hands of savvy entrepreneurs, with an estimated 70 percent of the nation’s GDP now produced by the private sector. To get an up-close... View Details
- 01 Dec 2006
- News
Orientation Teamwork
FIRE AWAY: Each Learning Team built a catapult that was intended egg at a target 25 feet away without breaking the payload. PHOTO BY STUART CAHILL It may have looked like all fun and games, but the MBA Class of 2008 orientation in late August had a serious purpose —... View Details