Publications

08 Dec 2023
Video

MENARC: Research & More

15 Jul 2020
Blog Post

From Teacher to Student: The Important Ways HBS Professors Showed Me How to Lead

Before coming to Harvard Business School, I spent four years working in the education sector, designing learning experiences that I hoped would be powerful and transformational for my students. It was... View Details

Teaching Interest

Overview

By: Kevin P. Mohan

Kevin teaches Negotiations and Deals in the MBA curriculum and in several Executive Education offerings. View Details

Keywords: Negotiation

04 Dec 2012
News

Use Street Strategy to Build New Ventures

06 Mar 2012
News

America's industrial policy

July 2, 2020
Article

How to Build a Life: A College Degree Is No Guarantee of a Good Life

By: Arthur C. Brooks

Higher education is often described as an investment. But it’s still unclear if it pays off in happiness. View Details

Keywords: Higher Education; Happiness

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Video

Hope Electronics

2004
Teaching Note

Learning to Manage with Data in Duval County Public Schools: Lake Shore Middle School (A) and (B) Case Series, Teaching Note

By: Allen Grossman, James P. Honan and Caroline Joan King

Keywords: Middle School Education; Management Skills; Florida

September 2003 (Revised May 2004)
Case

New Partnership for Africa's Development, The

By: Laura Alfaro, Debora L. Spar and Cate Reavis

In a world context of international institutions such as the World Trade Organization and the International Monetary Fund and their interaction with developing countries, this case looks at an African development initiative to address its own problems: The New Economic... View Details

Keywords: Development Economics; Developing Countries and Economies; International Finance; Investment; Poverty; Africa

Boris Groysberg is a professor of business administration in the Organizational Behavior unit at the Harvard Business School. Currently, he teaches courses on talent management and leadership in the school's MBA and Executive Education programs. He has won numerous... View Details

Keywords: asset management; banking; brokerage; information technology industry; investment banking industry; professional services

October 2007 (Revised March 2008)
Case

First National Bank's Golden Opportunity

By: Shawn A. Cole, Peter Tufano, Daniel Schneider and Daryl Collins

Executives at First National Bank in South Africa are considering whether to launch a potentially exciting, but rather unorthodox, new savings product. Instead of paying interest, this product gives depositors the chance to win large cash prizes each month. Michael... View Details

Keywords: Decision Choices and Conditions; Banks and Banking; Investment; Innovation and Invention; Product Launch; Demand and Consumers; Banking Industry; South Africa

Dec 18 2013
Testimonial

Preparing Tomorrow's Leaders

Shawn A. Cole

Shawn Cole is the John G. McLean Professor in the Finance Unit at Harvard Business School, where he teaches and conducts research on financial services, impact investing, and Social Enterprise. He serves as faculty chair of the Social Enterprise... View Details

Keywords: banking; financial services; microfinance

11 Nov 2015
Book

Alex Ferguson's Lessons on Leading

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Sports

04 Nov 2019
Video

Patrick Chalhoub

Patrick Chalhoub, CEO of Dubai-based luxury retailer Chalhoub, describes his group's commitment to improving education in the region.

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December 2005 (Revised March 2006)
Background Note

Advanced Competitive Strategy, Notes for Educators: 1. An Overview of the Course

By: Jan W. Rivkin

Captures for educators the concepts, tools, and practice conveyed to students in the Harvard Business School elective course Advanced Competitive Strategy: Integrating the Enterprise. Intended to hone students as integrators. View Details

Keywords: Business Education; Practice; Competitive Strategy; Integration; Education Industry

08 Oct 2020
News

Marlous van Waijenburg Appointed AAAS Affiliate Faculty

April 2025
Case

Techint: Strategic Choices for Community Impact

By: Lauren Cohen, Virak Prum, Kenneth Charman, Pedro Levindo and Mariana Cal

In early 2024 Erika Bienek, Chief Community Relations Officer at Techint, had to decide whether to invest in a new company-owned and operated technical school in Veracruz, Mexico, or invest instead in strengthening the city’s public education system. Techint, a global... View Details

Keywords: Technical Institutes; Community Relations; Social Impact; Argentina; Mexico; Brazil; Conglomerate; Stakeholder Management; Government And Business; Community Impact; Philanthropy; Business Conglomerates; Business Subsidiaries; Business Headquarters; Family Business; Decision Making; Private Sector; Public Sector; Education; Curriculum and Courses; Middle School Education; Secondary Education; Teaching; Training; Learning; Energy; Engineering; Construction; Values and Beliefs; Geography; Global Range; Local Range; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Globalized Firms and Management; Government Legislation; Recruitment; Innovation and Invention; Disruptive Innovation; Knowledge; Resource Allocation; Industry Clusters; Infrastructure; Family Ownership; Philanthropy and Charitable Giving; Business and Community Relations; Business and Stakeholder Relations; Business and Government Relations; Creativity; Reputation; Social and Collaborative Networks; Civil Society or Community; Social Issues; Poverty; Strategy; Education Industry; Education Industry; Education Industry; Education Industry; Education Industry; Education Industry; Europe; Italy; Latin America; North and Central America; Mexico; North America; United States; South America; Argentina; Buenos Aires; Brazil