Alumni - Publications - Faculty & Research

12 Jul 2020
Research & Ideas

Solving COVID'S Mental Health Crisis

who need them, especially among vulnerable populations. Racial inequities, laid bare by the pandemic, and social unrest provoked by recent police killings have escalated tensions. In the course of writing Problem Solving: HBS Alumni... View Details

Keywords: by Howard Stevenson and Shirley Spence; Health

08 Jul 2008
First Look

First Look: July 8, 2008

http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=208090 Healthcare and Harvard Business School Alumni in 2008 Harvard Business School Case 808-044 This case chronicles the role that Harvard Business School View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

08 Nov 2024
Op-Ed

How Private Investors Can Help Solve Africa's Climate Crisis

Africa and attended an alumni event focused on climate adaptation and urban economic development. This is what we learned: Adaptation finance is real. People we talked to from organizations like the Global Green Growth Institute, African... View Details

Keywords: by John Macomber; Green Technology; Energy

05 Feb 2001
What Do You Think?

Do MBA Programs Face “The Innovator’s Dilemma”?

students." In his words, this behavior should characterize well-respected programs. He asks, "Isn't 'adapting to change' almost a synonym for learning?" Little attention was given to the influence of alumni in shaping... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

31 Jul 2014
Research & Ideas

A Scholarly Crowd Explores Crowdsourcing

When Clayton Christensen and Derek van Bever prepared to write The Capitalist's Dilemma for the June issue of Harvard Business Review, they took an approach rarely tried on the same scale: They outsourced it with 150 Harvard Business School View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

13 Jun 2016
Lessons from the Classroom

That's Classic: Modern-Day Business Lessons from Ancient Rome

ethical issues. It’s extraordinary. Related Reading: Why Leaders Need Great Books Teaching The Moral Leader Machiavelli, Morals, and You This article first appeared in the HBS Alumni Bulletin. View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna

19 May 2008
Research & Ideas

Connecting School Ties and Stock Recommendations

particularly meaningful, but rather school ties in general. Did these schools have especially active alumni affairs organizations, or were perhaps these ties assumed to be self-made among former students? A: We can definitely say that the... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Financial Services

04 Jun 2001
Research & Ideas

RealNetworks, CNET, and Judo Strategy

Commerce and Strategy panel at the 2001 Global Alumni Conference. He told alumni that fighting against a larger, stronger rival means not playing the game that your opponents want you to play. "Instead,... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Aisner

04 Jun 2001
Research & Ideas

Why dot.coms Will Rise Again

In separate sessions at the 2001 Global Alumni Conference, HBS professors McFarlan (HBS MBA '61 and DBA '65) and Dorothy A. Leonard dissected the dot.com disaster and found much worth salvaging. In fact, they insisted, the Internet... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

28 Aug 2012
First Look

First Look: August 28

F. Baird Leslie A. Perlow and Thomas J. DeLongHarvard Business School Supplement 403-086 Presents profiles written by six members of the HBS Class of 1976 from the 10th and 20th reunions. The six alumni represent a cross section of the... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

07 Mar 2000
Research & Ideas

Putting Health Care Consumers in the Driver’s Seat

available to their workers. The conference's agenda alternated between small breakout sessions that brought together participants from different industry areas and large group discussions where all attendees could compare notes. The breakout sessions were facilitated... View Details

Keywords: by Staff; Health

07 Sep 2007
What Do You Think?

Are Elite Business Schools Fostering the Deprofessionalization of Management?

management by building more value in their alumni networks than in their curricula and teaching. 2) Business school curricula, if not always their teaching, reflect the demands of the market. This is or is not appropriate, but not... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett

10 Mar 2008
Research & Ideas

Encouraging Entrepreneurs: Lessons for Government Policy

of businesses so that he could study the outcome. "That's truly how to find out what does and does not work in a given environment," he says. Julia Hanna is associate editor of the HBS Alumni Bulletin. View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna

24 Jul 2000
Research & Ideas

Global Brands: Connecting With Consumers Across Boundaries

panelists at a Global Alumni Conference session addressing the topic "Global Brands: Connecting with Consumers across Boundaries," chaired by HBS associate professor Nancy F. Koehn, a business historian and author of the... View Details

Keywords: by James E. Aisner

24 Jul 2000
Research & Ideas

Something Ventured, Something Gained: A European View of Venture Capital

Venture capital is a tale of two continents, HBS professor Josh Lerner (coauthor of the book The Venture Capital Cycle) explained in his opening remarks at a Global Alumni Conference panel titled "European Private Equity: Can the... View Details

Keywords: by James E. Aisner; Financial Services

29 Apr 2013
Research & Ideas

Diagnosing the ‘Flutie Effect’ on College Marketing

so—intercollegiate sporting events generated an estimated $2 billion in revenue and $1 billion in profit in 2010. Winning programs prosper in diverse ways including ticket and product sales, alumni donations, and TV contracts. Chung is... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Education; Advertising; Sports

29 May 2001
Research & Ideas

Genomics: Can We Start Making Money Now?

drugs, and will they be less expensive?' My answer is, 'I don't know, and probably not.' Lechleiter was one of several panelists to discuss, "Breaking the Genetic Code: The Business of Life Science in the 21st Century" at the 2001 Global View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

10 Jul 2000
Research & Ideas

IT Links for Boundaryless Companies

David Upton's Alumni Conference report on the state of information technology for business-to-business began with a lesson in technology history because, said the HBS professor, "understanding doesn't come easy without an... View Details

Keywords: by Kenneth Liss

13 Oct 2011
Lessons from the Classroom

Building a Business in the Context of a Life

that may come simply from feeling in control of their own destiny, Kraus says. About half of HBS alumni report that they have started a business at some point. However, the other half chose different paths. Kraus says the course helps... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Education

14 Oct 2013
Research & Ideas

Blockbuster! Why Star Power Works

Review article with legendary soccer coach Sir Alex Ferguson, on his team management and leadership lessons. (It was so well received that it deserves a sequel!) But I am mostly very hard at work on the release of Blockbusters—it's my first book, so everything is... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Entertainment & Recreation

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