Alumni - Publications - Faculty & Research

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

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

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

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

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

29 Aug 2011
Research & Ideas

Decoding Insider Information and Other Secrets of Old School Chums

situations as well.” The decision to study alumni connections was borne of the professors' personal school ties: both received their PhDs in finance from the University of Chicago. In 2007, each landed a position in the Finance Unit at... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Financial Services

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

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

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

22 Apr 2020
Research Event

How Investors Are Sizing Up Climate Change’s Risks—and Opportunities

Professors Ramana Nanda, co-director of the HBS Private Capital Project, Michael Toffel, faculty chair of the HBS Business and Environment Initiative (BEI), and George Serafeim, who leads the HBS Impact Weighted Accounts Project, co-chaired the conference. Organized by... View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost; Financial Services

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 May 2008
Research & Ideas

Global Change in the Built Environment

leadership of the real estate industry around the world. I also was able to share what we are trying to teach in our real estate MBA curriculum and get feedback on what we now teach or might teach in the future. Several alumni proposed... View Details

Keywords: by Arthur Segel; Construction; Real Estate

29 May 2001
Research & Ideas

Howard Stevenson on the Lessons of the Internet Era

landscape presents a world of possibility. "We're seeing a world that will open up opportunities in ways unimagined," Stevenson told alumni at the HBS 2001 Global Alumni Conference. In a lively... 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

09 Sep 2013
Lessons from the Classroom

Teaching Climate Change to Skeptics

A few years ago, Joseph B. Lassiter traveled to San Francisco, Houston, and New York to hold discussions with Harvard alumni on the topic of business and the environment. Each time, he surveyed the audience about the touchy subject of... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

29 May 2006
Research & Ideas

Why CEOs Are Not Plug-and-Play

experiences of General Electric alumni who went to new companies. Among the findings: "Even gifted executives with the best and most admired management training don't necessarily make star CEOs," the authors report. This excerpt... View Details

Keywords: by Boris Groysberg, Andrew N. McLean & Nitin Nohria; Employment

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

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