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About - Business History
About History has played a vital role at Harvard Business School since the School’s founding. The School’s first Dean, Edwin F. Gay, was an economic historian. In “The Rhythm of History” (1923), Gay wrote, “The self-centered, active... View Details
- 09 Oct 2020
- Blog Post
4 Things To Know About the MS/MBA Biotech
a wide range of science electives to choose from. I am particularly interested in bioethics and regenerative biology, so I plan to take courses from those subsections of science electives. 4. The professors are incredibly impressive and... View Details
- 01 Oct 2021
- News
Fueling the Faculty Pipeline
private equity,” he says. Learning through the case method taught him how to analyze industries, recognize patterns, and make decisions with imperfect information, all skills he has used since he graduated, including at First Boston; at... View Details
- 20 Dec 2010
- Research & Ideas
Panama Canal: Troubled History, Astounding Turnaround
professor Noel Maurer and economic historian Carlos Yu discuss the canal's complicated economic and political history—including the first proposals dating back to 1529, the massive cost overruns associated with digging the canal in the... View Details
- 09 Nov 2016
- Op-Ed
6 Lessons from Donald Trump's Winning Marketing Manual
promising to recreate it as the better tomorrow. The word "Again" is no accidental addition to the Make America Great slogan. Remember the famous Kellogg's Corn Flakes campaign to recover lost consumers: “Try Us Again for the View Details
Keywords: by John A. Quelch
- 12 Mar 2021
- News
My Favorite Case
1977) MORE A century after the introduction of the first case to Harvard Business School, the case method remains the cornerstone of the educational experience. But it is also clear, from the scores of stories submitted here, that certain... View Details
- 01 Oct 2001
- Research & Ideas
Organizing the Family-Run Business
As described in the first article in this series, the "Three-circle" family business system is composed of three overlapping subsystems: those employed in the business, the shareholders, and members of the family that has a... View Details
- 10 Nov 2015
- Blog Post
Using an MBA for a Career Change
supposed to keep “trying on” different jobs and companies for the rest of our careers. 2. Making a career change isn’t just a one-step choice that you make. Rather, a career change is a series of trying different things “on for size” in hopes of getting one step... View Details
- 01 Dec 2019
- News
Bridging the Gap
brought an extra white shirt for the afternoon; the first would be gray by the time they got back to the office. A manufacturing hub for everything from Buster Brown socks to Chris-Craft boats—with plenty of steel and coal foundries to... View Details
- 18 Nov 2022
- HBS Case
What Does It Take to Safeguard a Legacy in Asset Management?
in a business environment awakening to equity and inclusion. One of the first Black portfolio managers, Eddie Brown, founded the eponymous firm in 1983. It was only the second Black-founded investment firm in the US. Its performance in... View Details
- 20 Apr 2021
- Book
A Simple Question That Can Guide Companies to Epic Success
but it's not going to create the kind of value that ultimately gets translated into financial success. Kost: In the first line of your book, you say that strategy is simple. Why is that such a provocative statement? Oberholzer-Gee:... View Details
Keywords: by Danielle Kost
- Web
50 Years of Women in MBA
04 SEP 2012 Harvard Business School Class of 2014: First Impressions 14 JAN 2013 NEW YORK TIMES A Generation Gap? Not on This Web site Re: Halsey Schroeder (MBA ’11) 11 DEC 2012 HBS BULLETIN The Accidental... View Details
- 28 Sep 2020
- Research & Ideas
How Leaders Can Navigate Politicized Conversations and Inspire Collaboration
to structure a series of studies to figure out first what politically correct and incorrect language is, and then how it affects people’s perspectives of speakers in conversation. The results were shared in the study, Tell It Like It Is:... View Details
Keywords: by Kristen Senz
- 10 Mar 2021
- Research & Ideas
Key to Doing Your Best at Work? Be Yourself
reflection. “Let’s identify where you think your greatness is before we actually bring that out.” But then also redefining your expectations. Are you first impacting your own way of thinking by telling yourself, “I don’t see any gay women... View Details
Keywords: by Christina Pazzanese, Harvard Gazette
- 26 Jun 2013
- News
How a Trivial Pursuit Became a Significant Case
Bob Reiss Photo courtesy of Bob Reiss It was 1983, and Bob Reiss (MBA 1956) was looking for a new game to play. A Brooklyn native and former basketball star at Columbia University who had become a successful entrepreneur in the toy-and-game industry, Reiss was View Details
- 04 Oct 2021
- What Do You Think?
How Do We Make Sure the Right People End Up with Power in Organizations?
including one I prepared about the New York Police Department. At NYPD, in his first stint as Police Commissioner, Bill Bratton led massive changes in nearly every aspect of the department, including the focus of the city’s policing, the... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- Profile
Peter Gumulia
not his central passion. In college, Peter interned at a supply chain company where he helped a large retailer build its first distribution center dedicated to e-commerce. “I enjoyed the process,” he says. “I learned a lot about warehouse... View Details
- 01 Aug 2001
- News
Richard B. Fisher (MBA '62)
knowledge base." At HBS, Professor Warren A. Law's corporate finance course solidified Fisher's interest in the field, and a summer internship at Morgan Stanley whet the Baker Scholar's appetite to return as an associate after graduation. The firm's exacting standards... View Details
- 11 Mar 2024
- News
In Harmony
Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Hi, my name is Julia Hanna; I’m an associate editor at the HBS Alumni Bulletin. Last November I flew to Seoul, South Korea to interview Michael Kim (MBA 1990) of MBK Partners. Often referred to as one of... View Details
- 07 Nov 2012
- HBS Case
HBS Cases: Sir Alex Ferguson--Managing Manchester United
the heart of his long-run success” Ferguson's career indeed is an impressive feat. Look around for leading executives in any industry who have managed to succeed with the same firm at the highest levels for nearly three decades.... View Details