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- 13 Apr 2021
- Blog Post
2021 48th Annual H. Naylor Fitzhugh Conference Honors Black Women Leaders
and the first Black woman in 1969. That’s quite a gap. By highlighting Black women we’re hoping to celebrate their successes and push the school forward on its journey towards equality.” The opening keynote session was a candid... View Details
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DEC - Georges F. Doriot : Educating Leaders, Building Companies, Baker Library, Harvard Business School
Equipment Corporation (DEC) that would change the course of computer technology. DEC was the brainchild of Kenneth H. Olsen and Harlan Anderson. A US Navy veteran, Olsen was getting his master's degree at MIT and working with Anderson at... View Details
- 01 Dec 2008
- News
Lesson from the Fall
the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans. Lawyers for former CEO Jeffrey Skilling (MBA ’79) argued that his 2006 conviction on nineteen counts of fraud, conspiracy, insider trading, and lying to auditors — along with his 24-year prison sentence — should be... View Details
- 01 Apr 2002
- News
Student Conferences Spark Discussion, Promote Interaction
by HBSAAA volunteers in Atlanta and Boston, the initiative's pilot cities. "We hope this positive, hands-on approach to reading will extend the horizons and imaginations of our youth and will favourably impact their academic performance,"... View Details
- 01 Apr 1997
- News
HBS Conferences Explore Range of Issues
participants attended a variety of talks, panel discussions, and seminars, including sessions led by Professor James L. Heskett and Associate Professor Kathleen L. Valley. A highlight of the conference was the presentation of professional... View Details
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Archival Collections - Georges F. Doriot : Educating Leaders, Building Companies, Baker Library, Harvard Business School
the merger of ARD with Textron, Inc. Kenneth H. Olsen collection, 1940-2011 on permanent loan from Gordon College, Wenham, Massachusetts This collection documents the work of Ken Olsen, computer engineer, entrepreneur, and co-founder of... View Details
- 01 Jun 2007
- News
Up from the Ashes
very long trips, he preferred to go by rail. He did not board his first airplane until 1937, flying from an academic meeting in Chicago to Miami for a midwinter vacation. He wrote from Miami that he half-expected the plane to crash during... View Details
- 01 Sep 2020
- News
Road Work
sales below pre-COVID levels, a figure that tracks closely with figures represented by small-business owners overall; yet only one in five of Camino’s members has received some form of government relief. “Credit models have been turned... View Details
- 01 Dec 2008
- News
Back to the Future
evident, once again, last summer. The country was mired in the fifth year of a costly, bloody war in the Middle East, a conflict many believed was driven in part by a desire to secure access to Iraq’s petroleum reserves. “Black gold”... View Details
- 04 Oct 2016
- First Look
October 4, 2016
https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=51680 forthcoming Journal of Financial Economics What Do Measures of Real-Time Corporate Sales Tell Us About Earnings Surprises and Post-announcement Returns? By: Froot, Kenneth A., Namho... View Details
- 01 Mar 2008
- News
Classroom Legend
how to move a case discussion from one point to the next — are remembered often by the legions of MBA students, doctoral candidates, and faculty members Christensen taught during an HBS career that spanned half a century, from the 1940s... View Details
- 21 Dec 2022
- News
HBS Community Comes Together in Wake of Ukraine Invasion
offering assistance to academics whose work has been impacted by Russia's war on Ukraine. The program, founded in 2001, is dedicated to helping scholars, artists, writers, and public intellectuals from around the world escape persecution... View Details
- 01 Sep 2008
- News
The Levitt Brand
weeks (the man does not let up!), the students come to appreciate the intensity and rapid-fire humor of their teacher. Clearly, he cares. A lot. And by the end of the semester, something transformative has happened: They are better... View Details
- 08 Feb 2011
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 8
PublicationsProspects for the Professions in China Authors:William P. Alford, William Kirby, and Kenneth Winston, eds Publication:Routledge Studies on Civil Society in Asia. London: Routledge, 2010 Abstract Professionals are a growing... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Jun 2008
- News
The Prophet of Start-Ups
(HBS Press, 2008), by BusinessWeek editor Spencer E. Ante. What follows is an excerpt adapted from the book. Venture capital has existed in one form or another since the earliest days of commercial activity. The Spanish monarchy and... View Details
- 25 Aug 2022
- News
September 2022 Alumni and Faculty Books
Fact, Fiction, and Polygamy: A Tale of Utah War Intrigue, 1857–1858 ―A. G. Browne’s The Ward of the Three Guardians By William P. MacKinnon (MBA 1962) (Editor) and Kenneth L. Alford (Editor) University of... View Details
- 23 Dec 2008
- First Look
First Look: December 23, 2008
Examining mechanisms, we demonstrate that cognitive ability increases participation; however, and in contrast to previous research, financial literacy education does not affect decisions. We conclude by discussing how education may affect... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 19 Dec 2024
- News
The Musts of 2024
this year because I think it's so good. And the title is How to Know A Person by David Brooks. And his theme, which I thought was incredibly powerful, was that we all think we're really good at human connection, and we all suck. And he... View Details
- 01 Sep 2006
- News
Down the Memory Chute
Illustrations by Greg Clarke Recent alumni may not believe it, but there was a time when it was the Written Word — more so than cold calls or attacks of classroom amnesia — that struck fear in the hearts of HBS students. Every two weeks,... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 01 Oct 1996
- News
Lasting Impressions
15 moratorium that shut down universities across the country to protest the Vietnam War. That demonstration brought Harvard University economist John Kenneth Galbraith to the HBS campus for a speech against the war, followed View Details
Keywords: Deborah E. Blagg