Core Business - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Oct 1996
News

Leading In a New Era

1979. His current research focuses on the ways in which new organizational structures and management processes are changing the core roles and responsibilities of managers. His 1989 book, Managing Across Borders: The Transnational... View Details

Keywords: Nancy O. Perry

01 Jun 2019
News

City on a Hill

kitchen) “They were self-taught, and they were amazing. It really showed me the promise of the people of eastern Kentucky,” says Marietta, who later drew on the same talent pool to launch Mountain Tech Media, a digital marketing firm that provides design, branding, and... View Details

Keywords: Alexander Gelfand; photographed by Clay Cook

04 Jun 2007
Research & Ideas

Is Health Care Making You Better—or Dead?

book, Who Killed Health Care? We asked Herzlinger, the Nancy R. McPherson Professor of Business Administration Chair at the Harvard Business School, to discuss her latest work and her more than 30 years of... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Health

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Supplemental Financial Information | Annual Report 2024

Supplemental Financial Information Financial Overview Harvard Business School’s economic model is designed to support the School’s mission of educating leaders who make a difference in the world. Prudent management of financial resources... View Details

15 Nov 2018
News

Don’t Be Afraid of AI

One is a very scientific mission and the other is a commercial mission. On the scientific side, our objective is literally to reverse engineer the human neocortex. Figure out how the brain works. That is the core of who we are and why... View Details

Keywords: Computer Systems Design and Related Services; Professional Services

12 Dec 2018
News

Lesson Plan

their own academic goals. “I wrote my admission essay about my time at the Treasury, and the need for people who speak the languages of public service and finance,” she says. “I wanted to have credibility and background in both government and View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; photographed by Chris Sorensen

18 Aug 2021
News

Alumni on the Black Lives Matter Movement

million fund "for targeted programs, economic initiatives and community development projects." FEBRUARY 2 Robert Kraft (MBA 1965) recently donated $1 million to the New Commonwealth Racial Equity and Social Justice Fund (NCF), a Boston-based group of Black and Brown... View Details

01 Jun 1996
News

Keepers of the Flame

and systems, I'd lose the finance side." On the subject of finance, she emphasizes, "The bottom line is that the Olympics - especially when they're privately funded - are a big business in which you're trying to make a profit. Some people... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons

01 Mar 2004
Lessons from the Classroom

Mission to Mars: It Really Is Rocket Science

given this increases a project's cost and introduces additional technical risk. It is better for a program manager to coordinate the development and validation of these core infrastructural technologies, making sure that they fulfill the... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

01 Mar 2017
News

The Middle Way

canoes, dwellings, and totem poles. A road now bisects the hill and the coast, with a busy logging facility operating just off the water. Hulking yellow vehicles relocate felled trees around a dirt lot, navigating stacks of... View Details

Keywords: Dan Morrell; photos by Kamil Bialous

22 May 2020
Blog Post

Reflections on Service - Armed Forces Alumni Association Student Profiles

my life. I believe in the American experiment and want to continue to serve, whether in business or the public realm, to help make our country and world a little bit of a better place. But the core reason... View Details

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