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07 May 2008
Research & Ideas

The Intellectual History of Harvard Business School

high-impact ideas have been developed. What were a few key developments in the history of Harvard Business View Details

Keywords: by Richard S. Tedlow; Education

Article

The Future of Economic, Business, and Social History

By: G. Jones, Marco H.D. van Leeuwen and Stephen Broadberry

Three leading scholars in the fields of business, economic, and social history review the current state of these disciplines and reflect on their future trajectory. Geoffrey Jones reviews the development of business history since its birth at the Harvard Business... View Details

Keywords: Economic History; Business History; History; Asia; Africa; Europe; Latin America; North and Central America

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20 Jan 2003
Research & Ideas

Fixing Corporate Governance: A Roundtable Discussion at Harvard Business School

important in the U.S. system. There is extraordinary freedom for business and other actors to race ahead, while at the same time, a range of... View Details

Keywords: by Garry Emmons

September 2015
Supplement

Luca de Meo Speaks at Harvard Business School

By: Linda A. Hill

A video supplement to the HBS case study entitled "Luca de Meo at Volkswagen Group." De Meo, Member of the Board at Audi AG and the former Chief Marketing Officer of Volkswagen Group, speaks about leading innovation and the automotive industry. Recorded at Harvard... View Details

Keywords: Innovation; Innovation and Invention; Marketing; Leadership; Auto Industry; Germany

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June 2024
Article

Oral History and Business History in Emerging Markets

By: Geoffrey Jones

This article describes the motivation, structure and use of the Creating Emerging Markets (CEM) oral history-based project at the Harvard Business School. The project consists of lengthy interviews with business leaders from emerging markets. By June 2024 183... View Details

Keywords: Emerging Economies; Oral History; Emerging Markets; Business History; Research

06 Mar 2013
Research & Ideas

HBS Cases: Women MBAs at Harvard Business School

In 1962, the Harvard Business School faculty voted for women to be directly admitted to the two-year MBA Program for the first time. In September 1963, eight female students... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Education

24 Nov 2008
Research & Ideas

Harvard Business School Discusses Future of the MBA

Mintzberg, McGill University Despite these positive indicators, there are deep-rooted concerns about the "industry." For example, a number of well-respected academics have leveled withering... View Details

Keywords: by Roger Thompson & HBS Bulletin; Education

07 Mar 2013
Research & Ideas

Video: Harvard Business School at the Kumbh Mela

Kumbh in January to discover what such an undertaking can teach us about real estate, urbanization, sustainability, and infrastructure. In addition to the video and Q&A below, Macomber has written a first-person account about his... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Aisner; Construction; Real Estate

28 May 2014
Research & Ideas

Building Histories of Emerging Economies One Interview at a Time

The corporate histories of Apple, Coca-Cola, and Honda are well-documented stories that offer a window into the nuances of View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna

October 2003 (Revised February 2004)
Background Note

Introduction to the Large-Scale Investment (LSI) Course at Harvard Business School

By: Benjamin C. Esty

Introduces students to the Large-Scale Investment (LSI) course taught at Harvard Business School. LSI is a case-based course about project finance that is designed for second-year MBA students. The course is about project finance, which involves creation of a legally... View Details

Keywords: Value Creation; Project Finance; Investment; Projects

2007
Book

From Higher Aims to Hired Hands: The Social Transformation of American Business Schools and the Unfulfilled Promise of Management as a Profession

By: Rakesh Khurana

Is management a profession? Should it be? Can it be? This major work of social and intellectual history reveals how such questions have driven business education and shaped American management and society for more than a century. The book is also a call for reform.... View Details

Keywords: Social History; Business Education; Moral Sensibility; Profit; Leadership; Managerial Roles; United States

03 May 2004
Research & Ideas

Business History around the World

While many history departments of American universities prefer to keep business as a separate discipline, HBS View Details

Keywords: by Cynthia Churchwell

2019
Chapter

Pathways to Leadership: Black Graduates of Harvard Business School

By: Anthony J. Mayo and Laura Morgan Roberts

In chapter 3, “Pathways to Leadership,” Anthony J. Mayo and Laura Morgan Roberts present a portrait of the backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives of black alumni of the HBS MBA program. With this study, HBS has allowed itself to be exposed in a way that other... View Details

Keywords: Race And Ethnicity; Inclusion; Race; Diversity; Leadership

2019
Article

Reflections on 25 Years of Building Social Enterprise Education

By: James E. Austin and V. Kasturi Rangan

Purpose—This paper aims to reflect on 25 years of the Social Enterprise Initiative at the Harvard Business School, examining the processes and thinking involved at key stages of this pioneering Initiative’s implementation and... View Details

Keywords: Social Enterprise Initiative; Harvard Business School; Social Enterprise; Education; Programs

11 Jun 2024
In Practice

The Harvard Business School Faculty Summer Reader 2024

As the vacation season looms, Harvard Business School faculty members share recommendations for a little light reading. Spoiler alert: Lessons in Chemistry tops two of their beach-read lists. For those whose brains can’t—or won’t—turn off, HBS faculty also suggest some... View Details

Keywords: by Avery Forman

13 Aug 2001
Lessons from the Classroom

Parents’ Guide to Harvard Business School

experience to students' parents, Narayandas leads a mini-case study of Coca-Cola as it decides whether to deploy a new generation of interactive... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

16 Nov 2009
Research & Ideas

The Times Captures History of American Business

end of the 19th century, but it did not start out as a superstar paper or at head of the pack. Q: What overarching themes View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Journalism & News

16 Dec 2011
Research & Ideas

Reintroducing Intellectual Ambition to the Study of Business History

Healthcare, and Leadership. "The Initiative designation is meant to acknowledge a new phase of activity: one that we hope will engage the faculty, students, staff, and alumni in enhancing and extending... View Details

Keywords: by Geoffrey Jones & Walter Friedman

2013
Report

Competitiveness at a Crossroads: Finding of Harvard Business School's 2012 Survey on U.S. Competitiveness

By: Jan Rivkin, Michael E. Porter and Rosabeth M. Kanter

Harvard Business School gleaned responses from nearly 7,000 alumni and more than 1,000 members of the general public. The survey not only provides an updated view of the U.S. business environment, but also illuminates specific actions that business leaders and... View Details

Keywords: PK - 12 Education; U.S. Competitiveness; Competition; Education; Business and Community Relations; Business and Government Relations; United States