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- 01 Mar 2012
- News
Cracks in the Foundation
months ahead as they and other HBS faculty travel to a number of cities to meet with alumni, as well as government, labor, and other business leaders, to disseminate ideas and catalyze local actions around competitiveness. "Our alumni bring enormous capacity and... View Details
- 01 Jun 2010
- News
The MBA at a Crossroads
with Datar and Garvin, I couldn’t help but wonder what lasting impact Rethinking the MBA might have. Judging from the deans’ reception, the budding reform process described in the book is only just beginning. Roger View Details
- 01 Dec 2004
- News
Marquis Jet Takes Off
projected to top $240 million, Allard says that the business has far exceeded expectations. Success, he admits, now looks deceptively easy. Allard knows better: “It’s the hardest thing that I’ve ever done.” — ROGER View Details
- 01 Sep 2004
- News
Home Sweet (Modular) Home
welcomes projects from any builder, Stuntz explains. Despite the company’s rocky road thus far, he remains firmly committed to Greentech’s unique vision. Says Stuntz: “It’s a juggling act — trying to stay true to the original concept, while making adjustments for... View Details
- 01 Mar 2011
- News
The Path to Economic Revival
Management Unit. For many years, people like Bob Hayes, Kim Clark, and Steven Wheelwright were arguing that manufacturing mattered to competitiveness. So what Willy and I are saying today is a continuation of a core theme taught here for twenty years. And we plan to... View Details
- 01 Sep 2008
- News
The MBA Turns 100
Six months before Harvard Business School officially opened in October 1908, the School had no classrooms, no faculty, and no curriculum. But its proponents had a Big Idea: Create a professional school designed to train managers for a rapidly industrializing economy,... View Details
- 01 Sep 2003
- News
Mark Fuller
Fuller Photo courtesy Monitor Group While many HBS grads hanker for a plum job with a major consulting firm, Mark B. Fuller started his own. He made the leap from HBS assistant professor to cofounder and CEO of the Monitor Group in 1982. Since then, the firm has grown... View Details
- 29 Jan 2010
- News
Back to Glass-Steagall?
President Obama shocked Wall Street recently with his proposal to cut down to size too-big-to-fail banks by imposing new rules to separate commercial and investment activities. Specifically, Obama would prohibit banks that take customers deposits from owning, investing... View Details
- 28 Jan 2011
- News
HBS Faculty Approves Curriculum Innovation
With overwhelming support, the HBS faculty in mid-January approved the most significant changes to the MBA program in decades, affecting both the Required and the Elective curricula. Beginning next fall, first-year students will take a yearlong Field Immersion... View Details
- 01 Sep 2005
- News
London Forum Highlights the Best of HBS
performance by the English National Ballet Company of Tchaikovsky’s Romeo & Juliet at the Royal Albert Hall. It seemed fitting that the last collective act of the alumni and guests gathered for the 2005 GLF was a thunderous round of applause. The forum, like the ballet... View Details
- 01 Dec 2003
- News
An Authentic Leader
the leading business school in the world, to develop the character, the values, and the leadership of its students. Everyone has to develop as a leader. No one is born a leader. You have to develop yourself. Leadership development is a process. — View Details
- 01 Mar 2011
- News
Where the Jobs Are
too late to reverse course (see article). Despite their dire warnings, Pisano and Shih haven’t given up on a second act for American manufacturing. And for good reason. The can-do mentality that has pulled the nation through tough times in the past is alive and well... View Details
- 01 Mar 2008
- News
One-on-One with Jim Breyer
Breyer Illustration by John Cuneo In a year when the highest percentage of HBS graduates ever went to Wall Street, Jim Breyer (MBA ’87) headed west to join an upstart venture capital firm called Accel Partners. He figured he’d stay a couple of years and then maybe... View Details
- 01 Dec 2005
- News
Trillion-Dollar Fixer-Upper
The commercial real estate business was in a shambles fifteen years ago, but just look at it now. After a complete rehab, the industry has become the darling of investors eager for alternatives to lackluster stocks and bonds. But will the good times last? Illustration... View Details
- 01 Mar 2006
- News
The Little Ice-Cream Company That Could
Rogers In a self-indulgent moment in his late 20s, Gary Rogers (MBA ’68) bought a Porsche, a flashy status symbol befitting his standing at the time as a well-paid McKinsey consultant. It turned out to be... View Details
- 01 Sep 2005
- News
Making History, Starting Over
At age 26, Ronald Cohen (MBA ’69) planted the seed of a great idea in inhospitable British soil. With three HBS classmates, he cofounded a consulting firm to advise entrepreneurial businesses. Admittedly, it was a risk. Entrepreneurship wasn’t exactly a household word... View Details
- 02 Jul 2008
- News
No Pulp Fiction Allowed
With vacation season upon us, it's time to consider what good read to pack before heading out to your favorite beach or resort. I have the perfect antidote for all those mindless pulp fiction novels that fly off the shelves this time of year: two books on what's wrong... View Details
- 28 Jun 2011
- News
Beyond Case Writing
Sometimes big ideas start with small experiments. That’s been the experience of HBS associate professor Nava Ashraf, whose experimental approach to research in developing countries has produced insights that have influenced government policies. Ashraf, an economist by... View Details
- 01 Dec 2004
- News
One-on-One with William H. Donaldson
Donaldson Illustration by Joe Ciardiello When William Donaldson (MBA ’58) was sworn in as the 27th chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 18, 2003, Wall Street and the commission itself were in turmoil. A wave of corporate scandals that started... View Details
- 21 Feb 2012
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Sustainability Is Good Business
The recent uproar over the Sierra Club’s acceptance of $26 million in undisclosed donations from an energy company prompted some environmentalists to warn against “sleeping with the enemy.” This sort of us-against-them rhetoric is all too common when it comes to... View Details