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  • January 2016 (Revised August 2019)
  • Case

From Preparatory Academy to National Flagship: The Evolution of Tsinghua University

By: William C. Kirby and Joycelyn W. Eby
Tsinghua University is one of the most prominent universities in China, and, increasingly, in the world. Its evolution to this position reflects the major developments in Chinese history—outward looking internationalism in the 1920s and 1930s, creative survival in the... View Details
Keywords: University Administration; University Curriculum; University Faculty; World-class Universities; Higher Education; History; Governance; Education Industry; China; Beijing
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  • 2022
  • Book

Empires of Ideas: Creating the Modern University from Germany to America to China

By: William C. Kirby
The modern university was born in Germany. In the twentieth century, the United States leapfrogged Germany to become the global leader in higher education. Will China challenge its position in the twenty-first?
Today American institutions dominate nearly every... View Details
Keywords: University; Higher Education; History; United States; Germany; China
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  • 2010
  • Book

Building World Class Universities in Asia

By: D. Quinn Mills
After discussing higher education's potential contribution to Asia's economic progress and the characteristics (and limitations) of a leading university, Professor Emeritus Daniel Quinn Mills lays out his recommendations for building a world-class university in Asia,... View Details
Keywords: Development Economics; Curriculum and Courses; Higher Education; Selection and Staffing; Research; Asia
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  • January 2011 (Revised February 2011)
  • Case

GLOBIS

By: Mukti Khaire, Akiko Kanno and Nobuo Sato
Yoshito Hori, dean of the Graduate School of Management, GLOBIS University, was planning to launch a full-time English MBA program in September 2012. GLOBIS University was already offering successful part-time MBA programs in English and Japanese. The full-time English... View Details
Keywords: Business Model; Business Education; Entrepreneurship; Leadership; Adaptation; Expansion; Education Industry; Japan
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  • 27 Oct 2014
  • Research & Ideas

The Coffee Economy That Bloomed Out of Nowhere

The Entrepreneurs Of The Soconusco A protégée of historian John Womack, Lurtz took an interest in Latin American economics while an undergrad at Harvard College. As a doctoral student at the University of Chicago, she spent more than a... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Food & Beverage; Agriculture & Agribusiness
  • 28 Apr 2011
  • Op-Ed

While Waiting for Japan’s Recovery, Let’s Enhance Supplier Competitiveness at Home

earthquake damage. They can take action now to ensure that America invests in growing our domestic stock of world-class suppliers. A national campaign to enhance supply-chain partnerships could also accelerate job creation. America needs... View Details
Keywords: by Rosabeth Moss Kanter
  • 30 Mar 2010
  • First Look

First Look: March 30

Daniel Kahneman, 217-247. New York: Oxford University Press, 2010. Abstract We test for whether, once "basic needs" are satisfied, there is happiness adaptation to further gains in income using three data sets. Individual German... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
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MBA

Entrepreneurship More than 50% of our graduates create ventures in a quest to change the world. Explore the vast ecosystem of entrepreneurship resources at HBS. Entrepreneurship at HBS What Difference Will You Make? More on Career Path Class Profile 45 % Women 275... View Details
  • 16 Apr 2013
  • First Look

First Look: April 16

  Publications 2006 Stanford University Press Wall Street Research: Past, Present, and Future By: Groysberg, Boris, and Paul M. Healy Abstract—Wall Street equity analysts provide research products and services on publicly traded companies... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
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PhD Programs - Doctoral

possess a business degree before joining the program The PhD in Business Economics provides students the opportunity to study in both Harvard’s world-class Economics Department and Harvard Business School. Throughout the program,... View Details
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Entrepreneurship

Resources Faculty & Research Our world-class Entrepreneurship faculty are the thought leaders with deep understanding of the startup experience necessary to test, launch, and scale new ventures. They author cases used in business schools... View Details
  • 12 Oct 2011
  • First Look

First Look: October 12

Author:Sophus A. Reinert Publication:Harvard University Press, 2011 An abstract is unavailable at this time. Publisher's Link: http://www.hup.harvard.edu/catalog.php?recid=31289 The Return Experience of Hedge Fund Investors Authors:Ilia... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
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Named Fellowship Funds - Alumni

investor at Coatue Management, a technology-sector hedge fund. Previously, he worked at Vector Capital Management LP in San Francisco and at Goldman Sachs International in London. Originally from Norway, Abrahamsen earned an undergraduate degree from the View Details
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Social Impact Collaboratory

Mission Statement Led by Harvard Business School Professor Shawn Cole (Finance), the HBS Social Impact Collaboratory is a research-led effort to advance the understanding and practice of impact investing by developing world-class... View Details
  • 31 Mar 2022
  • Op-Ed

Navigating the ‘Bermuda Triangle’ in Professional Services

the past two decades by following an approach its founder calls “the Walmartization of healthcare.” The hospital delivers world-class results for cardiac patients, provides an excellent work environment to its medical staff, and has... View Details
Keywords: by Ashish Nanda
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Events - Business History

currently face." The book "draws illuminating comparisons to the trajectories of three Chinese contenders: Tsinghua University, Nanjing University, and the University of Hong Kong, which aim to be View Details
  • 05 Feb 2008
  • First Look

First Look: February 5, 2008

Companies have always found it hard to balance pressing operational concerns with long-term strategic priorities. The tension is critical: World-class processes won't lead to success without the right strategic direction, and the best... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 01 Jun 2013
  • News

Building a Better Brazil

Lemann Foundation have proposed to improve the quality of Brazilian education at all levels," said Lemann Foundation CEO Denis Mizne. "This gift is in harmony with that strategy, which aims to develop programs in a wide variety of subjects to enable Brazilian students... View Details
Keywords: Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments; Finance; Paper Manufacturing; Manufacturing
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Wyss House | About

Programs, Wyss House (formerly Sherman Hall) was renovated in 2006 and rededicated to honor a visionary entrepreneur and generous supporter of Harvard University and higher education. The three-story Georgian Revival–style, stucco... View Details
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Why HBS? - Doctoral

Why HBS? Why HBS? Rigorous academic research that influences practice Faculty & Research Harvard Business School faculty are world-class scholars who have had an impact on organizations and economies on every continent. Doctoral students... View Details