Tag: HBS

  • Nation & World

    Innovation, persisting

    The New Venture Competition features entrepreneurs adapting to challenging times.

    5 minutes
    Harvard Business School.
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    Connection as an answer to turmoil

    The Dalai Lama said that personal connections are the right response to the world’s turmoil, even amid COVID-19.

    4 minutes
    Dalai Lama's residence.
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    Bloomberg extols ‘moral leadership’ at Business School

    Former New York City mayor and philanthropist Michael Bloomberg invokes integrity in the service of country and capitalism during Class Day at Harvard’s 368th Commencement.

    4 minutes
    Michael R. Bloomberg speaks at Class Day at Harvard Business School
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    The sound of celebration

    Bells around Harvard and the City of Cambridge will ring for 15 minutes starting at the 11:45 conclusion of the University’s 368th Commencement.

    3 minutes
    Bells in Lowell House
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    Problem-solving techniques take on new twist

    When solving problems, both groups in which members never interacted and groups whose members constantly interacted provided expected results. The surprising outcome came from groups whose members collaborated intermittently.

    4 minutes
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    Harvard HUBweek programs return

    This October, Harvard hosts events during the third annual HUBweek festival.

    6 minutes
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    Another year on the cutting edge

    The festival will begin Oct. 10 and feature symposia, lectures, and interactive events examining a wide range of topics.

    4 minutes
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    The year ahead for Rakesh Khurana

    Danoff Dean of Harvard College Rakesh Khurana sat down with the Gazette to outline his goals for the year ahead, including the implementation of Harvard’s new single-gender organization policy, efforts to strengthen inclusion and investments in more social spaces across campus, and his life as a faculty dean of Cabot House with his wife, Stephanie.

    15 minutes
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    A dream, ‘quietly imagined,’ come true

    Rakesh Khurana became dean of Harvard College on July 1. On his first official day on the job, he reflected on the College’s power to transform undergraduates, and as a result to change society for the better.

    4 minutes
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    Three ways to innovate in a stagnant environment

    Harvard Business School Professor Rosabeth Moss Kanter discusses innovation, advanced leadership, and how to make change in an inflexible organization in “The Business,” an HBS podcast series.

    1 minute
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    The power of ‘thanks’

    In “Sidetracked: Why Our Decisions Get Derailed, and How We Can Stick to the Plan,” Francesca Gino, an associate professor at Harvard Business School, explores a range of fascinating subjects, including how emotions influence decisions and the often-thorny matter of understanding the perspectives of others. Blending social science and real-world examples, Gino’s book also highlights…

    3 minutes
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    Taking a moment to give thanks

    Faculty of Arts and Sciences administrators and staff gathered this week to thank co-workers and colleagues for their professionalism and thoughtfulness — and to reach out to those less fortunate in the community.

    3 minutes
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    Funding success, and finding it

    Four years ago, Harvard’s Office of Technology Development launched its Accelerator Fund, a $10 million revolving account to be used as a bridge across the “valley” between creation and development. The fund is proving to be just such a bridge.

    6 minutes
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    Chandler memorial service upcoming

    A memorial service for Alfred D. Chandler Jr., the Isidor Straus Professor of Business History Emeritus at Harvard Business School, will be held at the Memorial Church in Harvard Yard on Oct. 19. Chandler died May 9, 2007, at the age of 88.

    1 minute
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    Newsmakers

    Khoshbins named interim Currier House masters Shah and Laura Khoshbin were recently named interim masters of Currier House for the 2007-08 academic year.

    3 minutes
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    Seven HBS students honored for their service to School, society

    Seven members of the Harvard Business School M.B.A. Class of 2007 will take home more than the coveted diploma they are receiving today from HBS Dean Jay O. Light. Anthony D’Avella, Sachin Jain, José Antonio Morán, Jean-Philippe “JP” Odunlami, John Serafini, Heather Thompson, and Arturo Weiss Pick are winners of the School’s prestigious Dean’s Award.

    12 minutes