HBS News Releases: 2009
Harvard Business School Appoints Nobuo Sato Executive Director Of Japan Research Center In Tokyo
BOSTON-October 6, 2009 -Harvard Business School (HBS) has named Nobuo Sato executive director of its Japan Research Center (JRC) in Tokyo. A graduate of Keio University and Harvard Business School (MBA 1982), the former banker and executive recruiter officially assumed his duties in August.
Harvard Business School Launches First Program For Global Energy Executives
Boston-September 23, 2009-Harvard Business School (HBS) today announced a four-day executive education program focused on the geopolitical transitions and market influences affecting the energy industry and its leaders. Against the backdrop of transformational changes in the energy sector, the Global Energy Seminar, to be held from December 6-9, will examine recent trends, innovations, and dynamic forces that impact how energy is produced and distributed.
Harvard Business School Program To Help Media Executives Identify Growth Opportunities In Rapidly Changing Industry
Boston - September 21, 2009 - Harvard Business School (HBS) today announced plans to offer its executive education program for media executives, Effective Strategies for Media Companies, in California this year. The program, slated to begin in December, will address the major issues facing media and entertainment companies and bring together senior media executives from across sectors in an interactive discussion about technology, strategy and innovation in the industry.
Harvard Business School Launches Programs
For Real Estate Executives
Boston, September 21, 2009-Harvard Business School (HBS) today announced a suite of executive education programs for leaders in the real estate industry. The programs will review the current market downturn, the speed of the recovery and opportunities for the future. As distressed-debt deals soar and opinions vary on when home prices will bottom out, these HBS programs seek to engage both real estate investors and real estate executives. Program topics range from organizing investment funds and recognizing developing investment opportunities in the changing marketplace to design and construction best practices.
Four Entrepreneurs Take Up Residence at Harvard Business School
BOSTON Sept. 8, 2009 - Each year, Harvard Business School invites entrepreneurs to become part of its community by serving as an Entrepreneur-in-Residence. This program is sponsored by the Arthur Rock Center for Entrepreneurship, which offers a range of resources and programs for students interested in pursuing an entrepreneurial career. The Entrepreneur-in-Residence program exemplifies the School's commitment to infusing the MBA curriculum with an entrepreneurial point of view. The program asks accomplished entrepreneurs to commit to either a semester or full academic year, depending on their schedule, of working with faculty and students.
Harvard Business School Professor Emeritus Louis "By" Barnes Dies at 81
BOSTON, Aug. 31, 2009 -- Retired Harvard Business School Professor Louis B. "By" Barnes, an expert on organizational behavior, family-owned businesses, and teaching by the case method, died on August 22 at the Eastern Maine Medical Center in Bangor from complications from kidney failure. He was 81 years old. A member of the HBS faculty for more than 40 years, at the time of his death he was the School's John D. Black Professor Emeritus.
Executives Sharpen Their Nonprofit Strategy at HBS Executive Education Program
BOSTON, Aug. 10, 2009 -- More than 150 nonprofit leaders from 18 countries assembled at Harvard Business School in July for the week-long Strategic Perspectives in Nonprofit Management (SPNM) program - one of the School's most popular Executive Education offerings. Launched in 1995, SPNM enables leaders in the nonprofit sector to take a step back from their day-to-day operations, reflect on their organization's mission, and develop new strategic frameworks and implementation plans.
Harvard Business School Announces New Life Sciences Fellows
BOSTON, July 30, 2009 -- Three Ph.D.s, three medical students, a urologist, an expert in cardiac rhythm and disease management, an authority on vaccine development and manufacturing, and a consultant to Fortune 200 companies. These ten people now have one more thing in common besides their high level of talent and accomplishment. They have all recently been named recipients of Robert S. Kaplan Life Sciences Fellowships at Harvard Business School as they prepare to enter the School's MBA program in September.
Richard Bohmer Unites Medicine and Management to Prescribe New Design for Health Care Delivery
BOSTON, July 30, 2009 -- In the face of mounting health care costs, declining quality of care, and an explosion of need, nations around the world are debating how to "fix" their health care systems. Most common solutions have focused on how to fund and reimburse health care, but physician and Harvard Business School senior lecturer Richard Bohmer argues that this focus misses an important piece of the problem. Rather than solely determining how to better fund health care, we must also understand the fundamental nature of care and ask how we could better design, manage, and deliver it.
Harvard Business School Historian Thomas McCraw Wins Lifetime Achievement Award
BOSTON, July 22, 2009 -- Thomas K. McCraw, the Isidor Straus Professor of Business History Emeritus at Harvard Business School, is the 2009 recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Business History Conference (BHC), an international organization devoted to encouraging all aspects of research, writing, and teaching in the field of business history.
Summer Venture in Management Program (SVMP) Introduces Students to Management Education
BOSTON, July 20, 2009 -- What's it like to go to Harvard Business School (HBS)? More than 60 students from a wide variety of colleges-all of them about to enter their senior year - recently found out by participating in the HBS Summer Venture in Management Program (SVMP).
Abigail Falik Chosen as Harvard Business School Social Entrepreneurship Fellow
BOSTON, July 20, 2009 - Harvard Business School has named Abigail Falik (MBA 2008) the 2009-2010 HBS Social Entrepreneurship Fellow. Falik is founder and CEO of Global Citizen Year (GCY), a nonprofit organization that is building a movement of diverse American high school graduates who will become global change agents in the fight against poverty.
Professor Emeritus Jesse W. Markham Dead at 93
BOSTON, July 8, 2009 -- Former Harvard Business School Professor Jesse W. Markham, an economist whose work focused on price theory and industrial organization, died peacefully, in his sleep, on June 21 in Nashua, New Hampshire, at an assisted-living home. He was 93.
Harvard Business School Alumni Zheng Huang and Marc Sternberg Named White House Fellows
BOSTON, July 6, 2009 -- Harvard Business School graduates Zheng Huang (MBA 2005) and Marc Sternberg (MBA 2000) are among the 15 chosen to serve as White House Fellows for 2009-2010. Since 1964, over 600 outstanding American men and women have participated in the White House Fellows program, each chosen because of their extraordinary leadership ability and service to others.
HBS Faculty Comment on the Health Care Reform Bill
BOSTON, July 6, 2009 -- A collection of opinions by Harvard Business School faculty on the Health Care Reform Bill
Harvard Business School Offers Custom Program for Multicultural Executives
BOSTON, July 1, 2009 --One of the additions to Harvard Business School's portfolio of custom Executive Education offerings is making news. An article in today's Boston Globe [Link] focuses on an intensive one-week program called Next Generation Executive (NGE) [link], developed in coordination with The Partnership, Inc., [link] a Boston-based firm focusing on the development of multicultural professionals of color. The program took place on the HBS campus last week.
Harvard Business School Announces New Program on Managing Healthcare Delivery
BOSTON - June 30, 2009 - Harvard Business School (HBS) today announced plans to offer a new Executive Education program for healthcare professionals called Managing Healthcare Delivery. The program, scheduled to begin in October, will be led by Richard Bohmer, MD, a faculty member at Harvard Business School-and author of Designing Care: Aligning the Nature and Management of Health Care.
Harvard Business School Celebrates 99th Commencement
BOSTON, June 4, 2009 -- The sun shone brightly this afternoon on candidates for master's and doctoral degrees as Harvard Business School held its 99th Commencement exercises on the green in front of Baker Library/Bloomberg Center. At a ceremony presided over by Dean Jay Light, 886 students received their MBAs, while 6 were awarded doctorates in business administration. In addition, in conjunction with the Harvard Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, 12 earned Ph. D. degrees - 7 in business economics, 2 in organizational behavior, 2 in information technology and management, and 1 in science, technology, and management.
JP Morgan Chase's Jamie Dimon Addresses HBS Students on Class Day
BOSTON, June 4, 2009 -- Jamie Dimon (MBA 1982), chairman and CEO of JP Morgan Chase, who has been listed by the Financial Times as one of the leaders most likely to lead the world out of the financial crisis, offered wide-ranging words of wisdom and advice yesterday to members of the Harvard Business School MBA Class of 2009 at Class Day exercises on the HBS campus. Also attending were family members, friends, and other guests of the almost 900 graduating students.
Harvard Business School Students Prepare to Enter the Job Market
BOSTON, June 4, 2009 - This year's Harvard Business School graduates will step into a job market they did not anticipate two years ago when submitting their application to the MBA program. Because of the economic crisis, the landscape for MBAs has changed significantly and with that, so have employment opportunities.
HBS Faculty Comment on the General Motors Bankruptcy
BOSTON, June 1, 2009 - A collection of opinions by Harvard Business School faculty on the General Motors situation.
Four Harvard Business School Doctoral Candidates Honored for Innovative Research
BOSTON, May 27, 2009 - This year, the Harvard Business School Doctoral Programs has awarded three Wyss Awards for Excellence in Doctoral Research and one Martin Award for Excellence in Business Economics. These monetary prizes are presented annually to outstanding students engaged in innovative dissertation research.
Graduating Students Honored for Service to the School and Society
BOSTON, May 26, 2009 - Six members of the Harvard Business School MBA Class of 2009 have been named winners of the School's prestigious Dean's Award. The recipients, who will be recognized by HBS Dean Jay Light at Commencement ceremonies on June 4th on the HBS campus, are Andrew Goldin, Garrett Smith, and the team of Rye Barcott, Alex Ellis, Neil Wagle, and Kate Wattson.
Harvard Business School Hosts Annual Faculty Research Symposium
BOSTON, May 21, 2009 - Harvard Business School faculty continuously address big research questions that cut across multiple disciplines and geographical regions, and the work showcased at this year's Faculty Research Symposium was no exception. Topics at the today's event in Hawes Hall on the HBS campus ranged from entrepreneurship and innovation to corporate lending and overseas investments. The Symposium is designed to highlight faculty research and course development accomplishments, share knowledge, and strengthen the School's sense of intellectual community.
Harvard Business School to Accept Either GRE® or GMAT® Scores
BOSTON, May 19, 2009 - MBA hopefuls applying to the Harvard Business School MBA Program may now choose to submit test scores from either the GMAT (Graduate Management Admissions Test®) or the GRE (Graduate Record Examination®). The change, which takes effect with those applying for admission to the MBA Class of 2012, strives to make the application process accessible to candidates from a broad array of academic backgrounds and interests as they consider their postgraduate options.
Harvard Business School Professor Emeritus Milton Brown Dies at 90
BOSTON, May 5, 2009 -- Harvard Business School Professor Emeritus Milton P. Brown, an expert in retailing and marketing who for almost half a century influenced thousands of MBA students and executives through his skills as an extraordinarily talented teacher, died on April 25 at the Ridge at Riverwoods, a retirement community in Exeter, New Hampshire. He was 90 years old. "Milt Brown had an almost magical ability to engage students and get them involved in meaningful discussions about important issues in a case study," said Walter J. Salmon, the Stanley Roth, Sr., Professor of Retailing Emeritus at Harvard Business School.
Harvard Business School Holds 13th Annual Business Plan Contest
BOSTON, April 28, 2009 -- In a series of lively presentations yesterday in Burden Auditorium, teams of students presented their ideas and dreams for entrepreneurial success at the final round of Harvard Business School's 13th annual Business Plan Contest. A record 93 teams entered the contest when it officially began in January. Over time, panels of judges from fields such as venture capital, consulting, law, accounting, life sciences, and high technology reduced the field to the eight semifinalists who competed on Monday - four in the traditional for-profit track and four in the social enterprise track, which focuses creating social value and may include nonprofit, for-profit, or hybrid business plans.
Past Business Plan Contest Winners Pave the Way for 2009 Participants
BOSTON, April 27, 2009 -- Participants in this afternoon's 13th annual Harvard Business School Business Plan Contest don't have to look back very far for inspiration. Last year's winner in the Social Enterprise track, Diagnostic-For-All (DFA), won kudos for a revolutionary, inexpensive product designed to diagnose certain common diseases in developing countries. Patients simply put their fingertip on a specially treated piece of paper. DFA scored another coup when it went on to capture first place in MIT's $100K Entrepreneurship Competition as well.
Harvard University Secures New Source of Funding
for International Graduate and Professional Students
BOSTON, April 15, 2009 - Harvard University and the Harvard University Employees Credit Union today announced a partnership that will make Credit Union loans available to international graduate and professional students. This is the second time in two months that the University has secured a new source of funding after major lenders withdrew from the market for international student loans late last year.
Jamie Dimon to Deliver Keynote at 2009 Harvard Business School Class Day
BOSTON, April 6, 2009 - Harvard Business School has announced that James Dimon, chairman and chief executive officer of JPMorgan Chase & Co., will be the School's 2009 Class Day keynote speaker. Hailed by the Financial Times in March as one of the 50 People Who Will Frame the Way Forward out of the financial crisis, Dimon graduated from HBS in 1982 with high distinction as a Baker Scholar - an honor bestowed on the top five percent of each graduating MBA class. He became chairman of the board of JP Morgan Chase on December 31, 2006, and has been the firm's CEO and president since December 31, 2005. He had been president and chief operating officer since JPMorgan Chase's merger with Bank One Corporation in July 2004.
Professor James Austin Wins Social Entrepreneurship Award
BOSTON, April 1, 2009 - James E. Austin, the Eliot I. Snider and Family Professor of Business Administration Emeritus at Harvard Business School, has been named a winner of a 2008 Faculty Pioneer Award in Social Entrepreneurship by Ashoka, the world's largest network of social entrepreneurs, and the Aspen Institute, which equips business leaders for the 21st century with the vision and knowledge to integrate corporate profitability and social value.
New Book Looks at the Life of a CIO
BOSTON, April 1, 2009 - The day-to-day challenges faced by the average chief information officer (CIO) are not usually the stuff of drama. But they are the essence of The Adventures of an IT Leader (Harvard Business Press), a new book by Harvard Business School Associate Professor Robert Austin, Professor Emeritus Richard Nolan, and their colleague Shannon O'Donnell. Enter Jim Barton, the new CIO of a fictional business called IVK Corporation. Barton and IVK are the creation of the authors - and his story provides a practical yet entertaining look at the issues facing an IT leader.
Professor Michael Porter Hosts Mayor of Jerusalem at Harvard Business School
BOSTON, March 31, 2009 - Michael E. Porter, the world's premier authority on the competitiveness of companies, countries, and regions, recently hosted a roundtable discussion with the mayor of Jerusalem, Nir Barkat, and a group of notable Bostonians from business, academia, and medicine to discuss the economic development of Jerusalem, at once Israel's most famous and poorest city. The discussion took place on the HBS campus at the Institute for Strategy and Competitiveness, which Porter heads. Dr. Yagil Weinberg, an expert on business strategy and development and founder of Axes Partners, a global consulting firm, helped host the event.
Harvard Business School's Agribusiness Program Coming To India
BOSTON - March 26, 2009 - Harvard Business School (HBS) today announced plans to offer its industry-leading Agribusiness Seminar: An Asian Offering executive education program in India. The program, which will be held in Mumbai in May 2009, will bring together a diverse set of agribusiness executives from across the globe.
Harvard Business School Selects Inaugural Recipient of Social Entrepreneurship Fellowship
BOSTON, March 25, 2009 - Elizabeth Scharpf (MBA 2007) has been named the first Harvard Business School Social Entrepreneurship Fellow for her work in launching Sustainable Health Enterprises (SHE). SHE is a platform for starting businesses that use innovative, market-based approaches to tackle socio-economic and public health problems in developing countries. Scharpf started SHE in late 2007 based on the belief that charitable efforts alone are not enough to address the breadth and complexity of socio-economic and health problems that exist in developing countries.
Harvard Business School to Accept Either GRE® or GMAT® Scores for 2+2 ProgramTM
BOSTON, Mar 18, 2009 - College juniors applying to the Harvard Business School (HBS) 2+2 program can now choose to submit test scores from either the GMAT (Graduate Management Admissions Test®) or the GRE (Graduate Record Examination®).
Historical Collections Exhibit Examines Role of Primary Source Materials in Scholarly Research
BOSTON, Mar 13, 2009 - Harvard Business School Knowledge and Library Services announces the opening of a new exhibit, "Primary Sources: Contemporary Research in Baker Library Historical Collections." Organized by Baker Library Historical Collections, the exhibit runs through September 11, 2009, in the North Lobby of the Baker Library | Bloomberg Center on the HBS campus.
HBS Hosts Colloquium on Alternative Business Models for Professional Service Firms
BOSTON, Feb 26, 2009 - Harvard Business School's Leadership Initiative recently hosted "Alternative Business Models for Professional Service Firms," a colloquium aimed to begin a thoughtful, productive, and provocative dialogue on this topic. The colloquium took place on February 11th and 12th, and approximately 8o participants gathered at HBS to network and generate ideas. Co-chaired by Senior Lecturer Robert Eccles, Assistant Professor Heidi K. Gardner, and Professor Leslie Perlow, the event included plenary sessions and discussion groups focused on providing practical insights and defining a research agenda.
Harvard Business School Professor Emeritus Martin V. Marshall Dies at 86
BOSTON, Feb. 20, 2009 -Harvard Business School Professor Emeritus Martin V. Marshall, a driving force in the development of the School's Owner/President Management Program (OPM) for entrepreneurs and a marketing and advertising expert whose practice-oriented approach to teaching and course development left a lasting impact on countless Harvard MBA students and business leaders, died on Feb. 16 in Napa, California. He was 86 years old.
Clayton Christensen Writes a Prescription for Health Care Reform
BOSTON, Feb 9, 2009 - The U.S. health care system is in critical condition. Each year, fewer Americans can afford health care, fewer businesses can provide it, and fewer government programs can promise it for future generations. Harvard Business School Professor Clayton Christensen - author of the pioneering bestseller The Innovator's Dilemma, now offers his diagnosis of this acute problem in his new book, The Innovator's Prescription: A Disruptive Solution for Health Care (McGraw Hill).
Women's Student Association Hosts Annual Dynamic Women in Business Conference
BOSTON, Feb 4, 2009 - The Harvard Business School Women's Student Association held its 18th annual Dynamic Women in Business Conference on Saturday, January24th, drawing together more than 500 women, including students from Harvard University and other Boston schools, HBS alumnae and faculty, distinguished business leaders, and community members. One of the biggest conferences held on the Harvard Business School campus, the event explored the opportunities and challenges women face in today's business world.
Social Enterprise Conference Named to Forbes.com's Top 12 Executive Conferences for 2009
BOSTON, Feb. 3, 2009 - The 10th Annual Social Enterprise Conference, presented jointly by the Social Enterprise Club of Harvard Business School and the Harvard Kennedy School, has been named one of Forbes.com's Top Executive Gatherings for 2009 - alongside several other major international conferences including the World Economic Forum and the Clinton Global Initiative Annual Meeting.
Harvard Business School Students Immersed in Experiential Learning
BOSTON, Jan. 21, 2009 - Traditionally, the phrase "winter break" denotes relaxation - a rest for the mind between the semesters of a school year. Yet for some Harvard Business School (HBS) students, this year's break involved stimulating field work in locations such as Israel, Mexico, and New Orleans. More than 320 first- and second- year Harvard MBA students participated in this year's Immersion Experience Program (IXP), which maximizes participant-centered learning by integrating HBS's distinctive case method of instruction with field-based learning. Each IXP group is anchored by the expertise of one or more faculty members who develop the program content and lead the various activities.
Harvard Professor Robert C. Merton to Receive MIT's Muh Award
BOSTON, Jan 8, 2009 -- Robert C. Merton, Harvard's John and Natty McArthur University Professor based at Harvard Business School and winner of the 1997 Alfred Nobel Memorial Prize in the Economic Sciences, has been selected as the recipient of the Robert A. Muh Award. The honor is given annually by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences to an MIT graduate who has made significant contributions to these fields.
Harvard Business Review Names Adi Ignatius as Editor-in-Chief
BOSTON, January 6, 2009 - Adi Ignatius, the Deputy Managing Editor of TIME magazine, has been named Editor-in-Chief of Harvard Business Review (www.hbr.org). During his 12 years with TIME, Mr. Ignatius has covered business and international issues, served as Editor of TIME Asia, and most recently managed TIME's special editions, including the Person of the Year and TIME 100 franchises.
Thomas Tierney (MBA 1980) Named Chair of HBS Social Enterprise Initiative Advisory Board
BOSTON, January 5, 2009 - The Harvard Business School Social Enterprise Initiative (SEI) announced today that Thomas J. Tierney (MBA 1980), chairman and co-founder of the Bridgespan Group, will succeed John C. Whitehead (MBA 1947) as chair of the SEI Advisory Board. Tierney is a widely recognized leader in the nonprofit sector, and since cofounding the Bridgespan Group in 1999, he has focused on bringing leading-edge strategies and tools to the challenges and opportunities facing nonprofit organizations and philanthropy. As chair of the SEI Advisory Board, Tierney will work with the SEI leadership team to develop strategies to advance the work of the Initiative, maintain and build upon connections with the field of practice, and ensure that SEI continues to operate at and advance the frontiers of knowledge in the private, non-profit and public sectors in applying management skills to create social value.
