HBS News Releases: 2010
Professor Josh Lerner Wins Major Entrepreneurship Prize
BOSTON, Feb. 8, 2010 -- Harvard Business School (HBS) professor Josh Lerner has been named the 2010 winner of the Global Award for Entrepreneurship, widely regarded as the world's most prestigious prize in entrepreneurship research. The annual award was established in 1996 by the Swedish Entrepreneurship Forum, the Swedish Agency for Economic and Regional Growth, and Sweden's Research Institute of Industrial Economics. Lerner will formally receive the award and deliver a lecture at a ceremony in Stockholm in May.
Harvard Business School Faculty on the New Apple Tablet
BOSTON, Jan. 27, 2010 - Excitement mounts as Apple CEO Steve Jobs prepares to unveil the company's newest product - its version of the tablet. Four Harvard Business School professors offer their thoughts on this long-awaited and buzz-filled debut.
Harvard Business School Launches January Term Program
BOSTON, Jan. 13, 2010 - Harvard Business School (HBS) is enhancing its MBA curriculum by offering a range of intensive seminars, independent opportunities, and an expanded Immersion Experience Program (IXP) during a new January Term between the fall and winter semesters. HBS is among the first Harvard schools to pilot the new term at the University in conjunction with Harvard's move to a common calendar this academic year. January Term offerings are open to first- and second-year HBS MBA students.
Professor Emeritus Michael C. Jensen receives Morgan Stanley-American Finance Association Award
BOSTON, Jan. 5, 2010- Michael C. Jensen, the Jesse Isidor Straus Professor of Business Administration Emeritus at Harvard Business School, has received the 2009 Morgan Stanley-American Finance Association (AFA) Award for Excellence in Financial Economics. According to Jeremy Stein, the Moise Y. Safra Professor of Economics at Harvard University, who chaired the AFA Selection Committee, Jensen's "research on agency theory, organizational design, and incentives has helped to define the modern paradigm for how both academics and practitioners think about many of the most fundamental issues in corporate finance, corporate governance, and law and economics, to name just a few of the fields that have been shaped by his thinking."
