November 2012

• 30 Nov 2012

  HBS Professor Al Roth Named Fellow of American Association for the Advancement of Science

  BOSTON—Harvard Business School Professor Alvin E. Roth, winner of the 2012 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences, has been named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). Election as an AAAS Fellow is an honor bestowed upon AAAS members by their peers. Read more.

• 30 Nov 2012

  Five Doctoral Candidates Receive Research Awards

  BOSTON—The Harvard Business School Doctoral Programs, under the direction of Kahners-Rabb Professor of Business Administration Kathleen L. McGinn, have presented three Wyss Awards for Excellence in Doctoral Research and two Martin Awards for Excellence in Business Economics to five doctoral candidates. These prizes are presented annually to outstanding doctoral students engaged in innovative dissertation research. Read more.

• 27 Nov 2012

  Harvard Business School Celebrates 50 Years of Women in the MBA Program

  BOSTON—Fifty years ago, in December 1962, the Harvard Business School faculty voted to allow women to apply for the full two years of the MBA Program. By August of the following year, eight women had been accepted and were preparing to begin their studies. In honor of them, the hundreds of women who took part in earlier training courses and programs, and the thousands of women who have followed in their footsteps, Harvard Business School, in conjunction with its Culture and Community Initiative, is designating the 2012–13 academic year as a time to celebrate this milestone and to set an agenda for accelerating the advancement of women leaders who make a difference in the world. Read more.

• 21 Nov 2012

  The End of Thanksgiving As We Know It?

  Thanksgiving used to mean turkey, family, football, and a quiet day at home. With the coming of Black Friday—and Black Thursday this year—in millions of American households it has become a prelude to a shopping spree intent on buying bargains for Christmas. Professor Nancy F. Koehn, a Harvard Business School historian, comments. Read more.

• 14 Nov 2012

  Harvard Business School to Convene Michigan Leaders to Analyze Paths Forward for Detroit Competitiveness

  BOSTON—On Thursday, November 15th, Harvard Business School (HBS) will convene an event at the Henry Ford Museum in Dearborn, Michigan, to present the School's latest research on U.S. competitiveness and to learn from Detroit's success in strengthening manufacturing and rebuilding supplier networks. Read more.

• 14 Nov 2012

  HBS Survey Reveals Wide Agreement on Paths Forward to Restore U.S. Competitiveness

  BOSTON—A new Harvard Business School (HBS) survey reveals serious concern about America's competitiveness trajectory, but wide agreement between liberals and conservatives on the policy imperatives that Congress and President Obama should advance following the election. Read more.

• 07 Nov 2012

  HBS Professor Thomas K. McCraw, Sr., Dies at 72

  BOSTON—Thomas K. McCraw, Senior, a renowned and much honored Harvard Business School historian, teacher, and author, who won a Pulitzer Prize in 1985 for his book Prophets of Regulation and who played an important role in making business history more influential and accessible in the broader fields of history and management, died on Saturday, Nov. 3, in Mt. Auburn Hospital in Cambridge, Mass., after a long illness. He was 72. Read more.