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Impact Stories

 
History has played a vital role at Harvard Business School since the school’s founding. The school’s first dean, Edwin F. Gay, was an economic historian. In “The Rhythm of History” (1923), Gay wrote, “The self-centered, active individual is a disruptive force, and there are periods in the rhythm of history when the cake of custom must be broke, when that disruptive, innovating energy is socially advantageous and must be given freer opportunity.” The impact of historical perspective—innovative, disruptive, secular—continues to shape teaching, research, and multi-faculty projects at HBS today.
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Efosa Ojomo

Angle of Insight

Re: Efosa Ojomo (MBA 2015)
Caitlin Rosenthal

Discovery Process

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Laura Phillips Sawyer

Fair Competition

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Ben Gettinger

Levels of Meaning

Re: Ben Gettinger (MBA 2016)
Ai Hisano

Making Sense of Capitalism

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Xavier Duran

Chandler’s Legacies

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Aditya Todi

Intriguing Questions

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Melanie Sperling

Business and Society

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Sudev Sheth

Platform for Dialogue

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Nataliya Langburd Wright

History's Guiding Light

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Bahia El Oddi

Making Sense of Past and Present

Re: Bahia El Oddi (MBA 2019)
Chinmay Tumbe

The Visible Hand of History

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Valeria Giacomin

Business of Emerging Markets

Re: Valeria Giacomin
Ann-Kristin Bergquist

Responsibility of Business

Re: Ann-Kristin Bergquist
Sherry Ho

Leading with the Long View

Re: Sherry Ho (MBA 2016)
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