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59 unusual facts about Harvard Business School


A. Sivathanu Pillai

He then completed the Advanced Management Program at Harvard Business School (Class of 1991).

Aharon Ze'evi-Farkash

He received a B.A. and M.A. in Middle East and Islam Studies from Tel Aviv University, as well as an AMP/ISMP from Harvard Business School.

Akın Öngör

The change was so successful that, it became a case study in both Harvard Business School and London School of Business.

Alexander, Prince zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Sayn

Alexander Konrad Friedrich Heinrich, Prince zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Sayn, (born 22 November 1943 in Salzburg, Austria), a German businessman, MBA HBS '68, is member of the house of Sayn-Wittgenstein and as 7th Prince (German: Fürst) zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Sayn head of the Princely House Sayn-Wittgenstein-Sayn.

Auguste Doriot

After the war the family sent him to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in the USA but he switched to the Harvard Business School where he became a Professor and the father of Venture Capitalism.

Doriot's son, Georges Doriot, emigrated to the United States and became a professor at the Harvard Business School, where he later became known as the father of Venture Capitalism.

Bahama Crisis

One day, he is visited by an old friend from his college days at the Harvard Business School, Billy Cunningham, and his beautiful younger cousin Debbie.

Baker Library

Baker Library/Bloomberg Center (George F. Baker Library), the library of the Harvard Business School, at Harvard University in Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Byrraju Ramalinga Raju

Raju was enrolled in the Owner/President Management (OPM) program at Harvard Business School in the 1990s.

Chinedum Ndukwe

In 2008 Ndukwe attended the Harvard Business School, followed by the Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania in 2009 for the NFL Business Management Program.

Christian Bjelland IV

He was educated at Sedbergh School, England (1967-1972), Dartmouth College (AB, summa cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa, 1976) and Harvard Business School (MBA 1978).

Daniel Dăianu

He held a post-doctoral research position at Harvard University's Russian Research Center, during 1990-1991 and completed Harvard Business School's Advanced Management Program in 1994.

Demand-side learning

Demand-side learning is a phrase coined by Ramon Casadesus-Masanell and Pankaj Ghemawat of Harvard Business School in the article Microsoft vs. Open Source: Who Will Win? by Sean Silverthorne from June 6, 2005.

Edwin Francis Gay

Edwin Francis Gay (October 27, 1867 – February 8, 1946) was an American economist, Professor of Economic History and first Dean of the Harvard Business School.

Franco Amatori

Due to a Fulbright Scholarship, Amatori spent three semesters in the individual studies program of Harvard Business School under the tutelage of Alfred D. Chandler, Jr..

Frank Borman

He completed the Harvard Business School's Advanced Management Program in 1970.

Gianfelice Rocca

Rocca holds a cum laude degree in Physics from the University of Milan, and is a PMD graduate at Harvard Business School in Boston.

Global Citizen Year

Global Citizen Year was founded after Abigail Falik won first place in the 2008 Harvard Business School Pitch for Change with her blueprint for the idea.

Globis University Graduate School of Management

During the President's session, President Hori talks about his experiences at Harvard Business School, his visions as an entrepreneur and his goals for the Globis MBA program.

Founded in 1992, Globis began as a one-room school with a set of translated Harvard Business School case studies.

Guido Gianasso

He also graduated from the Advanced Management Program at Harvard Business School.

Guy Rivard

In 1977, he received a diploma from the Executive Program for Health Systems Management at the Harvard Business School.

Heather O'Reilly

Following her husband's enrollment in Harvard Business School, O'Reilly trained with and played two matches with the Boston Breakers of the Women's Premier Soccer League Elite in 2012 after the WPS folded and during breaks with her national team duties.

John Cervenka

His father, John William Cervenka, a graduate of the University of Chicago and Harvard Business School, was a successful real estate financier and philanthropist.

John K. Gerhart

During the period of his duty with the Air Force Comptroller, he also graduated from the Harvard Business School (AMP-13).

John Kuhn

Kuhn is active in Packers charitable events and is a two-time participant in the NFL's Business Management and Entrepreneur Program at the Harvard Business School and the Wharton School of Business.

Julie Bishop

Prior to entering Parliament, Bishop studied for a Bachelor of Laws at the University of Adelaide, and later on an Advanced Management Program at Harvard Business School, while she was managing partner of top Australian law firm, Clayton Utz.

In 1996 she attended Harvard Business School in Boston and completed the eight-week Advanced Management Program for Senior Managers.

Kedric Golston

Golston participated in the NFL's business management and entrepreneurial programs at the Harvard Business School and the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, which prepares players for their post-season playing careers this past offseason.

Ken Hakuta

There are two Harvard Business School case studies on AllHerb.com: "Ken Hakuta: AllHerb.com" and "AllHerb.com: Evolution of an E-tailer."

Laurent Picard

From 1960 to 1962, he was a Research Associate and Assistant at the Harvard Business School.

Lawrence E. Fouraker

Lawrence E. Fouraker (October 28, 1923 - December 20, 1998) was the sixth dean of the Harvard Business School (1970–1980).

Lee Yi Shyan

Lee completed an executive management programme at Harvard Business School in 1997, and a management programme at Tsinghua University in 2001.

Marcos Wettreich

Mr. Wettreich holds a degree in Electronic Engineering and MSc in Marketing, both from Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro, and an OPM from Harvard Business School.

Martha Beck

During her academic career, Beck worked as a research associate at Harvard Business School, studying career paths and life-course changes in today's economic and social environment.

Mirae Asset Group

Park earned a bachelor's degree in business administration from Korea University and attended the Advanced Management Program at Harvard Business School in 2002.

Ng Pock Too

In 1976, he completed the Programme for Management Development at the Harvard Business School.

Noah Tepperberg

Career successes for both Tepperberg and Strauss include receiving the Nightclub & Bar’s “Hospitality Operator of the Year” Award in 2006 for their work with Marquee and TAO, as well as being honored by Harvard Business School in March 2009 with a published case study about the dynamic duo’s myriad of businesses: “Marquee – The Business of Nightlife.”

Paul Laffoley

His father, Paul Laffoley, Sr., the president of the Cambridge Trust Company, was also a lawyer and taught classes at Harvard Business School.

Prize-Linked Savings Account

The PLSA program in Michigan, USA, launched as the "Save to Win", was introduced following research and demo made by Peter Tufano from Harvard Business School.

Ramon O’Callaghan

From 1977 to 1989 he spend most time in industry with Texas Instruments as sales engineer and project manager; at Codorníu Winery as controller; at Harvard Business School as researcher; and at the management consulting firm Institut Cerdà as director.

Raymond Bachand

Bachand also completed a master's degree and a doctorate at Harvard Business School.

Richard L. Nolan

Nolan has held various positions, including the Philip Condit Chair of Management at University of Washington and the William Barclay Harding Professor of Business Administration emeritus at Harvard Business School.

Richard L. Nolan (born ca 1940) is an American business theorist, and Emeritus Professor of Business Administration at the Harvard Business School

Robert N. Anthony

Robert N. Anthony (September 6, 1916 – December 1, 2006) was a Harvard Business School professor who researched the Management control system.

Roman Maev

In 1990, he received a Fellowship from the Gore-Chernomyrdin Commission, and as a result was invited by the US government to take a special series of courses at Harvard Business School, where he studied for several months, through its Scientific Business Management Fund.

Sandy Montenegro Littlefield

Sandy established the Sandy Montenegro-Littlefield Fellowship at Harvard Business School.

Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation

In early 2009, Harvard Business School wrote a case study on SMIC's business model, characterized as a Reverse Build-Operate-Transfer (BOT).

Stuart Roosa

Roosa earned a Program for Management Development (PMD) degree from Harvard Business School, Cambridge, Massachusetts, in 1973 and an honorary LL.D. from University of St. Thomas, Houston in 1971.

Susan Y. Desjardins

She graduated from the Air War College at Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama, in 1997 and from the General Manager Program at the Harvard Business School, Harvard University in 2004.

The Complete TurtleTrader: How 23 Novice Investors Became Overnight Millionaires

Although each of the 1,000 applicants went through a rigorous application process designed to test their intelligence, ability to manage risk, and mathematical skills, the makeup of the chosen Turtles differed greatly; they included a Czechoslovakian-born blackjack master, a Dungeons and Dragons game designer, an evangelical accountant, a Harvard MBA, a U.S. Air Force pilot, and a former pianist.

Titus Naikuni

He is also a graduate of the Harvard Business School’s Management Development Programme (PMD71) and was awarded a Doctor of Science Engineering by the Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology, an honorary award in recognition of his contribution to development.

Trailer Bridge

Suter's education included a BS in Mathematics from the University of Delaware, an MBA from the Harvard Business School and graduation from the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy.

Ved Prakash Arya

Later he completed an Advanced Management Program from Harvard Business School.

Vic Emery

Involved in athletics from a young age, Emery was a graduate of the University of Western Ontario and the Harvard Business School where he earned an MBA.

VisiCalc

According to Bricklin, he was watching a professor at Harvard Business School create a financial model on a blackboard.

Walter Cunningham

In 1974, he graduated from Harvard Business School's Advanced Management Program and later worked as a businessman and investor in a number of private ventures.

William F. Kerby

Kerby was selected as one of the "Great American Business Leaders" of the 20th Century by Harvard Business School.

World Entrepreneurship Forum

Howard H. Stevenson, Sarofim-Rock Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School.


Abdulmumin Jibrin

He also attended London Business School 2009, Harvard Business School 2010, International Business House, London 2009 and European Institute of Business Administration INSEAD France, 2009 where he graduated and obtained various certificates in General Management, Global Economy Crisis, Negotiation, Competitive Decision and Deal Process, Comprehensive Leadership Development, International oil Trading (IBH) and Telecommunications Strategy and Marketing.

Dan Steinbock

He is affiliated with the international business school network of the Institute for Strategy and Competitiveness by Prof. Michael Porter (Harvard Business School) and Columbia Institute for Tele-Information).

Doctor of Business Administration

John Quelch – Dean, Vice President and Distinguished Professor of International Management at CEIBS, previously Senior Associate Dean and the Lincoln Filene Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School

Edward Higgins White, Sr.

He attended Harvard Business School, from which he received his Master of Business Administration in 1937, and spent World War II working as a budget and financial officer, first at the Air Materiel Command at Wright Field, Ohio, and then in the Office of the Chief of United States Army Air Forces in Washington, D.C. He transferred to the United States Air Force when it was created in 1947.

Hussein Ibish

Ibish has accepted a number of invitations for talks, lectures and debates at colleges and universities, including Yale Law School, Harvard Business School, Princeton, MIT, Tufts University, Georgetown University, University of Michigan (Ann Arbor), The New School (formerly the New School for Social Research), North Carolina State University, University of California, Irvine and the University of Costa Rica.

Matt Granfield

Granfield was educated at Trinity Lutheran College, the University of Queensland and Harvard Business School.

Michał Rutkowski

A graduate of the Warsaw School of Economics (MSc 1982, PhD 1987), with post-graduate studies at the London School of Economics (1989-90) and Harvard Business School (1999).

Paul Kazarian

Mr. Kazarian has guest lectured and spoken on both business and philanthropy at Harvard Business School, Columbia Business School, Dartmouth's Tuck Business School, the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, and the National School of Development at Peking University.

Teresa Amabile

Teresa Amabile (born in 1949 or 1950) is the Edsel Bryant Ford Professor of Business Administration in the Entrepreneurial Management Unit at Harvard Business School.