- Also in 1980:
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- Finance expert and experienced HBS administrator John H. McArthur is named HBS's 7th dean.
- Bob Hayes and Bill Abernathy publish "Managing Our Way to Economic Decline," in HBR; later win McKinsey Award for best article of 1980
- Michael Porter publishes landmark book, Competitive Strategy, delineating the "five forces" framework
- Annual giving (from individuals and organizations) reaches $5.3 million (up from $2.9 million in 1975)
- Board of Directors of Associates publishes "The Success of a Strategy," in response to President Bok's report on HBS
- David Maister publishes Management of Owner Operator Fleets
- First Asian regional alumni conference is held
- HBS Fund raises $3.5 million, up 25% from previous year
- In first dean's report, McArthur points to 4 contributing factors in HBS's "leadership position": distinctive strategy, strong external support, growing demand, and institutional flexibility
- John Glover publishes The Revolutionary Corporations
- John Hanley (MBA '47), John Weinberg (MBA '50), and John Whitehead (MBA '47) win Alumni Achievement Awards
- Michael Porter visits China to study impact of socialist system on nation's behavior in world markets
- Ray Corey becomes director of research
- Richard Rosenbloom studies research at Sony and Matsushita in Japan to contrast with American R&D organizations
- Richard Vietor publishes "The Synthetic Liquid Fuels Program" in the Business History Review; later wins Newcomen award for best BHR article of the year
- Robert Livernash publishes Comparable Worth
- The U.S. Department of Commerce publishes Merger Trends and Prospects for the 1980s, monograph by Malcolm Salter and Wolf Weinhold
- Thomas Kennedy publishes European Labor Relations
- Two 1st-year sections participate in experiment with the use of personal computers to analyze case materials
- Key to Topic Colors:
- People Related
- Institutional Growth & Lifestyle
- Educational or Instructional Methods/Materials
- Programs
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