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- An "Initiative in Social Enterprise" is launched, with significant initial funding from John C. Whitehead (MBA '47).
- Executive education at HBS celebrates 50th anniversary
- HBS Publishing is created as wholly-owned subsidiary of Harvard University
- HBS sponsors first national satellite teleseminar for alumni, focusing on achieving breakthrough service; 42 HBS clubs across the U.S. (and in Puerto Rico, Mexico, Barbados, and Canada) participate
- "Age of Options," new executive education program aimed at helping mid-career professionals examine their career options, is launched
- 27% of graduating students go into consulting, 24% into manufacturing, and 17% into investment banking
- Abraham Zaleznik publishes Learning Leadership; subsequently wins Knisely Award
- Ben Shapiro and John Sviokla publish Seeking Customers and Keeping Customers, combining HBR articles and commentaries
- Bruce Scott and Robert Tucker publish South Africa: Prospects for a Successful Transition
- Daewoo Professorship, first HBS chair created by a Korean company, is established; Ramchandran Jaikumar is subsequently named first incumbent
- David Yoffie publishes Beyond Free Trade
- Entering class includes representatives from 53 countries in addition to U.S.
- First "HBS Design Fair" -- culmination of Management of Technology elective -- is held in Kresge; 20 student teams show products that they have designed
- HBS Clubs of Beirut and Prague are established
- New executive program, Managing Global Opportunities, is launched; participants spend first 2 weeks at HBS and 3rd week in Mexico
- Nitin Nohria and Robert Eccles publish Networks and Organizations
- Regina Herzlinger and Denise Nitterhouse publish Financial Accounting and Managerial Control for Nonprofit Organizations
- Richard Vietor is named president of Business History Conference; group's annual meeting is held at HBS
- Robert Merton is elected to National Academy of Sciences and receives National Academy of Lincei (Italy) prize for insurance science
- Sam Hayes publishes Financial Services
- Starr Professorship, honoring Max and Doris Starr, is established; David Yoffie is named first incumbent
- Stephen Bradley, Jerry Hausman, and Richard Nolan publish Globalization, Technology, and Competition
- Stephen Greyser is elected a fellow of the American Academy of Advertising for career achievements
- Thomas Piper, Mary Gentile, and Sharon Parks publish Can Ethics be Taught?
- Two members of Class of '93 win Uhlmann Award for outstanding research in agribusiness
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