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A. W. Preston gives $2,000/year for 5 years for international studies

A. W. Preston gives $2,000/year for 5 years for international studies

International courses offered

Classes in Economic Resources and Commercial Organizations of Central and South America (1909-14) and Economic Resources and Commercial Policy of the Chief European States (1909-14) are offered

Courses offered in Economic Resources of Eastern Asia and Australasia and Foreign Exchange

Courses offered in Economic Resources of Eastern Asia and Australasia (1908-09) and Foreign Exchange (1908-13)

Paul Cherington does research in Panama, Costa Rica, and Guatemala

Paul Cherington does research in Panama, Costa Rica, and Guatemala

Payson Treat, visiting from Stanford, offers "Economic Resources of Eastern Asia and Australasia"

Payson Treat, visiting from Stanford, offers "Economic Resources of Eastern Asia and Australasia"

Selden O. Martin embarks on 26,000-mile South American research trip

Selden O. Martin embarks on 26,000-mile South American research trip

Commercial Organization course is split into Marketing and Foreign Trade

Commercial Organization course is split into Marketing and Foreign Trade

Byron Roorbach joins faculty as Professor of Foreign Trade

Byron Roorbach joins faculty as Professor of Foreign Trade; remains on faculty until 1934

HBR editor visits Europe in search of contributions from economists, businessmen, and publicists

HBR editor visits Europe in search of contributions from economists, businessmen, and publicists

William Ziegler, Jr., gives $1 million for international research chair

William Ziegler, Jr., gives $1 million for international research chair

Georges Doriot publishes "Business Education in Europe," article in Harvard Business School Bulletin

Georges Doriot publishes "Business Education in Europe," article in Harvard Business School Bulletin

Steven Kourch, graduate of Russian agricultural college, is admitted to HBS

Steven Kourch, graduate of Russian agricultural college, is admitted to HBS

"Centre de Preparation aux Affaires," closely modeled on HBS and supported by HBS Professor Georges Doriot, opens in Paris

"Centre de Preparation aux Affaires," closely modeled on HBS and supported by HBS Professor Georges Doriot, opens in Paris

Heads of 13 business schools in Europe and Asia visit and assess HBS as possible model

Heads of 13 business schools in Europe and Asia visit and assess HBS as possible model

HBS Club of France is founded

HBS Club of France is founded

HBS alumni increasingly international

Establishment of HBS clubs in Paris and Shanghai mark increasing internationalization of HBS alumni population

Profiles of incoming MBA class include representatives of 7 "foreign countries: Alaska, Canada, China, Hawaii, India, Switzerland, and Venezuela"

Profiles of incoming MBA class include representatives of 7 "foreign countries: Alaska, Canada, China, Hawaii, India, Switzerland, and Venezuela"

HBS Club of London goes inactive due to war

HBS Club of London goes inactive due to war

HBS Clubs in Paris and Shanghai suspend operations

HBS Clubs in Paris and Shanghai suspend operations

J. Anton de Haas travels to Bogota, Colombia, to assist in planning a college of business administration in that country

J. Anton de Haas travels to Bogota, Colombia, to assist in planning a college of business administration in that country

Lincoln Gordon serves as member of U.S. delegation to the U.N. Atomic Energy Commission

Lincoln Gordon serves as member of U.S. delegation to the U.N. Atomic Energy Commission

Lincoln Gordon consults to the State Department on Marshall Plan

Lincoln Gordon consults to the State Department on Marshall Plan

R. Miller "Buck" Hicks Story VIDEO: beginning 11 minutes, second half 8.5 minutes, total time 19.5 minutes

Story regarding his experience attending HBS during World War II, the popularity of Professor De Haas such that a guard was posted at his classroom door, his varied career as an entrepreneur, and how business competition has expanded from domestic to international, creating an interdependence between countries that may prevent a future world war.

HBS Club of Paris (suspended since 1942) resumes activities; Montreal club is established

HBS Club of Paris (suspended since 1942) resumes activities; Montreal club is established

HBS professors help University of Western Ontario establish "Management Training Course," modeled on AMP

HBS professors help University of Western Ontario establish "Management Training Course," modeled on AMP

John D. Rockefeller pledges $5 million toward new HBS buildings if another $5 million can be raised by July 1950

John D. Rockefeller pledges $5 million toward new HBS buildings if another $5 million can be raised by July 1950

HBS sponsors a two-week session for the U.S. government's Economic Cooperation Administration, under auspices of Marshall Plan, on U.S. productivity

HBS sponsors a two-week session for the U.S. government's Economic Cooperation Administration, under auspices of Marshall Plan, on U.S. productivity

HBS joins with other institutions to help found American Universities Field Staff, which sends correspondents throughout the world

HBS joins with other institutions to help found American Universities Field Staff, which sends correspondents throughout the world

Charlie Williams advises Fiat and Olivetti on the opening on IPSOA in Turino, Italiy

Charlie Williams advises Fiat and Olivetti on the opening on IPSOA in Turino, Italiy

HBS Alumni Association opens clubs in Norway and Mexico City

HBS Alumni Association opens clubs in Norway and Mexico City, bringing international club total to 6

Ilmar J. Martens Story VIDEO: 5 minutes

Wife's story regarding the experience of her husband (now deceased) as an Estonian attending HBS in the 1950s, and his co-founding, in 1988, of the Estonian Business School established upon Western business practices.

HBS faculty help 12 Canadian universities offer "Atlantic Summer School for Advanced Business Administration" in Halifax

HBS faculty help 12 Canadian universities offer "Atlantic Summer School for Advanced Business Administration" in Halifax

HBS receives requests for assistance from 32 foreign educational institutions

HBS receives requests for assistance from 32 foreign educational institutions, signaling the beginning of almost two decades of active HBS "missionary" work overseas.

"Advanced Management Program in Hawaii" is launched by Myles Mace in response to requests from local business leaders

"Advanced Management Program in Hawaii" is launched by Myles Mace in response to requests from local business leaders

HBS enters into its first formal overseas relationship

With Ford Foundation funding and with Harvard's blessing, HBS enters into its first formal overseas relationship: with the Institute of Business Administration at the University of Istanbul, Turkey.

HBSA grows

The Harvard Business School Association (HBSA) now includes 52 clubs around the world, and 50 permanent class secretaries (up from 13 in 1949) contribute notes to the alumni Bulletin.

Office of Overseas Relations is established

Office of Overseas Relations is established to serve as central point of contact for requests for help from overseas; over next 8 years, OOR hosts 3,000 visitors from 85 countries

AMP holds first session at Baguio in the Philippines

AMP holds first session at Baguio in the Philippines

Alumni population reaches 21,000

Alumni population reaches 21,000, living in U.S. and 74 other countries

Faculty approves a 3-week prematriculation program for all first-year students who are not native English speakers

Faculty approves a 3-week prematriculation program for all first-year students who are not native English speakers

The three-day "Advanced Management Seminar in Free China," taught by several HBS professors, is taught in multiple locations in Taiwan

The three-day "Advanced Management Seminar in Free China," taught by several HBS professors, is taught in multiple locations in Taiwan

Two HBS professors teach 66 Japanese executives in "Advanced Management Seminar in Japan

Two HBS professors teach 66 Japanese executives in "Advanced Management Seminar in Japan", sponsored by Keio University

Faculty members help found IMEDE in Lausanne, Switzerland

At Nestle's request, four HBS faculty members help found IMEDE in Lausanne, Switzerland, which offers 8-month and summer programs for executives.

MBA students establish "International Business Club"

MBA students establish "International Business Club"

20 faculty members participate in programs in 11 countries around the world

20 faculty members participate in programs in 11 countries around the world

Faculty votes to support a mix of students

Faculty votes to support a mix of students, including foreign students, in MBA class, in effect setting a quota for foreign students

International Teachers Program is established to help train foreign teachers

With Ford Foundation and AID support, the International Teachers Program is established to help train foreign teachers; 18 teachers from 12 countries begin arriving at HBS

New "International Teachers Program" enrolls 18 teachers from 12 foreign countries

New "International Teachers Program" enrolls 18 teachers from 12 foreign countries

HBS Club of Vancouver is established

HBS Club of Vancouver is established

ICCH adds "international" section to its bibliography of cases

ICCH adds "international" section to its bibliography of cases; by this point, more than 235 HBS cases have been translated into 1 or more of 9 foreign languages

Raymond Vernon is appointed "Professor of International Trade and Investment"

Raymond Vernon is appointed "Professor of International Trade and Investment"

Chris Christensen spends the year teaching at IMEDE

Chris Christensen spends the year teaching at IMEDE

Lincoln Gordon leaves HBS to become U.S. ambassador to Brazil

Lincoln Gordon leaves HBS to become U.S. ambassador to Brazil

Paul Lawrence teaches in International Teachers Program

Paul Lawrence teaches in International Teachers Program

Chaffee Hall takes 2-year leave to serve as director of IMEDE

Chaffee Hall takes 2-year leave to serve as director of IMEDE

HBS enters into formal agreement to help develop an "Institute of Management" in Ahmedabad, India

With Harvard's permission, HBS enters into formal agreement in July to help develop an "Institute of Management" in Ahmedabad, India; effort is supported by a Ford Foundation grant and headed by Harry Hansen

Ray Vernon begins 4-year term as first director of Harvard's Development Advisory Service

Ray Vernon begins 4-year term as first director of Harvard's Development Advisory Service

Robert Gordon Story VIDEO: 15.5 minutes

Story regarding his experience attending HBS in the 1960s, in terms of having no work experience whatsoever, trying to decide between a career in business or academia, and Army obligations of young men then. A classmate started CVS; he gives an overview of his employment there in its early days. He describes changes in the business climate in Ukraine from the 1990s to today, from the perspective of an entrepreneur.

"Division of International Activities" is created to oversee Turkish and Indian efforts

New "Division of International Activities" is created in March, to oversee Turkish and Indian efforts (as well as other global relationships); headed by Harry Hansen

HBS faculty members visit Central America at request of US Agency for International Development

3 HBS faculty members visit Central America at request of US Agency for International Development to explore training needs there

Faculty Advisory Committee on International Activities promulgates rules for HBS engagement in foreign programs

Faculty Advisory Committee on International Activities promulgates rules for HBS engagement in foreign programs: 1) foreign experience for faculty is good; 2) formal foreign affiliations will be limited to 3 at any one time, involving no more than 8 faculty members

Four new HBS clubs are formed

Four new HBS clubs -- in the Central Carolinas, Japan, South Africa, and Lima, Peru -- are formed

HBS professors teach first program at Central American Institute of Business Administration

HBS professors teach first program at Central American Institute of Business Administration (INCAE) in Antigua, Guatemala; 46 owners and managers of businesses in 6 countries attend

Harry Hansen, HBS Club of London, and British Institute of Management jointly offer 6-week executive course at Bede College

Harry Hansen, HBS Club of London, and British Institute of Management jointly offer 6-week executive course at Bede College

Informal relationship between HBS and INSEAD begins

Informal relationship between HBS and INSEAD (at Fontainebleau, France) begins

Ford Foundation initiates supports 5-year "Multinational Enterprise Project

Ford Foundation initiates supports 5-year "Multinational Enterprise Project," a research program headed by Ray Vernon

London and Manchester Business Schools are founded on HBS model

London and Manchester Business Schools are founded on HBS model

Division of International Activities establishes program to give MBA graduates jobs in developing countries

Division of International Activities, with help from AID, establishes program to give MBA graduates jobs in developing countries; 6 members of Class of '66 take 2-year assignments overseas

HBS receives Ford Foundation grant to assist three Philippine universities develop graduate business programs

HBS receives Ford Foundation grant to assist three Philippine universities develop graduate business programs

International Teachers Program enrolls largest class to date

International Teachers Program, in 8th year of operation, enrolls 41 (largest class to date), including teachers from 16 countries

New HBS Clus bring total international clubs to 14

HBS Clubs established in Peru, Belgium, Geneva,and Zurich, bringing total number of international clubs to 14

Andrew Towl visits international schools to build relationships

Andrew Towl, director of case development and distribution, visits schools in Asia, the Middle East, and Africa to build relationships

Clark Wilson leaves HBS

Clark Wilson leaves HBS to become director of INCAE in January; in July, Dean Baker attends groundbreaking ceremony in Managua

HBS Club of Bangkok is established

HBS Club of Bangkok is established

International Teachers Program founded at HBS

The Ford Foundation gives $1.2 million in support of the "International Teachers Program," aimed at training case-method teachers from around the globe at HBS; Boston investor Charles Cotting donates the needed funds for a building to house ITP.

Rafique Dawood Story VIDEO: 5.5 minutes

Story regarding his experience attending HBS in the 1960s, a discussion of his delay in arrival because of war in Pakistan, main lessons learned, endurance of friendships made, caliber of teaching, and the welcome and commitment HBS accords its alumni. He recounts with satisfaction the schooling and return to Pakistan of his children, to take part in running the family business.

Ralph Hower receives honorary doctorate from University of Navarra

Ralph Hower receives honorary doctorate from University of Navarra in Spain for his help in establishing the Graduate School of Business there

A second U.K. HBS Club established

A second HBS Club -- in The West and Wales -- is established in the U.K.

"Doriot Fund" provides fellowships for foreign students

"Doriot Fund" is established to provide fellowships for foreign students

First HBSA European conference is held (in Amsterdam)

First HBSA European conference is held (in Amsterdam)

HBS Club of Singapore is established

HBS Club of Singapore is established

International HBS clubs open

New HBS Clubs open in Milan, the Netherlands, Rhein-Ruhr, and Sweden; Geneva club becomes inactive

John McArthur and Bruce Scott publish Industrial Planning In France

John McArthur and Bruce Scott publish Industrial Planning In France

Ray Vernon is first incumbent of Herbert F. Johnson Professorship of International Business Management

Herbert F. Johnson Professorship of International Business Management is endowed; Ray Vernon is named first incumbent

Stephen Fuller becomes president of the Asian Institute of Management

Stephen Fuller becomes president of the Asian Institute of Management

Fouraker calls for a "consistent policy" with regard to Europe

Fouraker calls for a "consistent policy" with regard to Europe, which asks for much assistance, but doesn't need the traditional HBS approach of "institution-building"

Quota for foreign students in MBA program is abolished

Quota for foreign students in MBA program is abolished because they can now compete directly with U.S. candidates for admission

Faculty votes in favor of an HBS senior management program in Europe

Faculty votes in favor of an HBS senior management program in Europe, with a focus on multinational business

Ford Foundation makes grant to support HBS workshops in Europe

Ford Foundation makes grant to support HBS workshops in Europe to train European teachers in case-method research and teaching

HBS Club is established in Spain

HBS Club is established in Spain

Bruce Scott recasts Environmental Analysis for Management course as a series of distinctive national perspectives

Bruce Scott recasts Environmental Analysis for Management course as a series of distinctive national perspectives

HBS Clubs open in Argentina and Australia

HBS Clubs open in Argentina and Australia

Howard Raiffa is named head of International Institute of Applied Systems Analysis

With help from Joseph Bower, International Institute of Applied Systems Analysis opens near Vienna; Howard Raiffa is named head of International Institute of Applied Systems Analysis.

Iran Center for Management Studies opens

Iran Center for Management Studies (ICMS), designed in part by HBS faculty, opens

Michael S. T. Chen Story VIDEO: 7.5 minutes

Story regarding his experience as a "global citizen" attending HBS in the 1970s. While studying to become an academic, this son of a diplomat decided to become a businessman; even though, as he notes, a businessman is at the bottom of the social pyramid in the Confucian hierarchy. Today he is the Executive Director of the HBS Asia-Pacific Research Center in China.

North European Management Institute (NEMI) opens

North European Management Institute (NEMI) opens near Oslo, the result of 8 years of work by 3 Norwegian HBS alumni, Norm Berg, and other HBS faculty

Ray Goldberg organizes first agribusiness seminar focused on food systems in developing world

At request of AID and State Department, Ray Goldberg organizes first agribusiness seminar focused on food systems in developing world

Founders of Jerusalem Institute of Management ask HBS for help setting up new school

Founders of Jerusalem Institute of Management ask HBS for help setting up new school

HBS Clubs established in Brazil and Korea

HBS Clubs established in Brazil and Korea

International Senior Managers Program launched

The International Senior Managers Program (ISMP) is launched in Vevey, Switzerland: first HBS executive education course based outside U.S.

Masao Konomi Story VIDEO: RT: 07:16

Story regarding how he was attracted to HBS because of his design to attain English fluency through the verbal tussle of the case method. As part of an exchange program, he led a group students from France on a tour of Japan and he took umbrage at their reaction to his capacity to debate in French. The intensity of case discussions acted as an English immersion process, including a dispute about the viscosity of ketchup. He surmounted the impediments to acclimating himself to a new language and culture and he assures international students that they too can accomplish this.

Global Initiatives: Taking HBS International VIDEO: RT: 03:06

Interview clip with HBS Dean Kim Clark regarding his initiatives to take HBS global: investing in intellectual capital; establishing international research centers; forging new and tightening existing relationships with firms in numerous countries; and essentially bringing HBS out into the world and opening HBS up to the world.

More international HBS Clubs established

HBS Clubs established in Finland, Indonesia, Madrid, Ireland, and the Midland of the U.K., bringing international total to 25

Richard Rosenbloom helps found Jerusalem Institute of Management

Richard Rosenbloom spends year at Hebrew University and helps found Jerusalem Institute of Management

Robert Livernash serves one year as president of Iran Center for Management Studies

Robert Livernash serves one year as president of Iran Center for Management Studies (ICMS); receives honorary doctorate and has building named for him

'Making a Difference in Our World' VIDEO: RT: 01:24

Interview clip with Nancy Barry, MBA 1975, who expresses her pleasure that HBS has changed its motto to 'Making a Difference in Our World' and her efforts to persuade HBS students to join enterprises and efforts to achieve that goal.

Louis "By" Barnes serves one year as president of ICMS

Louis "By" Barnes serves one year as president of ICMS

HBS Club opens in Malaysia

HBS Club opens in Malaysia

HBS Clubs open in Barcelona and Singapore

HBS Clubs open in Barcelona and Singapore

Harry Hansen retires

Harry Hansen retires; becomes dean of Institut pour l'Enseignement des Methodes de Direction de l'Entreprise (IMEDE) in Lausanne

More international HBS Clubs established

HBS Clubs are established in Denmark, Puerto Rico, Hong Kong, and New Zealand; Australian club reorganizes into Sydney and Melbourne branches

HBS Club of India is established

HBS Club of India is established

First Asian regional alumni conference is held

First Asian regional alumni conference is held

Michael Porter visits China to study impact of socialist system on nation's behavior in world markets

Michael Porter visits China to study impact of socialist system on nation's behavior in world markets

Richard Rosenbloom studies research at Sony and Matsushita in Japan

Richard Rosenbloom studies research at Sony and Matsushita in Japan to contrast with American R&D organizations

Abraham Zaleznik and C. Roland Christensen visit Japan and meet with Japanese industrialist Konosuke Matsushita

Abraham Zaleznik and C. Roland Christensen visit Japan and meet with Japanese industrialist Konosuke Matsushita

HBS Clubs established in India and Israel

HBS Clubs established in India and Israel

Yuan-Li Lao, first MBA candidate from People's Republic of China, enrolls

Yuan-Li Lao, first MBA candidate from People's Republic of China, enrolls

David Peck Story VIDEO: 7 minutes

Story regarding his experience as an engineer of international employ attending HBS in the 1980s. Dissuaded by an HBS administrator from applying a second time after initial rejection, he was surprised to be accepted, surprised to pass his initial exams, and surprised to realize he was of the caliber of his fellow students. HBS instilled him with confidence and powers of observation that enabled him to further his career "trying to make a difference" overseas; "a very interesting 25 years" experiencing culture, work and war in Saudi Arabia. Never owning a cellular telephone or having a business card sets him apart from his peers.

HBS Club of Chile is organized

HBS Club of Chile (third South American club) is organized

James Sinclair Story VIDEO: 5 minutes

Story regarding his experience attending HBS in the 1980s, after working on farms in Latin America. He discusses how being "put in a pressure cooker" is excellent preparation for working in business. He notes that the case study method defines the common ground he has with all HBS graduates: developing a way of thinking; and the emergence of Brazil as a business economy, which is reflected in the establishment of an HBS alumni club in Brazil, and in the number of case studies which emanate from there today.

Lisa Rubin Story VIDEO: 3 minutes

Story regarding her experience attending HBS in the 1980s, including her reflection upon business ethics and humanity as encapsulated in an evening at the Pub. She recounts a story regarding a television news report broadcast when she was at school that Anwar Sadat had been shot, and how another student reacts to her gloomy response.

Naina Lal Kidwai Story VIDEO: 8 minutes

Story regarding her experience as an Indian woman attending HBS in the 1980s, assimilating to American places of business, such as a supermarket. She discusses the benefit of "two years of perpetual competition" on one's ability to "deliver" in business, especially as the one woman in Investment Banking management in India. Having attained this "globally recognized degree" gives her credibility and impresses prospective clients.

Philippe Goetschel Story VIDEO: 7.5 minutes

Story regarding his experience as a Swiss legal and economics graduate attending HBS in the 1980s, mainly how the capabilities of the single Atari 800 computer at HBS piqued his interest during a quiet winter break and led to his career in the computer software industry. Story includes a comparison of the European and HBS methods of teaching business, and the characteristics that define an HBS graduate.

Ted Levitt publishes The Globalization of Markets

Ted Levitt publishes "The Globalization of Markets" in HBR; helps popularize the globalization concept

Harry Hansen is honored by Instituto de Estudios Superiores de la Empresa (IESE) in Barcelona for his contributions

Harry Hansen is honored by Instituto de Estudios Superiores de la Empresa (IESE) in Barcelona for his contributions

Indonesian Institute for Management Development opens

Indonesian Institute for Management Development opens with assistance from Harry Hansen, Robert Anthony, and Louis Wells

International Senior Managers Program relocates to Soldiers Field; is renamed SMP

International Senior Managers Program relocates to Soldiers Field; is renamed SMP

Dutch and Norwegian editions of HBR are launched

Dutch and Norwegian editions of HBR are launched, increasing to 10 the total of foreign-language editions of HBR

Faculty team participates in Japanese symposium

Faculty team, led by Thomas McCraw and Colyer Crum, participate in Japanese symposium on comparative business-government relationships in the U.S. and Japan

Harry Hansen receives Benjamin Franklin Medal from Britain's Royal Society of Arts

Harry Hansen receives Benjamin Franklin Medal from Britain's Royal Society of Arts for his contributions to Anglo-American understanding, and is elected Corresponding Member of Spain's Royal Academy of Science, Economics, and Finance for contributions to management in Spain and elsewhere

Samuel Hayes and Ray Goldberg address Davos conference

Samuel Hayes and Ray Goldberg address Davos conference

Ray Vernon and Vernon Alden (MBA '50) are awarded Japan's Order of the Rising Sun

Ray Vernon and Vernon Alden (MBA '50) are awarded Japan's Order of the Rising Sun for promoting understanding between Japan and the U.S.

Edmundo Costa Story VIDEO: 11 minutes

Story regarding his experience attending HBS in the 1980s, especially the discipline of brevity instilled by Professor Pearson that impacts him today as a leader of high technology businesses in the Silicon Valley. He also talks about the value of the international perspective, gained at HBS, when he conducts multi-national business negotiations.

Paul Lawrence serves as one of four directors of a cooperative U.S./U.S.S.R. project to develop guidelines for joint enterprises between the two countries

Paul Lawrence serves as one of four directors of a cooperative U.S./U.S.S.R. project to develop guidelines for joint enterprises between the two countries

Admissions director Laura Fisher travels to Moscow to interview applicants to MBA program

Admissions director Laura Fisher travels to Moscow to interview applicants to MBA program

HBS Club of Ottawa is founded

HBS Club of Ottawa is founded

John McArthur receives honorary doctorate from Barcelona-based IESE for contributions to business education

John McArthur receives honorary doctorate from Barcelona-based IESE for contributions to business education

Ray Goldberg is honored by the Soviet Union's Lenin Academy of Agricultural Science

Ray Goldberg is honored by the Soviet Union's Lenin Academy of Agricultural Science

Following fall of Berlin Wall, HBS hosts 50 student and faculty guests from former Eastern Bloc nations

Following fall of Berlin Wall, HBS hosts 50 student and faculty guests from former Eastern Bloc nations

HBS and four other leading business schools sponsor Central and Eastern European Teachers Program

HBS and four other leading business schools sponsor Central and Eastern European Teachers Program, aimed at bringing 120 Eastern-bloc scholars to U.S. executive education programs within 2 years

HBS conducts its first management program in U.S.S.R

HBS conducts its first management program in U.S.S.R, in conjunction with the Institute for External Economic Affairs

Largest and most international entering class in HBS history

Unexpectedly high "yield" rate of 88% leads to largest entering class (826) in HBS history; class also has highest percentage (24%) of international students

62 Central and Eastern European professors attend intensive 7-week summer general management program at HBS

62 Central and Eastern European professors attend intensive 7-week summer general management program at HBS

Dick Dooley receives award from Instituto Panamericano de Alta Direccion de Empresa

Dick Dooley receives award from Instituto Panamericano de Alta Direccion de Empresa for his 25 years of service to IPADE

John Dyment Story VIDEO: 9 minutes

Story regarding his international experience attending HBS in the 1990s, pursuing a summer job in Eastern Europe after the fall of the Berlin Wall, forming a small company with fellow students to privatize regional telephone services in Hungary, and the complexities of running a business from a dorm room.

Marc Zablatsky Story VIDEO: 5 minutes

Story regarding his experience as a local lower middle-class student attending HBS in the 1990s. Topics include the decision to reapply after initial disappointment, the reaction of friends and relatives to his acceptance to HBS, the transformation of his perspective and career from local to international, and his identity as the "wildcard" of his student section.

Margaret Langan Story VIDEO: 5.5 minutes

Story regarding her experience at HBS in the early 1990s, from the perspective of the classroom, study groups, and a field study in Belgium.

HBS Clubs of Beirut and Prague are established

HBS Clubs of Beirut and Prague are established

Kathleen Murray Story VIDEO: RT: 04:07

Story regarding how she accords a prominent position to her membership in the HBS community among her multiple life affiliations. She devotes a great amount of time and energy to her HBS alumni network and responsibilities, including serving as AMP class secretary and working with various HBS and Harvard organizations. The lifelong intellectual stimulation, learning, and friendships from her Advanced Management Program experience continually reinvigorate her connection to the School. She has even transmitted that commitment to her nephew, whom she persuaded to select HBS from among the business schools to which he was accepted.

New executive program, Managing Global Opportunities, is launched

New executive program, Managing Global Opportunities, is launched; participants spend first 2 weeks at HBS and 3rd week in Mexico

Albert Rodriguez Story VIDEO: RT: 06:01

Story regarding how his section played a prank on a new professor. He encourages students to demand deeper community involvement and social responsibility from firms and recommends that HBS broaden its international and global outreach.

Ethics VIDEO: 3.5 minutes

Interview clip with Saquib Shirazi, MBA 1995, regarding the teaching of ethics at HBS, including specific cases that propose ethical questions. He discusses the consideration, in developing countries, of the cost of conducting business.

HBS Experience VIDEO: 5 minutes

Interview clip with Saquib Shirazi, MBA 1995, regarding his educational experience at HBS, colored by the certainty of successive employment and the teaching of Professor Richard Tedlow. He also discusses the influence of Professor Howard Stevenson on his career and on the development of entrepreneurship education at HBS.

Making a Difference in the World VIDEO: 2 minutes

Interview clip with Saquib Shirazi, MBA 1995, regarding the power of international alumni of HBS to improve the world and resolve international crises.

On Giving Back VIDEO: 5 minutes

Interview clip with Saquib Shirazi, MBA 1995, regarding his return to the United States from Pakistan, in 2001, in part to serve on the board of the HBS alumni association. During a period of uncertain relations between these two countries after the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, Shirazi tried to "build bridges" between the Islam culture and the culture of the United States.

The Path to a Business Career and HBS VIDEO: 5 minutes

Interview clip with Saquib Shirazi, MBA 1995, regarding his international general and business education, suited to eventually taking part in running the family business in Pakistan.

Global Initiative launched to encourage a global perspective in research, study and practice

Global Initiative launched to encourage a global perspective in research, study and practice and support the HBS community of faculty, students, and alumni in their work

Allison Johnson Story VIDEO: 12 minutes

Story regarding her experience as an international public policy worker attending HBS in the 1990s; including some student misunderstanding of her humanitarian perspective, the heartening assurance of Professor Moss of the future benefit to her peers of her differing viewpoint, the impact of business training in her work, and the community spirit and global contributions made by HBS Alumni clubs.

Caty Szyman Story VIDEO: 5.5 minutes

Story regarding her experience attending HBS in the 1990s, from the perspective of being the first person in her family to attend Harvard and as a Midwesterner ("a girl from Minnesota") who gained an international perspective and experience.

Jamal Hussein Story VIDEO: 12 minutes

Story regarding his experience as an international CPA attending HBS in the 1990s, including the preparation HBS gave him for dealing with competition and stress in his work, and how he contributes to the betterment of his homeland, Somalia.

Asia-Pacific Research Center established in Hong Kong

Asia-Pacific Research Center established in Hong Kong

Japan Research Center established in Tokyo

Japan Research Center established in Tokyo

Daniella Ballou-Aares Story VIDEO: RT: 08:50

Story regarding how her Social Enterprise Summer Fellowship in Liberia transformed her thinking about her role as a citizen of the world. She worked on a HBS project to obtain medicines for the AIDS epidemic in Malawi. She co-founded a consulting firm to work on humanitarian issues. She speaks about the HBS community's responsibility to lead such efforts and to have a global impact.

Michael E. Porter launches "Microeconomics of Competitiveness" course, taught concurrently at HBS and institutions around the world

Michael E. Porter launches "Microeconomics of Competitiveness" course, taught concurrently at HBS and institutions around the world

Cinzia Rascazzo Story VIDEO: 8 minutes

Story regarding her experience at HBS as an international student from Italy and her decision to be an entrepreneur in her community.

Joaquin Altenberg Story VIDEO: 5 minutes

Story regarding his experience attending HBS in the 2000s, which was a fun time of international adventures, and then graduating during the market downturn of 2002.

Rodrigo Lara Story VIDEO: 12 minutes

Story regarding his experience attending HBS in the 2000s, from the perspective of an international non-English speaking student who benefited from the Pre-MBA program and the bonds made within his student section.

European Research Center opens in Paris

European Research Center opens in Paris

Gayle and Robert Greenhill (MBA '62) donate $15 million to support international research and course-development activities; "Greenhill House" is dedicated in their honor

Gayle and Robert Greenhill (MBA '62) donate $15 million to support international research and course-development activities; "Greenhill House" is dedicated in their honor

India Research Center opens in Mumbai

India Research Center opens in Mumbai

Monisha Kapila Story VIDEO: RT: 03:03

Story regarding her experiences in the HBS Leadership Fellows program at Accion International in the microfinancing industry in Latin America and on the hindrances to MBAs working in the nonprofit sector. She encourages students to build their careers on their passions and urges the faculty to seek innovative ways of developing students into leaders.

Annie Bertrand Story VIDEO: RT: 04:18

Story regarding how her trek to India led to her to found with classmates a nonprofit organization, the Indian School Fund. They raised the resources to build a school and they designed a successful educational system that incorporates entrepreneurship into the curriculum.

David Tudehope Story VIDEO: RT: 05:49

Story regarding how he reached the half-time break in his career and the Advanced Management Program served as a spring training for recharging his entrepreneurial skill set. The broad range of cases exposed him to the issues and perspectives of other business sectors, nations, and regions and thus has enabled him to study his own field and country from a new angle. With a group of students from around the globe, he assembled a rowing team that defeated the Kennedy School of Government but more importantly renewed his fondness for teamwork and collaboration. In terms of the AMP mission, he exhorts the School to continue to innovate and to evolve as the world changes.

Andres Meza Story VIDEO: RT: 11:08

Story regarding how his section jelled as a team when they organized their charity auction. On his student treks, he was moved by the need to balance and combine business and culture. He shows a picture of his younger self to represent how he has changed through his time at HBS.

Andrew Saunders Story VIDEO: 7.5 minutes

Story regarding his experience attending HBS in the 2000s, as an international citizen born in the United Kingdom, raised in Australia and schooled in Japan in Japanese. He characterizes HBS as "a celebration of diversity" and "a school of doers." To him, inspiration abounds here, from student and professor relationships to cultural events on campus. Accumulated personal experience--gained from role playing in Professor Kaplan's classroom and a student-organized trip to Israel--is an invaluable part of his education.

Brian Frimpong Story VIDEO: 4 minutes

Story regarding his experience as a native of Ghana attending HBS in the 2000s, and as co-president of the ABC (Africa Business Club) that hosts the increasingly popular Africa Business Conference.

Carlos Roman Story VIDEO: 3.5 minutes

Story regarding his experience attending HBS in the 2000s, where he reflects on the power of business to transform lives and raise the standard of living in developing countries. He talks about the effectiveness of the case study method in teaching entrepreneurs to wield such power in a responsible manner.

Constance Jones Story VIDEO: 9 minutes

Story regarding her experience attending HBS in the 2000s, including opportunities for international travel, especially a personally meaningful trip to Jerusalem. She discusses organizing a Black History Month presentation for her section, and the personally revelatory method of learning in the Authentic Leadership Development course.

Emmanuel Simon Story VIDEO: 12.5 minutes

Story regarding his experience as a former aerospace engineer attending HBS in the 2000s, from his path to applying to HBS, to deferred acceptance with conditions. He recalls a case study discussion where the teacher abdicated leadership to a student, and his long struggle to the perfect summer internship.

Ethel Chen Story VIDEO: 5 minutes

Story regarding her experience attending HBS in the 2000s and the friendships and networking that gave her firsthand experience of business people all over the world, enabled her to secure an internship in London, and helped her to make career decisions. She reflects on her feeling that an international perspective gained by personal experience surpasses learning of the world by reading and watching television.

Joanne Leung Story VIDEO: 3 minutes

Story regarding her experience attending HBS in the 2000s, testing and strengthening her business plan for philanthropy advisory services. HBS provides students with resources and support for self-discovery and pursuing one's interests.

Privahini Bradoo Story VIDEO: 5.5 minutes

Story regarding her experience attending HBS in the 2000s, especially organizing and traveling on the India Immersion Experience, and learning that a business leader can change the world for the better.

Sridevi Raghavan Story VIDEO: 6 minutes

Story regarding her experience attending HBS in the 2000s, regarding her dream to manage day care in India. Her inital insecurity about her business plan was transformed into confidence by the community of HBS that took an active interest in her ideas and encouraged her to enter the HBS business plan contest. She is awed by this powerful spirit emanating on campus. "The only thing that stops me at HBS is how much I believe in myself and my ideas."

Adam Chepenik Story VIDEO: 5 minutes

Story regarding his experience as a domestic businessman attending HBS in the 2000s, who develops an international and broad perspective through case study discussions with diverse people, including military veterans. Even participation in incidental sporting events, such as learning the Indian sport Kabaddi from a British classmate, promotes international understanding.

Bernardo Novick Story VIDEO: RT: 07:26

Story regarding his endorsement of the Pre-MBA Program to prospective students and his recommendation to all students to manage their time wisely and to regard their HBS years as a cornerstone of their lives and not just a career stepping-stone. The Pre-MBA environment was the setting for developing tight bonds that have carried on into the MBA Program and was a productive introduction to the case method. The India Immersion program was a unique platform for learning deeply about a country and its people. With the multitude of options at HBS, he exhorts students to steer their HBS course prudently and efficiently.

Durdana Achakzai Story VIDEO: RT: 03:22

Story regarding her smooth transition into the flow of HBS through the Pre-MBA Program and her intentions of carrying forth the principles of business ethics and corporate social responsibilities into her role as a business leader. She commends Pre-MBA staff members, Maureen Walker and Joyce Majewski, for their dedication to ensuring the success of the experience and the international faculty for sharing their stories of acclimating themselves to life in the United States. The multiplicity of ideas and opinions expressed during class discussion serve as the basis for truly informed decision making. In her future capacities, she will construct her leadership on the foundational teachings of courses such as Leadership and Corporate Accountability.

Efe Pazarceviren Story VIDEO: RT: 06:48

Story regarding the academic and social benefits he derived from participation in the Pre-MBA Program. As the program dates conflicted with his wedding plans, he at once modified his schedule, and so the program improved his problem-solving skills even before it started. In this risk-free environment, his classmates and he had a platform from which to grasp the fundamentals of the case method and to develop study and classroom discussion strategies. He formed relationships and initiated networks that will persist through his HBS years and beyond. The rapid pace of the Pre-MBA Program simulated the intensity of the MBA Program and honed his time management skills. Through the program, he has already forged his bonds with the HBS community.

Esther Rodriguez-Fernandez Story VIDEO: RT: 04:13

Story regarding how the Pre-MBA Program provided her with an invaluable head start before being immersed in the HBS experience. At her MBA interview, she met a number of fellow Spaniards who wholeheartedly endorsed the program as an avenue to creating her first HBS family. She availed herself of the profusion of services to prepare herself academically and to arrange the everyday details of residence in a new country. Faculty members explicated the mechanics and nuances of the case method in classroom scenarios without the stress of close observation of her performance, and this introduction has been priceless to her. Her classmates and she have coalesced into a supportive group on which they can rely throughout their MBA years.

Kristin Meyer Story VIDEO: 4 minutes

Story regarding her experience attending HBS in the 2000s, encapsuled in the international perspective she gained from attending the Middle-East Immersion program.

Lena Sene Story VIDEO: 10.5 minutes

Story regarding her experience attending HBS in the 2000s, the realization of a childhood dream. HBS has exceeded her expectations in terms of her fellow students, the caliber of the faculty, and the "richness" of the case study method.

Limor Moshkovich Story VIDEO: 2.5 minutes

Story regarding her experience attending HBS in the 2000s, encapsuled in her organization of and participation in the China-Vietnam Immersion program (China and Vietnam: Faces of Revolutionary Change), and her hopes for the impressive elementary school children she met on that trip.

Luke Fuszard Story VIDEO: RT: 03:50

Story regarding how international scope of HBS infuses the learning process. On his first day, he was impressed by the array of flags representing the countries of the student body. He especially values the unique forum at HBS for students from across the world to exchange ideas. This sharing of perspectives will shape his conception of leadership in a global society.

Marc Oman Story VIDEO: RT: 09:30

Story regarding his reaction to the contrasts in educational methods from his upbringing in France and his confidence in the strength of his connections to the School. Although he harbored concerns about the efficacy of the case method, his direct participation terminated any doubts and he discusses one of his favorite cases. He illustrates the entrepreneurial spirit of the students and the School. One highlight of his first year was assisting with the planning of the European Immersion trip. He details the differences between the first and second years of the MBA Program. Perusing his grandfather's student records reinforced his sense of membership in the HBS community which he is certain will remain vibrant throughout his life.

Mohit Bathija Story VIDEO: 9 minutes

Story regarding his experience attending HBS in the 2000s, in particular the diversity and humor of Section J, and his recollections of the Middle East Immersion Experience (Middle East: Egypt and Dubai).

Netta Kivilis Story VIDEO: 9 minutes

Story regarding her experience attending HBS in the 2000s, a discussion of Career Treks organized by students, and the impressive helpfulness and responsiveness of HBS alumni (some, very powerful and busy people) to participate in treks and give career advice. She and other students from Israel were inspired to organize a trek there.

Thomas Rajan Story VIDEO: 4 minutes

Story regarding his experience attending HBS in the 2000s. The weighty sense of history and responsibility that accompanies an HBS education inspires one to accomplish great things that change the world.

Courtney Bass Story VIDEO: RT: 07:58

Story regarding how her voyage to HBS was started by her mother and her long-term aim is to devote her HBS education to the service of bettering the lives of others. Her mother, Paula Sneed MBA 1977, always expected she would join the Harvard community, and she attained that goal by graduating from Harvard College in 2003. While pondering the next stage in her life, she determined that she desired to have an impact on the world on a grand scale, and the School's prominence in nurturing leaders was the deciding factor for her. She is gratified by the School's commitment to diversity and celebrating diversity, and she will go out into the world to work to open minds as hers has been at HBS. She believes that her mother and she are one of the first African American mother-daughter couples at HBS. Her mother's accomplishments as a business leader and ethical leader who has achieved "results and goodness at the same time" stand as a profound inspiration for her.

Gordon Ross Story VIDEO: RT: 05:22

Story regarding his skepticism about the concept of HBS as a transformational experience and his rapid realization that just the first stage of the program had already substantially changed him. He was very happy to be accepted to the School but he had early doubts concerning the likelihood that he would become a different person at HBS. Now he believes that it is not a question of "whether I've changed but how haven't I changed." He ascribes this process to the amazing array of academic, social, and professional opportunities at the School. During "thunderbolt moments," he is struck with the degree of impact on him, such as the twenty-four hours from watching the presidential election to discussing with Jack Welch in class a case in which he is the protagonist. To anyone pondering applying to HBS, he urges them to go forward.

Nana Kankam Story VIDEO: RT: 04:10

Story regarding her pride in her capacity as a student at HBS of representing her parents' achievements and ensuring that all students' voices are heard. Her mother and father immigrated from Ghana to the United States, and she sees her being an HBS student as "the fruit of their hard work." In the year when Barack Obama is elected president of the United States, her family's accomplishments show the possibilities of this country. Aiming to attain the highest echelons in the new media field, she will invest all she has learned from her classmates from around the globe about how they use new technologies to achieve that goal. One of her great pleasures at HBS is to observe the diversity of the School and to amplify the ideas and concerns of minority and women students.

Sofia Valdivia Story VIDEO: RT: 06:12

Story regarding her sharing academic and cultural learning and idealistic goals with her classmates. Originally from Peru, she earned an engineering degree at Stanford University and worked in supply chain operations until she determined that she needed a "broader perspective" and applied to HBS. Expanding on the joy of cultural exchange at the School, she is organizing a student trek to Peru with a classmate. At first she was skeptical about the effectiveness of the case method. Having observed the faculty's preparation of case materials and engaged in case discussions, she admires the invaluable interplay of multiple viewpoints and the mutual learning of the case method. She intends to employ her HBS education in the service of improving the lives and opportunities of the people of Latin America.

Yiwen Jin Story VIDEO: RT: 06:16

Story regarding her transformational self-discovery during her Pre-MBA Program experience. The safe, risk-free, and congenial atmosphere of the program empowered her to bolster her self-confidence and to transition into the cultural milieu of the United States. Overcoming her initial nervousness, her first contribution to classroom discussion was brief but liberating. She is very proud of her election to the position of section international representative. The section flag ceremony was one of the highlights of her section's activities. As a result of the program, she views herself as a completely new person.

An Agenda for the Future: HBS's Next 100 Years VIDEO: RT: 02:44

Interview clip with HBS faculty member Joseph Bower who discusses a Centennial research inquiry into the future of the Harvard Business School and of economic progress by means of convening and interviewing business leaders around the world.

Ani Kharajian Story VIDEO: 08:01

Story regarding her years managing international Executive Education programs. She recounts the transformational experience of leading the Senior Executive Program for Southern Africa and how she convinced HBS to extend the program so that the participants could come to the School. She describes her professional growth through these programs and their global impact.

Pat Light Story VIDEO: 08:32

Story regarding her thirty plus years at MBA Support Services working with students to ensure the best possible HBS experience for them. She narrates a story of helping a student's brother after the tragedy of September 11th. She describes the School's "culture of support" and how Harvard and HBS are "in her blood."

Susan Hamilton Story VIDEO: 12.5 minutes

Story regarding her experience working in the development department of HBS since 1992. She elaborates on her first business trip, the international travels of a "road warrior", getting to know alumni, and the solidarity of HBS staff.

The Konosuke Matsushita Professorship in Leadership VIDEO: RT: 05:22

Interview clip with HBS faculty member Abraham Zaleznik who recounts how, through connections with the McKinsey Company and Japanese businessman Kenichi Ohame, Dean John MacArthur sent him and Roland Christensen to Japan to convince industrialist Konosuke Matsushita to endow an HBS professorship in leadership, their success, and his being named to the position.