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1922

HBS casebooks adopted by other universitites

One or more of the first 5 HBS casebooks have been adopted at 93 universities, signaling increasing popularity of discussion-based teaching in business education.

 

1924

Of 1.2 million pages of cases produced, 225,000 go to other schools

Of 1.2 million pages of cases produced, 225,000 go to other schools

 

1930

"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

 

1942

Army Statistical School begins operation

Army Air Forces ask HBS to plan and operate an Officers Candidate School for statistical officers under direct government contract; begins operating in June, and includes the first of 6,400 students whom HBS will train in 9 military programs during the war.

 

1942

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

 

1948

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

 

1949

Faculty votes accept the Committee on Educational Policy's recommendations to continue AMP

Faculty votes in May to accept the Committee on Educational Policy's recommendations to continue AMP, and to "aid and encourage other universities" offering similar programs for "the experienced man"

 

1951

David cites HBS's "definite obligation" to help other business schools develop "a professional approach toward business administration"

David cites HBS's "definite obligation" to help other business schools develop "a professional approach toward business administration"

 

1953

Dan Smith begins six-year leave to join Treasury Department and help rewrite Internal Revenue Code

Dan Smith begins six-year leave to join Treasury Department and help rewrite Internal Revenue Code

 

1953

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

 

1953

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.

 

1954

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.

 

1954

Summer Case Writing Seminar begins

With Ford Foundation support, HBS creates a Summer Case Writing Seminar for deans and professors from other schools; continues through 1965

 

1955

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

 

1956

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

 

1956

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

 

1957

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.

 

1958

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

 

1961

Chris Christensen spends the year teaching at IMEDE

Chris Christensen spends the year teaching at IMEDE

 

1962

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

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

 

1962

Charles Christenson takes leave to serve as Deputy for Management Systems with U.S. Air Force

Charles Christenson takes leave to serve as Deputy for Management Systems with U.S. Air Force; later receives Exceptional Civilian Service Award

 

1962

HBS professors help Pakistan Institute of Management launch its Advanced Management Programme, modeled on HBS's AMP

HBS professors help Pakistan Institute of Management launch its Advanced Management Programme, modeled on HBS's AMP

 

1962

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

 

1963

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

 

1963

HBS hosts a business policy conference which helps disseminate the "SWOT" framework

HBS hosts a business policy conference which helps disseminate the "SWOT" (strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, threats) framework

 

1964

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

 

1964

Informal relationship between HBS and INSEAD begins

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

 

1965

London and Manchester Business Schools are founded on HBS model

London and Manchester Business Schools are founded on HBS model

 

1965

Second summer Workshop in Research in Business Finance is held

Second summer Workshop in Research in Business Finance is held on campus, and includes 20 researchers from other business schools

 

1966

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

 

1966

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

 

1966

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

 

1967

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

 

1967

Clark Wilson leaves HBS

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

 

1967

HBS co-hosts summer program to encourage careers in business

HBS co-hosts (with sponsoring companies) a summer program for 51 undergraduates to encourage careers in business

 

1967

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.

 

1967

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

 

1970

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"

 

1971

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

 

1971

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

 

1972

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.

 

1972

Iran Center for Management Studies opens

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

 

1972

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

 

1972

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

 

1973

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

 

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.

 

1974

Richard Rosenbloom helps found Jerusalem Institute of Management

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

 

1974

Thomas Raymond begins teaching Business in American Life at Harvard College

Thomas Raymond begins teaching Business in American Life at Harvard College, introducing undergraduates to business

 

1987

TRIAD Design Project launched

HBS, Harvard's Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts, and Boston's Design Management Institute launch the "TRIAD Design Project," focusing on importance of industrial design

 

1988

Members of the Classes of '88 and '89 organize Project Outreach

Members of the Classes of '88 and '89 organize "Project Outreach," whereby 350 HBS volunteers contribute a day to one of more than 40 Boston-area community organizations

 

1990

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

 

1990

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

 

1992

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

 

CLASS OF1995

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.

 

1997

California Research Center opens in Silicon Valley

California Research Center opens in Silicon Valley

 

2005

HBS and Harvard Medical School launch joint degree program

HBS and Harvard Medical School launched a 5 year, joint degree program in 2005. Special seminars are taught at both the business school and at the medical school

 

CLASS OF2009

Omowale Casselle Story VIDEO: RT: 06:49

Story regarding the major components of his HBS experience. He decided to attend HBS as a means of answering God's call to service after visiting on Prospective Students' Day. As a child, school was an escape from the violence in his community. He is focusing on venture capital as a tool to help others. His Analytics professor and a student trek enabled him to realize that everyone can work to make the world better in their own way and that HBS students as future leaders will fulfill the duties of privilege.

 

STAFF

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.

 

STAFF

Rebecca Dornin Story VIDEO: 6 minutes

Story regarding her experience taking part in the Pen Pal program, where one corresponds with elementary school students, through the HBS Human Resources department.