Harvard Business School

The "Poison Ivy" Growing at Harvard Business School

Stephen Viscusi | Posted 10.28.2008 | Business

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Stephen Viscusi

What W. has really ruined from a business "branding" scenario is the prestige and credibility of what it means to have a Harvard Business School "brand" degree.

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Can GM Survive?

Steve Parker | Posted 07.21.2008 | Business

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Steve Parker

John McCain visited a GM factory and said if cars like the Volt, a plug-in gas/electric hybrid GM is developing, really do make it to market (still a question mark), "hundreds of thousands of jobs will be created." He's wrong.

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Where Is Our MBA President Now?

Fortune's Stanley Bing | Posted 04.03.2008 | Business

Read More: Gas Prices, Bank Write Downs, Recession, Harvard Business School, Who Is to Blame, Real Estate Values, George W. Bush, Business News
<i>Fortune</i>'s Stanley Bing

During this economic mess, George W. Bush, our first MBA President, a graduate of the august Harvard Business School, has been on the sidelines.

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Harvard Business School's Greatest Lesson

Fortune | Geoff Colvin | Posted 03.27.2008 | Business

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Does Harvard Business School have a future? Its storied past will get extra attention when the school turns 100 years old on April 8. But in a fast-ch...

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Terrorists On Wall Street

Harry Fuller | Posted 03.19.2008 | Business

Read More: George Bush, Financial Gurus, U.S. Economy, Sec, Finance, Fraud, Bonuses, Society Security, 401ks, S&L, Federal Reserve, Hedge Funds, Bailout, Regulation, 401(K), Harvard Business School, MBAs, Financial Corporations, Financial Bonuses, Federal Money Brokers, Bear Stearns, Bankruptcy, Brokerages, Business News
Harry Fuller

This is the latest in terror tactics: give me money or I blow my corporation up. The U.S. hasn't been this pathetic since Katrina.

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Zucker Signals NBC Might Be Interested In Buying The Weather Channel

Silicon Alley Insider | Michael Learmonth | Posted 02.28.2008 | Media

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NBC U CEO Jeff Zucker says he likes the Weather Channel, but not for the $5 billion Landmark Communications is said to be seeking. "Obviously, (The We...

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Mitt Romney, Meg Whitman and the Failed CEO Campaign

Paul Jenkins | Posted 01.11.2008 | Politics

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Paul Jenkins

Meg Whitman, Romney and their Fortune 500 crowd implied that their success at Bain, eBay, et al, would translate into a winning campaign. This has not happened. At all.

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B-school Confidential: MBAs May Be Obsolete

Yahoo! Finance | Penelope Trunk | Posted 10.05.2007 | Business

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The Master of Business Administration degree has been a holy grail for decades. If you wanted a career that mattered and didn't have the aptitude for ...

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Seeking Leadership for Iraq

Michael Huffington | Posted 09.30.2007 | Politics

Read More: George H. W. Bush, Ali Allawi, Iraq Troop Withdrawal, Iran, Harvard Business School, Richard Nixon, President Bush, Iraq, 08 Candidates Iraq Withdrawal, Politics News
Michael Huffington

A surgeon will cut off a limb in order to protect the body from disease. And a commander-in-chief should pull out of a war that cannot be won in order to protect a nation.

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Can a Business Have a Conscience?

Charles H. Green | Posted 09.19.2007 | Business

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Charles H. Green

People commonly predict that they will behave more ethically in the future than they actually do.

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