Business education

Research on why STEM graduates choose other careers.

The skills taught in engineering courses don’t always lead to new ideas.

There's a new trend toward democratizing credentials.

People will work as hard as they must to gain rewards or avoid punishment — no matter where they’re from.

New data from Wharton suggests MOOCs are helping business schools reach new audiences.

Over half of U.S. college grads will work in the field at some point.

Why the cash cow’s days are numbered.

Partnering with HBCUs is one promising avenue.

What’s really behind the recent strikes.

Tackling something hard has benefits.

In the fall, I wrote a series of posts on the moral concerns raised by the financial crisis and how a business ethics course might address them. MBAs, I said, should not be expected to memorize a subjective list of professional Do’s-and-Don’ts. Rather, they should be taught “how to engage, with intelligence and integrity, a […]

Technological innovation accounted for almost half of U.S. economic growth over the past 50 years, but the country’s standing as the world’s indisputable innovation leader is now at risk. In December, China surpassed the United States as the leading global patent filer — the first time any country has overtaken America. In today’s climate of […]

The real scandal is how poorly America’s schools prepare students for life after school.

A survey of MBA alumni who have started companies.

Business thinkers have long viewed the elimination of waste as management's holy grail. But what if the negative effects from the pursuit of efficiency...

Learn from the most common traps.

These skills are in high demand - and should be part of the MBA curriculum.

Go to the most selective school in your region.

They’re supposed to measure progress, but they end up imposing it.

Three reasons why you shouldn’t go back.

In June 2020, UBits faced the uncertainties of a global health crisis-the COVID-19 pandemic. The company had experienced several temporary setbacks, but...

Describes how Gerry House made the transition from head of a large school district to leader of a small nonprofit.

The case focuses on two major challenges in deal making in emerging market economies-deal sourcing and negotiation-by focusing on a real (but disguised)...

In 2020, the largest non-governmental organization in the world, BRAC, headquartered in Dhaka, Bangladesh, has some big problems to tackle. Its founder,...

Serial entrepreneur Vinesh Juglal wondered what it would be like to run Durban Computer College (DCC), the institution he had just bought. The education...

In 2008 the Boston-based Harvard Business School would turn 100. As the centennial year began, the HBS community and leadership were reflecting on how...

Describes the revenue structure of U.S. public education. Covers funding by federal, state, and local governments. Examines in detail two federal education...

Cristo Rey St. Martin College Preparatory (CRSM), a school with a unique educational model, has built a culture of accountability and student achievement....

This (B) case expands upon the journey of Career Karma's three founders by presenting a fictionalized Investor Meeting scenario.

In December 2021, more than a decade after its founding, Goldman Sachs's 10,000 Small Businesses program was still going strong - and the firm now needed...

Professor Gupta faces three major problems in teaching cases: 1) his students, accustomed to lectures, don't know how to conduct a case discussion; 2)...

Amable, a Bangalore-based children's education organization, was co-founded by Ratnesh and Aditi Mathur, a husband-wife duo who wanted to provide innovative...

Leaders of the many Fortune 500 firms headquartered in Minneapolis-St. Paul have a long history of engaging collectively, and with educational, political...

Abby Falik, founder and CEO of Global Citizen Year (GCY), quickly read through the most recent news updates regarding the Ebola crisis in West Africa...

In mid-2003, as the 10-year anniversary of Harvard Business School's Social Enterprise Initiative approached, the group's faculty and staff decided to...

Jim Golden wants to radically change how catastrophic trucking accident lawsuit claims are handled by his trucking company. He wants to "do the right...

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The Pioneer Academies case looks at the founding and growing of a South African campus of private schools that offered preschool through secondary, and...

Jody Leleck has been appointed the principal of Broad Acres Middle School in Montgomery County, Maryland. The school is underperforming all other schools...

Research on why STEM graduates choose other careers.

The skills taught in engineering courses don’t always lead to new ideas.

There's a new trend toward democratizing credentials.

In June 2020, UBits faced the uncertainties of a global health crisis-the COVID-19 pandemic. The company had experienced several temporary setbacks, but...

People will work as hard as they must to gain rewards or avoid punishment — no matter where they’re from.

New data from Wharton suggests MOOCs are helping business schools reach new audiences.

Over half of U.S. college grads will work in the field at some point.

Justin Fox, editorial director of the HBR Group and author of the article “Disrupting Higher Ed.”

Describes how Gerry House made the transition from head of a large school district to leader of a small nonprofit.

Why the cash cow’s days are numbered.