Business education

How universities need to change.

Too much distance has opened up between theory and practice.

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

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

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

Jim Hackett, CEO of Ford Motor Company, talks with HBR about what he calls corporate fitness and how he has applied it at Ford and, previously, at the...

Why the cash cow’s days are numbered.

An extensive study of UK schools shows what works.

Partnering with HBCUs is one promising avenue.

What’s really behind the recent strikes.

There's a new trend toward democratizing credentials.

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.

Sitting on my nightstand is a half-finished copy of Stones into Schools, the sequel to the best-selling Three Cups of Tea by Greg Mortenson, which has...

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

Tools borrowed from scenario planning can broaden your view.

Three reasons why you shouldn’t go back.

Business schools fall short on teaching ethics and leadership, says economics professor Peter Navarro.

The case explores opportunities and challenges facing the Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences as it: 1) grapples with rapid undergraduate...

IBM's Corporate Citizenship office created a social and organizational innovation in public education through a business-school partnership. IBM's Stanley...

Supplements the (A) case.

In May 2021, the founder of Yardstick Educational Initiatives Private Limited, a provider of experiential learning programs in India and the United Arab...

Wegmans is appalled at the educational system in Rochester, New York. In cooperation with store and local authorities they create a mentoring, employment...

In early 2016, Stanley Litow, IBM's Vice President of Corporate Citizenship and Corporate Affairs and President of the IBM International Foundation, made...

Southwire, a leading maker of cable based in rural Georgia, has partnered with the local school system to staff a factory with at-risk high school students....

The case describes opportunities for and barriers to collaboration between the Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) and Harvard Business...

The founder and CEO of BYJU'S, India's largest edtech firm and one of the world's most valuable edtech companies, is considering acquiring Aakash Educational...

IBM's Corporate Citizenship office created an innovation in public education through a business-school partnership for widespread replication and diffusion....

In 2009, just 15 years after it was founded, the China Europe International Business School (CEIBS) has achieved the remarkable 8th position in the Financial...

Designed to aid in the transfer and application of knowledge gained from the executive program to the live situation that program participants face in...

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

Discusses the importance of living room groups (eight participants who share a living room) in Harvard Business School's Advanced Management Program developing...

Case on a social venture that could not scale beyond the founder, despite significant investment enthusiasm.

In October 2020, just a year after founding their company Meaningful Gigs, founders Ronnie Kwesi Coleman and Stephanie Nachemja-Burton prepared for a...

This note serves as an overview of the Entrepreneurial Management Unit's required curriculum course, "The Entrepreneurial Manager (TEM)." General management...

Supplement to case IN1415. In 2017, the Financial Times ranked INSEAD's MBA programme #1 in the world for the second year in a row. The Dean of INSEAD,...

"It is really worth a read..." -- Former Vice President Joe Biden, interviewed on Pod Save America. Now in paperback with a new Foreword by Mark Cuban...

How universities need to change.

Too much distance has opened up between theory and practice.

The case explores opportunities and challenges facing the Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences as it: 1) grapples with rapid undergraduate...

IBM's Corporate Citizenship office created a social and organizational innovation in public education through a business-school partnership. IBM's Stanley...

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

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

Supplements the (A) case.

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

In May 2021, the founder of Yardstick Educational Initiatives Private Limited, a provider of experiential learning programs in India and the United Arab...

As the dynamic global business environment continues to force organizations to be agile and adaptive, international business (IB) education pedagogy is...