Arts and Sciences: Better Budget, Burgeoning Ambitions
Dean Michael Smith’s annual report to the faculty
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Harvard Library Leaders Discuss Reorganization, New Portal
Internal “services-held-in-common” organization and single point of online entry to the library are unveiled.
10.4.12
Panel Recommends Changes at Harvard Primate Center
Following animal deaths and government investigations, Dean Jeffrey S. Flier endorses recommendations for New England Primate Research Center
8.20.12
The Other Commons: David A. Moss
“Political dysfunction may well be an important part of the problem.” David A. Moss, McLean professor of business administration and founder of the Tobin Project
8.17.12
The Business Ecosystem: Rosabeth Moss Kanter
“A country can become complacent about its assets.” Rosabeth Moss Kanter, Arbuckle professor of business administration, in HBS’s general management unit, and chair and director of the Harvard University Advanced Leadership Initiative
8.17.12
The Workforce: Thomas A. Kochan
“All the other things we used to think about as a social contract…” Thomas A. Kochan, Bunker professor of management, MIT’s Sloan School of Management, and co-director of the MIT Institute for Work and Employment Research
8.17.12
Compensation Practices and Incentives: Mihir A. Desai
“The first step is popping the myth that we can use financial markets naively to measure performance over short horizons…” Mihir A. Desai, Mizuho Financial Group professor of finance and professor of law, and HBS’s senior associate dean for planning and university affairs
8.17.12
Manufacturing: Willy C. Shih
“There was no way for us to get to market in the U.S.” Willy C. Shih, professor of management practice, HBS’s technology and operations management unit
8.17.12
The Strategic Context: Michael E. Porter and Jan W. Rivkin
“We should have been worried before the Great Recession.” Michael E. Porter, Lawrence University Professor, and Jan W. Rivkin, Rauner professor of business administration and head of HBS’s strategy unit
8.17.12
Can America Compete?
A discussion with Harvard Business School faculty members
8.17.12
Brevia
Harvard’s largest solar installation, edX develops, Drew Faust’s research becomes a TV program, the Gilgamesh sculpture, and more
8.17.12
Harvard Portrait: David Jones
David Jones, Ackerman professor of the culture of medicine, works in both history and medicine.
8.17.12
Xiao-Li Meng Appointed Dean of Harvard’s Graduate School
The statistics professor succeeds Allan Brandt.
8.14.12
Making Green a Primary Color
A new GSD concentration uses an ecological perspective to imagine cities.
8.10.12
Paul Barreira Appointed Head of Harvard Health Services
Mental-health specialist has been active in undergraduate care