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CNBC Documentary
Tomorrow night, December 17, CNBC will broadcast a new documentary, "Inside Harvard Business School," at 10 pm EST, with an encore presentation Sunday, December 21. The documentary, filmed throughout the fall, focuses on the impact the School has had over the last hundred years and features current students, faculty, and alumni speaking about their experience at HBS. Check here for broadcast times around the world. For web extras and video clips, visit http://insideharvardbiz.cnbc.com.
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Social Entrepreneurship Fellowship HBS has created a new fellowship to support recent graduates who are launching social enterprises—nonprofit, for-profit, or hybrid organizations with a central focus on the creation of social value. The program will support up to one recent graduate each year with a $25,000 fellowship. The application deadline is February 1, 2009. For more information, including application details, visit http://www.hbs.edu/socialenterprise/careers/socialentrepreneurship/.
Centennial Conversation Join Professors Nitin Nohria and Rakesh Khurana for an online dialogue about Leadership in the 21st Century. In this final Conversation, discussion has explored different views of leadership and ways to restore public trust. Read some of the responses and share your own thoughts on these questions.
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Alumni Career Services
Career Strategies for Turbulent Times–Workshop Series Alumni Career Services is launching a new workshop series to support alumni in transition. On January 15, 2009, join career management expert Tim Butler at the Harvard Club of New York City for "Working on Career Vision in Uncertain Times." The workshop is open to all alumni.
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To register, visit http://www.alumni.hbs.edu/careers. Also visit the ACS website for a full listing of career resources, including future workshops in Chicago, San Francisco, and New York. Alumni Career Services offers one-on-one coaching, individualized research support, and a Job Bank for HBS alumni.
Alumni Community
Leading in Turbulent Times: Lessons from Abraham Lincoln On January 28, at 12:00 pm EST, Professor Nancy Koehn will discuss challenges for leaders in difficult times. This teleconference, part of the HBS Virtual Learning Series, is open to all club members. Please visit your local Alumni Club's website to register: http://www.clubhub.hbs.org.
OPM Reunion For all OPM alumni, 2009 is your year! HBS welcomes you back to campus October 1–4, 2009, for a reunion program highlighting a mix of learning and fun. For more information, contact Jane Turner Michael, Alumni Relations, at jturnermichael@hbs.edu. Please plan to join us.
Alumni Travel
Tanzania Safari and Rwanda Gorillas, August 26–September 4, 2009 Join fellow alumni and friends in the company of Harvard Professor and Pulitzer Prize winner Caroline Elkins. This journey combines safari excursions with several days of tracking to see the mountain gorillas of Rwanda. In Tanzania, visit some of the richest wildlife areas in the world, including the Serengeti National Park. Then travel to Rwanda to tour the city of Kigali, visit the Rwandan Genocide Memorial, and track the endangered mountain gorilla in the forests of Parc National des Volcans.
Executive Education
The Global Economic Crisis: Diagnosis, Analysis, and Action Save the date for an exclusive Executive Education program on March 4–7, 2009. Given the unprecedented series of events that have unfolded in the world economy, HBS is developing a new program to present thought leadership on the global economic crisis to the Harvard community. The faculty lineup will be announced shortly. To register and to view program updates, visit http://www.exed.hbs.edu/redirects/gec_wn/.
Marketing of Innovations Next offered April 19–22, 2009, this program provides effective marketing strategies for successfully launching a new product or service. You will gain powerful tools to assess market potential, ensure customer adoption, improve product development, and choose the best distribution, pricing, and promotion tactics. Visit http://www.exed.hbs.edu/redirects/mi_wn/ to learn more.
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In Defense of American Cars On Forbes.com, Assistant Professor Daniel Snow suggests that consumer perception of the U.S. auto industry lags behind reality. Having studied technological innovation and manufacturing at automakers in North America, Europe, and Asia, Snow writes: "I am convinced that five years ago the Big Three started producing vehicles that are among the best in the world."
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Since Enron, Little Has Changed In a Wall Street Journal op-ed (subscription required), Professor Bill George and Professor Emeritus Malcolm Salter draw lessons for improving corporate governance from Enron and the current crisis. In their view, it is imperative that boards "provide clear oversight of executive compensation and risk-taking" as protection against future failures.
HBS Working Knowledge provides an advance look at the work of the faculty. Articles are available by topic, industry, or faculty at http://hbswk.hbs.edu. This week, Working Knowledge presents new research by Professor Zeynep Ton. In "Thinking Twice About Supply-Chain Layoffs," Ton observes that cutting the wrong employees can be counterproductive for retailers. One suggestion she proposes: pay attention to staff who handle mundane tasks such as stocking and labeling. Your customers do.
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