Events Calendar
Early Bird Registration for GLF 2006 in Washington, DC
Join HBS in Washington, D.C., June 20-22, 2006, for "The Private Sector and the Public Interest," this year's Global Leadership Forum. Register now to take advantage of our early bird specials. Sign up before November 15, 2005 and receive a $200 discount. For the first 100 recent graduates (MBA 1995-2006) and HBS Club/Association members there are also discounts. To register, for a complete list of participating faculty, and for information about pre- and post-conference tours, visit:
http://www.alumni.hbs.edu/glf/
Thanks for Making Fall Reunions a Success!
Last week, HBS welcomed back over 1,800 alumni and guests for Fall Reunions. The weekend festivities included an update on the School from Dean Jay O. Light, over 30 faculty sessions, and plenty of time to catch up with old friends. View the Reunion photo gallery:
http://www.alumni.hbs.edu/reunions/
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Lifelong Learning
Celebrate the New Year in New Zealand
It's not too late to celebrate the new year in the New Zealand Fiordland. Space is still available to join other HBS alumni on this December 28, 2005-January 8, 2006 expedition through dense mountain rain forests, sparkling lakes, and glaciated mountain peaks. Explore the North and South Islands, sail on an America's Cup yacht, visit local wineries, and experience the rich cultural of this beautiful region. To learn more or to find out about other excursions — including trips to Belize (March 5-12, 2006) and Morocco (September 3-14, 2006) — visit:
http://www.alumni.hbs.edu/travel/
From HBS Executive Education:
Achieving Breakthrough Service: Leveraging Employee and Customer Satisfaction for Profit and Growth
February 5–10, 2006: Propel your organization's service to breakthrough levels by maximizing the "value profit chain" model. Learn to leverage this innovative method of delivering breakthrough value to customers, employees, and shareholders.
http://www.exed.hbs.edu/redirects/abswn/
HBS Alumni receive an exclusive 30-percent discount on open-enrollment Executive Education Programs. For more information, visit:
http://www.alumni.hbs.edu/lifelong_learning/execed_calendar.html
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News
Social Enterprise Summer Fellowship Program
Alumni working or volunteering with nonprofit and public sector organizations — consider having your organization hire a summer associate. HBS supplements the salaries paid by organizations. Leaders of past organizations indicate that our students have played a valuable role in tackling important business issues that utilize their analytic and strategic training. For students, the summer provides an important opportunity to apply skills and concepts of the MBA program and to learn firsthand of the rewards and complexities of nonprofit and public-sector management. For details, visit:
http://www.hbs.edu/socialenterprise/summer/
Working Knowledge: The Box Office Power of Stars
While some professors study entrepreneurs and others emerging economies, Professor Anita Elberse has quite a different "beat": Hollywood. In this Q&A, Elberse discusses her research into the question, How much do movie stars contribute to box office success?
http://hbswk.hbs.edu/item.jhtml?id=5025&t=marketing
Faculty in the News
Professor David Moss puts the role of the federal government's response to natural disasters in historical perspective in an article in the Los Angeles Times focusing on FEMA.
http://intranet.hbs.edu/community/hbsnews/090505_lat.html
Fast Company magazine spotlights In Their Time: The Greatest Business Leaders of the Twentieth Century, a new book by Lecturer Anthony J. Mayo and Professor Nitin Nohria.
http://pf.fastcompany.com/magazine/98/open_3ways.html
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