HBS Centennial Colloquia Reports
There are 29 articles for this feature.
As part of the School's centennial celebration in 2008, business leaders and policy makers from around the world met at HBS in October to discuss a wide range of business topics. We will highlight summaries of these discussions each week. Full videos and transcripts are also available.
Transforming Giants
| Published: | October 21, 2009 |
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| Feature: | HBS Business Summit |
A new type of 21st century company is emerging that is transforming how business is conducted. These are values-driven companies that define a core set of values and rely on these values in making all strategic decisions.
HBS Past and Present
| Published: | October 7, 2009 |
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| Feature: | HBS Business Summit |
Eight enduring themes have characterized Harvard Business School from its earliest years, and remain as integral as ever to the way the School thinks and operates.
Harvard and HBS: The Next 100 Years
| Published: | September 30, 2009 |
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| Feature: | HBS Business Summit |
Harvard President Drew Gilpin Faust reflected on Harvard Business School's past 100 years and shared her vision of the future, while HBS Dean Jay Light discussed the School's history and highlighted key focus areas for the future.
Business Summit: Real Estate
| Published: | July 28, 2009 |
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| Feature: | HBS Business Summit |
Experts discuss the global real estate crisis, the future of securitization, and predictions for the future of the U.S. real estate market.
Business Summit: Business Education in the 21st Century
| Published: | July 24, 2009 |
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| Feature: | HBS Business Summit |
Business schools are innovating and experimenting to change the MBA experience, and to help business education regain its relevance and value. Along with a changing curricula, programs are attempting to make the learning experience more interactive, engaging, global, and experiential.
Business Summit: Managing Human Capital—Global Trends and Challenges
| Published: | July 21, 2009 |
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| Feature: | HBS Business Summit |
Human capital needed for globalization is lacking. Progress is required in important areas such as elevating more women to leadership positions, according to panelists at the HBS Business Summit.
Business Summit: Ethics in Globalization
| Published: | July 17, 2009 |
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| Feature: | HBS Business Summit |
It is impossible to regulate against greed and ethical shortcomings. What can be done is to force greater transparency and accountability.
Business Summit: China in the Global Economy
| Published: | July 14, 2009 |
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| Feature: | HBS Business Summit |
While the global economic downturn will affect China's exports, the domestic economy is expected to remain strong, agreed panelists at the HBS Business Summit.
Business Summit: The Coming World Oil Crisis
| Published: | July 10, 2009 |
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| Feature: | HBS Business Summit |
Without enormous changes the world faces an imminent oil crisis—and there are no silver bullet solutions. People must wake up to the sobering ramifications of peak oil, which may be the defining issue of this century.
Business Summit: Historical Roots of Globalization
| Published: | July 7, 2009 |
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| Feature: | HBS Business Summit |
In this breakout session, panelists shared insights, informed by history, of the convergence that globalization promotes.
Business Summit: The Role of Social Entrepreneurship in Transforming American Public Education
| Published: | July 2, 2009 |
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| Feature: | HBS Business Summit |
Amid formidable barriers, a set of passionate social entrepreneurs are disrupting the status quo in education with innovative and effective approaches that are producing measurable results. The challenge now is to build support so these solutions can be applied elsewhere.
Business Summit: The Role of Business Leaders in Sustaining Market Capitalism
| Published: | June 30, 2009 |
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| Feature: | HBS Business Summit |
Business leaders at the HBS Business Summit agreed on the threats to capitalism, but offered different opinions on the way forward.
Business Summit: Business and the Environment
| Published: | June 26, 2009 |
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| Feature: | HBS Business Summit |
If the causes for global climate change are not addressed, the consequences for the planet are likely to be disastrous. Governments, business, and consumers must act.
Business Summit: Global Environment-Transformed Organization
| Published: | June 23, 2009 |
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| Feature: | HBS Business Summit |
According to two panel sessions led by HBS professor Clayton M. Christensen, successful organizations must continually transform themselves in today's dynamic world.
Business Summit: The Evolution of Agribusiness
| Published: | June 19, 2009 |
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| Feature: | HBS Business Summit |
Agribusiness has come to be seen not just as economically important, but as a critical part of society. The future for this massive industry will be both exciting and complex.
Business Summit: The Future of Market Capitalism
| Published: | June 16, 2009 |
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| Feature: | HBS Business Summit |
Professor Michael E. Porter leads a discussion on the shortcomings of the capitalist system and ways the business community can better serve broader societal interests.
Business Summit: Lawrence Summers on Market Capitalism's Historic Opportunity
| Published: | June 12, 2009 |
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| Feature: | HBS Business Summit |
Confronting today's economic challenges represents an historic opportunity to save capitalism from itself, and in doing so, to create more prosperity and improve the lives of more people, says Lawrence Summers.
Business Summit: Enterprise Risk Management
| Published: | June 9, 2009 |
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| Feature: | HBS Business Summit |
Risk management is a key to sustained firm growth, says professor Robert S. Kaplan. Key ingredients to a successful risk management program include the proper culture, clear parameters, discipline, measurement, and accountability.
Business Summit: Niall Ferguson and the Certainty of Uncertainty
| Published: | June 5, 2009 |
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| Feature: | HBS Business Summit |
The economic crisis should not have been unexpected, says professor Niall Ferguson. Business leaders should consider history when developing their strategies, plans, and models, and should keep in mind that outlier events occur.
Business Summit: Introduction to the Future of Market Capitalism
| Published: | May 29, 2009 |
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| Feature: | HBS Business Summit |
Professor Joseph L. Bower discusses a two-year research project exploring the views of global business leaders and HBS faculty on what might threaten the world's economic progress.
