Harvard Business School

Revisiting Harvard's most successful MBA class

The power and influence of Harvard B-school's class of 1949 were nothing less than extraordinary. We talk with author Laurence Shames, who told the story of this historic class. Interview by John A. Byrne

Harvard's grand experiment: Send 900 biz students abroad

Harvard plans to send nearly all of its entering business school students to a range of far-flung locales across the world in an ambitious week-long immersion program.

By John A. Byrne, contributor

(Poets&Quants) -- For the Harvard Business School, it is the academic equivalent of Operation Overlord.

Next month, the school that made the MBA one of the world's most valuable credentials will launch an invasion of more than 900 MBA students, roughly MORE

MBA costs soar. Salaries? Not so much.

The total cost of a Stanford MBA is now more than $350,000. And salaries have not kept pace. Yet another look at the diminishing returns of the degree.

By John A. Byrne, contributor

(Poets&Quants) -- Getting an MBA degree from a top-tier business school in the U.S. now costs more than a third of a million dollars. That's the unmistakable conclusion of a new analysis by Poets&Quants that takes into account the MORE

Harvard's unofficial guide to the MBA interview

This year's guide includes a bit less about dress code and more on the actual interview questions.

The Church of B-school

Sharing pieces of your emotional past sounds more like the stuff of support groups than MBA programs, but schools are recognizing a need to add these experiences to their curriculum.

By Shelley DuBois, writer-reporter

FORTUNE -- About an hour into a leadership class at Columbia Business School, all 50-odd students were sitting rail-straight with their eyes closed. A blonde research associate with the slightest hint of a German accent cooed instructions at MORE

Military vets: MBA job recruiter's dream candidates?

While the unemployment rate for recent military veterans is higher than the national average, recruiters from plum post-biz school gigs are actively courting many vets who opt for an MBA. By Ethan Rouen

Harvard biz school's extreme makeover

Within 12 short months since becoming dean of the Harvard Business School, Nohria has racked up accomplishments that would have taken most B-school deans a decade or more. By John A. Byrne

Harvard MBAs: Putting goals of corporate domination aside

While many Harvard biz school soon-to-be-grads are off to investment banks and consulting firms, a good number seem to yearn to have a positive impact on the world. By John A. Byrne

Why do men outperform women at Harvard Biz School?

Men outpace women by a significant margin when it comes to earning academic honors at Harvard Business School. What's behind the gap? By John A. Byrne

Harvard's puritanical guide to the MBA interview

Straight from the mouths of Harvard MBA candidates, the unofficial interview guide covers everything from how much deodorant to apply on the day of your interview to how much kneecap you should reveal.

By John A. Byrne, contributor

(poetsandquants.com) -- Harvard Business School applicants are getting some quirky counsel on how to avoid the kind of faux pas that would destroy their chances of ever gaining admittance to the West Point of MORE