Knowra Harvard Business School Harvard Business School Harvard University’s graduate school of business, founded in 1908. It is known for its case-method teaching and its Master of Business Administration program.
Master of Business Administration : A postgraduate degree in business administration that prepares students for management and leadership roles. The MBA is Harvard Business School’s flagship degree program.
Edwin Francis Gay : An American economic historian who became the first dean of Harvard Business School. Gay led the school from its founding and helped define its early curriculum.
Harvard Business School case collection : A large collection of teaching cases written for business and management education. Cases from this collection are used in classrooms at Harvard and other institutions.
Stanford Graduate School of Business : Stanford University’s graduate school of business, located in Stanford, California. It is a prominent peer whose location and institutional culture differ from Harvard’s.
Case method : A teaching approach built around analyzing detailed accounts of real or hypothetical situations. Harvard Business School uses case discussion as a central classroom method.
Harvard University : A private research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts, founded in 1636. Harvard Business School was established as one of the university’s professional schools.
Harvard Business School alumni : Graduates of Harvard Business School’s degree programs. Alumni carry the school’s training into companies, public institutions, and nonprofits.
Wharton School : The business school of the University of Pennsylvania, founded in 1881. Wharton predates Harvard Business School and offers a contrasting institutional history.
Harvard Business Publishing : A publishing company affiliated with Harvard Business School that produces business books, cases, and management media. It distributes many cases and teaching materials developed at the school.
Harvard Business School campus : The school’s campus in Allston, a neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts. Its campus developed separately from Harvard’s older Cambridge grounds.
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