Harvard Business School

Some of you will have heard of Michael Porter, one of the world's leading business consultants and an expert on Competitive Advantage.

Michael Porter is one of the professors at Harvard Business School - the world's premier Business School.

Harvard invented the Case Study Method for learning and teaching, which is used in many disciplines but obviously is very important and effective in examining what has happened to failing businesses at certain points of time.

Harvard Business School also publishes the best business quarterly, the Harvard Business Review, which contains research on all aspects of business: Marketing, Finance, Operations, Human Resources, Consumer Psychology and Strategic Management.

Harvard's MBA is one of the most prestigious qualifications in the world. It opens many doors for the budding entrepreneur and aids their networking!

From wikipedia:

The school's faculty are divided into ten academic units: Accounting and Management; Business, Government and the International Economy; Entrepreneurial Management; Finance; General Management; Marketing; Negotiation, Organizations & Markets; Organizational Behavior; Strategy; and Technology and Operations Management.

Harvard look for students who are leaders, have the capacity for intellectual growth, and are driven to make a difference in their community.

Alumni include:

Robert S. McNamara - former president of Ford Motor Company, president of the World Bank but most famously as US Secretary of Defense in both the Kennedy and Johnson Administrations

Orin C. Smith - former CEO of Starbucks

Robert Kraft - CEO of the Kraft Group

George W. Bush - the 43rd President of the United States


In the USA Business is serious stuff!