Why Harvard Business School Is Under Fire

Re:Why Harvard Business School Is Under Fire by bluetwo on Thursday May 18, 2017 @11:24AM (#14367994)

The article reads to me a little bit like a promotion for the book that it references.

No doubt in my mind HBS has been widely influential. Their book on strategy (simply called "Strategy") is an excellent collection of articles any startup founder would do well by reading.

I find it interesting however that the task of building a new business is really very different from the art of making a business profitable and sustaining. Most schools still concentrate on the latter part, assuming their job is to get their students placed in a Fortune 500 company.

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Re:Why Harvard Business School Is Under Fire by adsteel__ on Thursday May 18, 2017 @11:37AM (#14368133)

When you reference the book "Strategy", are you referring to "On Strategy" from HBR?

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Re:Why Harvard Business School Is Under Fire by bluetwo on Thursday May 18, 2017 @11:44AM (#14368194)

After I wrote that I looked for an easy link to the book. It seems it is out of print but shares an editor with the newer "On Strategy".

Here is a link to the one I was talking about:

https://www.amazon.com/Strategy-Seeking-Securing-Competitive...

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