Jay Light
Former Dean, Harvard Business School
Jay Light is the former dean of Harvard Business School and a professor emeritus. He joined the faculty of HBS in December 1969. After a brief leave of absence from 1977 to 1979 to serve as director of investment and financial policies for the Ford Foundation, he returned to HBS as a full professor. He oversaw a range of innovations in the School's MBA program, including the new January term, Immersion Experience Programs (a portfolio of faculty-led seminars in selected regions around the world), and the launch and development of joint degree programs with Harvard's Medical School and Kennedy School.
Investments in areas like alternative energy sources have a negative cost differential in the short run, even though they may pay off in 20 or 30 years. And what about […]
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Why the new dean, Nitin Nohria, needs to stay focused on the “people realities” of the job.
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America will continue to be more creative and innovative than China (for the time being), because entrepreneurship requires a sense of individuality.
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Business schools may not have been focused enough on teaching future leaders how to keep an eye on the downside in an interconnected world.
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Companies today need to think about sustainability across a variety of dimensions, says Light: “It’s water. It’s natural resources of all kinds. It’s also in a world of change of […]
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Surprisingly, business education is very much the same as it was 100 years ago, say the outgoing dean.
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A conversation with the outgoing Dean of Harvard Business School
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