Harvard Harvard Business School is probably the most influential business school in the world and almost certainly the best known by the general public. HBS has played an important role (either directly or as an inspiration) in the histories of many other business schools including IMD, INSEAD, Western Ontario, and IESE. We collectively owe a considerable debt to HBS for the development of the case method and for making business an academic subject worthy of respect. However, it is important to restrain the urge of some MBA applicants to engage in hero worship of HBS. HBS is an important institution but a degree from HBS is neither necessary nor sufficient to become a CEO at major firm, a successful entrepreneur, or an effective manager. I once heard HBS described as the WalMart of business schools- everyone has heard of it, it is ultracompetitive, and its practices are extremely influential but I am not so sure I would want to do all of my shopping there. The reader is welcome to judge for herself if this analogy is accurate. FT 2005 ranks Harvard as tied with Penn for #1 worldwide. EIU 2004 ranks Harvard #4, just above IMD and Chicago GSB, and just below Dartmouth. Harvard's best showing on BW has been #2 and its worst has been #5 (three times). Northwestern has enjoyed a higher ranking than Harvard every time. https://www.hbs.edu/mba/hbsadvantage/ https://www.hbs.edu/mba/admissions/apply.html

Alumni Mass Index Northeast: V. Large West: V. Large Midwest: V. Large

Does anyone have any links to a HBS resume book?

How does Harvard score for preparing students to be entrepreneurs at a stage in the future? Edit: Came across https://www.hbs.edu/entrepreneurs/index.html

Was surprised to read that according to an alumni survey, 46% of HBS grads have founded or co-founded an average of 2.4 companies. Perhaps skewed because of the dot com days?