Harvard Strategic Decision Book

Author: Ouyang Yun
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Publish Date: 2003-12-01
Features: Harvard University is the oldest and most famous university. Since its founding over 300 years ago, it has nurtured countless outstanding talents for the United States and the world. To date, seven U.S. Presidents have graduated from Harvard: John Adams, John Quincy Adams, Rutherford B. Hayes, Theodore Roosevelt, Franklin D. Roosevelt, John F. Kennedy, and George W. Bush. Thirty-three Harvard graduates have won the Nobel Prize in Science (Henry Kissinger is not included, as he received the Nobel Peace Prize). ABC's renowned television commentator Joe Morris once said at Harvard's 350th anniversary celebration, "A school that has produced seven U.S. Presidents, thirty-three Nobel laureates, thirty-two Pulitzer Prize winners, and the CEOs of dozens of multinational companies has an influence that is!" Harvard Business School (Harvard University Graduate School of Business Administration,HBS) was established in 1908 and has become one of the most renowned institutions for cultivating business professionals in the United States, earning the nickname "West Point of Business." Its endowment amounts to $2.5 billion, more than the combined total of all other business schools in the U.S., with an annual budget of $100 million, of which approximately $30 million is allocated to teaching, research, and curriculum development.