Ahead of the Curve Two Years at Harvard Business School

Name: Ahead of the Curve Two Years at Harvard Business School
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ISBN: 9780143115434

ISBN-10: 014311543X

ISBN-13: 9780143115434

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Authors: Philip Delves Broughton

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Two years in the cauldron of capitalism—“horrifying and very funny” (The Wall Street Journal) In this candid and entertaining insider’s look at the most influential school in global business, Philip Delves Broughton draws on his crack reporting skills to describe his madcap years at Harvard Business School. Ahead of the Curverecounts the most edifying and surprising lessons learned in the quest for an MBA, from the ingenious chicanery of leveraging and the unlikely pleasures of accounting, to the antics of the “booze luge” and other, less savory trappings of student culture. Published during the one hundredth anniversary of Harvard Business School, this is the unflinching truth about life…

Book details

List price: $24.00
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Publication date: 6/30/2009
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 304
Size: 5.46" wide x 8.32" long x 0.68" tall
Weight: 0.594
Language: English



Preface



Let's Get Retarded



Starting Over



A Place Apart



Riding the Booze Luge



Who Am I?



Formin', Stormin', Normin', Performin'



To Beta and Beyond



The Risk Master



Insecure Overachievers



Ethical Jihadists



Extreme Leverage



Chasing the Curve



Big Hairy Goals



"Watching My Children Grow Longer"



Graduation



A Factory for Unhappy People


Afterword


Acknowledgments