Ahead of the Curve: Two Years at Harvard Business SchoolTwo 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 Curve recounts 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 in the trenches of an iconic American institution. |
Contents
Chapter Two STARTING OVER | |
Chapter Four RIDING THE BOOZE LUGE | |
Chapter Five WHO AM | |
Chapter Seven TO BETA AND BEYOND | |
Chapter Eight THE RISK MASTER | |
Chapter Ten ETHICAL JIHADISTS | |
Chapter Eleven EXTREME LEVERAGE | |
Chapter Twelve CHASING THE CURVE | |
Chapter Thirteen BIG HAIRY GOALS | |
Chapter Fourteen WATCHING MY CHILDREN GROW LONGER | |
Chapter Fifteen GRADUATION | |
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Ahead of the Curve: Two Years at Harvard Business School Philip Delves Broughton Limited preview - 2008 |
Ahead of the Curve: Two Years at Harvard Business School Philip Delves Broughton No preview available - 2009 |
Ahead of the Curve: Two Years at Harvard Business School Philip Delves Broughton No preview available - 2009 |
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