Name: Ahead of the Curve
ISBN: 9781594201752

Philip Delves Broughton

An assessment of the teaching methods used by Harvard Business School reveals how the university's curriculum focuses on analyses of actual business scenarios that teach sophisticated strategies in such areas as accounting, beta, and leveraging.

Two Years at Harvard Business School

Ahead of the Curve

Aaron Bach

This book was, unfortunately, rather disappointing. As a graduate of the University of Denver's MBA program, I was excited to read this book because I'd hoped it would glean some insight into the highly selective, greatly sought after experience at HBS. Although Broughton gave a fair amount of that, it was often punctuated by long stretches of academic material that seemed ripped from a business textbook. I suppose that one should expect some material like this, given that Broughton is recounting his experiences in business school; however, a true account of "Two Years at Harvard Business School" would, I think, focus a bit more on Harvard itself and not devote multiple pages to an explanation of Michael Porter's numerous frameworks.

Ahead of the Curve Two Years at Harvard Business School

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