Harvard Business School

Harvard Business School's mission is “we educate leaders who make a difference in the world”. At present HBS has over 65,000 alumni, who lead in organizations such as entrepreneurial companies, established firms, government, and nonprofit organizations. Alumni also serve in many industries, including consulting, financial services, venture capital, high technology, manufacturing, retail, and consumer products.

HBS is world-renowned for several aspects, including the development of the case method, which enables students to analyze complex business decisions in the classroom; pioneering research; closeness to practice, meaning that the programs reflect realities of the workplace; having close and deep ties with executives, scholars, alumni, and other leaders and their organizations worldwide; being the only top business school in the United States with a self-contained, residential campus; having exceptional resources; and having one of the largest and most influential alumni networks of any institution in the world.