Ahead of the Curve Two Years at Harvard Business School

by Broughton, Philip Delves

• ISBN13: 9780143115434
• ISBN10: 014311543X
• eBook ISBN(s): 9781440629624
• Edition: Reprint
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2009-06-30
• Publisher: Penguin Books
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Summary

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 in the trenches of an iconic American institution.

Author Biography

Philip De lves Broughton served, successively, as the New York and Paris bureau chief for The Daily Telegraph of London before attending Harvard Business School, where he received his MBA in 2006.

Table of Contents

Preface	p. 1
Let's Get Retarded	p. 5
Starting Over	p. 31
A Place Apart	p. 46
Riding the Booze Luge	p. 52
Who Am I?	p. 69
Formin', Stormin', Normin', Performin'	p. 80
To Beta and Beyond	p. 93
The Risk Master	p. 119
Insecure Overachievers	p. 130
Ethical Jihadists	p. 147
Extreme Leverage	p. 167
Chasing the Curve	p. 191
Big Hairy Goals	p. 210
"Watching My Children Grow Longer"	p. 227
Graduation	p. 251
A Factory for Unhappy People	p. 266
Afterword	p. 284
Acknowledgments	p. 291
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