Ahead of the Curve : Two Years at Harvard Business School
ISBN: 9780143115434 | 014311543X
Edition: ReprintFormat: Paperback
Publisher: Penguin Books
Pub. Date: 6/30/2009
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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 ... MORE
| 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 |
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.
