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...past decade, other Harvard affiliates have followed the lead of the B-School, which has, in the past three decades, set up seven institutes of business management, taking the case study method to Turkey, the Philippines, India, Nicaragua and Iran...
Irons, who is on vacation and could not be reached for comment, has served with the Business School communications office for one year in an unusual capacity, writing press releases and articles for the News Office but not taking a title or a regular staff position, according to B-School communications director William Hokanson. He would not speculate on the reasons for the setup, which he said Irons requested...
Hokanson said Irons had turned down the position of associate communications director at the B-School, preferring "to run his own ship" at the K-School...
...curricular advice, instead of closing existing programs, such as the plans which a group of HIID faculty are drawing up at the request of the Aga Khan for his proposed Third World university. The length of the training programs also varies--from the two year business management programs the B-School set up in Barcelona, Spain, Nicaragua, and Iran, to two-week long curriculum consultations and seminars such as the one Klitgaard and his colleagues presented to a Mexican university of public administration...
...general, when providing curricular advice today, Harvard shrinks away from setting up new institutions--a common practice of the B-School in the 50s and 60s. The expense of setting up new institutions, coupled with the instability of some Third World countries, has prompted Harvard to opt for more temporary programs. The Nicaraguan Business School, built in 1962, turned into a hospital for several months during the early part of the revolution. The Iranian business school, opened in 1972, closed in June 1980 by the decree of the Ayatollah Khomeini. These incidents make two-week seminars seem more appealing...