Harvard Dean on Ethics and Global Education

By Joyce Lau. Nitin Nohria, a Mumbai native, is the first Asian dean of Harvard Business School. He spoke about globalization, culture shock, the importance of teaching business ethics and why “bank” need not be a four-letter word.
Q. Several major U.S. universities are opening campuses in the Middle East and Asia. Are there similar plans at your school?
A. Harvard Business School made a decision — and only time will tell whether it’s a good or bad one — that investing globally in full-scale campuses is not the most sensible way to promote globalization. We have a hard time being convinced that we could offer the same educational experiences abroad. Replicating the hardware of a campus is easy; but it takes a long time to build the software. Read more...