{"product_id":"ahead-of-the-curve-two-years-at-harvard-business-school-9780143115434","title":"Ahead of the Curve: Two Years at Harvard Business School","description":"\u003cb\u003eTwo years in the cauldron of capitalism-\"horrifying and very funny\" (\u003ci\u003eThe Wall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn 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. \u003ci\u003eAhead of the Curve\u003c\/i\u003e recounts 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePhilip Delves Broughton was born in Bangladesh and grew up in England. From 1998-2004, he served successively as the New York and Paris bureau chief for \u003ci\u003eThe Daily Telegraph of London\u003c\/i\u003e and reported widely from North and South America, Europe and Africa. He led the \u003ci\u003eTelegraph's\u003c\/i\u003e coverage of the 9\/11 attacks on New York and his reporting has twice been nominated for the British Press Awards. His work has also appeared in the \u003ci\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eTimes of London\u003c\/i\u003e, and the \u003ci\u003eSpectator.\u003c\/i\u003e In 2006, he received his MBA from Harvard Business School. He currently lives in New York with his wife and two sons.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Penguin Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50503079428370,"sku":"9780143115434","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_43f4e31d-f83f-4b82-974c-be52a55002d6.jpg?v=1730782090","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/ahead-of-the-curve-two-years-at-harvard-business-school-9780143115434","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}