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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 Curve 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.

ISBN-13: 9780143115434

Media Type: Paperback

Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group

Publication Date: 06-30-2009

Pages: 304

Product Dimensions: 5.40(w) x 8.40(h) x 0.80(d)

Age Range: 18 Years

Philip 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 The Daily Telegraph of London and reported widely from North and South America, Europe and Africa. He led the Telegraph's 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 Financial Times, the Wall Street Journal, the Times of London, and the Spectator. In 2006, he received his MBA from Harvard Business School. He currently lives in New York with his wife and two sons.

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Table of Contents

Preface 1

Chapter 1 Let's Get Retarded 5

Chapter 2 Starting Over 31

Chapter 3 A Place Apart 46

Chapter 4 Riding the Booze Luge 52

Chapter 5 Who Am I? 69

Chapter 6 Formin', Stormin', Normin', Performin' 80

Chapter 7 To Beta and Beyond 93

Chapter 8 The Risk Master 119

Chapter 9 Insecure Overachievers 130

Chapter 10 Ethical Jihadists 147

Chapter 11 Extreme Leverage 167

Chapter 12 Chasing the Curve 191

Chapter 13 Big Hairy Goals 210

Chapter 14 "Watching My Children Grow Longer" 227

Chapter 15 Graduation 251

Chapter 16 A Factory for Unhappy People 266

Afterword 284

Acknowledgments 291