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The golden passport: Harvard Business School, the limits of capitalism, and the moral failure of the MBA elite
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New York : HarperBusiness, 2017.
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ix, 657 pages ; 23 cm
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The best-selling author of The Firm shares the inner workings of Harvard Business School to explain its positive and negative roles in shaping the power, ambition and influence of its graduates, sometimes at the expense of socially beneficial practices.

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The best-selling author of The Firm shares the inner workings of Harvard Business School to explain its positive and negative roles in shaping the power, ambition and influence of its graduates, sometimes at the expense of socially beneficial practices.
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McDonald, D. (2017). The golden passport: Harvard Business School, the limits of capitalism, and the moral failure of the MBA elite. First edition. New York, HarperBusiness.

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McDonald, Duff. 2017. The Golden Passport: Harvard Business School, the Limits of Capitalism, and the Moral Failure of the MBA Elite. New York, HarperBusiness.

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McDonald, Duff, The Golden Passport: Harvard Business School, the Limits of Capitalism, and the Moral Failure of the MBA Elite. New York, HarperBusiness, 2017.

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McDonald, Duff. The Golden Passport: Harvard Business School, the Limits of Capitalism, and the Moral Failure of the MBA Elite. First edition. New York, HarperBusiness, 2017.

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