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- 12 Dec 2018
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Lesson Plan
government officials are transparent. “Public officials have got to be accountable to taxpayers when it comes to budget decisions, contracts,” Cognetti continued. “Officials must be able to show their work. That’s what we all learned in...
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- 26 Jan 2016
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The First Five Years: Jill Applebaum (MBA 2015)
She shared the same germy fears and so we teamed up to launch Spruce & Co—our consumer goods startup focused on simple products for everyday healthy routines.” What have been some of the most enjoyable and most challenging parts of...
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- 01 Jul 2013
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The Nature of Business
learned at Harvard and at Goldman Sachs," he recalled. "Viewing nature through the lens of basic business principles—maximize returns, invest in your assets, manage your risks, diversify, and promote innovation—can open the door for...
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- 01 Feb 1999
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All in the Family
research efforts in the family business field, comments, "We hope to learn much more about family companies and in turn provide them with insights that will strengthen their capacity to manage themselves well." John Davis, who has been...
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- 01 Dec 2017
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Ink: Alumni Book Recommendations
combination of passion and perseverance that made high achievers special. In a word, they had grit.” Recommended by Health care executive Daniel Bowles (MBA/MPP 2015) Never Split the Difference by Chris Voss with Tahl Raz Voss on lessons View Details
- 01 Dec 2017
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HBS Online Certificate Programs Offer Unique Insight Into Business
with virtual classmates around the world, and “cold calls” are incorporated into this highly social learning experience. “We took a digital-first approach that leveraged aspects of the case method where it made sense and included features...
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- 01 Jun 2018
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Floor It
therapeutics; and disseminating findings in real time. Currently, the Kraft team is tracking ongoing trials for pancreatic cancer, glioblastoma, multiple myeloma, and immune therapies. Finding Funding Fixes The Kraft View Details
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Julia Hanna; illustration by Mengxin Li
- 13 Apr 2017
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Solving Nigeria’s Skilled Workforce Challenge
the experience of having grown up in Africa and a desire to help solve the problem of unemployment among youth. Navid Rahimi, another classmate, joined the team along with two classmates from an HGSE course on entrepreneurship in...
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Jill Radsken
- 01 Jan 2005
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Nancy M. Barry, MBA 1975
competent team of practitioners, analysts, and managers from around the world. And she fostered the development of an organization that engaged the talents and commitment of network leaders. "To create real networks, you have to believe...
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- 01 Dec 2010
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Additional alumni books for your consideration.
Customer: New Rules for Winning in a Time-Starved, Always-Connected Economy by Adrian C. Ott (MBA ’87) (Harper Business) 101 Things I Learned in Business School by Michael W. Preis (MBA ’72) and Matthew Frederick (Grand Central...
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- 10 Mar 2021
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Turning Point: Coming to Cambodia
Cambodian or otherwise, to teach the next generation the skills to revive the arts, to manage cultural organizations, or to lead the country. I made about 10 trips to Cambodia over 10 years. At the National Museum, I worked with a team to...
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- 02 Oct 2015
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The ‘F’ Word
learn outside her comfort zone. Today Wallace is founding director of BridgeUp: STEM, an educational initiative at New York’s American Museum of Natural History focused on introducing girls and minorities to computer science. “It’s very...
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- 04 Sep 2019
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Turning Point: Step Change
an army company commander deployed in Kosovo in the aftermath of the Kosovo War. We were a combat construction unit, which meant we were a team of about 140 people who could fight if necessary, but we usually built things—in this case, a...
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- 01 Mar 2004
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HBS Alumni Association Board of Directors
comprehensive career management tool kit for career planning and job transitioning. In an effort to help promote personal and professional development, the School has developed several lifelong learning programs designed specifically for...
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- 01 Jun 2018
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Ask the Expert: Star Search
retailer Wayfair. “They want to know, ‘Do I feel like I can add value and make a difference?’” Gulliver manages a 300-person team at Wayfair dedicated to helping the growing e-commerce company recruit and retain talent. Her role is...
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Dan Morrell
- 01 Sep 2013
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Case Study: A Place at the Table
of the transformative nature of their experience: "What I learned at HBS I don't think could be learned anyplace else," states a 1962 alumna quoted in the case. By 1985, women made up 25 percent of the...
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- 01 Sep 2011
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The Spangler Effect
fall of 1955. I remember walking across campus to Aldrich with him and wishing him happy birthday, and they sang Happy Birthday to him in class. As far as I know, we were the first father-son team at HBS. “I can recall Dad saying it was a...
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- 01 Jun 2003
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John Read
its importance. Our programs let you challenge yourself in a safe way to overcome your fears of what you can do physically, as a surrogate for the obstacles that keep you or your team from making change happen. It’s a short walk to...
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- 03 Mar 2017
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Big Blue’s Big Bet
yes, Watson is a big deal. Perhaps the best place to start to understand it all is in 2007, in the Semantic Analysis and Integration Department at IBM’s Thomas J. Watson Research Center in Yorktown Heights, New York. There, a team of...
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Paul Kix; illustrations by Dan Page
- 01 Dec 2012
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From Where We Stand
What can men learn from women leaders? What are the responsibilities of a leader today? What did you learn from the experience when you failed at something? What makes a good mentor? Whom do you admire in...
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