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06 Jul 2015

Information Session on HBS Campus

Group information sessions are hosted by Admissions staff and are primarily Q&A based; please review the MBA Program and MBA Admissions presentations in advance and come with questions. The session takes place from 2:00-3:00 PM EST in Aldrich 208. PLEASE NOTE: the... View Details

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Campus Vehicular Access DEFINITION Access to campus roadways between Kresge Way Gate (Kresge Way near Soldiers Field Park apartments) and Harvard Way Gate (Harvard Way & North Harvard Street). TYPES OF View Details

07 Sep 2021
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Increasing Access and Expanding Opportunity

in the world, we don’t want people to be constrained by financial barriers that would prevent them from accessing the School or being successful in the MBA Program or thereafter. So, we think about this as a journey through three time... View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie

March 2022 (Revised February 2024)
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Emeritus: Achieving Impact, Providing Access (A)

By: Ashish Nanda and Zack Kurtovich

In June 2019, Emeritus cofounders Ashwin Damera (HBS MBA 2005) and Chaitanya Kalipatnapu were thrilled with the rapid growth of Emeritus. Damera and Kalipatnapu believed that Emeritus, established in July 2015 to offer online executive education, was only in the early... View Details

Keywords: Education Technology; Professional Service Firm; Startup; Digital Strategy; Global Business; Global Firm; Platform Business; Business Startups; Growth and Development; Growth and Development Strategy; Entrepreneurship; Executive Education; Strategy; Education Industry; India

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February 2014
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The Slingshot: Improving Water Access

By: John A. Quelch

Entrepreneur Dean Kamen has inked a multimillion dollar partnership with Coca-Cola (CC) to mass produce and distribute the Slingshot, a low energy device that can convert raw sewage into potable water for poor people and communities in developing economies. View Details

Keywords: DEKA; Dean Kamen; Coca-Cola; Technological Innovation; Innovation Strategy; Commercialization; Marketing; Marketing Strategy; Food and Beverage Industry; Health Industry; North Africa; South Africa; Asia; South America

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October 2009 (Revised July 2013)
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Gilead Sciences, Inc.: Access Program

By: V. Kasturi Rangan and Katharine Lee

Gilead Sciences, the U.S. leader in HIV/AIDS medicines, with global sales of $5.4 billion in 2009, had undertaken several innovative actions to make its anti-viral products available to over 100 low- and middle-income countries. Having reached nearly 680,000 patients... View Details

Keywords: Health Care and Treatment; Emerging Markets; Product; Sales; Competitive Strategy; Biotechnology Industry; Pharmaceutical Industry

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27 Sep 2015
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How Some Investors Get Special Access to Companies

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Access to newspapers and other popular publications

How can I access popular publications such as the Wall Street Journal, New York Times, etc? We have special digital access to just a few papers (use your HBS email to sign up): The Financial Times View Details

04 Apr 2014
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Increasing Access to Education

environment—and frequently within it—her top goals are to increase educational access and be a role model and mentor, which includes serving on the Alumnae Advisory Board of the HBS Women’s Student Association. “I’m a big believer in... View Details

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Open access business & economic journals

Where can I find a list of open access journals in business and economics? Directory of Open Access Journals, is a community-curated online directory that indexes and provides View Details

March 2018 (Revised February 2020)
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Improving Access at VA

By: Ryan W. Buell and Robert S. Huckman

In 2015, the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) ran the largest healthcare system in the United States, with over 1,700 sites of care that served nearly 9 million veterans. One year earlier, a scandal had erupted over a cover-up of the excessive wait times veterans... View Details

Keywords: Service Operations; Service Delivery; Social Issues; Health Care and Treatment; Government Administration; Performance Improvement; Public Administration Industry; Health Industry; United States

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14 Oct 2021
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Making the MBA Degree More Accessible

registrants, and conversations are underway as to how to maintain the increased access to the HBS community via virtual programming as the opportunity to return to more in-person campus experiences presents itself. Programmatic offerings... View Details

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Harvard Business Review: Executive Education Access

Detailed directions on how Executive Education participants (in programs with remote access to Baker Databases) can View Details

June 2014 (Revised November 2016)
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Access Health CT: Marketing Affordable Care (A)

By: John A. Quelch and Michael Norris

At the close of open-enrollment in March of 2014, Kevin Counihan, CEO of Access Health CT, Connecticut's state health insurance exchange, stops to consider the success it has experienced so far and think about how to ensure its long-term sustainability. View Details

Keywords: Health Care; Health Care Industry; Health Care Policy; Public Health Insurance Exchange; Health Care and Treatment; Health Industry; Connecticut

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31 Oct 2008
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Harvard Business School Announces Continued Access to Student Loans

26 Apr 2021
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Water & Climate Change: Innovating for Access and Efficiency

01 Dec 2014
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Technology Making HBS More Accessible

more accessible to the world,” he observes. “It’s a great way to leverage what the School does so well.” Both Deborah and Steve run their own companies and have benefited greatly from the HBS network. “I made lifelong friends at HBS and... View Details

09 Mar 2021
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A For-Profit Business That Makes Education Accessible

Swedish in advance of a trip. “People are studying practical skills, like project management, and with more commitment than ever before.” The company’s mission is to provide the necessary resources for learners who lack access to the... View Details

Keywords: April White