Understanding Interests - Publications - Faculty & Research

29 May 2013
Blog Post

“A place to grow personally and professionally.” - Yolanda Anton

friend of her friends, always willing to have a good chat? All these people are me, and without their mix one cannot understand my presence at HBS. I started my career as an engineer in technical positions, calculating structures or... View Details

Keywords: Manufacturing; Technology

12 PM – 1 PM EDT, 14 Sep 2017
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Why Competition in the Politics Industry Is Failing America

It is often said that "Washington is broken," but this reflects a common misunderstanding of the problem. Washington isn't broken--it is delivering exactly what its currently designed to deliver. The problem is that our political system is no longer designed to serve... View Details

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Patent search: The use of component in Espacenet and Patentscope databases

products of interest for further search and technical examination. See a series of video clips for an introduction on how to read a patent document, especially focusing... View Details

16 May 2016
Blog Post

Career Resources for International Students

eager to help students from their same home country or region with the U.S. job search, from networking to understanding career trajectory. Outside of the U.S., I see a similar level of alumni enthusiasm and willingness to help when an... View Details

Profile

Fereshteh Zeineddin

Why was earning your MBA here important to you? I was at a point in my career when I wanted to transition into brand management. I knew that to become a great brand manager, I needed to gain a better understanding of all aspects of... View Details

Keywords: Retail

16 Nov 2020
Blog Post

Flatiron School: Reflections from Summer 2020

with our goals and research interests. A classmate and I partnered with Young Invincibles, a non-profit research and advocacy group, to better understand the drivers of voter turnout among young adults. Using census demographic data and... View Details

Keywords: All Industries

Discovery Process

current events. But my time at HBS made me more interested in how history can reshape the way business people think about their roles and responsibilities. And as I revise my manuscript to be published, I am now thinking about how to... View Details

11 Feb 2015
Research & Ideas

Politicians Benefited From Using Toxic Loans

Talk of the recent financial crisis often falls into a simplistic narrative of villainous banks, marketing toxic financial products to innocent customers who did not understand their risks. Among the storied victims are municipal... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Financial Services

01 Oct 1999
News

Making the Case for Maine: HBS Club and State's CEO Discuss Business Issues

Since the case method was introduced to management education by HBS in the 1920s, its approach to understanding business through real-world examples has been employed in thousands of classrooms throughout the world. Last May, the HBS Club... View Details

Keywords: Janine Brunell Looker

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Zayed Muhammed Yasin

Zayed Yasin spent his summer internship in a location most people would envy: Mayaguana, a small island in the Bahamas. Unfortunately, he was too absorbed in constructing an emergency services site—a project that combined his undergraduate degree in engineering with... View Details

08 Jul 2014
Blog Post

Get First Year Students Excited About Your Company

school graduate. This combination of presenters provides a deeper understanding of your organization and insight into how students’ skills, experience, and career interest may fit within your company... View Details

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Crucibles of Crisis Leadership - Course Catalog

in the high waves and strong winds they confronted. Understanding precisely how these people did this is the overarching objective of the course. We will pay particular attention to the larger “rules of the road” of crisis management and... View Details

15 Aug 2016
Blog Post

Prepare for Your Interview with Research

experience, they will also most certainly be interested in assessing your knowledge of their company as well as the industry and its trends. A review of the company’s web site is a basic starting point, but this research will only help... View Details

Profile

Colt Stander

thinking, design and business have much in common. “To create a good product, you have to know all the influences behind manufacturing the product and consumer behavior. I became interested in business because I knew that to create the... View Details

01 Feb 2017
News

New Regional Offices Broaden HBS’s Intellectual Reach

underlying Israel’s strength in technology and innovation More than half the cases published in FY16 were international in scope or focus. To facilitate growing interest and activity in Africa, the Global Initiative established an office... View Details

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MBA Admissions - Alumni

in webinars that highlight your perspective and specific HBS experience Contacting admitted students to welcome them to HBS and, as needed, help undecided admits better understand HBS To express interest in... View Details

Student-Faculty-Profile

Michelle Shell & Ryan Buell

Research focus Michelle: Ryan and I are both interested in deeply understanding what happens when customers interact with an organization’s operating system. Insights about customer behavior can influence a... View Details

29 Aug 2018
Blog Post

From the Classroom to the Workplace: How I Applied Learnings to my Internship

course, it is possible to apply subjects like strategy or marketing to any company that you work for, especially if you are working in the strategy department. However, here are three other examples of what I found very interesting and... View Details

Keywords: Consumer Products / Retail

Profile

Kaki Ettinger

how I could make the greatest contribution. I came to HBS to discover and understand the different paths in this sector for someone with an analytical mind, a deep interest in technology, and a passion for... View Details

Keywords: Entertainment / Media; Technology; Entrepreneurship

06 Oct 2016
Blog Post

Takeaways from the Peek Women's Colleges Cohort

interests, but also in culture, experiences, and personalities. The amazing people that I met at the Peek program were from all sorts of backgrounds with many different stories to tell. What united all of us was the passion for learning and a shared View Details

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