MBA Class Of 2017 - Publications - Faculty & Research

08 Feb 2017
Blog Post

How I Chose My HBS Recommenders

provides unparalleled exposure to some of the best companies in the world. It is a tremendous opportunity to network with potential employers, from any industry or geography of interest. Applying to top... View Details

28 Sep 2023
News

Screen Time

iStock/ST.art MBA 1982’s Section B had already formed a close-knit group that gathered often in the decades following their time at the School, when the pandemic appeared in the spring of 2020. Unable to... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

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Your Social Entrepreneurship checklist | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

The Social Enterprise Initiative has long supported students and alumni starting organizations with a social impact focus. Our curriculum, career support, community building, and funding supports students in exploring social entrepreneurship and alumni to be successful... View Details

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C. Roland Christensen - Christensen Center for Teaching & Learning

subjects as geography, history, astronomy, and literature. A 1941 graduate of the University of Iowa, where he was elected to Phi Beta Kappa, Christensen received an MBA from... View Details

01 Oct 2021
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Fueling the Faculty Pipeline

Private Equity Group, and executive chairman of the firm’s private equity business in Asia. Melwani’s support for the School stems from the deep impact his two years in the MBA Program have had on his life... View Details

09 Nov 2023
Blog Post

The No. 1 Character Trait You Will Need to Succeed in Business

podcast, I talked with executives about the importance of purpose in guiding their decisions. Purpose and courage, I have found, go hand in hand. Together they help conquer the fear and uncertainty that are inevitable in any... View Details

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Partners & Fellows | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA), Carl and Lily Pforzheimer Foundation Fellowship Fund; Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation/Richard L. Menschel Endowment 2023 Deep Biswas, Boston Planning & Development Agency, MBA View Details

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Greenhill House | About

the MBA class is international, and 31 percent of alumni live and work outside the United States. The Greenhills’ generous endowment supports a broad range View Details

21 Jun 2022
HBS Case

Free Isn’t Always Better: How Slack Holds Its Own Against Microsoft Teams

Salesforce, which acquired the firm in 2021. Microsoft, meanwhile, was finally able to draw users to Teams, the free business communication platform it introduced in 2017 as part of Office 365. "Can these... View Details

Keywords: by Lane Lambert; Information Technology; Technology

20 Jan 2022
Op-Ed

3 Steps to Help Companies Rebuild Trust During the Pandemic

rebuilt successfully, it can come back even stronger. Sandra J. Sucher is the MBA Class of 1966 Professor of Management Practice at Harvard... View Details

Keywords: by Sandra J. Sucher and Shalene Gupta

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Shad Hall | About

for Shad Hall is intended to meet the needs of the HBS community and includes classes and outreach initiatives that encourage wellness and fitness. The three-story, brick and concrete structure houses a... View Details

24 Feb 2021
Lessons from the Classroom

What History's Biggest Wars Teach Us About Leading in Peace

The 2020 debut was popular: Approximately 100 second-year MBA students took the class, with 10 spots reserved for students from outside of HBS. His main goal in creating the course wasn’t necessarily to... View Details

Keywords: by Lane Lambert

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Faculty - Creating Emerging Markets

investment , globalization Interviews Dato' Sri Prof. Dr. Tahir Shinta Kamdani Jaime Augusto Zobel de Ayala Dante Roscini MBA Class of 1952 Professor View Details

25 Feb 2020
News

Task Force

Above: At Zubale, Monroy (left) and Campbell connect independent contractors with merchandising tasks. (photo by Rodrigo Ceballos) Allison Campbell and Sebastian Monroy (both MBA 2018) met on their first day View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; gig economy; Retail Trade

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Our Values | About

campus last Wednesday, which included a troubling confrontation between one of our MBA students and a subset of the protestors, has left many of... View Details

18 Apr 2016
Blog Post

Meet the HBS Family Business Club

student led panels. Since HBS does not currently have a class dedicated specifically to family businesses, the club is a great avenue for students to form bonds within the community. It is estimated that over 70% View Details

01 Dec 2019
News

Remix

stay-at-home mompreneurs, the work got done in whatever bits of time she could steal from the day. When her daughter, Della, enrolled in a dance class in Harlem that year, Dixon would drive her Jetta wagon... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; photographed by Chris Sorensen; #MeToo; DefJam; Arts, Entertainment

02 Apr 2007
Lessons from the Classroom

Making the Move to General Manager

Esty. To that end, readings and classroom discussions in GMP are very different from the Harvard MBA program, and from other HBS leadership programs. Where the MBA program develops functional skills, GMP... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

05 Mar 2019
Blog Post

Part 2: Military Transition and the JD/MBA - The Path to Your Goals

an important part of the MBA program and relationships are often built socially. Having made good friends and dedicated significant effort to my sections at both HLS and HBS, I found this tradeoff to be the... View Details

01 Mar 2021
Blog Post

Exploring Career Passions through Short Intensive Programs – Moving Beyond Direct to Consumer

a faculty member’s area of expertise or passion. We caught up with Professor Len Schlesinger, who taught the Moving Beyond Direct to Consumer (DTC) SIP with Matt Higgins of RSE Ventures. They designed this... View Details

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