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- 01 Dec 2017
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Leadership in Practice
Jenrette (DLJ) when he applied to HBS. “I already had the analytical skills,” he recalls, “but the rigors of the case method raised the bar for me.” Dawson greatly admired his HBS corporate finance professor, the late Scott Mason, whom he...
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- 01 Dec 2006
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Orientation Teamwork
interactions among people from different backgrounds and different sections.” Teams play an important role in the educational experience by encouraging more in-depth case analysis and preparation, providing working knowledge of team...
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- 06 Nov 2014
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Building a Startup Community Beyond Commencement
includes the provost and the Harvard school deans), making the case that the project’s model—open to startups employing a graduate of any Harvard school—would offer the kind of cross disciplinary collaboration sought by the “One Harvard”...
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- 01 Jun 2013
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EnTRIPreneurs
READY TO ROLL: (from left) Singer, Gerald, Baker, and Alaoui. Photo Courtesy of MBAxAmerica On or about Independence Day, July 4, four HBS students will pile into a rented RV and set out to discover America. No, this is not a case of...
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- 01 Jun 2004
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Letters
rebuilding Iraq. However, I was disappointed that the article did not include a photograph of President Bush delivering a fake turkey to the troops on Thanksgiving or in his flyboy suit in front of the grand “Mission Accomplished” banner. Perhaps these images are being...
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- 01 Jun 2000
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Q & A: Gustavo Herrero
case-method teaching, field-based research, and case writing. What challenges and rewards do you foresee for the LARC? Latin America is a vast region, and its countries are quite different, but I think our presence will be welcomed by...
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Garry Emmons
- 01 Mar 2004
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HBS Alumni Explore Tanzania
exploited for centuries, and a better understanding of the Maasai who grace the covers of so many books about the continent. A second academic component centers on a lively case discussion about Tanzanian coffee production with...
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- 07 Sep 2021
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Increasing Access and Expanding Opportunity
that the effectiveness of the case method depends on students coming in with a variety of experiences. If we only had one industry, geography, culture, or socioeconomic experience represented in our classroom, that’s going to give a...
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Jennifer Gillespie
- 01 Sep 2018
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After the Fall
financial stability in countries worldwide—information that researchers hope could help prevent a potential crisis. Regulations have also helped enforce resiliency, including a measure forcing banks to hold at least twice—in some cases...
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- 01 Mar 2015
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A Boomtown's Echo
Europe. And there are folks who don’t want to export the gas—they want to keep it here so America will have this competitive advantage in manufacturing.” Vietor is the Paul Whiton Cherington Professor of Business Administration and has written more than 80 View Details
- 30 Jan 2021
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Finding a Fresh Approach to Dry Cleaning
Photo credit: Bonnie Jo Mount/The Washington Post Photo credit: Bonnie Jo Mount/The Washington Post Dry cleaning might appear to be a cut and dry business—and in many cases it is. But in the twenty years that Jon Simon (MBA 1980) has...
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- 18 Jul 2018
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Ensuring HBS Remains a Dynamic Community
students—their intelligence, passion, and diverse experiences—stand out most from my time at HBS,” she enthuses. She particularly liked class discussions, as the diversity of backgrounds and perspectives made for interesting debates. “Nothing before or since the View Details
- 01 Mar 2017
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Promoting a Deeper Understanding
composition of his MBA class included fewer than 15 percent of students from outside the United States, whereas today that number has risen to around 35 percent, enriching the perspectives shared in the classroom and elsewhere on campus. More than half of HBS View Details
- 01 Sep 2014
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Ask the Expert: Byte-Testing Bitcoin
the most influential education is going to happen when Bitcoin finds a killer use case. So far, that case hasn’t emerged, but once those use cases start solving real problems for large groups of people,...
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- 11 Jun 2014
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The First Five Years: Brittani Rettig (MBA 2010)
students as I lead them through a workout. In both the HBS classroom and my fitness class, I never fully know what to expect, but I do the best I can to remain confident and give it my all." What HBS case (or cases) are most memorable and...
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- 22 Feb 2022
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March 2022 Alumni and Faculty Books
offer convenience, decent prices, or an okay shopping experience. Even very good is no longer good enough. To win and keep customers today, retailers must be nothing short of remarkable. Packed with case studies from some of modern...
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- 01 Dec 2019
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Alumni and Faculty Books for December 2019
developments. The Case Method Miracle by Anne Jones (MBA 1997) Crimson Square Press “Socrates created it. Harvard Business School perfected it. We parent with it; anyone, anywhere, anytime. Kids get grit and wise judgment.” Parent Anne...
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- 07 Mar 2017
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From Harvard to INSEAD: Change Management in a Disruptive World
familiar with private enterprise and with strong ties with the business community, rather than a traditional academic. That’s how it all began, and the reason why they reached out to me.” On the value of the case method: “The case-study...
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- 21 Feb 2014
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The First Five Years: Evelyne White (MBA 2010)
Entrepreneurial Manager) and Entrepreneurial Finance. The case studies and the professors from both courses have been such a great help with my venture." What is YOUR perfect meal? "My perfect meal involves tapas, Spanish wine, and, above...
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- 08 Jun 2011
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George Yeo: A Matter of Degrees
Singapore, I remember the cases I did on energy deregulation in the U.S., the whole theory of marginal pricing, and so on. It was very helpful.” Summing up his HBS experience, Yeo told the Times, “I learned a lot about business, finance,...
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