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- 24 Apr 2014
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Positive impact that hits home
Kiné Seck Mercier (MBA 2014), co-president of the Harvard Islamic Society, recalls a first-year HBS case study set in Saudi Arabia: “There was a lot of discussion about Islam, and there was a lot View Details
- 19 Jun 2017
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How Women's Basketball Conquered Europe
Kennedy-Levy Associates, but we were about 25, 30 years ahead of our time in marketing women's basketball. So we had accomplished a lot, amazingly. We got some major companies to sponsor tournaments and awards, but still, I didn't see...
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- 06 Dec 2017
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Puzzle Master
had this advice for those interested in mergers & acquisitions: “...the best thing you can do is to develop an expert-level knowledge or—if applicable—execute one of the many workstreams required for a...
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- 08 Jul 2016
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So Why Don't You Have Your Dream Job Yet?
and certainly not in your first job or two or three coming out of college.” His advice to new grads? Don't hunt perfection. Now, you know that the first thing you do you will actually have massive downstream...
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- 06 Mar 2019
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Making Sabbaticals Mainstream
think, made me want to give in a more intense way, which is why I ended up working with a nonprofit for a year—kind of dedicating a year of my life on that. I also think, from a concrete perspective, just...
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- 01 Sep 2016
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How I Got to Google
up with Prem Ramaswami (MBA 2013) to gain some insider knowledge of a role cited by the Wall Street Journal for its coveted status among MBAs. Ramaswami, a senior product manager at Google (where he worked for nearly six years before...
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Julia Hanna
- 03 Mar 2017
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Big Blue’s Big Bet
she had a different type of leukemia. They ran more tests but saw no sign of one. The hospital was affiliated with the University of Tokyo’s Institute View Details
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Paul Kix; illustrations by Dan Page
- 05 May 2017
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Barnes & Noble Names Demos Parneros CEO
challenge is the sales performance; that’s no secret,” Parneros told the Times. “We’ve got to figure out ways to change things up a little bit and increase traffic.” Parneros told the Times that he sees strengths in the company’s...
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- 01 Dec 1999
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The Way You See It
enjoyable," a machine that is nothing short of "the greatest leverage of human potential ever developed." "As the commercial world moves from manufacturing to information, the tool is the personal computer,"...
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- 01 Jun 2015
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Screen Grab
Illustrations by Josh Cochran When actor Jeffrey Tambor stepped to the podium at this year’s Golden Globe Awards to accept the honor of Best Actor in a TV Series, Musical or Comedy, he did so for a show that didn’t premiere on HBO,...
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- 01 Mar 2017
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Talent: The Best Employee Perk?
had a better business model than Blockbuster. It reached the top and has stayed there because it attracts, retains, and effectively utilizes many of the best people in the business. ‘The best thing you can...
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- 01 Apr 2002
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Q&A - Mark Fields
attention to what’s said, not just for the literal translation but to understand the real meaning of what people are communicating. Another thing I’ve realized is that we’re very good in the West at...
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- 01 Sep 2007
- News
In Brief
counter basic assumptions. Several HBS professors consider the cost to organizations when dissent does not or cannot surface, and suggest ways to make sure it does. To the Rescue. In India, there’s no such thing as calling 911 in an...
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- 12 May 2016
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Food Rescue Is on a Mission
Success began with vegetable lentil soup. Ian Carson (OPM 42, 2012) was fresh off volunteering in Australian politics as state president of the Liberal Party in Victoria when he was inspired to take action about food waste and hunger. He...
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Jill Radsken
- 01 Sep 2006
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Last Look
us straight: “My husband’s first cousin, Andrew Rogal, is the person in the foreground. He was not an HBS student. Rather, his wife at the time was hired as a photographer for end-of-year HBS events, and Andrew showed up to see how things...
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- 01 Dec 2002
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Bad Times for Business
Below are outtakes from the faculty roundtable discussion on the crisis in corporate America (“Bad Times for Business,” December 2002). For more information about the research and academic activities of the roundtable participants, or any...
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- 01 Jun 2015
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Creating Change
(HBS Archives Photographs: Student Life) In 1970, there were no female members of the Harvard Club of New York City, and women entered the club through a separate entrance. Alumna Roslyn Payne (MBA 1970) and...
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April White
- 24 Jun 2016
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Reinventing Pharma
to end up focusing all of their efforts on their professional successes because we tend to get feedback very quickly (in the short-term). Other things in life, like relationships and family, tend to payback...
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- 01 Dec 2020
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The Fine Print: Alumni Recommend Their Best Reads
technology trends covered will feel dated simply because things are moving so fast. The evolution and accrual of market value (and income disparity) is playing out as they predict. —Bill Tai (MBA 1987) To...
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- 04 Nov 2019
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A Home for Startups
age groups, because they all want to come and collaborate. Younger people can learn from the experiences of the older people and vice versa. “I think one thing that I took away from my business school...
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