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- 08 Dec 2017
- News
Harvard Business Grads Are Putting Politics Above Profits
students in 2015. In addition to running campaigns, other alumni are forming organizations to support these efforts. Daniella Ballou-Aares (MBA 2001) helped launch the nonprofit Leadership Now after the 2016 election to recruit alumni and... View Details
Keywords: politics
- 02 Nov 2020
- News
The First Five Years: Julianne White (MBA 2017)
peers to be helpful in my personal search, as I could understand what people appreciated about different sectors, organizations, or roles. These conversations were also very important for my internship and post-graduation job search. I found that I had to be more... View Details
- 28 May 2019
- News
Tech for the People
instead of waiting until disaster strikes? “San José’s CIO Shireen Santosham (MBA 2008) and Mayor Sam Liccardo immediately supported the idea,” says Tsai, which led to the October 2018 launch of Host Corps. This public/private initiative drew on a concept Airbnb... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
- 01 Feb 1998
- News
Innovative Course Brings Students and Alumni Together
make." In addition to process improvements, other changes had an impact on this year's dialogue. For example, this time a greater number of entrepreneurs took part, and they introduced new variables into the discussions. "While recruiting... View Details
Keywords: Meg Gardner; photo by Joshua Lavine
- 01 Jun 1998
- News
Short Takes
narrowed. "Much of what we teach in management theory is that there is one best way to do things," West observes. To explain the existence of two "best ways," he cites differences in the institutional contexts in which U.S. and Japanese firms operate. Japanese firms... View Details
Keywords: Orna Feldman and Caroline Chauncey
- 01 Jun 2020
- News
The Network Effect
didn’t even work—and sent him digging into the larger challenges posed by the pandemic. He soon discovered a gap he knew he could fill: While there was a good deal of clinical research underway, 85 percent of testing, drug, and vaccine trials were delayed because of... View Details
- 01 Sep 2008
- News
The MBA Turns 100
degree’s relevance, asserting that programs have drifted too far into theory that has relatively little use in practice. And they fault business schools for turning out graduates fixated on shareholder value at the expense of all else. What’s more, students, alumni,... View Details
- 01 Sep 2009
- News
Letters to the Editor
vmeste? (Can we manage enterprises together?). This initiative laid the groundwork for our subsequent effort with Laura Gordon Fisher, head of MBA Admissions, to recruit qualified Russians and Eastern Europeans as HBS students. We also... View Details
- 01 Dec 2005
- News
Dean Jay Light Takes Charge at HBS
Mumbai. Light is also busy with faculty issues, including recruitment and development. He is particularly interested, he said, “in ensuring that the next generation of faculty is versed in the School’s rich heritage and is well-prepared... View Details
- 31 Jan 2019
- News
A Global Mission
currently focused on recruiting students from Syria and northern Iraq. Elsewhere, DeFehr has developed an idea for an overland shipping route in southern Mexico to rival the Panama Canal. Business opportunities in that part of the world,... View Details
- 01 Dec 2002
- News
More than a Game
grandchild, a testimony to the close ties that have formed around the sport. Although their spirits and most of their bodies are still willing, the alumni group is actively recruiting more youthful teammates to level the playing field.... View Details
- 02 Dec 2019
- News
A Long-Standing Commitment to Global Understanding
work for Corning Glass Works’ international division, and while many new recruits chose sites in Europe, he picked Brazil. “What I’ve learned in life is that you don’t have to be the best at anything, you just have to be different,” he... View Details
- 01 Jun 2000
- News
Social Capital Markets: Creating Value in the Nonprofit World
which recruits at-risk youth to work in Ben & Jerry's shops). It monitors employee progress and tries to quantify the costs each represents to society. It then tracks how that cost structure changes due to the nonprofit's intervention.... View Details
Keywords: Anne Kavanagh
- 01 Jun 2015
- News
The Military and the MBA
War II veterans. Today, the MBA Admissions Outreach team hosts military-specific recruiting events, including a virtual seminar to reach military personnel stationed overseas. Real-life decision-making experience is just one example of... View Details
- 01 Apr 2001
- News
Teresa Clarke: An Advocate for Education in South Africa
witnessed the tremendous success of SSP-SA in its first two years, she is keenly aware of the potential that the program has to influence the country’s future. Modeled after the Student/Sponsor Partnership in New York City, the SSP-SA View Details
- 01 Sep 2004
- News
Clay Christensen (MBA 1979)
always an easy task. Today’s students seem preoccupied with job offers almost from the time they arrive. Recruiting briefings start in the fall of the first year, and the competition is tough. Against that backdrop, it’s sometimes... View Details
- 01 Jan 2009
- News
Jorge Paulo Lemann, A.B. 1961; Carlos A. Sicupira, OPM 9, 1984; Marcel H. Telles, OPM 10, 1985
Lemann founded Banco de Investimentos Garantia and soon recruited Sicupira and Telles to join what would become the most successful investment bank in Brazil. As they acquired diverse assets, the trio transformed the Brazilian economy,... View Details
- 01 Mar 2025
- News
Step By Step
I started running at HBS, in the month between the end of classes and Commencement. I was born with asthma, so sports in general were never my forte, but the overwhelming nature of prepping cases and recruiting meant my physical condition... View Details
- 01 Mar 2019
- News
From Das’s Desk
matter) a one-and-done prospect. Crafting Your Life represents the continued evolution of our thinking here at HBS. No longer is the MBA Program (or Executive Education for that matter) a one-and-done prospect. Currently, the students are View Details
- 01 Jun 1998
- News
Renewing Baker: Tom Michalak, Executive Director of Baker Library
Cole Room, our staff has developed extensive files on more than seventeen hundred companies that recruit at HBS. We have also honed our ability to deliver customized electronic information for particular HBS courses or projects. To what... View Details