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16 Nov 2020
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Flatiron School: Reflections from Summer 2020

person who understands both sides of management and technology so that I can bridge the deep gap between them. Jay Kim: As I continued my job search through the pandemic, my primary goal this summer was to keep exploring ways to make the triple career change, in View Details

Keywords: All Industries

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Kaki Ettinger

experienced. How has Harvard Business School prepared you for your current role and your long term career? Every aspect of HBS, from my classmates and professors to Career & Professional Development and the amazingly responsive alumni... View Details

Keywords: Entertainment / Media; Technology; Entrepreneurship

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Cherian Kurien

term career? I am interning with Anhesuer-Busch InBev in Shanghai, China for the summer of 2014. I chose this opportunity to further anchor my understanding of international business. Firstly, the opportunity to be part of a highly... View Details

Keywords: Consumer Products; Retail

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MBA > Academic-experience > Joint Degree Programs > Engineering Sciences | MBA

Engineering Sciences from SEAS. Curriculum: Designed for Impact Blending foundational MBA coursework with cohort-only classes, the program is completed in four semesters over two years, augmented by summer and January term coursework... View Details

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Venture Capital and Private Equity - Course Catalog

does not help build deal-execution skills; students instead should enroll in Entrepreneurial Finance , Private Equity Finance , or Venture Capital Journey . The course covers three broad categories: THE INVESTORS AND FUND TERMS PRIVATE... View Details

11 Oct 2022
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On Balance

know that changes the dynamic of who does what in the home, in terms of unpaid labor, and facilitates women returning to the workforce,” Wooldridge adds. There are also even bigger topics Wooldridge wants to address, such as desegregating... View Details

Keywords: April White

01 Sep 2016
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The Untold Story of the US Auto Bailout

Courtesy Argos Pictures; iStock “Because Congress failed to make funds available for these loans, the plan I’m announcing today will be drawn from the financial rescue package Congress approved earlier this fall. The terms of the loans... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; Transportation Equipment Manufacturing; Manufacturing

01 Sep 2014
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Faculty Q&A: Cents and Sensibilities

When we talk about a minimum wage increase, what are we really talking about? The US federal minimum wage is not very high—it’s much lower in real terms than it has been for much of the last several decades—and it’s hard to argue that a... View Details

Keywords: April White; faculty research; writing

01 Aug 2001
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Ray A. Goldberg (MBA '50)

at the School, John H. Davis, coined the term "agribusiness." The two men wanted a word to describe the complex value-added chain that begins with a farmer's purchase of livestock or seed and ends with a product ready for the consumer's... View Details

Keywords: Alumni Achievement Award; John H. Davis; Agriculture; Scientific Research and Development Services

01 Dec 2016
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Recognizing the Value Proposition

Greylock Partners, one of the country’s first—and foremost— venture capital firms. “I don’t think the term ‘venture capital’ was in anyone’s vocabulary when we were students,” he notes. Joining Greylock and overseeing its early... View Details

01 Dec 2017
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2017 in Manufacturing: The Supply Chain Goes High Tech

must now be more cost competitive, in both domestic and foreign markets. Meanwhile, the explosion of digital technology has forced manufacturing to look at its competitive advantage not just in terms of cost competitiveness, but also in... View Details

Keywords: Jerry Jasinowski (AMP 97, 1985), former president and CEO, National Association of Manufacturers

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Seth Moulton

prepared you for your long term career? I don't know exactly what my long-term career will be, but for now, HBS has given me the credibility to enter the business world at a level where I can use my leadership experience to make a... View Details

Keywords: Nonprofit / Government; Entrepreneurship

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Jake Flomenberg

startups and companies who are leaders in various technology fields and build relationships that I maintain to this day. How has HBS prepared you for your current role & your long term career? As a product manager, I leverage my HBS... View Details

Keywords: Technology

28 May 2014
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Leveling the Playing Field for all Learners

has been an inequity in terms of preparing for college. By working with us to create not just a free tool—that’s ‘hey, if you can’t afford the fancy stuff, here’s the free one’-- but making the best thing that also happens to be free, I... View Details

22 Nov 2017
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How to Build a Winning Culture on a Losing Team

games. It was all part of a long term strategy to improve the franchise by getting better draft picks. And it necessitated a short term strategy of losing. Throughout, though, the 76er CEO Scott O’Neil (MBA... View Details

09 Mar 2021
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Addressing Education Inequities Exacerbated by the Pandemic

learning to read, to reading to learn. By some reports, more than half of kids are getting left behind. A government mission on Foundational Literacy and Numeracy (FLN) has been launched to address this. I think the government has a role to play in View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie

24 Apr 2018
First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, April 24, 2018

term channel awareness as well. We conclude by elaborating the underlying customer dynamics driving our findings and by offering implications for how online-first retailers might deploy omnichannel tactics. Publisher's link:... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

16 Apr 2013
First Look

First Look: April 16

countries that differ greatly in terms of wealth (Canada, Uganda, and India). Finally, in Study 3, participants in Canada and South Africa randomly assigned to buy items for charity reported higher levels of positive affect than... View Details