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Volunteer - Alumni

play a critical role in ensuring the School's continued excellence and impact. Write Your Class Notes Class Notes are the most popular way alumni get news of their classmates and stay connected. By serving... View Details

31 Aug 2020
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Five Important Steps before Taking the Entrepreneurial Leap

Nina Mullen and Hilary Quartner are both from the HBS MBA Class of 2017. Nina has deep strategy and consumer products experience, notably at Bain & Company and Harry’s (where she focused on launching Harry’s at Target). Most recently,... View Details

14 Feb 2022
Research & Ideas

Curiosity, Not Coding: 6 Skills Leaders Need in the Digital Age

to share in decision-making and creating a culture that makes people feel safe enough to take risks and act on behalf of organizational interests. It’s also about earning trust from and offering trust to increasingly diverse stakeholders... View Details

Keywords: by Linda A. Hill, Ann Le Cam, Sunand Menon, and Emily Tedards; Technology

04 Jun 2020
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What MBAs can do in Defense of Black Lives

or share (e.g., money, luxury, networks, social capital) if we’re really going to “make a difference in the world.” Many of our Black classmates and friends are exhausted by having to engage in protest and mourning every time a Black... View Details

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Middle East & North Africa - Global

coffee chat in Dubai, where 20 prospective MBA applicants engaged in conversations with Vai Schierholtz (MBA 2019), from MBA Admissions, and Alpana Thapar (MBA 2012), Executive Director of the MENA Research Center, as well as with two HBS alumni who joined the... View Details

30 Oct 2007
First Look

First Look: October 30, 2007

Working PapersRecognizing the New: A Multi-Agent Model of Analogy in Strategic Decision-Making Authors:Giovanni Gavetti and Massimo Warglien Abstract In novel environments, strategic decision-making is often premised on analogy, and recognition lies at its heart.... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

14 Aug 2023
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Crossing the Bridge: A Reflection on the HKS/HBS Joint Degree Program

decide to pursue an MBA and your other degree program, and why? I was blessed to have a dynamic career before pursuing my dual master's degrees. I climbed the corporate ranks as a consultant, dabbled in entrepreneurship by working... View Details

17 May 2016
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May 17, 2016

class cabin—is associated with more frequent air rage incidents in economy class. Situational inequality—boarding from the front (requiring walking through the first class cabin) versus the middle of the... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

14 Feb 2023
Research & Ideas

When a Vacation Isn’t Enough, a Sabbatical Can Recharge Your Life—and Your Career

have gathered back some of their personal resources, and now want to explore what more there might be for them in life. They might spend time traveling to new places, taking a class in a subject they’ve been curious about, or tackling a... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

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HBS - The year in Review

highly competitive, at 13 percent and 3 percent, respectively. Fellowships in fiscal year 2022 were awarded to 817 MBA students, with an average fellowship of $43,794. MBA CLASS OF 2023 Students 1,013 Applications 9,773 Acceptance Rate... View Details

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Entrepreneurship - Faculty & Research

However, as both an investment fund raising capital from limited partners and a fintech startup seeking venture capital, the company’s dual structure had created operational challenges and conflicting priorities. This case provides an... View Details

10 Jan 2018
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8 Tips to Help You Prepare for the Case Method

Ninad Kulkarni just wrapped up the fall semester at HBS and wanted to share what he learned about the case method after his first few months in the classroom. About NinadI grew up in a suburb outside of Mumbai. After earning my... View Details

05 Dec 2022
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How Would Jack Welch’s Leadership Style Fare in Today’s World?

He didn’t hire acolytes. I first met him in 1981, after he visited the class of the late HBS professor Richard Vancil, not long after he had become CEO. As we left class, he was in deep discussion with a woman student in the View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Industrial Products; Media & Broadcasting; Medical Devices & Supplies; Manufacturing

31 Jul 2020
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Building a DTC Brand Through COVID

blog series in which she details her trials and tribulations through starting a company. Today, she shares a special version for HBS. As my fellow HBS classmates flew off to their hometowns for their remote internships, I thought about... View Details

29 Jan 2021
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My HBS Student Loan Story: John Cortines (MBA 2015)

about their loan repayment journeys John Cortines Class: MBA 2015 Industry: Non-profit Could you please share a little bit about your upbringing? I was raised in an upper-middle class home in North Dallas.... View Details

21 Jun 2018
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Living in a Dorm at HBS

months before school did and wasting money. Can you tell us about the dorm options on campus? There are six dorms on campus - Chase Hall, Gallatin Hall, Hamilton Hall, McCulloch Hall, Morris Hall, and Mellon Hall. They differ quite significantly from each other.... View Details

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Behavioral Finance & Financial Stability

of the three rounds of “stimulus checks” to U.S. taxpayers and the single round of direct payments to Hong Kong citizens. The first two rounds of U.S. checks appear to have increased retail buying and share prices of retail-dominated... View Details

10 Sep 2021
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Perspectives on Anti-Racism in the HKS Curriculum

Brewton-Johnson (a Black woman from Atlanta, Georgia) and Austin Boral (a white man from Jericho, New York) share their thoughts on the course. Why was the course so important? Morgan: The course was essential because racism and... View Details

26 Sep 2023
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Digital Strategy: A Handbook for Managing a Moving Target

providing firms with a wide variety of strategic solutions. The book was coedited by Feng Zhu, the MBA Class of 1958 Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School, along with Carmelo Cennamo of Copenhagen Business School... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Information Technology; Technology

18 Jul 2023
News

The First Five Years: Brooke Biederman (MBA 2019)

What inspired you to launch Forby Entertainment Partners? I started working on film and TV shoots in New York City during college. My first boss, an executive producer, recommended Edward Jay Epstein’s book, The Hollywood Economist: The Hidden Financial Reality Behind... View Details

Keywords: Robert Bochnak

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