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- 29 Jul 2008
- News
An Educational Start-Up
Teachers” (with Professor Tom DeLong, and the session that I sat in on, “Finding Great Cases.” The case in question was Sahlman’s “Dr. John’s Products, Ltd.”, the story of serial entrepreneur John Osher and his quest to invent,... View Details
- 01 Dec 2020
- News
Tried and Tested
different expectations for clean identification. But, yes, we fundamentally know that we’re in it together. KC: I can give you an example. I wrote an experimental paper about men and women having different propensities to guess on standardized tests. Say you’re taking... View Details
- 14 May 2013
- First Look
First Look: May 14
applicant quality and quantity. Overall, athletic success has a significant long-term goodwill effect on future applications and quality. However, students with lower than average SAT scores tend to have a stronger preference for athletic... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Jun 2022
- News
Turning Point: Sparking Change
Loyola University Chicago. I arrived early and sat in the empty classroom, reflecting on the fact that this was my chance to introduce the students to my passion—to get them excited about marketing as an art as well as a science. My... View Details
- 25 Aug 2022
- News
Ready for Departure
billion in revenues. That’s a staggering 45 percent—but all was not lost. During the downtime, as the arrival halls echoed with emptiness and the baggage carousels sat idle, many airports used the time to reimagine the passenger... View Details
- 17 Jul 2020
- News
Support System
midwife who turned to shea butter to help treat women and infants in her practice. Her mother, Eugenia, built shea-butter cooperatives and strengthened existing organizations; became president of the Global Shea Alliance; sat on the... View Details
Keywords: Maureen Harmon
- 26 Oct 2016
- Blog Post
From Product Development to Business School
I sat there silently screaming. Eyes flitting across the room at the faces sitting around the table gathered for a Brita leadership team meeting. They couldn’t possibly do it, I thought to myself, clutching my 3D-printed prototype like a... View Details
- 10 Dec 2012
- Research & Ideas
Why We Blab Our Intimate Secrets on Facebook
basically sat down together and brainstormed creepy questions to ask," John says. The experiments tested the idea that downplaying privacy concerns would increase the likelihood of disclosure. For example, the researchers set up laptop... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- Profile
David A. Frankel
failures,” Frankel recalled. One success was Healthbridge, which grew into the largest independent healthcare data processing company in Africa. Despite his obvious entrepreneurial and investing skills, Frankel felt a relentless itch. The HBS acceptance View Details
- 17 Nov 2003
- Research & Ideas
The Business of Babies
yet donors are paid according to the desirability of their physical and mental qualities—at least $2,500, but sometimes much more. Spar showed an ad that appeared in Ivy League campus newspapers that offered $50,000 to women who were at least 5' 10" with 1400... View Details
- 09 Jun 2015
- Blog Post
Pursuing Meaning through an HBS/HKS Joint Degree
point during the spring semester of our first year, I realized that my section was having a long-term conversation. We weren’t just discussing the cases in each class, we were having a conversation that had begun the first day we sat... View Details
- 19 May 2023
- Blog Post
Choosing To Be Optimistic about Climate Change
happen.” “Deep foreboding” is the opposite. How could the present moment be both? The paradox exemplifies what we heard at these events. Speaker after speaker called this year “a crossroads,” an “inflection point,” a “precipice.” As I and hundreds of others View Details
- 22 Jul 2015
- News
Supporting a Return to Work for Women Execs
Currently all of the FTSE 100 companies have at least one woman on their boards, with 263 women holding director’s positions, 100 more than in 2011, according to a study by the Cranfield University School of Management. “We sat down and... View Details
- 01 Mar 2012
- News
Shop Talk, Different Avenues
of retailing through consulting and marketing work for a roster of global clients. Traub recently sat down with Gilt Groupe cofounders Alexis Maybank and Alexandra Wilkis Wilson (both MBA 2004) to discuss retailing trends and the... View Details
- Web
Who We Are | Research Associates
skills improved, too—this was not the sort of position where I sat in a back office and crunched data all the time. Being an RA showed me where I wanted to go; it was ideal preparation for graduate school. Daniel Schneider, BA, Politics... View Details
- 28 Apr 2020
- News
Lessons from a COVID Survivor
Radha Ruparell (MBA 2008) Radha Ruparell (MBA 2008) When Radha Ruparell (MBA 2008) fell ill with COVID-19, she wasn’t prepared for the physical and emotional rollercoaster that the ensuing weeks would bring. On day 16 of her illness, which she managed from home in New... View Details
- 19 Jun 2020
- Blog Post
Black MBA Students Pen Letters to the HBS Community: Letter 4/5
back of a pickup truck by the ankles and dragged on a country dirt road in Jasper, TX for over three miles. The impact of being dragged severed James’ arm, shoulder, neck, and head from the rest of his body, which continued to be dragged for another mile. Fifteen of us... View Details
- 01 Sep 2018
- News
Turning Point: Power Outlet
next morning, they seemed to be talking about the same story, but now they were reporting from Minnesota. When I realized they were discussing a different case—that of Philando Castile, executed in his car while his girlfriend’s 4-year-old daughter View Details
- 01 Sep 2016
- News
New MBA Admissions Director Gets an Interview
work on my application to HBS. I was thrilled when I was invited to interview—but nervous. Wearing my lucky tie helped a little bit. Thankfully, those 30 minutes felt more like a conversation, and the interviewer really got to know me personally. Afterward, I View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell
- 01 Dec 2013
- News
Plugged In
When the 2014 Cadillac ELR—the carmaker's new electric luxury vehicle—rolled onstage at the Detroit auto show earlier this year, Juan Camargo (MBA 2012) sat in the fourth row, beaming. And it wasn't just because, as assistant marketing... View Details