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Baker Library / Bloomberg Center | About

Club in Kresge Hall, a space where faculty can gather for lunch. Flanking the Commons are three seminar rooms used by faculty and doctoral students. The Stamps Reading Room , on the second floor, a majestic space and gateway to all... View Details

11 May 2022
Blog Post

MoMBAs: The Inspiring Student Mothers of HBS

empathy. I look forward to seeing the MoMBAs (student moms) at the helm of their industries and companies. I’m so excited to introduce you to the incredibly strong, talented, and inspiring MoMBAs below. Adriana Cruz Martins Year: Second... View Details

24 Jun 2002
Research & Ideas

Four Keys of Enduring Success: How High Achievers Win

business—Stevenson said he and Nash hear three great fears: "I won't be a success." "I will be a success, but it won't be enough." "I will be a success, but I'll have to sell my soul." People seek success for... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

01 Sep 2007
News

Alfred D. Chandler Jr. Remembered

CHANDLER: His great books “light up a landscape that had been only dimly perceived, if at all.” Alfred D. Chandler Jr., the renowned Harvard Business School historian who established business history as an indepen-dent and important area... View Details

02 Dec 2002
Research & Ideas

The Secret of How Microsoft Stays on Top

Microsoft has been criticized as a company that relies more on predatory tactics than great products and innovation to succeed. What can you say about Microsoft's product development performance over the years? A: We analyzed the... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

02 Aug 2022
Blog Post

From HBS to Cutting-Edge Tech

tech industry. In the immersive Startup Bootcamp program, I joined a small team to take an idea from scratch and build a minimum viable product (MVP). Courses like The Entrepreneurial Manager, Launching Tech Ventures, Founder’s Journey, Entrepreneurial Finance, and... View Details

28 Nov 2005
Research & Ideas

Unilever: Transformation and Tradition

South Africa and spread worldwide, how Lipton tea became the world's biggest tea brand, the origins of the sensual Magnum ice cream, and how Pond's Cream became a Unilever brand. The story behind the brands has been presented also. Dove and Sunsilk, Omo and Surf, Rama... View Details

Keywords: by Geoffrey Jones; Consumer Products

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Meagan Hill

then form a revised view. But it's great training for any career path." Meagan is part of a Mohawk community from a small rural town southwest of Toronto. She believes her classmates' wide range of "backgrounds, ethnicities, and... View Details

Keywords: Financial Services

19 Apr 2023
News

A Kick Start for Latin American Startups

MAYA invests in a startup, the goal is to support the first round of funding—launching the team and putting it in a position to successfully raise a second round. "Most of the funds in this region invest, and that's it," explains Saggioro... View Details

Keywords: Maureen Harmon

27 May 2015
Blog Post

What is an HBS Section?

HBS is a big place. We think it’s one of the great advantages of our program (lots of students = lots of alums = a big global network for you to access). We receive a lot of questions about our size, like “with a first year class of 930... View Details

01 Dec 2019
News

Bridging the Gap

case discussions to speaker presentations to whiteboard sessions that ask participants to collaborate on solutions to a target issue their city is facing. “In 2011, when the US Competitiveness Project got started, many people were talking about the not-so-great... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; illustration by Josh Cochran; photographed by Melissa Golden; cross sector collaboration; local government; nonprofits; education; leadership; Administration of Economic Programs; Government

01 Sep 2023
News

History Matters

The stunning collapse of three high-profile banks in recent months—Silicon Valley Bank, Signature Bank, and First Republic Bank—churned up a host of headlines and fears: Are these signs of major instability? The first dominos to fall? In the View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

11 Mar 2024
News

In Harmony

Kim realized something: He wasn’t certain of the finance industry’s inherent value to society—and he wasn’t sure being a great banker was his destiny. “But I sensed I could be good enough to make a mark,” he says. “It seemed like the... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; photograph by Jun Michael Park

26 Oct 2018
Blog Post

Making the Switch from Finance to Fitness

was teaching roughly 8-12 classes a week, and I loved it! I know I surprised a few co-workers the first time they saw me teaching a class: “Did you quit the firm? No? You’re nuts. Great class!” I fully admit that doing both at the same... View Details

23 Oct 2012
First Look

First Look: October 23

while the second is the dependence of peoples' self-esteem on the extent to which they perceive that others agree with them. Government spending crowds out the charity that ensues from these forces only modestly. Moreover, people's... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

13 Jun 2019
Blog Post

Expanding My Worldview Through FIELD Global Immersion

and funny material posted on social media, to promote health, beauty, and snack food products. Our job was to develop a new snack food designed for the Korean millennial consumer. The FIELD course began in second semester. First, we... View Details

15 Oct 2001
Research & Ideas

What You Don’t Know About Making Decisions

stages and managers feel the pressure of deadlines and the rush to close, they often compromise or adjust the criteria they originally created for judging the appropriateness of the deal. Dissent and Debate. David Hume, the great Scottish... View Details

Keywords: by David A. Garvin & Michael A. Roberto

20 Aug 2008
Op-Ed

The Time is Right for Creative Capitalism

he succeeded so convincingly playing the game of market capitalism that first emerged in the late 19th century and grew to great influence during the 20th century. This game or system has been dominated in many industries by large,... View Details

Keywords: by Nancy Koehn

17 Nov 2016
Op-Ed

What's Behind the Unexpected Trump Support from Women

threats. The second largest contingent of women supporting Trump was white women with college degrees. Forty-five percent of them voted for him. While some were likely attracted to Trump’s fiscally conservative policies, research suggests... View Details

Keywords: by Laura Morgan Roberts and Robin Ely

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A Pathway to Pursue Aspirations | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

establishing a family precedent for service. “I turned to Leadership Fellows because I was interested in contributing to the social good,” says Mizuho. “For those of us entering the social space fulltime for the first time, it’s a great... View Details

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