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- 01 Dec 2015
- News
Truth in Lending
30-minute credit test is based on research in psychometrics conducted at Harvard’s Center for International Development to help lenders understand both the skills and the personality of loan applicants. The... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 01 Sep 2014
- News
All For One
radical five-year company transformation sparked by a simple idea: “Employees First, Customers Second.” Through a series of initiatives, Nayar focused on developing new ways for employees to communicate, air their challenges and... View Details
- 19 Aug 2016
- News
Lending a Hand to Small Businesses in Emerging Markets
In emerging markets, where traditional credit scores are rare, how can lenders decide who is creditworthy? Just ask, says DJ DiDonna (MBA 2010), cofounder and chief strategy officer of the for-profit Entrepreneurial Finance Lab. The company has View Details
- 02 Dec 2021
- News
Learning Curve
University of Houston professor, and Shara Bumgarner, a Houston elementary school teacher. Melcher located some classroom space and then watched as her daughter began to acquire social and communication skills in the new environment.... View Details
- 01 Mar 2017
- News
Expanding Horizons
his country, India, and more broadly, the world at large. “HBS changed my career direction and broadened my horizons,” he says. “I was going into the health care sector, but a summer in equity capital between my MBA years convinced me to change course.” HBS provided... View Details
- 01 Sep 2009
- News
Faculty Books
and skilled people to accomplish what relief agencies could not: an information system and supply chain that managed the flow of relief supplies. IBM’s actions exemplify an emerging business idea: the vanguard company creating synergy... View Details
- 01 Mar 2014
- News
Cutting Edge
and bolts: exiting underperforming adjunct businesses (e.g., pickles and fresh poultry); shaking up the management team; improving the supply chain (thereby increasing plant productivity by 50 percent); and developing a sequenced regional... View Details
- 26 Apr 2011
- News
Do You See What I See?
In the second-year elective The Moral Leader, students read and discuss a wide selection of literary sources, confronting complex moral challenges and developing the analytical skills and judgment that will... View Details
- 01 Dec 2011
- News
Reimagining the MBA
will provide students small-group learning experiences that are by design immersive, experiential, and field-based. FIELD complements the School’s case method of participant-centered learning, and creates a rigorous new platform for students to View Details
- 09 Mar 2021
- News
Bridging the Gap
yet, the crisis has shed light on areas where business leaders can make an important difference, such as supporting schools and programs that enable students to gain skills and talents for productive employment and create a foundation for... View Details
- 20 Aug 2014
- News
With No Time to Lose
Avi Kremer (MBA 2007) A Network for Life “We were just a group of friends, bringing our skill sets from our jobs, to help Avi,” says Amy Yamner Jenkins (MBA 2006), who became very close to classmate Avi Kremer in the weeks after his... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 25 Apr 2014
- News
Laser focus on medical breakthroughs
Dr. Marlene Krauss (MBA 1967, MD 1979) is one of the first female graduates of HBS and the first person to hold both an MD and an MBA degree from Harvard University. She combines business skills and medical knowledge in her work as a... View Details
- 23 Oct 2019
- News
Negotiators Share Lessons from High-Stakes Global Diplomacy
diplomacy and helps students develop and practice negotiation skills critical to success in public service and the private sector. “This is a distinctively Harvard opportunity that is preparing students to... View Details
Keywords: University Collaborations
- 01 Jun 2015
- News
Higher Ground
see through you in one second.” The job also extended beyond the podium. Skills honed at HBS became critical. “Public speaking, thinking twice before you open your mouth, analyzing the big picture—all these things, they were incredibly... View Details
- 07 Jan 2020
- News
Models of Success
For Rebecca Feickert (MBA 2018), who grew up in the town of Goodrich, North Dakota, population 126, basketball was a stepping stone to success in the wider world. The skills she had honed playing against the boys in her hometown earned... View Details
- 19 Oct 2011
- News
A Good Look
Kemin Personal Care ramps up production, Levy has had ample opportunity to put her MBA skills to work. “HBS prepares people to think analytically, and about the details of the business, but it also teaches us to look at the broader... View Details
- 17 Apr 2017
- News
Panera-bred Leaders Have Risen Throughout the Restaurant Industry
As Ron Shaich (MBA 1978) grew Au Bon Pain and then the Panera Bread Company into the nation’s largest “fast casual” chain, he was also shaping a team of highly skilled restaurant executives. A recent article in the Boston Globe traces the... View Details
- 01 Jun 2005
- News
Better than Cash
Somerville, Massachusetts, needed advice on how to make the nonprofit more cost-effective, he might have considered attending business school. But he didn’t have to. Harvard Business School came to him in the form of alumni who have helped him View Details
- 01 Mar 2009
- News
Repurposing Leaders to Attack Social Problems
will complement the skills and wisdom the fellows acquired during their “first” careers in the public and private sectors. “People who have accomplished a great deal during their careers are uniquely suited to lead and to envision... View Details
- 01 Jun 2013
- News
Faculty Books
challenges. His story, which Professor Emeritus Nolan and his coauthors developed in collaboration with seasoned, real-life CEOs, includes crucial lessons for anyone hoping to master the new-world skills... View Details