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Philipp Schäelli

Why was earning your MBA at HBS important to you? I wanted to do an MBA for three main reasons: 1) Making the next step in my career, 2) Broaden my academic footing and 3) Expand my network of friends that follow a business career. From... View Details

Keywords: Venture Capital / Private Equity; Financial Services

17 Dec 2024
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Solving the Underemployment Crisis

Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Hi, it’s Dan. Today, we are sharing a brief excerpt from Managing the Future of Work, the critically-acclaimed podcast from my colleagues at Harvard Business School. Each... View Details

17 Aug 2021

Behind the Scenes of Writing a Case Study: When manufacturing and a mass vaccination site intersect

How can business leaders play a role in solving society’s biggest problems? How do HBS professors select and write case studies on relevant and current topics? How can manufacturing expertise improve... View Details

01 Dec 2016
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Research Brief: So Many Sites, So Little Time

Greenstein adds, such as television and radio. “Online advertising is still a work in progress, with considerable effort being invested in improving its cost-effectiveness,” he says. “Those efforts—and lessons learned—are relevant across... View Details

17 Jun 2015
Research & Ideas

Michael Porter on America’s Historic Energy Opportunity

A new report from experts Michael E. Porter, David S. Gee, and Gregory J. Pope at Harvard Business School and The Boston Consulting Group outlines a strategic approach for improving United States... View Details

Keywords: Re: Michael E. Porter; Energy; Utilities

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Financial Aid | MBA

Financial Aid Increasing Access. Improving Opportunity. Harvard Business School (HBS) is committed to improving financial access and affordability for talented future leaders... View Details

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B-School Blades | MBA

B-School Blades All recognized student clubs are part of a 501(c)(3) non-profit tax exempt organization, called Student Clubs of HBS, Inc. Each student club at Harvard Business School (HBS) is open to all matriculated HBS students and... View Details

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Ken Peterson | About

the scholar and the research content they need for their scholarship or teaching. Before joining the Harvard Business School, he held several library leadership roles at both public and private institutions where his efforts focused on... View Details

01 Sep 2014
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Making a Statement

Getting Behind Health Care Andrew M. Paul (MBA 1983) sees a powerful connection between the business side of health care and the benefits of better service delivery to patients. “By investing in companies committed to innovation, you can... View Details

01 Dec 2009
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Professor Barnes Remembered

Professor emeritus Louis (“By”) Barnes (MBA ’52, DBA ’58), an expert in organizational behavior and a pioneer in the teaching and study of family-owned business issues, died in August. He was 81. For more than forty years, Barnes taught... View Details

27 Jul 2017
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Seeing a Way Forward

Photos by Rafael Monroy Daphne Leger (MBA 2012) did not enroll in business school to maximize profits, but rather to maximize social impact. “I firmly believe that business has a key role to play in solving... View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Myers

01 Jun 2012
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Made in the USA

Jim Knott's Aquamesh lobster traps set a new standard for durability, quickly supplanting the wooden traps used by generations of lobstermen. Chinese knockoffs failed to match Aquamesh's patented process. Will business leaders reconnect... View Details

Keywords: Blagg, Deborah; cheese; lobster fishing; Fishing, Hunting and Trapping; Agriculture; Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management; Food Manufacturing; Manufacturing

01 Dec 2004
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Aldrich Renovations Reach Halfway Point

also take the classrooms to the outside world,” she adds. Professor Janice Hammond recently took advantage of the technology improvements by bringing the CEO of UPS, Michael Eskew, into her Aldrich classroom via videoconferencing,... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

John H. Patterson

After somewhat hastily purchasing a small cash register company, Patterson devoted the rest of his life to promoting and improving upon the cash register technology, revolutionizing commercial business... View Details

Keywords: Computers & Electronics

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Eva Cai | MBA

Eva Cai Bioengineering (SB) Quincy 2021 Cohort 3 As a perpetual learner and bioengineer, I am excited to explore how business perspectives can shape and improve the effectiveness of engineering solutions.... View Details

27 May 2008
Sharpening Your Skills

Sharpening Your Skills: Thinking About Global

Sharpening Your Skills dives into the HBS Working Knowledge archives to bring together articles on ways to improve your business skills. Questions To Be Answered Are global brands effective? How should I... View Details

01 Mar 2006
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Nelson Mandela’s Right-Hand Man

In addition to conducting research, the HBS Leadership Initiative engages in other activities as well. Last November, for example, along with the HBS Africa Business Club, it served as the host for an event featuring African National... View Details

Keywords: Ahmed Kathrada; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

13 Jun 2017
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Finding Common Ground

departments—with the goal of improving the health of honey bees in general and especially in production agriculture. Building trust is crucial to the relationships CollaborateUp fosters. Activists fear View Details

Keywords: Ralph Ranalli

01 Mar 2007
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HBS Hosts Chinese Educators

As part of its continuing initiative to help improve management education in Greater China, the School, along with HBS Publishing, welcomed 77 senior professors and deans in mid-January for the fourth session of the Program on Case Method... View Details