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Corporate Finance: Corporate Financial Operations (CFO) - Course Catalog

reasonable set of assumptions and projections. More generally, raising and allocating capital effectively requires strong collaboration across many roles. This course aims to prepare students to bridge the finance divide. It focuses on... View Details

07 May 2020
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Ensuring Student Equity

2008, the nonprofit has grown to a staff of 35, who work with 2,500 volunteers each year and 50 partner organizations. Before the pandemic, Grumhaus, a former investment banker at Goldman Sachs and founding team member of City Year in Chicago, was View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie

01 Jun 2017
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Inbox: From Das’s Desk

Advanced Management Program (AMP) and Program for Leadership Development (PLD). When I have had faculty from other schools sit in on classes I teach, they always comment that we are lucky at HBS to have such high-quality preparation and... View Details

Keywords: Das Narayandas

01 Jun 2017
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Streamlining the Supermarket

shopping every year, Pedró adds. Orders placed online will be ready for curbside pickup in 30 minutes (home delivery will be available for a low fee). TakeOff also plans to partner with grocery stores, so that customers can shop for items like fresh produce and View Details

Keywords: Francis Storrs

01 Jun 1997
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HBS Cyberposium Brings Online Future into Focus

Deighton, who moderated a panel titled "Online Media," observed at the Cyberposium's conclusion: "HBS is dedicated to preparing students for the information economy. Technology is being presented, and truly understood, in terms of its... View Details

Keywords: Meg Gardner

24 Apr 2025
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Elevating Women at HBS: Signature Initiatives of the Women’s Student Association

prepared for the final exams. WSA Annual Retreat In the fall of 2024, we brought the WSA community closer than ever with our second annual WSA retreat. We spent a weekend in Cape Cod bringing together WSA members across HBS sections and... View Details

02 Sep 2002
Research & Ideas

Foreign Multinationals in the U.S.: A Rocky Road

problem persuading high quality U.S. managers, accustomed to being at the center of decision making, to work for foreign companies where decisions were made elsewhere, especially as few Americans were prepared to live outside their... View Details

Keywords: by Sarah Jane Johnston & Martha Lagace

25 Apr 2023
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Harvard Climate Leaders Program

addition to my interests in tech and startups, I have also always been passionate about politics and government. In 2020, I left my VC job and joined the Biden-Harris Transition Team, before continuing on to join the White House team after inauguration. I spent the... View Details

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Climate Symposium 2024: Confronting Reality, Celebrating Innovation - Blog - Business & Environment

, Founder of Probable Futures , who is dedicated to making climate science accessible, helping build climate literacy, and empowering people to prepare for the consequences of climate change. He outlined actionable steps that individuals... View Details

04 May 2017
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Going the Distance

continuing to transform Utah.” Advice for Any Adventure HBS alums are scaling new heights around the world. No matter what endeavor you face, Frey says, mental preparation is the true determining factor of an adventurer’s success. In... View Details

Keywords: Jill Radsken

01 Apr 2000
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Books

and approaches. Gardella's book provides job seekers with an easy-to-follow road map that not only guides them in the process but offers challenging activities and practical advice along the way. The book's eleven chapters are organized sequentially, beginning with... View Details

Keywords: Amy E. Dean

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1.4.14 HBS Campus Demonstration Policy | MBA

from the audience at some point during the allotted time. HBS also may determine that an event requires the participation of staff to guide the event planners, to prepare and assist the moderator, to aid in managing the event, and to help... View Details

12 May 2009
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First Look: May 12, 2009

trade-off decisions he must make in managing through the current period. He is preparing for a meeting with his board of trustees where he plans to discuss the current situation and the key decisions the organization needs to make.... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

16 Mar 2003
Research & Ideas

At the Center of Corporate Scandal Where Do We Go From Here?

country. As you might imagine, I've given this issue considerable thought. I have come to it as an individual, as an academic, and as the head of an institution that prepares hundreds of people for business leadership every year. And I... View Details

Keywords: by Kim B. Clark

02 Jan 2013
What Do You Think?

Should We Rethink the Promise of Teams?

collaboration. An entire generation is being prepared to enter workplaces like this, organizations that reward extroverts who show initiative in stepping forward to shape the nature of the conversation of work and the ideas it generates.... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

01 Dec 2008
Lessons from the Classroom

How Many U.S. Jobs Are ‘Offshorable’?

students have lived only in a world of increasing globalization. It's easy to conclude that the world will continue to become more and more integrated, but globalization is not necessarily a one-way street." The message for MBAs seems to be to View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna

28 Nov 2018
Blog Post

Making the Switch from Finance to Fitness

summer. Discovering Fitness No level of excitement for the job could have prepared me for working 60-70 hours/week and operating in the 4th decimal place. In time, I realized I needed an outlet, and it came in a rather surprising place.... View Details

Keywords: Entertainment / Media / Sports

27 Jul 2020
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HBS Summer Fellows Respond to COVID-19

and how 200+ volunteers from different firms (largely competitors) can come together to seamlessly work together in order to positively impact the society. HOW HAS YOUR MBA SKILLSET PREPARED YOU TO BE SUCCESSFUL IN THIS ROLE? Christine... View Details

11 Jan 2019
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The ABCs of Recruiting at HBS

different recruiters.baker l B – Baker. Baker Library holds the preeminent collection of contemporary and historic business information in the world. Students can leverage the library to research companies and industry trends to prepare... View Details

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3 Technologies that Will Change the World - Course Catalog

technologies from the perspective of a business leader, preparing students for a world where technology creates exponential increases in capabilities, forcing business leaders to rethink business models and reassess the commercial and... View Details

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