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- 21 Aug 2020
- Blog Post
Pursuing a JD/MBA Joint Degree
Students enrolled in the HBS/HLS four-year joint degree program come from a wide variety of backgrounds. Many are interested in pursuing careers that operate at the... View Details
- 04 Jun 2024
- Blog Post
Finding Alignment to Make Impact: Layla Ramirez (MBA 2017)
a great manager at the firm alongside the support of relationship managers at INROADS, who acted as career coaches to help young professionals navigate their careers. At Wellington, Ramirez also met fellows... View Details
- 11 Mar 2001
- Research & Ideas
Merchants to Multinationals: British Trading Companies in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries
In this excerpt taken from the chapter entitled "From Trade to Investment," HBS visiting professor Geoffrey Jones traces the transition of the British trading... View Details
Keywords: by Geoffrey Jones
- August 2020 (Revised November 2022)
- Case
George Soros: The Stateless Statesman
By: Geoffrey Jones and Wendy Ying
This case traces the business career and philanthropic activities of George Soros. The Hungarian-born Soros made a fortune as a hedge fund investor after establishing Quantum Fund on the tax haven island of Curaçao in the Netherlands Antilles in 1973 where he was... View Details
Keywords: Hedge Fund; Philanthropy; Populism; Finance; Philanthropy and Charitable Giving; Political Elections; Personal Development and Career; Leadership Style; Financial Services Industry; Europe; Hungary; United Kingdom; North and Central America; United States
Jones, Geoffrey, and Wendy Ying. "George Soros: The Stateless Statesman." Harvard Business School Case 321-012, August 2020. (Revised November 2022.)
Karim R. Lakhani
Karim R. Lakhani is the Dorothy & Michael Hintze Professor of Business Administration at the Harvard Business School. He specializes in technology management, innovation, digital transformation and artificial... View Details
- 27 Jun 2016
- News
Ulf Mark Schneider Has Plans to Make Nestlé Healthy
recommendation for an FDA-approved tea to strengthen aging joints. The company would expand from the vending machine and supermarket to the pharmacy, doctor’s office, and... View Details
- 09 May 2023
- Research & Ideas
Where to Find Remote Work Now: 250 Million Job Postings Paint a Complex Picture
they named WHAM, short for “Work from Home Algorithmic Measure.” Three people labeled 10,000 chunks of text to help WHAM analyze whether job posting text included language indicating the View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne
- 27 Jun 2019
- Blog Post
Dance to the Music: How Noa Torok Found Her Dream Job at SoundCloud
became a successful lawyer working for the Israeli Supreme Court. She had hoped she could combine law and business together, but, “I realized that being a lawyer meant working from the sidelines. And I want View Details
Keywords: Entertainment / Media / Sports
Christian Kaps
Christian Kaps is an Assistant Professor of business administration in the Technology and Operations Management (TOM) Unit at Harvard Business School. Kaps' research focuses on emerging topics in renewable electricity generation and storage - notably how new... View Details
- 29 May 2013
- Blog Post
“A place to grow personally and professionally.” - Yolanda Anton
than what I already have. Do not misunderstand me: I love the industry. I am still interested in the link to the customer and in the final product. But I want to see those aspects of a project View Details
- 24 Jun 2019
- Blog Post
Dance to the Music: How Noa Torok Found Her Dream Job at SoundCloud
became a successful lawyer working for the Israeli Supreme Court. She had hoped she could combine law and business together, but, “I realized that being a lawyer meant working from the sidelines. And I want View Details
- 22 Jul 2022
- Blog Post
Climate Stories Episode #7: Turning Waste Heat to Power
in the carbon mitigation industry. “This is a great time to be a clean energy innovator.” – Janice Tran, CEO and co-founder of Kanin Energy On July 12, 2022, Kanin Energy CEO Janice Tran announced a major collaboration in the clean energy... View Details
- 23 May 2019
- Book
These Entrepreneurs Take a Pragmatic Approach to Solving Social Problems
packages, and distributes branded food products sourced from subsistence farmers. “Our vision is to be the preferred provider of food to West Africans,” they said. In 2010, the... View Details
Pietro Satriano
Pietro Satriano is a Senior Lecturer at Harvard Business School. He sits on the boards of CarMax, the largest omni-channel used car retailer in the U.S. and Metro, a large regional grocery retailer in Canada. Pietro advises a number of food-tech startups and acts... View Details
- 10 Mar 2011
- What Do You Think?
To What Degree Does the Job Make the Person?
retired." This led Illysa to comment, "One more reason we must choose not only our careers but our work places carefully: who do we want to become?" Heidi Olson... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 26 Sep 2016
- Blog Post
An Interview with Corporate Relations Director, Kurt Piemonte
Tell us about your role at HBS. There are two main aspects of my role at HBS — one is to assist MBA students with their job searches and career planning, and the other is View Details
Keywords: All Industries
- 21 May 2018
- News
Community Partners Delivers “Expert Goodness” to the Bay Area
working with the City of San Francisco in the last five years, across eight consulting engagements and several brainstorming sessions. Alumni love working with the city. It’s our most popular client.” According View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 20 Apr 2023
- Blog Post
Tackle the First 90 Days of Your Next Role: A 5 Step Process for Success on the Job
Congratulations! After months of networking, interviewing, and sending out resumes, you’ve landed your next role. This is a huge accomplishment! Celebrate, rest, relax and show your gratitude to the people who helped you achieve this... View Details
- 29 Jul 2021
- Blog Post
Exploring the Intersection of Business & Health Care: Summer Fellow Derek Soled (MD/MBA 2022)
The HBS Summer Fellows Program enables students to apply their classroom training as they explore career opportunities in roles or regions where compensation is generally lower... View Details
- 27 May 2022
- Blog Post
Q&A with the HBS Armed Forces Alumni Association, MBA Class of 2023
The Armed Forces Alumni Association (AFAA) is a student-led club on campus for service members and veterans from all military branches and nations. The AFAA mission is to help talented veterans View Details