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- 01 Apr 1996
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Technology for Learning's Sake
year, more than 150 first-year cases had software that was specifically designed to help students analyze cases. PC use eventually became commonplace in second-year courses and exams as well. (More than 90... View Details
Keywords: by Deborah Blagg; photo by David Zadig
- 01 Sep 2003
- News
Dean Clark Reflects on the School’s Key Initiatives
applicants with the greatest potential for leadership. This past year, for example, we interviewed eighteen hundred candidates, including every admitted student. On all dimensions — including academic, leadership View Details
- 01 Mar 2007
- News
Pharma Suits a Farm Gal
roping and bull riding. “On my HBS application, I put that I was Miss Rodeo Arkansas 1976,” she recalled. “I am convinced that the people looking at the application said, ‘Well, we’ve never had one of those;... View Details
- 25 Aug 2022
- News
Case Study: Sound Check
similar opportunity. Best to have an intense focus and evolve your software in a rapid fashion. It is very common for software companies to start with smaller customers View Details
- 16 May 2017
- News
Facing the Board
good,” Blank said. “We would need more people if we expand money management, but software is more scalable.” “Nothing about this acquisition makes me excited,” said Goedertier, adding that Merrill Lynch is a company struggling to define... View Details
- 02 May 2016
- News
Creating Common Ground in Communities of Conflict
Hindu/Muslim conflict. Designed for each computer to be shared by two to three students, the children work with each other with minimal direction from a facilitator. “The stories that have come back are incredible,” Mendhro says. “One of the Hindu children told us his... View Details
- 02 Sep 2014
- News
Many of the best ideas for improving health care are quite simple
military, and consulting settings, Huckman has backed intuition with hard data. In a software services firm, for example, he found that when familiarity increased by 50 percent, defects decreased by 19... View Details
- 01 Dec 2003
- News
Insider Knowledge
19fa3d517837d2a3a5724cd478d6306e Omari Bouknight (HBS ’04) turned his experience gaining admission to business school into his first book Your MBA Game Plan: Proven Strategies for Getting into the Top Business Schools (Career Press). He View Details
- 01 Sep 2007
- News
HBS Launches Unique Deferred-Admission Program
the new program — before arriving on campus. “No other business school offers anything similar,” says Dee Leopold (MBA ’80), managing director of MBA Admissions and Financial Aid. “This is a bold program that is trying to do three things:... View Details
- 02 Mar 2023
- News
Carbon's Second Act
long second act in the software sector. But about five years ago, he decided it was time for a big change. Todd Brix: I had learned enough about software and had enough time in... View Details
- 01 Sep 2006
- News
Project Runway
Stacey Estrella (MBA ’93), a corporate communications executive at a Silicon Valley software firm, started sewing for fun just two years ago. But her beautifully crafted dresses and suits helped her beat out... View Details
- 01 Apr 1999
- News
WesTrek: Students Find Options in Bay Area
other student clubs as well as the School's Career Services Office and California Research Center. Representing the gamut of career options in the area, participating companies included small, private firms like View Details
- 01 Dec 1997
- News
Gregory Slayton (MBA '90)
working at McKinsey & Co. in the early 1990s, he cofounded its Multimedia Practice Group and was soon recruited to take over the New Media division of Paramount Studios. He then cofounded Worlds, Incorporated, an Internet View Details
- 01 Sep 2003
- News
Alumni Navigator Takes Off
Cambridge, Massachusetts, software company founded by Steven Papa (MBA ’99). The firm has roots and is growing branches at HBS. Only HBS grads with a current lifelong e-mail forwarding address (LEFA) can... View Details
- 01 Sep 2017
- News
Starting Lineup: Power Plays
Grana (MBA 2009) and Paul Gibbs (MBA 2011); Founded 2011 Its HelioScope software simplifies design and sales for solar systems—an energy source whose US installations doubled... View Details
- 01 Dec 2022
- News
Road to Recovery
Illustration by Jon Krause Eric Gastfriend (MBA 2015) had watched friends and family members struggle with addiction. He’d seen some of them go to treatment, and he’d seen many of them relapse. He didn’t... View Details
- 01 Dec 2018
- News
A Force for Good
forged his career at the nexus of business and social impact. With his latest project, Skillist, he is building a fairer, more effective hiring process. Skillist is a proprietary, skills-based application... View Details
- 20 Jul 2017
- News
Life Lab Nurtures Early Stage Startup Day Zero Diagnostics
Melis Anahtar in the Life Lab If you’ve ever been hospitalized with an infection and had to wait days for test results and a treatment plan, you understand the problems that Day Zero Diagnostics (DZD) is... View Details
- 25 Feb 2020
- News
3-Minute Briefing: Ellen Pao (MBA 1998)
made for me: This person had to have studied either computer science or electrical engineering and have a JD and an MBA. They had to have worked at a big software company View Details
Keywords: April White; photo by Eric Millette
- 01 Jun 2001
- News
Point, Click, Give: Internet Fuels Philanthropic Fundraising Revolution
transaction fees, advertising fees, application services fees, partnering revenue, and cross-subsidization (using revenue from selling applications to subsidize other... View Details