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Understanding the Benefits of Our Virtual Programs
We spoke with four participants of our live online programs to learn more about their experience: Augusto Bassanini, President & CEO, United Grain Corporation Trey Ford, Vice President, Platform Strategy and Trust, Salesforce.com, Inc.... View Details
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1.19 Immersive Field Courses (IFC) | MBA
significantly impact a student’s grade. Additionally, as absences significantly impact the ability of the team to function effectively, they may also be reflected in peer feedback which, when applicable depending on course structure, is an important component of the... View Details
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Linda Leung
Lucas’ science-fiction epics. “In real life, ion propulsion would never work for fighters,” Linda explains. “It just doesn’t create enough acceleration. But it might be perfect for deep space travel in which efficiency is more important... View Details
- 07 Aug 2017
- Blog Post
A Summer Internship with the City of Boston
knowledgeable coach, ready to help users do whatever they need to get done. In fact, the City of Boston has spent the last 3+ years reinventing how it interacts with citizens online in exactly this way. The City Hall team I joined this... View Details
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In The Community | About
scholarships for staff from local organizations $ 884 k in funding for the Summer Fellows program , supporting 202 local partners $ 23 k introductory business education scholarships to local students through HBS Online and Summer Venture... View Details
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1.9 Course Registration | MBA
September; January travel Program fee & travel costs (see details on financial aid eligibility in course description) Independent Projects Non-classroom credit; 1.5, 3, 4.5, or 6 credits. Maximum of 9... View Details
- 01 Dec 2015
- News
Estonia, Incorporated
he needs to travel to Estonia or attend a session of the UN General Assembly across town. The payoff? A chance to chart the digital future of an entire country. In April, Estonia became the first country in the world to offer e-Residency,... View Details
Keywords: Francis Storrs
- 23 Mar 2015
- Research & Ideas
It’s Called ‘Price Coherence,’ and It’s Surprisingly Bad for Consumers
optional for a transaction, including travel booking networks, restaurant ordering services, online rebate services, and some kinds of insurance. Overall, the researchers find that price coherence actually... View Details
- 01 Jun 2001
- News
Virtual Plant Tours and Beer Game Dysfunction
Professor Lynda Applegate’s Building E-Businesses course does more than just translate standard case material into an online format. She uses audio and video clips for storytelling, then offers eye-catching visuals and drill-down... View Details
- 01 Dec 2013
- News
Climate Change as Must-See TV
Susan and Steve Mandel (both MBA 1982). The series includes Don Cheadle, Matt Damon, Harrison Ford, Olivia Munn, and Arnold Schwarzenegger as on-the-ground correspondents who visit ordinary Americans on the front lines of hurricanes, droughts, heat waves, and... View Details
- 01 Jun 2014
- News
FIELD 2 in Accra
Australian-born Leach notes, "Even if you've traveled extensively, going to a country for a short period of time, working with peers you have not selected, for an organization you know little about, is hugely challenging." Leach and his... View Details
- 21 Aug 2007
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First Look: August 21, 2007
decisions confronting the founding management team of a new online financial services company. Prosper Marketplace is an internet-based market for individuals to borrow money from other individuals who wish to invest in such loans.... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 02 Feb 2015
- Research & Ideas
Disruptors Sell What Customers Want and Let Competitors Sell What They Don’t
Over the past two decades, entire industries have been disrupted by Internet competitors who "unbundled" their content and delivered it to consumers in new ways. Newspapers lost out to Google and Craigslist, record companies to iTunes and Spotify, and View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
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Breaking Down the Barriers - The High Art of Photographic Advertising - Baker Library | Bloomberg Center
commerce and consumption.” 16 Recognizing his reputation as an extraordinary portraitist and the prestige his name could lend to commercial work, the J. Walter Thompson Advertising Agency hired Steichen in 1923, the same year he became... View Details
- 01 Jun 2013
- News
Revitalizing America
people in dedicating a year to national service far outpaces the number of available slots. In 2009, Congress passed the Edward M. Kennedy Serve America Act to expand the opportunities provided through the federal agency that oversees... View Details
Keywords: Health, Social Assistance
- 10 Feb 2003
- Research & Ideas
Women at Work
It's not always going to work out.—Lynda Clarizio, America Online You can work full time and be a good mom, she insists—it just depends on whose rules you choose to play by. "Women in the workforce are still being asked to play by... View Details
Keywords: by Wendy Guild
- 11 May 2010
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First Look: May 11
Standard theories of corporate ownership assume that because markets are efficient, insiders ultimately bear agency costs and therefore have a strong incentive to minimize conflicts of interest with outside investors. We show that if... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 12 Apr 2011
- News
Twelve Global Finalists Compete at HBS
Twelve Global Finalists Compete at HBS Selected from more than 90 worldwide entries, 12 winning regional teams will travel back to campus on April 25 to compete in the the 2nd annual Alumni New Venture Contest finals. The contest, hosted... View Details
Keywords: Multiple alumni
- 02 Nov 2016
- Op-Ed
Government and Financial Tech Can Fix Cash Woes for Small Businesses
Administration (SBA), so we know payments arriving on time can make a difference. In 2011, while I was running the SBA, President Obama and I launched a bold initiative called QuickPay, directing federal agencies to pay their small... View Details
Keywords: by Karen Mills
- 10 Mar 2021
- News
Vision: A Unicorn Evolves
Wes Hather. The would-be founders then went looking for “a big problem” and a tech-based solution. GroupTalent was born in 2011 to address the challenges of employee recruitment with an online marketplace. But two years later, the company... View Details