Peer Groups - Publications - Faculty & Research

22 Nov 2016
Blog Post

Memoirs of an International First Year Student

friends and peers might be landing internships while you are probably figuring out how to land interview calls. It’s important not to panic. Instead, find your own small peer View Details

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Global Experience | MBA

Global Experience From your peers and case discussions, to the HBS alumni network, global research centers, and field-based course offerings, the HBS experience is inherently international. A Global Campus Community Each classroom is an... View Details

05 Oct 2016
Blog Post

The Women’s College Cohort at Peek Weekend

engagement of small group discussions before class, the extensive student involvement in on-campus organizations, and the variety of professionals that finally emerge. Yet, the most valuable element of the program was actually being able... View Details

23 Jun 2015
Blog Post

What is SVMP?

and opportunity in business education. During their week on campus, SVMP students are taught by HBS faculty through the renowned case method. Participants spend evenings analyzing real-business cases, and use morning study groups and... View Details

01 Aug 2017
Blog Post

Redefining the Term Networking at HBS

where we needed to introduce ourselves by saying one thing to our classmates to make us memorable. As each person took their turn, it was clear that I was surrounded by a diverse, accomplished, and witty group of people. Listening to my... View Details

25 Jul 2016
Blog Post

Advice on Switching Careers While at HBS

network The HBS network is a powerful thing, and one of the easiest and least intimidating places to start was talking to my classmates with retail experience. The online student classcard system made it really easy to search for peers... View Details

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Credential of Digital Innovation and Strategy | HBS Online

of peers before, during, and after the course. Learners who successfully complete an HBS Online program are added to the HBS Online Community's Official Networking Group and gain exclusive access to events... View Details

01 Jun 2008
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Team MBA

GROUP DYNAMIC: (Clockwise from bottom) Andrew Saunders, Sonia Sahney, Tyler Koop, Courtney Hughes, and Peter Stone. Not pictured: Amyn Pesnani Photographs by Webb Chappell For this year’s feature on the School’s newest alumni, we selected... View Details

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

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Leading Change and Organizational Renewal | HBS Online

Alignment Demonstrate how and why organizational alignment can lead to inertia and identify and describe the different types. Highlights David Jones, former CEO at Havas, and current Founder and CEO of The Brandtech Group John Winsor,... View Details

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Session Types | Information Technology

administrators at no charge. I truly love to work with professionals. After twenty years of teaching at HBS, the HBS Live Online Classrooms team is truly the most impressive group of professionals I’ve had the privilege of working with on... View Details

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Matthew Boys

“best combination” of three things he wanted: a strong peer network, foundational business skills, and “an environment conducive to the entrepreneurial spark.” Matt believes the fixed curriculum of the RC year enhances... View Details

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Leila Meliani

for being as informed as possible with limited time and information." "You leave the room with 90 or so different perspectives," says Leila. In BGIE (Business, Government and the International Economy), each case is sourced from a different country.... View Details

Keywords: Consulting

09 Oct 2015
Blog Post

3 Myths About HBS

done respectfully, intending to help each other to grow and improve. Moreover, it is a culture of contribution, everyone constantly learning from their peers as well as teaching them. I had classmates go above and beyond to help me in... View Details

10 Jul 2018
First Look

New Research and Ideas, July 10, 2018

system of a large federal credit union, we delineate four important constraints likely to affect the lending process: (1) limited attention (or distraction), (2) task-specific human capital, (3) peer perception, and (4) learning over the... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

15 Nov 2018
Blog Post

Valuing an MBA: Beyond Dollars and “Sense"

Weekday mornings, in a discussion group composed of a math teacher, beauty product strategist, and a pro-athlete-turned-investor, I tackled over a hundred watershed corporate decisions, ranging from optimizing operations at a... View Details

31 Jan 2011
Research & Ideas

Taking the Fear out of Diversity Policies

working across group lines and group differences. And I think that makes a lot of people wary." “A lot of policies in the workplace about diversity are based on research that's focused on the negative.”... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

31 Jan 2018
Blog Post

Tiffany Nida’s Amazon Journey: “I Continue to Grow Because They Keep Giving Me Responsibility.”

with tight margins: pet food, baby food, and beverages. But with great responsibility came great support. “We got a couple weeks of intensive training, plus ongoing training” over the next eighteen months, Tiffany says. Further, she was paired with both View Details

Keywords: Technology

17 Dec 2015
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Design Thinking: Hands-On Learning At The Harvard Innovation Lab

team up with peers from other backgrounds. “Those who work across disciplines almost always come up with better and more powerful ideas,” says Datar, noting that the 30 budding entrepreneurs met regularly as a View Details

27 Oct 2020
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HBS Votes

Stay Cool Daniella Ballou-Aares (MBA 2001), CEO of the Leadership Now Project, believes that "protecting the legitimacy of November's election is, at its core, about preserving American democracy.” Ballou-Aares convened a group of 50... View Details

11 Sep 2015
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What is the JD/MBA Program at HBS?

Tian: Both schools feature amazing, enthusiastic peers and top-notch teaching. Both of the first year curricula take place in U-shaped classrooms where a 80-90 student section attends most of its classes together, allowing everyone to... View Details

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