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- 08 Nov 2011
- News
Saluting Our HBS Veterans
Counselman (MBA 2005), a former Marine officer in Iraq, Bosnia, and the Horn of Africa, is the founder and CEO of Fidelis, an organization that assists service personnel with the military-to-civilian transition. Emphasizing education, Fidelis partners with universities... View Details
- 01 Apr 1998
- News
World Class Learning
"They must also develop a working knowledge of what our educational environment is about and what the norms and expectations are." Help on Arrival Intensive coaching sessions, such as those offered through International Orientation Day's... View Details
Keywords: Eileen K. McCluskey
- 10 Aug 2015
- News
A Talent Pipeline for Society’s Challenges
herself in awe of their grace under such trying circumstances. “I would go to their homes—huts called bhunga—to interview them and they would offer me a cup of chai. I’d say, ‘No, thank you’ and they would go pay for a bottle of Coke. I... View Details
Keywords: Jill Radsken
- 01 Jun 2003
- News
Ruling from the Bench
time. The decision was practical and personal: Her goal upon graduation was to land a well-paying job to support her fiancé through law school; once he’d completed his degree, it would be her turn to attend. The engagement ended, but... View Details
- 01 Dec 2020
- News
The Camel and the Unicorn
whaling industry. Morrell: In the early nineteenth century, it was the whaling ships of New England that offered the kinds of high-risk, high-reward stakes that attracted investors. Lazarow: At the time, 70% of the whaling industry was... View Details
- 01 Dec 2020
- News
In Review
five Is. What are your reflections on your progress on each one? Let’s start with Innovation. We launched some significant innovations, including the FIELD program and HBS Online. Other lesser-known innovations worth mentioning include SIPs (Short Intensive Programs,... View Details
- 01 Sep 2014
- News
Afghanistan’s Hope and Light
Houdt) Thirty or forty angry Afghan police officers crowded into Karim Khoja’s office. Someone had stolen their pay, and the prime suspect was the CEO of Roshan, the company offering the new mobile payment system that was used to process... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 01 Jun 2018
- News
Up by the Roots
California, Boston, sometimes London,” recalls Gotsch. “Nobody was looking locally.” Gotsch is president and CEO of the Partnership Fund for New York City, which invests in local ventures to create jobs and grow the Big Apple’s economy.... View Details
- 01 Dec 2012
- News
From Where We Stand
(in that order), so my first jobs were below the MBA level: market research at Carnation, then media at BBDO. When we moved to New York City, I was offered a position as an account executive at BBDO, but I... View Details
- 17 Jan 2025
- News
Tracking Modern Air Travel’s Takeoff
bankruptcy before leaving the industry in 1990 to found the investment firm, Savoy Capital. Lorenzo offers a blow-by-blow of the industry's transformation in his new memoir, Flying for Peanuts: Tough Deals, Steep Bargains, and Revolution... View Details
- 01 Mar 2025
- News
Step By Step
I started running at HBS, in the month between the end of classes and Commencement. I was born with asthma, so sports in general were never my forte, but the overwhelming nature of prepping cases and recruiting meant my physical condition had worsened. Once I’d made it... View Details
- 01 Oct 1998
- News
Answering the Call
in other, more significant ways. The books on his shelves now offer spiritual, not financial, guidance. His office help - a part-time secretary and an answering machine - is minimal compared with his staff at Cooke & Bieler. The artwork -... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 01 Mar 2006
- News
The Real Conflict
$18 billion per year. And because Wal-Mart forces its competitors to charge lower prices as well, this figure is a fraction of the company’s real impact. These kinds of savings to customers far exceed the costs that Wal-Mart allegedly imposes on society by securing... View Details
- 01 Sep 2013
- News
Faculty Opinion: No Magic Bullet
be hindering your performance? Understanding yourself is critical to the choices you make in your life. Making the most of your opportunities. Do you match strengths, weaknesses, passions, and who you are with your current job or a... View Details
- 02 Jan 2020
- News
Empowering Rural Communities
and had little leverage to force the company to lower the price of electricity and offer green energy. “We are ready to take up these fights on behalf of the communities,” Riley says. One of the first was in northern New Mexico, where the... View Details
- 01 Mar 2006
- News
A New Path for Alumnae
transition back to full-time employment? Those who are really “ready to go” want a personalized plan plus a timely update on key business skills such as marketing, accounting, finance, social enterprise, and entrepreneurship. The New Path program that will be View Details
- 10 May 2022
- News
Alumni Achievement Awards 2022
of it as a place for cats playing the piano. But I gave it a shot, and the videos took on a life of their own.” The plunge: “Soon, tens of thousands of people were using the videos every month. In 2009, I left my job and set up Khan... View Details
- 25 Apr 2018
- News
Giving Minorities a Playbook for Corporate Success
receive job offers prior to completion and 95 percent of its MBA Prep Fellows are accepted by at least one top-25 business school. For those already in the workforce, 75 percent of professionals who... View Details
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
Expanding the brand of the country’s largest magazine publisher
spinoffs, including InStyle, Real Simple, and People en Español. People questioned her when, on graduation from HBS, Moore accepted the lowest paying of 13 job offers she received, to pursue her... View Details
- 01 Mar 2013
- News
Leveraging Female Talent
Organizations, offered this winter. Related Links Opening the Door The Accidental Pioneers 50 Years & Counting From Where We Stand How did you become interested in this topic? About five years ago I was invited to address a conference... View Details