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- 01 Jun 2002
- News
Up to the Challenge: Demola Gbadegesin - In the Right Direction
not being able to do things that are important to you,” he says, citing the fact that his family could not return to tend to his ailing grandmother as one example. In 2000, however, after the military government was replaced with a... View Details
- 05 Nov 2021
- Op-Ed
Is the Business World Finally Ready for the Wisdom of Shibusawa?
Eiichi Shibusawa continues to gain influence in Japan—even though he died almost a century ago. Japan’s government announced earlier this year that the 19th century business leader would be the face on 10,000 yen ($90) bank notes—the highest value denomination in... View Details
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Frequently Asked Questions | HBS Online
1/26/24). The tax collected is passed on to the government of India through Harvard University. Is financial aid available? As of April 2024, HBS Online offers two forms of grants to prospective participants: an Income-based Grant and a View Details
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Agents of Change: The Founding of the AASU - The Value of Business Education
Chicago, where he worked for the Cook County Department of Weights and Measures. Travis Herndon Brown Jr. HBS 1919–1920 Culpeper, VA Randolph-Macon College, 1914 Travis Herndon Brown entered HBS following his military service in France... View Details
- 22 Aug 2005
- Research & Ideas
The Hard Work of Failure Analysis
On a larger scale, the U.S. Army is known for conducting After Action Reviews that enable participants to analyze, discuss, and learn from both the successes and failures of a variety of military initiatives. Similarly, hospitals use... View Details
Keywords: by Amy Edmondson & Mark D. Cannon
- 23 Jun 2008
- Research & Ideas
Innovative Ways to Encourage Personal Savings
whether these tools change the way people make decisions about their financial lives. We hope the markets would include young adults (not just teenagers), members of the military and their families, and low- to moderate-income families.... View Details
- 20 Oct 2003
- Research & Ideas
Gaps in the Historical Record: Development of the Electronics Industry
of the four projects developing high-speed analytical devices for military purposes. In 1951 it introduced the UNIVAC, the first giant commercial computer, but IBM immediately followed with its own 700 computer. IBM's continued dominance... View Details
- 01 Dec 2009
- News
One Man Crime Wave
military matériel at factories in upstate New York. World War II carried MacDonald to India in 1943, and then to Burma, Ceylon, and China as an OSS ordnance officer. To pass the time, and since regular letters were heavily censored, he... View Details
- 13 Oct 2009
- Research & Ideas
7 Lessons for Navigating the Storm
help leaders learn about leading through a crisis. There they will develop much faster than they will in leading through good times, or studying how other leaders behaved in crises. As the military learned long ago, there is simply no... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
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Harvard Business School
as an executive coach, corporate executive, senior military officer, top management consultant, entrepreneur, and social enterprise leader across many industries and functional endeavors. He has held senior level positions with Right... View Details
- 06 Jul 2017
- News
Leadership on a Global Scale
Special Forces, planned to make the military his career. But a training accident brought that plan to an end, forcing a course correction that took him to Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government and to HBS, where he became the first... View Details
- 14 Jul 2020
- Research & Ideas
Restarting Under Uncertainty: Managerial Experiences from Around the World
offering dedicated software solutions to support operations of large caterers serving schools, hospitals, and corporate, public sector and military institutions. With around 20 employees located between Italy and Poland, the company was... View Details
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Seth Moulton
Why was earning your MBA at HBS important to you? HBS has given me an excellent introduction to a wide range of business topics, while also giving me the opportunity to pursue particular interests in greater depth. As someone coming out of the View Details
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Ben Faw
For Ben Faw, a lifelong interest in both military history and leadership made West Point a logical destination. But upon graduation, when Ben had many options at his disposal, he responded to a calling that went deeper than mere logic. “I... View Details
- 21 Mar 2019
- News
Helping Veterans Build Careers
successfully reenter the working world after military service. “Three out of four people who walk into a recruiting station are rejected, so even the most rudimentary military job is held by a talented... View Details
Keywords: Jill Radsken
- 01 Jun 2000
- News
Going Public: Raymond M. Jefferson
Dean Joseph S. Nye, Jr., to Honolulu for meetings with Hawaiian political and business leaders. Jefferson hopes to increase Hawaiian enrollment at Harvard and at the U.S. Military Academy. Looking to the future, Jefferson, who has... View Details
Keywords: Mary Ellen Gardner
- 15 Sep 2020
- News
Lifting Fallen Families
just thinking about what was going to happen to that little girl and who was going to take care of her,” says David Kim (MBA 1994), a graduate of the US Military Academy at West Point who was also a part of that unit. Gibbs and the family... View Details
- 15 Dec 2024
- News
Back at the Ranch
The summer training program at Bear Hug Cattle Company starts truly at square one. “The first day is about teaching the guys how to just be out here and not die,” says lead instructor Zach Aguilar, gazing out from under his broad-brimmed hat to the grassy rangelands of... View Details
- 02 Aug 2019
- News
Helping Veterans Build Careers
Navy veteran Dan Goldenberg (MBA 2003) was a week into life as a HBS student when the 9/11 attacks occurred, compelling him to join the Reserves just months after having left active duty. That defining moment inspired him to help others successfully reenter the working... View Details
- 10 Aug 2015
- News
Leveraging Veterans’ Competitive Advantage
somehow victims. I don’t believe they are.” Describing his company’s mission as “helping organizations excel by leveraging America’s best talent,” the former Marine artillery and intelligence officer says military training emphasizes... View Details