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Community | HBS Online

regional and topic-based Chapters, enabling you to connect in-person and virtually to grow or transition your career. Individuals who complete an HBS Online course will also be added to the Community’s... View Details

24 Apr 2014
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Employees crave meaningful progress in their work and find joy in making an impact

of hundreds of managers around the world, Amabile found “progress” ranked dead last as a perceived source of employee motivation. Her book, The Progress Principle, details the research and addresses important questions about how our inner work lives could be improved... View Details

29 May 2013
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Gaining Career Traction

district. This means that I’ve been spending a tremendous amount of time figuring out potential roles in each area, and taking to many individuals within each space. Fortunately, I’ve been pleasantly surprised by how many people have been... View Details

Keywords: Nonprofit / Government

30 Mar 2009
Research & Ideas

Professional Networks in China and America

term for these relationships: guanxi. Guanxi literally means connections or relations, but also refers to the socio-emotional bond that ties people who do business together. Guanxi networks tend to have significant overlap between... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

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David Gellis

mission'," David says. "I found that the things I liked about journalism and a hunger for the larger issues were all in health care. I could have the satisfaction of making a difference in individual lives while looking at... View Details

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GuideStar Pro | Baker Library

download content, users should create an individual account . Once an account is created, connect it to Harvard's Pro subscription by navigating to GuideStar via HarvardKey access. Once logged into GuideStar... View Details

17 Sep 2021
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Video Blog: My Experience as a Veteran in the HBS/HKS Joint Degree

ultimately, that brought me to Harvard Business School and the Harvard Kennedy School. After first arriving at Harvard, I was initially worried that I wasn't going to be able to be a value add in the classroom or on the ecosystem as a whole. But ultimately, that's just... View Details

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Events | Baker Library

1945–1969 Explores the extraordinary career of Meroë Morse—a key contributor to the development of instant photography, trusted advisor to Polaroid founder Edwin Land, and liaison to iconic landscape photographer Ansel Adams. Disability Pride Month Discover Baker... View Details

15 Aug 2017
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What is Field Foundations?

has only been around since 2011. FIELD is a required course for first year students and consists of two modules: FIELD Foundations and FIELD Global Immersion. To learn more about the FIELD Foundations portion of the course we connected... View Details

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Faculty & Research | MBA

Professors often build relationships with students through office hours and advising students on start-up ideas and career goals. A Commitment to Teaching In an HBS classroom, faculty lead 90 individuals from all over the world in case... View Details

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Linda Li

My mom, a former banker, had started waiting tables to earn minimum wage. They believed that America embraces individuality and rewards effort, so they told me to study hard and dream big. Our labor gradually bore fruit as my family... View Details

01 Jun 2009
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Career Services Steps Up Alumni Support

Last fall, as world economies began to tremble from the collapse of the financial sector, HBS Alumni Career Services enhanced its suite of career offerings for alumni. “We anticipated an increase in the demand for individual career... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley; Educational Support Services; Educational Services

01 Mar 2013
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Commitment to Leadership

School's first program with a major e-learning component and to train one-on-one coaches to support a more individualized approach to learning. In my own research and writing, I am currently working on two topics: what it takes to lead... View Details

24 Mar 2002
Research & Ideas

Are Assets Only for America’s Wealthy?

Chair of the Finance unit, has spent the past four years investigating ways to help low-income families break out of this cycle and thus gain some of the benefits of being connected to the world of financial services. Programs providing... View Details

Keywords: by Carla Tishler

01 Aug 2017
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Redefining the Term Networking at HBS

wondered how could I--someone with sloth-like relationship building skills--build authentic connections with these outrageously interesting people in two short years? In an environment built upon the strengths of individuality, what did I... View Details

Uncovering the roots of innovation

ecosystem, shaping the field's trajectory. As an interdisciplinary scholar, I examined the evolving relationships among individuals and organizations that helped cultivate a world-leading industry at the technological frontier. The... View Details

04 Dec 2006
Research & Ideas

The Money Connection—Understanding VC Networks

the effects of geographic distance and a "hot" IPO market on the formation of networks in the venture capital industry. The fact that the world is connected through spanning ties has huge effects on the spread of all manner of... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Financial Services

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2.1.4 Academic Retaliation | MBA

conduct protected by the HGSU-UAW bargaining agreement should initially discuss their concern with the Senior Director, MBA Program Office. That individual or a designee will ask the student to describe the View Details

06 Aug 2020
Research & Ideas

Who Will Give You the Best Professional Guidance?

group of people going through the same types of challenges you are facing. I highly recommend finding a small, like-minded, group of peers to connect with on at least a monthly cadence. This group should ideally be made up of a minimum of... View Details

Keywords: by Julia B. Austin

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International Students | MBA

Sanctions, or to individuals identified by name or related to, or connected with, anyone on the Specially Designated Nationals List. All applicants from these countries are strongly cautioned to be prepared... View Details

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