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- 10 May 2019
- Blog Post
Advice for Mothers Pursuing an MBA
everyone but according to the Italian tradition. My son had a lot of fun, and I had 20+ babysitters who let me enjoy the dinner. Being successful in your academic program not only requires that you ask for help and plan far in advance,... View Details
- 29 Sep 2021
- Research & Ideas
For Entrepreneurs, Blown Deadlines Can Crush Big Ideas
just don't know who has the kind of upbringing or life experience that would be relevant to identifying the issues you need to anticipate and plan for.” Wu adds: “It means both adding people and making sure... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne
- Web
Valerie Porciello | About
services is to enable a holistic view across the life cycle of the faculty, from recruitment through retirement. The DRFD team's singular focus is supporting an environment where faculty members at all stages of their career have the... View Details
- 11 Oct 2006
- What Do You Think?
How Do We Respond to the “Dependency Ratio” Dilemma?
"The only viable long term solution is for people (and their employers) to invest enough over the length of their working life . [It] is the only way in which the dependency ratio can be made irrelevant." Other suggestions... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- Web
ARD - Georges F. Doriot : Educating Leaders, Building Companies, Baker Library, Harvard Business School
effort. William H. McLean (HBS MBA '34), Doriot's former teaching assistant, served as Doriot's chief assistant throughout the war. Henry W. Hoagland (HBS MBA '39), another student of Doriot's, also worked as an aide to Doriot in the Military View Details
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Student Activities - Health Care
and figures about where students are securing internships and full-time positions. Health Care Career Days Offers panels and presentations designed to introduce students to diverse health care industries, including life sciences, digital... View Details
- 01 Jun 2002
- News
Up to the Challenge: Demola Gbadegesin - In the Right Direction
Gbadegesin has lived more than half of his life in the United States and speaks perfect English with a slight Midwestern accent, he is still at heart a Nigerian. Armed with his MBA, he will return home to launch an identification system... View Details
- 30 Jun 2021
- In Practice
The Harvard Business School Faculty Summer Reader 2021
What’s on HBS faculty members’ reading list for summer 2021? Which books are most meaningful to them and why? Below, faculty share their top picks, ranging from biographies and memoirs to their colleagues’ latest works. Julia Austin: Social justice and the Obamas I... View Details
Keywords: by Kathryn Haviland
- 28 Oct 2022
- Blog Post
Latina Women in Leadership: Shirley Verónica Cardona (MBA 2012)
Tell us about your life before HBS. As a first-generation Latina who was raised by a single mom, I’ve always felt a deep urgency to advocate for those whose voices have historically been marginalized. To that end, after college I worked... View Details
- 01 Oct 1997
- News
Graduate's Gift Honors HBS Friend
25th Reunion last year, it was obvious that there were a number of very successful people among us." George von Peterffy, who taught Planning in the Business Environment, the course in which Anderson and de Rothschild first met,... View Details
Keywords: Nancy O. Perry
- 01 Sep 2023
- News
End Game
Illustration by James Steinberg In the 1960s and 1970s, as the environmental movement dawned in the United States, a new generation of activist-minded entrepreneurs appeared. Among them were companies like Body Shop, Aveda, Tom’s of Maine, and Whole Foods—all founded... View Details
- 15 Jan 2014
- Research & Ideas
Managing the Family Business: It Takes a Village
of the family business system, we need to understand what capable leaders in family business systems actually do. I've spent much of my professional life figuring this out. I've gotten to know a number of excellent family business leaders... View Details
- 07 Oct 2020
- Blog Post
7 Coming Out Stories from the HBS PRIDE Club
start of a new journey for me. It has been wonderful to be part of the larger LGBTQ+ community, and to plan a future where I don’t have to hide who I am. I still come out on a regular basis when I meet new people, but telling the truth is... View Details
- 04 Feb 2022
- Blog Post
Learning from the Entrepreneurs-in-Residence as a Harvard MS/MBA Student
planning and operations roles at Blue Apron, Peloton, and Burrow. Ash is also an investment partner at The MBA Fund, an early-stage fund that backs student and alumni founders from Harvard, Stanford, and the University of Pennsylvania. I... View Details
- 24 May 2017
- News
Ilene H. Lang, MBA 1973
and helped take the company public. Along the way, she developed policies that enabled women to thrive at work—telecommuting (before it had a name) and flexible scheduling, among others. “There were no models for how to manage work life... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 02 Jun 2016
- Blog Post
Applying to the JD/MBA Program
life here over the past few months, the application process remains fresh in their minds. We caught up with the two of them to find out what they wished they’d known about the program while applying, and what advice they have to offer... View Details
- 07 Jul 2003
- What Do You Think?
Can We Have Too Much Productivity Improvement?
improvements improve life somewhere in the globe, but not necessarily in the U.S.A." Bill Donohue wrote that "In the 20's ... the root cause may perhaps have been the massive building of low cost assembly line-based industrial... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 12 May 2020
- Research & Ideas
It’s Time To Relaunch Your Remote Team
can come when work life and home life become entangled. THE CORONAVIRUS CRISIS More Business-Related Pandemic Coverage from Around Harvard and Beyond COVID-19 Business Impact Center (Harvard Business School)... View Details
Keywords: by Tsedal Neeley
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Sustainable Business Strategy Course | HBS Online
Systemic Change Analyze key stakeholders' roles—including investors and the government—understand why "systems thinking" is necessary, and develop a personal plan for how you can drive change. Highlights NG Continued Changing the... View Details
- 01 Dec 2022
- News
Singing to the Corn
the white man’s world. You’re my own blood. But be wary of that outside world because they worship money. And Wakonda, the creator, doesn’t want us to do that.’ “Then he said, ‘When you’ve walked the four hills of life and it’s time for... View Details