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25 May 2015
Blog Post

RapidSOS Wins the HBS New Venture Competition

911 from a landline phone. 911 was originally developed in the 1960s. The New York Times previously noted, as the system ages, “it is cracking, with problems like system overload, understaffing, misrouted calls and bug-ridden databases... View Details

11 Feb 2016
Blog Post

First Came Love, then Came Business School

together. Our lives after HBS are going to be so busy, so this time really feels precious. HBS is a time to learn about yourself and explore your interests and passions, and being able to be on this journey... View Details

01 Sep 2024
News

Back to School

There are some things you just can’t learn in an HBS classroom—what it takes to jump out of an airplane, for instance, or the experience of playing at the World Series of Poker. Yet those kinds of out-of-office pursuits are important, says HBS assistant professor Jon... View Details

Keywords: April White; illustrations by Josh Cochran

01 Dec 1998
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Managing the Business of Life

London, traveling to the Continent several times a week to help launch MTV Europe. By the following year she had left MTV, married a Frenchman, and moved to Paris, where she consulted briefly for HBO. After... View Details

28 Mar 2023
Blog Post

Meet Professor Elisabeth Paulson: A Conversation on Life, Research, and Teaching

In this blog, Loujaine AlMoallim (MBA 2024) interviews Technology and Operations Management Professor Elisabeth Paulson about her personal journey, her time at Harvard Business School, and her advice for HBS leaders. Can you briefly tell... View Details

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Historical Research - India

Which resources should I use for historical research on India? Online Resources Newspapers and Other News Media The Times of India Check Harvard availability Harvard has access to this national newspaper out of Bombay back to 1861. South... View Details

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Commencement 2020 Address | About

our last. This is also the tenth and last time I will have the honor of speaking to a graduating class as Dean of this School as I plan to step down at the end of this year. This is certainly not how any of us had hoped to celebrate this... View Details

20 Apr 2020
News

To Build Connection in Quarantine, Clubs Go Virtual

“This content is on the bleeding edge,” she says. “When the pandemic was starting to spread, we were able to give expertise from someone at the front lines. After that first session, in which David warned people not to travel and to do... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

01 Oct 2002
News

Banishing Balkan Ghosts

for freedom?” Djelic asked himself. That autumn, he resigned from McKinsey and bid farewell to his wife, Marie-Laure, and two young daughters, who stayed behind in Paris. He returned to Belgrade for the first time in a decade, and plunged... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons

01 Oct 1999
News

A Message from Dean Clark

resources, energy, and creativity. In closing, I want to return to the topic that began this message: the importance of developing in our students a dedication to leadership, values, and responsibility. In my travels as Dean, I have been... View Details

30 Apr 2013
First Look

First Look: April 30

fail to spend sufficient time learning to understand ourselves and creating our own definition of success? The truth is, it can seem so natural and so much easier to just do what everyone else is doing-for now-leaving it for later to... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

23 Feb 2015
News

Preserving a Musical Tradition; Inspiring Future Generations

participants, had 10 students, ages 7 to 15, and a long wait list. The students’ enthusiasm wowed de Menil. So did the logistics. Two bachata musicians traveled twice a month from Santa Domingo—125 miles away—to teach, a model that was... View Details

Keywords: April White; Arts, Sports, Language, Driving, and Other Schools; Educational Services

12 Mar 2018
Blog Post

Applying to HBS in Round 3?

(sometimes the exact opposite happens) during this already stressful time period. My situation was no different. I was traveling more for work and my deliverables were getting more demanding. Recognizing... View Details

03 Mar 2009
First Look

First Look: March 3, 2009

place? Was it time to give in to the mounting pressure, or to hold firm? Purchase this case: http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=709040 F-Secure Corporation: Software as a Service (SaaS) in the Security... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

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Commencement 2012 Address | About

Commencement 2012 Address Remarks as prepared by Dean Nitin Nohria, 24 May 2012 The HBS Class of 2012, friends and family, and members of the HBS community. Good afternoon, and welcome. Class of 2012! You are the first group of MBA students to complete its entire... View Details

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Linda Leung

Lucas’ science-fiction epics. “In real life, ion propulsion would never work for fighters,” Linda explains. “It just doesn’t create enough acceleration. But it might be perfect for deep space travel in which efficiency is more important... View Details

01 Dec 2017
News

Flight Path

engineers devoted a good chunk of 2015 and most of 2016 to developing a drone that could be piloted in real time through a complex, three-dimensional course of gates and obstacles. That meant creating a lightning-fast radio system and... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna

23 Apr 2001
Research & Ideas

The Gulf: It’s a Family Affair

professor and consultant. In these twenty-two-plus years in the field, in addition to the research and writing I have done, I have worked with families in business from over sixty countries. I have traveled to nearly every corner of the... View Details

Keywords: by Wendy Guild & Andrea Schulman

24 Apr 2013
Research & Ideas

Who Sets Your Benchmarks?

professional status would allow me to have a better life than they had. They grew up during the Depression, and both began working at young ages to help support their families. They both continued to work long hours throughout their adult lives. My father View Details

20 Jan 2022
Blog Post

Lessons Learned from My HBS Career Journey in Environmental Sustainability

an engineer at Tesla, where I worked in manufacturing and design engineering. I loved my time there and am proud that I played a small role in helping drive the automotive industry towards electrification. Most importantly, I learned... View Details

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