Learning And Development - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Dec 2008
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Career Services Shifts into High Gear

benefit from additional career coaches, increased program offerings, and extended walk-in hours. “One thing we learned from the last downturn in 2001 and 2002 is that the... View Details

19 Dec 2008
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WHBS, 820 on Your Dial

Almost fifty years before HBS developed a broadcast presence with its own Web site in 1996, the School had a rather limited one: the radio station WHBS, which was in operation from 1948 to 1964 or 1965. It was limited because the... View Details

Keywords: Keith Larson; Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services; Broadcasting (except Internet); Information

01 Oct 2001
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Peter W. Olson: By the Book

went directly to HBS; after earning a joint degree from Harvard Law School, he worked as an associate with law firms in Washington, D.C., and Tokyo before moving to international banking. "I learned Russian... View Details

Keywords: Hanna, Julia; Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

01 Sep 2005
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New Career Wanted

to learn as much as they can by “network interviewing” with those currently in their target field. “You want to get detailed information about roles and responsibilities, current trends View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg; Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services

01 Sep 2020
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The Devil You Don’t Know

that war, without realizing that their current adversary is adjusting, changing, and developing new technologies to fight the next war. Falling into this trap is potentially devastating, leaving you... View Details

20 May 2020
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Keeping Families Connected

executive, Tuchman points out that traditional video-call technology wasn’t built for children. “Adults are fine spending hours on video-calls, talking and asking each other questions.” But kids have short attention spans View Details

01 Apr 2000
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Time to Vote in University Elections

Board has thirty members elected at large by Harvard degree holders in annual groups of five for six-year terms. The Overseers' chief roles are to visit the graduate schools, departments, and museums of the University to ensure that the... View Details

19 Feb 2008
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The Scoop Behind the Silver Screen

the use of content on the Web. The audience included a mixture of students and staff. Ryan Heller, a guitarist for the rock band Aberdeen City, learned about Samuels’ visit from his partner, Mikaela Boyd... View Details

Keywords: Arts, Entertainment; Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services; Real Estate

01 Dec 1999
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Pearson Hunt

During my time as editor of the Bulletin, the Alumni Office was staffed by one secretary whose principal job was to obtain news of alumni and prepare the notes for the next issue. The Bulletin was published quarterly with a 6-by-9 1/2... View Details

Keywords: Pearson Hunt

23 Oct 2018
News

Coming of Age as the World Comes Apart

audience for your HBS Class Day speech, you have an extremely popular TED Talk, you're an in-demand speaker generally. In the book, you recount your first speech, though, as a fifth grader in Miss Davis's class. Can you talk a little bit about that experience View Details

01 Feb 1998
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Running Up the Score

possibilities, to be developed under the aegis of Fox and its parent, News Corporation. Going, Going, Gone In the quest to boost revenues, stadiums and arenas have become... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons

01 Jan 2009
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Jorge Paulo Lemann, A.B. 1961; Carlos A. Sicupira, OPM 9, 1984; Marcel H. Telles, OPM 10, 1985

Jorge Paulo Lemann, Carlos Sicupira, and Marcel Telles have been primary figures in Brazil’s economic development for more than 30 years. The three friends and business... View Details

01 Feb 1999
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HBS Alumni Association Board of Directors: President's Report

themselves, and develop a communal approach to software platforms to support office operations. In addition, the committee will conduct a survey of clubs to improve its understanding of their successes View Details

25 Aug 2022
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Ready for Departure

hosted a group of HBS students who were passing through Singapore’s Changi Airport on their way back to campus. A senior VP of business development at Changi Airport Group (CAG) and Changi Airports... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; illustrations by Chris Gash; Air Transportation; Transportation

01 Oct 2002
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Karen Gordon Mills

years in business. “I've learned how to see the path ahead and motivate people to move forward productively,” she says. “I can't see the future, but I can see what makes sense View Details

16 Aug 2022
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HBS Club of Japan Event Highlights HBS Fellowship

featured a keynote address by HBS assistant professor Tomomichi Amano and a personal account by previous HBS Japan fellowship recipient Yasuhiro Sasago (MBA 2020). HBS assistant professor Tomomichi Amano Yasuhiro Sasago (MBA 2020) HBS... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

24 Feb 2023
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Dean Datar Meets with Alumni in Palm Beach

based on the experiences of the pandemic, he said, "we need to deliver an on-campus experience that is central to leadership development, while also leveraging synchronous learning and hybrid technology to... View Details

01 Feb 1999
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Classmates Rally to Help Family Stricken with Rare Disease

In a speech he delivered the day before his graduation from HBS, Class Day speaker John Crowley (MBA '97) observed, "In time, we will all acquire a certain amount of responsibility and power. I encourage each of us to use that power... View Details

01 Jun 2009
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Inside the Partnership

develop relationships — skills and capabilities that were not about to be matched by a mere commercial-paper salesman. Like other traditional investment bankers, Weinberg believed that only the banker who... View Details