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04 Mar 2025
Blog Post

WesTrek 2025: Exploring the future of tech in Silicon Valley

computing, cloud computing, and robotics redefining the future. Organized by the Tech Club and launched in 1996, WesTrek has connected generations of students with alumni and industry leaders across the Bay Area. WesTrek 2025 raised the... View Details

Keywords: Technology

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Finalists | New Venture Competition

that transforms shared spaces into hyper-personalized environments. BEAM Nathan Dass (MBA 2025) Sara Ballantyne (MBA 2025) We provide continuous, high-bandwidth access to satellite data through a software-enabled optical communications module and data transfer service,... View Details

20 Jan 2010
First Look

First Look: Jan. 20

imposes restrictions on individual choice behavior that limit the types of substitution patterns that can be found through empirical analysis, and we raise fundamental questions about when the model can be used to recover individuals'... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

15 Feb 2022
Blog Post

Health Is Wealth | The Path To Creating A Venture

to gain experience across strategy, product, and operations within the healthcare space. She took that experience into her EC year, where she was able to continue to build her network and flex her skills. It was in her EC year that Rachel View Details

Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Health Care

01 Dec 2017
News

Research Brief: Better Brainstorming

extroverted may have the most information to share,” says Koning. “But the best ideas are generated by open and creative people who are connected to these loud mouths.” This was not what the researchers expected to learn. “There is a... View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Myers

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Career Tools & Resources | MBA

HBS network. Coaching & Advising We know that every student’s career journey is unique. That’s why we offer 1:1 support from trained Career Coaches and Student Advisors who can help guide students through the career search process from beginning to end. Company View Details

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Privacy - HBS Working Knowledge

that is not connected with any specific personal identity, such as data about usage and service operation. The following summarizes the types of information that we may collect. SYSTEM INFORMATION, IP ADDRESSES AND REFERRERS When you... View Details

07 Feb 2005
Research & Ideas

How “Career Imprinting” Shapes Leaders

imprint, such as a strong corporate culture, should help individuals better evaluate future employers and recognize the ways in which that first career experience may shape not simply the skills they acquire, but also their assumptions... View Details

Keywords: by Mallory Stark

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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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Using Personal Devices for HBS Business | Information Technology

Personal Device Requirements Any device which will be used for HBS business or connect to HBS systems, data must adhere to the requirements listed in the Minimum Security Responsibilities: Computers and Mobile Devices . If you are not... View Details

14 Feb 2023
Blog Post

Recruiting During Uncertainty: How to Meet Students Where They Are

When companies encourage students to openly share about their career goals, important connections can be made between the company’s needs and the student’s ability to add value in various roles or functions. This can then lead to better... View Details

Keywords: All Industries

23 Jul 2001
Research & Ideas

How Relationships are Building Biotech

relationships. Connection in meaningful relationships is essential to professional learning and development, she believes. Most scholars have tended to focus on careers as they affect individuals. These researchers, for instance, look at... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace & Mallory Stark

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

23 Dec 2013
Research & Ideas

Just How Independent are ‘Independent’ Directors?

Professor at Harvard Business School. Scholars have studied how boards work, but very little is known about the decisions and performance of individual directors. Boards are black boxes, with debates going on behind closed doors that... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

02 Apr 2018
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Event Planning for Recruiting Success – Part 2

Companies manage all advertising for targeted events so using the resume book and/or student clubs to attract students is critical to success. Tailor your messaging to individual students whenever possible to create the View Details

Keywords: All Industries

01 Jun 1997
News

HBS Alumni Association Board of Directors: President's Report

fared in the current business climate. (Please see below for a more complete report on the Hong Kong conference.) These annual conferences are vitally important to our alumni community. Not only do they strengthen connections among our... View Details

22 Jan 2018
Blog Post

HBS Peek: Finding a Sense of Purpose

you are given the opportunity to visualize whether or not the MBA program aligns with your personal goals. Not only was it an eye-opening educational experience, exceeding even my highest expectations, but it filled me with a profound sense of purpose. HBS cultivates a... View Details

03 Sep 2024
Blog Post

Energy & Environment Club

Are you interested in connected with other HBS MBA students dedicated to tackling climate change? Student Clubs are a vital part of the HBS Community experience that support the school's mission to educate leaders who make a difference in... View Details

21 Jul 2003
Research & Ideas

Don’t Get Buried in Customer Data—Use It

With the advent of customer relationship management (CRM) in the late 1990s, companies came to believe that by using technology to tailor their offerings to individual consumers' needs, customer loyalty—and company profits—would... View Details

Keywords: by Jean Ayers

13 Oct 2015
First Look

October 13, 2015

Amy, Elizabeth Baily Wolf, Peter Glick, Susan Crotty, Jihye Chong, and Michael I. Norton Abstract—Four studies tested whether cultural values moderate the content of gender stereotypes, such that male stereotypes more closely align with core cultural values... View Details

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