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01 Apr 1998
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World Class Learning

anticipation of international students' needs as they enter HBS. The School offers a comprehensive array of services for internationals, from help with class participation and exam preparation skills, to support and advisory View Details

Keywords: Eileen K. McCluskey

01 Dec 2010
News

This Is What I Do

with the investment-management firm PIMCO, Lemmon is now the deputy director of the Women and Foreign Policy Program at the Council on Foreign Relations, the influential, nonpartisan think tank headquartered in New York. She has recently... View Details

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01 Dec 2022
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December 2022 Alumni and Faculty Books and Podcasts

and potential often fail for one simple reason―the enormous challenge for investor relations and fundraising professionals to raise the necessary capital to make the fund profitable. Marketing Alternative Investments builds on the... View Details

31 Jul 2007
First Look

First Look: July 31, 2007

foreign direct investment in an environment of politics, geography, globalization, and history. Since the end of apartheid, South Africa had undertaken substantial economic reforms in order to attract more foreign direct investment, but it was slow in coming. At the... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

09 Mar 2023
News

Four Alumni Clubs Mark Milestone Year

challenging the ways the club itself can evolve to provide the best services and opportunities to its members in a rapidly changing world. Gautam Ramchandani (MBA 1977) Gautam Ramchandani (MBA 1977) "In this, our one hundredth year, we've... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

18 Apr 2017
First Look

First Look at New Ideas, April 18

organizational behavior as a field of study. He was a pioneer in creating a body of work on organization design, leadership, and change in both the private and public sectors. Lawrence’s professional work was rooted in an aspiration to do... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

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Online Personal Branding Course | HBS Online

Develop an action plan for leveraging your influence to empower yourself and others to lead authentically Who Will Benefit Professionals Entrepreneurs Content Creators Gain the skills and tools to effectively convey your values,... View Details

01 Dec 2020
News

The Camel and the Unicorn

didn’t pay off. But generally, the New Bedford whaling industry of the 1800s thrived using this investment model, averaging over 14 percent annual returns, says Alex. Holding up the high end of that average was the firm Gideon Allen and... View Details

30 Nov 2017
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Happy Meals (Are Here Again)

orders and have them delivered to their tables—a service often performed by managers. “Now when I see a customer talking to a manager, it’s a good thing,” says Karavites, smiling. Traditionally, the bank of cash registers that separates... View Details

Keywords: Dan Morrell; photographed by Saverio Truglia

01 Dec 2015
News

Golden State of Mind

reasons—so why not jump-start that mindset by throwing your body ahead of your inhibitions? Looking goofy doesn’t matter. Your ideas matter. Action matters. Investing in change matters. Plus, swinging from the ceiling with professional... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna

01 Sep 2013
News

Who Are We?

CEOs 70 alumni are CEOs of Fortune 500 companies In January 2007, Daniel Birnbaum (MBA 1992) was running Nike's operations in Israel when he got a call from his friend and fellow HBS alum Yuval Cohen (MBA 1991). "Dani, I need your help," Cohen said. His private equity... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; Julia Hanna; Dan Morrell; social media,; Twitter; SodaStream; consulting; consultant; CEO; farming; News, Library, Internet, and Other Services; News, Library, Internet, and Other Services; News, Library, Internet, and Other Services; News, Library, Internet, and Other Services; News, Library, Internet, and Other Services; News, Library, Internet, and Other Services; News, Library, Internet, and Other Services

02 Oct 2015
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The ‘F’ Word

in ways that are easily defined and rewarded by society,” says Steven Carpenter (MBA 2004). “But as you get older, you learn that the line between success and failure is razor thin, oftentimes invisible.” Currently executive-in-residence at venture capital View Details

Keywords: Walt Disney Studios

05 Oct 2021
Blog Post

First-Gen Voices: Eric Westphal on Tapping into the Global Alumni Network & Making a Difference Across Borders

During the pandemic and the disruption in business worldwide, the HBS Career & Professional Development team made an appeal to alumni and recruiting partners that resulted in nearly 1,000 new full-time and internship opportunities for... View Details

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Archival Collections - Georges F. Doriot : Educating Leaders, Building Companies, Baker Library, Harvard Business School

company from 1957 to 1992. American Research and Development (ARD) provided the initial funding for the launch of Digital Equipment Corporation in 1957. Ken Olsen and Georges Doriot subsequently developed a lifelong personal and View Details

01 Sep 2004
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One-on-One with Robert McNamara

Americans of the second half of the 20th century. But regardless of how history may judge his record, McNamara’s decades of service in the public and private sectors enable him to speak with singular authority about the strengths and... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons

01 Dec 2018
News

Hard Choices

cushions the ill, or disadvantaged, or those who simply fail to thrive in their particular setting, geography, industry, or trade. After all, creative destruction is still destruction, even if inevitable and in the service of a net gain... View Details

Keywords: Seth Klarman (MBA 1982)

01 Sep 2016
News

Code name: Miesiąc

have machine guns. But to our generation, the dream was to have access to professional printing equipment.” In the fall of 1977, Maj attended a meeting of the growing student opposition. To this point, Maj had been careful. Although he... View Details

Keywords: April White; photographed by Piotr Malecki

01 Sep 2010
News

Dean Nohria Looks Ahead

quite new. He returned to India and ended up having a very successful career in business — first as the general manager and then as CEO of a small company, and later as the head of progressively larger companies. So my entire relationship with him was as someone who... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson

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Dean Srikant Datar’s 2025 Commencement Remarks | About

Similarly, you might think about applying knowledge from one area to another. For example, what could you learn from the service at Disney World to improve a retail bank’s operations? Second, ask questions and learn to be comfortable with... View Details

03 Oct 2017
First Look

First Look at Research and Ideas, October 3, 2017

powerful insights and practical guidelines that allow managers to bridge professional divides and organizational boundaries in order to work together effectively, this is a new exploration of the challenges involved in today's global... View Details