MBA Class of 2005 - Publications - Faculty & Research

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My HBS Student Loan Story: John Cortines (MBA 2015) - MBA

careers in a variety of industries and positions around the world. With a median starting salary of $148,750, and median signing bonus of $30,000, HBS graduates are... View Details

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4 Things You Need to Know about Immersive FIELD Courses at HBS - MBA

have made while at HBS. You Might Want to Read The EC Formula: MBA Class of 2024 Looks Back My One Case: MBA Class... View Details

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Celebrating Socioeconomic Diversity and Inclusion at HBS (Part 2) - MBA

, and PRIDE . WHAT DOES BEING FIRST-GENERATION, LOW-INCOME (FGLI) MEAN TO YOU? Sami Pal , Class of 2023 Being FGLI has been a blessing in disguise. While it meant that no white-collar job was paved for me,... View Details

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HBS Global Opportunity Fellowship: Making a Difference in Africa - MBA

Karibu Nyaggah, graduated from Harvard Business School in the class of 2010. Born in Kenya, but living in the United States, Karibu had not worked or lived in Africa since leaving as a child. Karibu returned... View Details

06 Aug 2021
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Steve Jobs and the Rise of the Celebrity CEO

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Taking the Risk to Start a Company at Business School - MBA

while developing and growing their start-ups. “HBS is an ecosystem and a village. The availability of a network, and professors, and investors is not common.” You Might Want to Read Leni Peterson R. (MS/MBA 2023): Solving Big Problems... View Details

19 Jun 2020
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Black MBA Students Pen Letters to the HBS Community: Letter 5/5

America. The MBA Voices blog will publish these letters, daily, with a link to the ongoing series as it unfolds. This blog is 5/5. Alexis Jackson, MBA ‘21 Section F Dear Classmates, Last week I wrote a... View Details

26 May 2015
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5 Ways the Case Method Changes How You Learn

The case method is a staple of the HBS MBA experience. Pioneered by our faculty, we think it’s the best way to prepare our students for the challenges of leadership. So how does it work? And how does it change how students think? We decided to have a few of our... View Details

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Dispelling Myths About HBS Through My Summer Venture in Management Program Experience - MBA

to try, even if I thought I felt like it was out of my league. I received an acceptance letter (yay!), and after 6 breathtaking days, 15 insightful class sessions, and meeting 10 professors and 180 scholars... View Details

26 Apr 2017
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How this 37-year-old powerlifter became one of Harvard Business School’s best teachers

22 Feb 2024
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It’s Time to Build: Why the MS/MBA Is Right for You!

In 2021, after working in big tech for just over four years, I felt an itch to try something new. I was seeing friends around me leave their more established jobs to pursue exciting opportunities as early employees in startups. Many of them were motivated by the... View Details

22 Mar 2017
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3 Lessons I Learned as a Social Enterprise Summer Fellow

I came to HBS with an interest in social impact but without any specific career convictions. Over the past year, the Social Enterprise Initiative (SEI) has been especially influential in guiding my career choices. Most tangibly, SEI helped me find my summer internship... View Details

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Leni Peterson R. (MS/MBA 2023): Solving Big Problems Through Entrepreneurship - MBA

to achieve them, there was no way I would not take the jump. And here we are today. You Might Want to Read Thoughts on the JD/MBA From a Recent Grad The EC Formula: MBA Class View Details

13 Jun 2018
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The First Five Years: Momchil Filev and Ben Faw (both MBA 2014)

In our latest “First Five Years” interview, we discuss product reviews, lessons learned at HBS, and more with BestReviews.com cofounders Momchil Filev and Ben Faw (both MBA 2014). The company, which they launched in 2014, publishes... View Details

10 Oct 2017
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Rules of Business: The Health Care Profit Cycle

25 Apr 2013
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Professor Emeritus William J. Poorvu Elected Member of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences

October 2012
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Securitization without Adverse Selection: The Case of CLOs

By: Effi Benmelech, Jennifer Dlugosz and Victoria Ivashina

In this paper, we investigate whether securitization was associated with risky lending in the corporate loan market by examining the performance of individual loans held by CLOs. We employ two different datasets that identify loan holdings for a large set of CLOs and... View Details

Keywords: Personal Finance; Performance; Markets; Banks and Banking; Debt Securities; Investment Portfolio; Financing and Loans

26 Apr 2018
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2018 G&WS: Steven Rogers presents "The Importance of Entrepreneurship to the Black Community"

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Building the Future: An HBS Alumna’s Journey in Sustainable Infrastructure Investment - MBA

time in my Business, Government and International Economy (BGIE) class. My ability to provide historical context underlying some of the political challenges allowed my class to gain a better understanding... View Details

13 Mar 2019
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The First Five Years: Sierra Smith and Taylor Wiegele (both MBA 2017)

classmates for two years built poise, which is incredibly important when you’re constantly in front of customers, retailers, investors, or even the Sharks! Wiegele: “We also took a digital marketing strategy and e-commerce View Details

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