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Wilder House | About

when it became home to what is today called MBA Career & Professional Development, which supports students to identify and pursue their career goals, as well as partners with global organizations throughout... View Details

22 Dec 2020
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The Forward Fellowship Convinced Me That I Belong at HBS

about the 2+2 program at HBS. I really could not bring myself to believe that they would ever accept me into such a program, nor could I ever imagine I could afford it. I was an English major in undergrad and had not settled on business as a View Details

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Online Learning Model | HBS Online

Harvard Business School’s signature case method. Business leaders will share challenges they’ve faced. As the story unfolds, you’ll leverage course concepts, vital tools and frameworks, and the diversity of your peers’ perspectives to analyze the problem and determine... View Details

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HBS - Financials | Supplemental Financial Information

restrict their career choices upon graduation. This is particularly true for younger students, women, those from outside the United States, and students whose early career View Details

22 Mar 2023
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Decarbonization and Sustainable Production: Immersive Field Course in Denmark and the Netherlands

graduated in 2016 and realized that oil and gas may not be the career I was looking for due to the industry’s adverse environmental impact. The world was starting to move on to cleaner and more sustainable energy. I was deeply confused as... View Details

24 Jun 2021
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Celebrating the Past, Crafting the Future Part 2: The First HBS/HKS Class

would wrestle with big policy questions, define what we wanted to achieve, weigh tradeoffs about what we cared about. Some of those conversations really helped shape my path as well as who I am as a person.” For current students, Gupta... View Details

28 Mar 2024
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Empowering Future Leaders: Meet the HBS Women’s Student Association

to accelerate the career paths of our members, and to grow female representation throughout the broader community. Below we share just a few of our many initiatives from this year that helped us achieve our... View Details

03 May 2022
Research & Ideas

Desperate for Talent? Consider Advancing Your Own Employees First

Job openings in the United States continue to hover at record high levels, exacerbated by the Great Resignation and a sputtering emergence from the pandemic. Competition remains fierce among companies struggling to find qualified workers. Yet many employers,... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne

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A Pathway to Pursue Aspirations | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

foreshadowing the career path ahead of her, Shilla Kim-Parker (MBA 2009) wrote her HBS application essay about her desire to serve the social good. “I was drawn to... Riding the WAVE Misan Rewane 2013 When... View Details

28 Nov 2005
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Unilever: Transformation and Tradition

negotiation of safe paths through the complexities of official regulations and government. The easiest way to understand the Unilever organization, observed an article in the U.S. business magazine Fortune in 1947, was "to think of... View Details

Keywords: by Geoffrey Jones; Consumer Products

01 Oct 1997
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Donald J. Chiofaro

future,' it's clear to me that's the way things will turn out." But Chiofaro's career path hasn't always seemed so certain. After graduating in 1968 from Harvard College (where, as a bone-crunching... View Details

Keywords: Daniel Penrice

30 Aug 2016
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August 30, 2016

coupling predict IT agility—defined as the cost of making changes to software applications. The measure of coupling that best predicts agility is one that captures all direct and indirect connections between components (i.e., it captures the potential for changes to... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

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Ben Seipel

place—they all valued strong friendships and authenticity. Early on, I felt I could be my real, whole self here." "On the professional level," says Ben, "I can explore career opportunities just by talking to people... View Details

Keywords: Tech

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Dan Lennox-Choate

Reflecting on his six years as an Army officer, Daniel Lennox-Choate says that he doesn't "fit the stereotypical image of the officer." In some respects, he is correct: For example, in November, 2013, Daniel and his husband, Larry Choate III, became the first... View Details

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Mohamed Farid

process—the due diligence and other support work. For me, it's boring. I'm more interested in finding cool companies to invest in than the process of closing the deal." Celebrating the nonconventional paths In fact, Mohamed's View Details

Keywords: Consulting; Financial Services; Tech

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Josh Bronstein

joined the circus, and I haven't been back on the trapeze since summer camp. But I did find a career path that helps me achieve my dreams. Why shouldn't everyone? View Details

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Growing on the Job - Alumni

Careers Growing on the Job Careers Growing on the Job You love your organization, but you want to move up. Explore resources to help you get to the next level of your career... View Details

15 Nov 2016
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November 15, 2016

regions that Ekal serves. Was it time for Ekal to reevaluate their vision; was the target of 100,000 schools, which had driven their growth thus far, still the best path forward? Or was it time to declare their mission of universal access... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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2022 Reunion Presentations - Alumni

diffusion of carbon-free electricity, buildings, and transportation. They will also talk about how HBS shaped Jules’ career path toward leading RMI, and his outlook on the energy system. Q&A with the... View Details

25 Jun 2007
Research & Ideas

HBS Cases: Beauty Entrepreneur Madam Walker

Sloan. As the case shows, Walker herself reflected on her path before an audience in 1912 at the National Negro Business League convention in Chicago: "I was promoted to the cook kitchen, and from there I promoted myself into the... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Beauty & Cosmetics

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