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- 25 Aug 2014
- News
Ashraf M. Dahod, MBA 1981
business than working as a doctor,” says Dahod, whose parents moved to the United States to help their four children to acquire an American education. Dahod, arriving in Ann Arbor, Michigan, at the age of 20, surpassed their high... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 24 Jan 2011
- HBS Case
Terror at the Taj
secured.) Nothing in the employees' training could have prepared them for such an unprecedented situation, Deshpandé says. Yet further interviews and text documents from the case provide background on the unique culture of Tata Sons, the Taj's View Details
- 14 Sep 2023
- Blog Post
MBAs Accelerate Their Social Enterprise Ventures
towards the end of the summer. Sophy: During the summer, I conducted field visits and surveys to understand better the need and gap. I discovered that while parents have higher willingness to pay, it is the opportunity to improve... View Details
- 01 Jan 2013
- News
André R. Jakurski, MBA 1973
manages $3.8 billion As part of the Polish underground resistance during World War II, André Jakurski's father forged documents to help those in danger change their identities. "My parents lost everything during the war," explains the... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- Profile
Peggy Mativo-Ochola
As the daughter of two pioneering civil engineers in Kenya, Peggy Mativo-Ochola learned to be ambitious. "I saw my mother as a woman who broke glass ceilings and my father as a man who strove for excellence in his field," Peggy says. While her View Details
Keywords: Nonprofit/Government/Education
- 03 Jun 2022
- Research & Ideas
In a Work-from-Anywhere World, How Remote Will Workers Go?
safeguard remote workers’ rights. In Portugal, new legislation protects remote workers by prohibiting employers from contacting employees after hours or remotely monitoring their work. Choudhury thinks this is particularly useful for working View Details
Keywords: by Kara Baskin
- Portrait Project
Rishi Chandna
to bed exhausted. I will not forget my past. I will make my parents comfortable in their old age. I will take walks with my father. I will play cards with my mother. I will remember that my sister taught me never to settle. And I will... View Details
- 08 Oct 2021
- Blog Post
8 Stories from PRIDE for National Coming Out Day
vocal. Let the gays buy a damn cake. At the end of the day love wins.” Brian Ventura (he/him), Class of 2022 “I came out to my parents the fall of my first year of college. My parents responded with... View Details
- Profile
Cait Haught
With a mother who taught 8th-grade math and a father who practiced orthopedic surgery in a county hospital, Cait Haught grew up with a commitment to service. "Since I was small, my parents instilled in me that whatever I do should... View Details
Keywords: Financial Services
- 01 Oct 2000
- News
Carlos A. Saladrigas: Hardworking Optimist
Three dollars in cash, six changes of clothing, five bottles of rum, and a box of cigars. These were the items that belonged to 12-year-old Carlos Saladrigas when he arrived in Miami in 1961. His parents chose the risk of sending their... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- Portrait Project
Sonakshi Bose
scrambled to understand and explain what was happening, As they tried to locate our mostly Manhattan-bound parents (including my father), As we watched the same TV-loop of smoke I sat down next to the girl who teased me. It’s not that she... View Details
- Profile
Philippe Rival
What is your favorite childhood memory? While driving back home from a family holiday in Italy, I convinced my parents to take the over two-hour highway detour to cross the Millau Viaduct in southern France, soon after its opening. The... View Details
- Portrait Project
Shardule Shah
in. The lines between parenting and working are increasingly blurred, but I am here for all of it. It took me a while to realize that having kids adds value even in business. I had thought that the guiding light for my biotech startup... View Details
- Web
A Pathway to Pursue Aspirations | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School
formative years in Japan and the Ivory Coast. “Growing up and moving around, educational media helped me develop multi-culturally; it helped me continue to learn English and see what’s happening in the rest of the world.” Her own parents... View Details
- 14 Feb 2019
- Blog Post
LOVE At HBS
parents we face the challenge of trying to balance and support two careers (for which we get regular pushback despite changes in social norms in the US) while still having the time and energy to be good and present View Details
- 23 May 2023
- Research & Ideas
Lessons on Life, Graffiti, and Value: 'It's in That Darkness That You Can Actually Develop and Evolve'
sociologist at Harvard Business School. His parents were an interracial couple who fell in love in the 1960s, when mixed marriages faced scorn and sometimes worse in many parts of the US. Even so, he said, they always believed in the... View Details
Keywords: by Christina Pazzanese, Harvard Gazette
- Research Summary
Overview
Engaged with field work in South Asia and East Africa, Professor Hussam places a focus on exploring questions with strong theoretical motivation in the economics literature as well as relevant downstream policy implications. Her research spans four broad interests.... View Details
- 05 Feb 2019
- News
The First Five Years: Karan Shah (MBA 2016)
always says. There can’t be multiple people making decisions that conflict with each other. “While most people would recommend not bringing business to the dinner table, I personally believe that the two businesses––the one with my View Details
- 26 Mar 2020
- Research & Ideas
7 Leadership Principles for Managing in the Time of Coronavirus
that resilient. And they need to be given the compassion to express their concerns. So, think of someone in your organization who has elderly parents in a fragile state of health. They’re going to be doubly concerned about relatives at... View Details
- 05 Sep 2014
- News
Keeping Education in Check
studying hard. Chess, Berman says, even gave him the smarts to get into HBS. Berman treats the game like a religious vocation and he preaches its virtues wherever he goes, often sending chess sets to friends with small children in the hope those View Details
Keywords: Maureen Harmon