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01 Jun 2016
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Faculty Q&A: That’s Classic

you realize he’s writing to the best version of Nero—and that if you do that with everyone, they’ll be that version of themselves more often. Were there any surprise favorites with the students? ED: Cato’s On Agriculture. It’s a back-to-the-land handbook, very... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna

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Figuring Out Her Mission | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

Figuring Out Her Mission Ming Min Hui (MBA 2015) had a very specific intention in mind when she applied to HBS. After an early career in investment banking and corporate strategy, “I wanted to apply my business skills to something more... View Details

01 Dec 2001
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Q&A: John Quelch

of the School. For instance, in MBA and Executive Education admissions, we are interested in applicants who will enrich our classroom discussions with a wide range of international perspectives. We are also... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg

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Betas | Baker Library

Help Center Betas How do I find current betas for companies? Historical? Industry Beta? Current BETA: Bloomberg Current and historical financial information on individual equities, stock market indices, fixed-income securities,... View Details

17 Oct 2019
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Venturing Away from Venture Capital

computing and open-source software allow bootstrapping entrepreneurs like Bahadir to do more with less. And funding sources are more diverse than ever. Unger, for example, has... View Details

Keywords: Alexander Gelfand

08 Dec 2015
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Living the Legacy

varying interests, separate career goals, and only one is pre-MBA. Yet each was able to acquire a set of business fundamentals applicable to their specific needs. Laura, the eldest, has a Masters in Family... View Details

06 Mar 2006
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The China Dilemma for U.S. Firms: Comply, Resist, or Leave?

hardware or software that filters communications or facilitates their monitoring to a government that is likely to use it for both purposes. For Yahoo and Google, among others, it gets even more complex. It... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Technology

19 Aug 2024
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Quantum Leap

idea suffered from both density and doubt. In short, we wondered not only what its applications really looked like in practice but also if it could ever really live up to its hype. Those questions are at the... View Details

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Orkun Kilic

Sometimes leadership is cultivated over a period of years; other times it arises in the moment. When an earthquake struck Istanbul in 1999, Orkun Kilic immediately seized the initiative and led a team that saved three people from the... View Details

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Andrew Goldin

person. I needed to develop as a manager and leader." When Andrew visited HBS, he saw hard evidence that this was the right school for lessons in education. "Looking over the research and course... View Details

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Navigating a Career in Education | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

Navigating a Career in Education When I was at American Express, I thought that business school would be a good way to learn about different career options and to possibly transition into an area that would be more mission-driven. Careers... View Details

01 Feb 2001
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Books

Japan was most competitive internationally — such as cars, video products, and robotics — government played a relatively minor role. By contrast, the country was least competitive in industries such as chemicals, aircraft, View Details

Keywords: books; research; Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

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Just Digital Future - Race, Gender & Equity

Just Digital Future Technology has the potential to build a better world but its applications and uses are often biased and can reinforce systems of inequality. We teamed up... View Details

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Launch Lab/Capstone 2 - Course Catalog

II) follows on from and builds upon work completed in January. Given students prior coursework, a working knowledge of human-centered design methods, systems engineering techniques, and business modeling... View Details

01 Jun 2005
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Do You Speak Business?

seems to rise above national influences and toward a commonality shared by other top firms in the international arena. In their study of the software industry in India, HBS professors Tarun Khanna View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons

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Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Tools

and U.S. Department of Commerce's Economic Development Administration. eAtlas of Human Development: free online View Details

05 Dec 2012
What Do You Think?

Should Managers Bother Listening to Predictions?

" Celso Maia added: "Predictions will improve but wise application in most cases still remains under XIII century style." As Arpit Goyal put it: "The whole system is centralized on two notions, 'uncertainty' View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

14 May 2013
Blog Post

The Self-Discovery Process

will pair well with the team leader to eventually become a good consultant. Once the target is clear, it is time to prepare. HBS does a good job with it, as usual: I already attended two workshops on how to prepare for the interview phase. Case preparation, talk to... View Details

Keywords: Consulting

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Systems for Scaling Ventures (SSV) - Course Catalog

ventures introduce, often of necessity, increasingly formal management systems to recruit, organize, direct, develop, and motivate their employees. However, the application of conventional wisdom often... View Details

07 Mar 2024
Blog Post

IFC India: Green-tech Entrepreneurship in India

but determined to lead it, especially in tropical countries, by the dawn of 2030. From its nascent stages focusing on the multifaceted applications of graphene, Log 9's trajectory has been nothing short of meteoric. The company's foray... View Details

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