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11 Jul 2019
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Meet the MBA Class of 2020

Michael Macfarlane “I WANT TO WORK ON BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT AND STRATEGY TO SCALE THE BEST IDEAS AS RAPIDLY AND EFFECTIVELY AS POSSIBLE.” HOME REGION Vancouver, Canada UNDERGRAD View Details

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Industry Information - Alumni

and news on emerging designers, disruptive technologies and global brands in the fashion and luxury goods industries. United States Census Bureau: View Details

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The Art of American Advertising: 1865 - 1910

Home Site map Map / Directions Search: General Information HBS Home About Annual Report Campus Commencement Dean Nohria Employment Fifty Years of Women Give News New Construction Academic Programs Doctoral Programs Executive Education MBA... View Details

01 Dec 2023
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Case Study: Staking a Claim

Illustration by Nhung Lê Kate Terry (MBA 2005) knows that no one attends their fifth-grade career fair and comes home hoping to pursue a career in insurance—but that’s exactly where she wound up. “I really fell in love with it,” she says. As cofounder and CEO of... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; Insurance Carriers and Related Activities; Finance

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Women at HBS - Alumni

Inc.; and Sheryl Sandberg (MBA 1995), COO of Facebook; and attend a wide range of alumni panel discussions and faculty presentations . More than 4,000 alumni took part in a "... View Details

April 2023
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Performance on Patient Experience Measures of Former Chief Medical Residents as Physician Exemplars Chosen by the Profession

By: Lucy Chen and J. Michael McWilliams

OBJECTIVE To compare care for patients of primary care physicians (PCPs) who were former chiefs with care for patients of nonchief PCPs.

DESIGN, SETTING, AND PARTICIPANTS Using 2010 to 2018 Medicare Fee-For-Service Consumer Assessment of Healthcare... View Details

Keywords: Performance Evaluation; Forecasting and Prediction; Knowledge Use and Leverage; Competency and Skills; Surveys; Health Industry

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01 Sep 2023
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Case Study: The Home Team

interested in understanding the current and future states of big-ticket items inside the homes, from big-box retailers and interior designers, to property-insurance companies... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; Real Estate

29 Sep 2023
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HBS Latino Student Association Spotlight: Reyna Pacheco Rios (MBA 2025)

away from Guadalajara, Mexico. She did not have the opportunity to pursue her own education but still remains the greatest supporter of mine. Her fierce love for her family always supersedes any of her fears or exhaustion. Even after... View Details

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Fast Facts - Global

Fast Facts Locations 18 Global locations have been opened around the world since the Global Initiative was founded Alumni 90,662 in 173 countries 104 Clubs and associations in 51 countries Faculty 40% Born outside the United States (45... View Details

10 May 2019
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Advice for Mothers Pursuing an MBA

time. There are so many ways to make a positive difference in the world. The education you will have at HBS about inclusivity is to be treasured. This is what made my experience at HBS not only doable, but extraordinary, even though... View Details

01 Jun 2024
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From Chalkboards to Chatbots

Artwork/animation by Greg Meeson/hitandrunmedia.com; shutterstock.com Generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) is reshaping our world at an unprecedented pace, becoming an integral part of how we live, work, and interact. It is therefore critical for current and... View Details

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For Organizations | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

Organizations and professionals from around the world participate in our Executive Education programs, access our research publications, and interact with our students View Details

01 May 2017
Research & Ideas

Bad At Your Job? Maybe It's the Job’s Fault

executive education students in his management and strategy execution courses. It dawns on a good third of the business executives in his courses that either their own roles or other positions they have... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

04 May 2023
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Class of 2024 Embarks on Global Immersion

This year marks the return of international travel for the MBA Program’s FIELD Global Immersion (FGI) course, an experiential learning opportunity that gives first-year students in the Required Curriculum hands-on exposure to how business is conducted in markets around... View Details

04 May 2020
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6 Things You Should Know About the HBS/HKS Joint Degree

Students enrolled in the HBS/HKS three year joint degree program come from a wide variety of backgrounds. Many are interested in pursuing careers that span the public, private, and non-profit sectors—and seek to leverage the synergy that... View Details

April 2023
Article

Learning Down to Train Up: Mentors Are More Effective When They Value Insights from Below

By: Ting Zhang, Dan Wang and Adam D. Galinsky

Although mentorship is vital for individual success, potential mentors often view it as a costly burden. To understand what motivates mentors to overcome this barrier and more fully engage with their mentees, we introduce a new construct, learning direction, which... View Details

Keywords: Mentoring; Learning Direction; Interpersonal Communication; Learning; Leadership Development

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12 Aug 2020
Research & Ideas

Why Investors Often Lose When They Sue Their Financial Adviser

productive relationships. However, every year, a few thousand customers file new arbitration cases with Finra, the US brokerage industry’s regulatory organization, alleging everything from negligence to fraud. “Consumers should monitor their investments View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost; Financial Services

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Knowing Your Students - Christensen Center for Teaching & Learning

online class cards that provide a detailed profile of each student, including a photo, name pronunciation, educational background, work experience, demographic data, and extracurricular interests.... View Details

13 Apr 2016
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Why Your Company Wants to be a 'Cognitive Referent' (Hint: SpaceX)

Technology and Operations Management Unit at Harvard Business School. After all, 2007 was the year that Twitter was founded; Airbnb formed the following year. For startups jockeying for position in nascent markets, pressure is intense to... View Details

Keywords: by Roberta Holland; Retail; Retail; Retail

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Esteves Hall | About

Esteves Hall The renovation of Esteves Hall was made possible by the support of André Santos Esteves, cofounder and CEO of Brazil-based BTG Pactual, and his wife, Lilian. Esteves Hall, reopened in April... View Details

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