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15 Dec 2020
Blog Post

MBA Voices Blog: A Year in Review

Latinx community at HBS. LASO is the Latin American Student Organization, a student club on campus. Read More Leaving a Career in Tech for Venture Capital and Entrepreneurship “I was particularly drawn to HBS after hearing about the... View Details

10 Aug 2015
News

A Talent Pipeline for Society’s Challenges

enterprise. The lessons were dynamic and the perspectives were wide-ranging, including those from Professor Gail McGovern, who is now CEO of the American Red Cross. After a summer internship in the credit-card division at Citigroup,... View Details

Keywords: Jill Radsken

01 Jun 2003
News

Ruling from the Bench

imagine Snyder in a far more genteel setting than this drab, brown, Depression-era room on the 13th floor of 100 Centre Street on the city’s Lower East Side. Yet no one who has followed Snyder’s remarkable legal career has any doubt about... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; Justice, Public Order, and Safety Activities; Government

15 Dec 2024
News

Alumni and Faculty Books

Edited by Margie Kelley Alumni Books The Power of Imperfect Eating By Kavita Bhatnagar (SELP 11, 2022) Penguin Enterprise Rather than dictating which foods are good or bad, this book weaves together stories that mirror the intricate, emotional, and often imperfect... View Details

Keywords: Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

18 Mar 2001
Research & Ideas

Want to Be an Entrepreneur? [Part I]

tasks like perfecting their technology, learning how to manufacture it, and financing the needed investments in research, development, and marketing through a combination of product sales and venture funding. And so emerged several View Details

Keywords: by John S. Rosenberg

02 Jan 2007
Research & Ideas

Most Popular Articles of 2006

to best negotiate in an uncertain environment? Michael Wheeler advises looking to military science for winning strategies. Career Advancement without Experience Lacking experience, contract workers find it difficult to advance to a job... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

09 Mar 2021
News

Empowering School Leaders to Meet Today's Challenges

Thompson. “What we aim to do in the CSML program is to strengthen these capabilities. The job of a school leader is very different from the job of a teacher, and knowing how to do both of those jobs is critical to being a successful school leader.” CSML PARTICIPANTS:... View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie

01 Mar 2021
Blog Post

Best Practices for Creating a Successful Virtual Internship

these programs to exist beyond the global pandemic because of the unique ability to connect with students across geographies and expand the pool of potential candidates. To help organizations think through the process of creating a successful remote internship program,... View Details

Keywords: All Industries

13 Jul 2020
News

The First Five Years: Meaghan Fitzgerald (MBA 2016)

grown, we’ve gone from feeling like a small, scrappy start-up to a much bigger organization, which brings with it new challenges and opportunities. “I also find the lessons from BSSE useful on a daily basis—‘Jobs to be Done’ is one of our... View Details

23 Apr 2018
News

Sowing the Seeds of Leadership

hooked.” Scholarship with Relevance Condo says he “bumped into” the idea of a pursuing career in academia in the early 1990s, while earning his master’s at INCAE, Latin America’s renowned business school. INCEA uses case-method teaching... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg

01 Jan 2006
News

William H. Donaldson, MBA 1958

Cofounder & Former Chairman & Chief Executive Officer, Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette Former Chairman, Securities and Exchange Commission Return to Alumni Achievement Awards main page EARLIER EUDUCATION Yale University, 1953 B.A., American Studies LIFELONG View Details

05 May 2023
News

Fail Better

president of Lazard and former vice chairman of Citigroup. As the longest tenured head of an investment banking group in the history of Wall Street, he became one of its most prominent Black executives, advising on transactions valued at over $750 billion. McGuire... View Details

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2025 Reunion Presentations - Alumni

documentary and course, Fred Singer (HBS '92) and Tori Hackett (HBS ’94) interviewed and filmed 40 classmates over the span of 30 years from the HBS Class of ‘92. You’re invited to one of the most popular sessions where you get an inside look on the View Details

04 Sep 2001
Research & Ideas

Five Questions for Max Bazerman

wings battle over who gets the biggest piece of the pie, while paying little attention to expanding the pie of social resources for all. Q: If I recall my political science studies, lawyers and career politicians are disproportionately... View Details

Keywords: Re: Max H. Bazerman

25 Oct 2011
Research & Ideas

Chasing Stars: Why the Mighty Red Sox Struck Out

have studied the issue in multiple industries, including the equally competitive fields of sports and investment banking. After examining the careers of more than 1,000 Wall Street analysts, for instance, they found that analysts who were... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Sports; Banking

01 Mar 2018
News

March 2018 Alumni and Faculty Books

an in-depth analysis of the opportunities and challenges, both traditional and contemporary, of doing business in India. Great Service Made Simple by Frederic B. Sargent (OPM 2) (The Sustainable Service Institute) A short story with View Details

01 Jun 2023
News

Spray Canon

cultural consecration does not necessarily translate to higher auction prices. Artist Barry McGee, for instance, started in the 1990s graffiti scene in San Francisco and has had a long, revered career filled with shows at high-profile... View Details

Keywords: Dan Morrell; Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Arts, Entertainment

01 Mar 2015
News

Alumni and Faculty Books for March 2015

Alumni Books Live the Art by Jeffrey Deitch (MBA 1978) (Rizzoli) A chronicle of Deitch’s career as an art dealer and producer of memorable installations and art happenings that transcended the idea of a mere “exhibition,” this book... View Details