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- 11 May 2022
- Blog Post
MoMBAs: The Inspiring Student Mothers of HBS
requires an understanding and willingness to accept the trade-offs that come with it. For example, choosing to forgo international travel and social events due to potential conflicts with pregnancy/delivery. The most important lesson I’ve... View Details
- 25 May 2021
- Research & Ideas
White Airbnb Hosts Earn More. Can AI Shrink the Racial Gap?
travel industry. People eager to shake off their COVID-19 cabin fever are gearing up to take vacations, raising Airbnb bookings by 52 percent last quarter from a year earlier. Harnessing artificial intelligence to reduce racial economic... View Details
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Wilder House | About
House is also home to the Global Experience Office, which administers the global immersion portion of the required first-year Field Immersion Experiences for Leadership Development (FIELD) course, where students travel abroad to work with... View Details
- 13 Jun 2011
- HBS Case
Mobile Banking for the Unbanked
of the population lives in rural areas, but the majority of bank branches and jobs are in the cities. To send money home, a city worker had to seal his wages in an envelope and pay a courier to travel for hours to the village.... View Details
- 26 Oct 2018
- Blog Post
Making the Switch from Finance to Fitness
and Successful Enterprises, Negotiations, and an immersive class that allows me to travel to Los Angeles and work with a media company. I’m also working with one of my favorite professors on an independent project that allows me to test... View Details
- 23 Jun 2023
- News
Highlights from the Spring 2023 Alumni Board Meeting
Alumni Board members on campus for their annual spring meeting // Credit: Panfoto Hard work, with humility for humanity, is the spirit that animates Harvard Business School's MBA program today, Matt Weinzierl, Senior Associate Dean and Chair of the MBA Program, told... View Details
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Managing the Advantages and Tradeoffs of Collaborative Structures
To solve complex problems, organizations must both collect facts and use them to solve problems. In one study, my coauthors and I show that increased connectivity—measured as network... View Details
- 01 Jan 2004
- News
D. Ronald Daniel, MBA 1954
off to meet with older client executives, Marvin insisted that we all wear hats during our travels to and from the firm. The only non-American among us was a Brit." Daniel made his mark as part of the team that advised Mobil Oil. That... View Details
- 01 Oct 2000
- News
Carlos A. Saladrigas: Hardworking Optimist
communist Cuba. "It's only now that I have four children of my own that I understand what a painful decision that was," says Saladrigas, who, while still in Miami, has traveled far from those humble beginnings without leaving them behind... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 01 Feb 2010
- Research & Ideas
The ‘Luxury Prime’: How Luxury Changes People
Are people who travel in town cars and on corporate jets different—on a psychological level—from you and me? Does the availability of luxury goods "prime" individuals to be less concerned about or considerate toward others? The... View Details
Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert
- 27 Oct 2015
- News
Sweet Success
very active in boosting the idea. We couldn’t have picked a better time to launch.” After more than a year of studying production practices and cross-country travels to acquire state-of-the-art equipment, the Turners began producing syrup... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
- 01 Oct 1996
- News
Mastering the Competition — Michael E. Porter (MBA 1971)
father's travels provided me with a broadening experience," says Porter, at ease between sips from a can of diet soda, "and athletics offered an outlet for competing while exposing me to the importance of self-discipline and thorough... View Details
Keywords: James E. Aisner
- 14 Jun 2023
- News
Dean Datar Meets with Alumni in East Asia
Starting last fall and continuing through the coming year, Dean Srikant Datar is traveling to meet with alumni around the world. On June 5 and 8, more than 300 alumni in East Asia gathered to celebrate and connect with each other at "An... 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'
Midwesterner raised on a dairy farm, and Roy Whitcomb Riley, a Black Southerner, settled in Los Angeles shortly before their son’s birth, in 1981, after traveling the world for 18 years. They lived in Mid City, whose economic and racial... View Details
Keywords: by Christina Pazzanese, Harvard Gazette
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Augustine Heard & Co.: Building a Family Business - A Chronicle of the China Trade
merchant active in the West Indies. He attended Phillips Exeter Academy in New Hampshire, but never graduated. At at young age Heard became captain of his own brig. He traveled to ports as far-flung as Rio de Janeiro, Liverpool, and... View Details
- 22 Mar 2024
- Blog Post
Driving Impact in Emerging Markets with HBS Alum Nneka Chime (MBA 2015)
contributing to her home country. She noticed that many of the families she grew up with eventually found themselves dispersed around the globe after seeking opportunities abroad. While she welcomed international exposure, traveling to... View Details
- 13 Nov 2017
- Blog Post
5 Worries I Had about Applying to HBS
through my section, industry interest groups like the Venture Capital and Private Equity Club, or on travel during FIELD Global Immersions. There are many opportunities to connect and build deep friendships with your classmates. And I... View Details
- 01 Mar 2003
- News
Dick Franyo: From Banker to Barkeeper
was leveled and in its place rose what his wife, Susan, refers to as the couple’s “dream bar.” “Susan and I traveled from the Caribbean to New England, taking detailed pictures of the interiors of bars frequented by sailing people,” he... View Details
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Inside the Learning: Boston By the Season
the city, or you could head north to larger ski resorts in Vermont, New Hampshire, or Maine, just a 3-4-hour drive away. Enjoy theater and music. From the Boston Symphony to the Boston Ballet to traveling Broadway shows to locally... View Details
- 25 Feb 2020
- News
Task Force
meeting weekly at the Harvard i-lab, still talking, still sharing ideas. They also traveled to Mexico City in October 2017 to meet alumni (“I think we had 25 meetings in five days,” Campbell says) and conduct focus groups with potential... View Details