interviews - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Apr 1998
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Short Takes

firms combine bureaucracy and consensualism. Deshpande and Farley assert that their study of Chinese companies, based on interviews with one hundred senior managers at Chinese companies headquartered in Shanghai, supports the conclusion... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons and Caroline Chauncey

24 May 2017
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Angie Hicks, MBA 2000

bank teller, Hicks grew up in Fort Wayne, Indiana, and was the first in her family to go to college. At DePauw University, she interviewed for an internship in Indianapolis with venture capitalist Bill Oesterle (MBA 1992). “The highlight... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young

01 Jun 2016
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Making It Possible to Explore and Grow

work she started in the summer by doing an independent study analyzing data that had been collected and conducting more in-depth interviews with founders. “The insights will be useful both to VCs and female business founders,” she says. View Details

01 Jun 1999
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Q & A: Pat Russo - Focused on the Future at Lucent Technologies

communications. In fact, over half the world's population has yet to make its first phone call, let alone connect to the Internet. Emerging markets represent tremendous opportunity. We are committed to providing support at every level. Peter K. Jacobs, a Boston-based... View Details

01 Dec 1999
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Hawes Family Funds New Classroom Building

without understanding technology. I admire the School's commitment to these areas," said Rod Hawes in a campus interview during his 30th Reunion in October. Hawes Hall, to be located at the northeast edge of Aldrich Hall, will house a... View Details

19 Aug 2024
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Quantum Leap

podcast featuring interviews and insights from across the world of business. It’s produced by the External Relations Department at HBS. Our audio engineer is Craig McDonald. It is available on Apple, Spotify, and wherever you get your... View Details

01 Oct 1996
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Sherman Baldwin: Leadership under Fire

of the Navy. "Through Ironclaw," said the trim and articulate Baldwin in an interview with the Bulletin between classes last summer, "I wanted to give readers an everyday look at what life is like on a carrier during war, as sailors,... View Details

Keywords: James E. Aisner

26 May 2016
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Thomas J. Tierney, MBA 1980

serve his country, but his father, a factory worker, convinced him to go to college instead. When he graduated from the University of California, Davis, he intended to keep his job as a city bus driver, but through a friend’s father, he got an View Details

Keywords: Susan Young

01 Aug 2001
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Class Day and Commencement 2001

"unique experiences will leave this campus." Senor was followed at center stage by featured guest Jack Welch, General Electric chairman and CEO. He was joined by Nigel Killick (MBA '01), winner of a School-wide competition to have the honor of View Details

Keywords: Marcel Acosta; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

01 Apr 2002
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HBS Alumni Association Board of Directors: President's Report

by Ed Hajim (MBA '64), continued its important work and has identified and interviewed a number of impressive candidates for nomination to the board for next year. These have been busy months for the Alumni Board, and I am extremely... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

30 Jul 2024
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Reddit’s Rise

Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Dan Morrell: Hi, this is Dan Morrell, host of Skydeck. When Jen Wong (MBA 2004) joined Reddit as COO in 2018, the user-generated content site wasn’t exactly a burning building...but it might have been... View Details

01 Jun 2009
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Dispatches from the Global Classroom

Compartamos Banco (CB), a microfinance institution providing loans to rural women in Mexico. Students on the microfinance track in Oaxaca interviewed some of CB’s long-term clients in its Crédito Mujer program; at our debrief meeting it... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Social Assistance; Health, Social Assistance; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

01 Jun 2022
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Closing the 'Network Gap'

Schrier. Interviews with potential advisees helped the cofounders create a viable business model. The Equity Network would be a mentor marketplace to give the next generation of Black, Latinx, and Native American business leaders greater... View Details

Keywords: April White

07 Sep 2021
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One Degree of Difference

which means that all employees are “really focused on efficiency,” Wallace says. They developed a multilayered interview process to match the right person for each job, as the wrong hire can be extremely costly. It culminates with a two-... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; Ambulatory Health Care Services; Health, Social Assistance

01 Apr 1997
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How Green Is the Valley: HBS Students Explore Booming California Industries

they'd never hired a Harvard MBA before." Initially denied an on-campus interview with Apple due to her lack of experience, Dubinsky persevered and succeeded in meeting informally with the company's recruiter. Soon afterward, she became... View Details

Keywords: Daniel Penrice

22 Feb 2022
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March 2022 Alumni and Faculty Books

startup formation from founding, funding, management, and finding an exit. With successful tech entrepreneurs interviewed and featured throughout, From Startup to Exit will help you understand exactly what tech startups must do to succeed... View Details

01 Apr 2002
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Urban Evolution - HBS Research on the Inner City

found that while there was a small group of inner-city residents who were forced to do all their shopping within their communities, most had ways to at least occasionally make trips to larger stores that offered lower prices, greater selection, and fresher produce. In... View Details

Keywords: Paul Grogan; Peter Tufano; David Crockett; Diana Barrett; Real Estate

08 Dec 2015
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Living the Legacy

but interviewers commented that they felt “all law students would benefit from such a program.” “I would be lost without the knowledge I gained in CORe,” says Cera. “Because I now have a foundational understanding of how businesses... View Details

01 Sep 2003
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Dean Clark Reflects on the School’s Key Initiatives

applicants with the greatest potential for leadership. This past year, for example, we interviewed eighteen hundred candidates, including every admitted student. On all dimensions — including academic, leadership and work experience, and... View Details