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interest: Biotechnology, Precision Medicine, HealthTech Formative experience at the intersection of technology and business: Over the past couple of summers, I interned in life science venture capital as... View Details

01 Mar 2024
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In Harmony

Kim at Seoul’s government-built Hoehyeon “Citizens’ Apartments.” Opened in 1970, it stands as a reminder of a Korea from a very different era. Like so many South Koreans of a certain age, Michael ByungJu Kim (MBA 1990) lives in a country where the past lingers,... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; photographs by Jun Michael Park; private equity; fiction; financial crisis; leadership; Korea

30 Aug 2023
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I’m From the South and Going Back: Why HBS Was the Best School for Me

here. Fast forward two years and I find myself on the Baker lawn with my diploma in hand. At the close of my two-year journey at HBS, I can confidently say that not only did I belong, but that this was the best school for me. I'd like to think that I've been able to... View Details

15 Mar 2017
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An Average Day at HBS

Prospective students often visit campus to learn more about life at HBS. They’re curious about things like case method, housing, and the section experience. But once you get on campus, what is the day-to-day student View Details

09 Jun 2022
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The MBA Class of 2022 Looks Back

Student Association, the South Asian Business Association, the Venture Capital & Private Equity Club, the Tech Club, and the Brew Club. She plans on starting a career in venture capital investing. What advice would you give to incoming students?The most important... View Details

12 Oct 2022
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11 Stories from HBS PRIDE for National Coming Out Day

my breakup, I resorted to the love and support of my family, only to realize that the people who are important in my life, like my dad, did not know truly me. This was not a product of his lack of curiosity. I kept him at the peripheries of my View Details

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A New Vision – The Human Relations Movement – Baker Library | Bloomberg Center, Historical Collections

for the sake of a goal like productivity, the actual conditions of power tend to disappear from view. But by having plunged into the experience of organizational life and then reflected on the meaning of it,... View Details

01 Dec 2023
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Wide Horizon

There were three critical events that led John Rodakis (MBA 1997) to form the nonprofit N of One in 2014 and ultimately dedicate his life to surfacing breakthrough autism research. The first occurred on Thanksgiving of 2012. He had driven... View Details

Keywords: Dan Morrell; Photos by Sarah Wilson

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Grant uses a combination of laboratory and field experiments to harness consumers' cognitive and affective resources to increase their well-being. Consumers make countless daily decisions in the pursuit of happiness -- whether and how to spend or save their money, what... View Details

Keywords: Well-being; Judgment And Decision Making; Health; Prosocial Behavior

08 Feb 2011
First Look

First Look: Feb. 8

events—and what procedures and practices will aid in their ability to do so? Obviously, extreme events—events that are in scope or scale or type beyond the range of our ordinary experience and expectations—by definition will occur only... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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Charlotte MacDonald

With four years of consulting experience at Boston Consulting Group behind her, Charlotte MacDonald, realized it was time to reflect on the path before her. "I was having a great experience, I loved the work and people," she... View Details

Keywords: Consulting

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Tools & Training - Alumni

experience is a time when you are fully engaged, when every cell in your body is alive and involved with the tasks at hand. Career & Life Criteria Worksheet Career and Life... View Details

28 Jun 2021
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7 Things HBS Taught Me the Last 2 Years

me for the rest of my life. I hope this inspires others looking to get a similar transformational experience know that you can do it too! While these takeaways aren’t unique, this is my perspective. #1 You can build a community online.... View Details

24 Oct 2018
Sharpening Your Skills

Startup or Established Company? Which Is Best for You?

good to ask what lessons they learned in their last startup and how they’re bringing those lessons into their new venture. “I joined Drift in part because I wanted to learn from the experience of the co-founders. They’ve seen it before so... View Details

Keywords: by Julia B. Austin

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Japan - Global

welcomed over 100 attendees, offering them the unique opportunity to gain insights directly from a panel of local alumni. The panelists shared their experiences about the transformative MBA program, life at... View Details

05 Oct 2023
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On the Move: Massimo (Max) Magni (MBA 2003)

you to Macy’s? When I decided it was time for me to leave McKinsey, the reason was I wanted to see what it is to be an operator, and I want to be a CEO one day of a big corporation. So, what I'm excited about here is for the first time in my View Details

Keywords: Retail Trade

10 Jan 2018
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8 Tips to Help You Prepare for the Case Method

theory to life and makes it relevant. Throughout my time so far at HBS, I have fine-tuned my approach to make the most out of case study learning. Here are eight tips that I hope will be as helpful to you as they have been to me. ... View Details

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HBS - The year in Review

Entrepreneurial Management Associate Professor Associate Professor Mark L. Egan Finance FIELD Immersion Experience Returns After a two-year hiatus because of COVID-19, the first-year required Field Immersion View Details

20 Aug 2021
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Is the MBA Worth It? Hear What Recent HBS Grads Have to Say

full-time MBA experience once in your life. You want to make sure that you pick the right two years personally and professionally. I wouldn't worry so much about the financial component -- just focus on if the time in your View Details

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About - Race, Gender & Equity

Review. Professor Ely is presently conducting research on organizational culture change aimed at reducing workplace inequality, strategies for women leaders to navigate gender stereotypes, and HBS alumni career and life decisions. She is... View Details

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