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Jamira Cotton
Why was earning your MBA at HBS important to you? My undergraduate education in engineering shaped my ability to think analytically about solving rigorous problems. Additionally, while serving clients at McKinsey I constantly learned to apply this problem solving rigor... View Details
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Brooke Boyarsky
Why was earning your MBA at HBS important to you? I felt that I had a lot to learn. I knew that the cases and skills taught at HBS would give me the foundation to be an effective general manager, and the case study method at HBS would help me develop my leadership... View Details
- 18 Mar 2014
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First Look: March 18
formulate a strategy and tactics to deal with the impending initiative by the SEIU, the fastest growing union in the United States with 2.1 million members and a huge organizing budget. The union will likely... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Jun 2010
- News
M.I.A. Boards
the United Kingdom, force turnover of their independent directors after nine years. That’s a policy that should be adopted here. The loss of experience would be outweighed by reduced cronyism. If a director were truly indispensable, he or... View Details
- 2008
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Being B-Boys: Style, Identity, and Respect Among New England and Miami Street Dancers
By: Curtis K. Chan
This study examines the phenomenon of a street dance known as "b-boying" to explore how dancers locate, negotiate, and perform identities, as well as the tensions that occur concomitantly. Drawing on data from participant-observation, interviews, and diverse archival... View Details
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A Message from Dean Srikant Datar | About
responded magnificently. It is this community and its commitment to do whatever it takes to achieve our mission that gives me confidence that we can draw on all our past strengths and look forward to a remarkable future. I grew up in Bombay, as it was called then,... View Details
- 20 Dec 2022
- News
Singing to the Corn
Researching the economic history of corn for a course at Creighton, Keen learned that many Plains tribes between 1858 and 1870 were nearly or entirely self-reliant through the sale of excess corn, until the United View Details
- 17 Jan 2017
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First Look at New Research: January 17
heterogeneous technology diffusion from immigrant communities in the United States for identification. The latter instruments are developed by combining panel variation on the development of new technologies... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
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1.11 Leaves of Absence | MBA
making payments, he/she is encouraged to contact the loan servicer right away. Deferment or forbearance options may be available. Leaves Due to Voluntary or Involuntary Military Service for United States... View Details
- 01 Mar 2008
- News
Innovation, Inc.
will help it thrive in captivity? Three professors in the School’s Entrepreneurial Management unit who focus on the study of creativity recognize the romantic allure of believing it’s a rare quality bestowed on a chosen few, but all agree... View Details
- 07 Feb 2017
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First Look at New Research: February 7
Prithwiraj, and Do Yoon Kim Abstract—We study the role of ethnic Chinese/Indian migrant inventors in transferring contextual knowledge across borders and the role of ethnic networks in further disseminating such knowledge. Using a unique dataset of herbal patents filed... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Sep 2013
- News
The First Scrum
lucky to have the 15 to field a team. It was a real United Nations, right from the beginning. There were Scots, English, French, Canadians, Australians, and the Americans, who made up less than half. The extraordinary enthusiasm of the... View Details
- 20 Aug 2007
- Research & Ideas
HBS Cases: Using Investor Relations Proactively
example, both companies know that their investors are very concerned about the large amount of cash generated in oil and gas, but each has committed to explaining its use in a different way. While BP is very willing to state they will... View Details
- 25 Aug 2010
- News
Games, Parties, Pranks, and Celebrations
favorites. He used to describe the state of the world economy as “in the toilet,” a phrase he used many times. It caught on with us. During the last week of the program, our class taped a large photo of a toilet behind one of the... View Details
- 19 Jul 2016
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July 19, 2016
announced that it had passed Walmart in global sales to become the biggest retail platform in the world. To add to Walmart’s woes, in the United States traditional dollar discount stores and convenience... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 09 Feb 2010
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First Look: Feb. 9
reflect the predominant opportunities pursued by social entrepreneurs focused on public education in the United States over the last decade. The book offers an overarching framework for creating and... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Jun 2002
- News
Profile: The Invisible Hand - Robert Massie and God's Green Earth
United States and South Africa in the Apartheid Years, which won the prestigious Lionel Gelber Prize for Best Book on International Relations in 1998. Inspired by South Africa's unfolding democracy and... View Details
- 01 Sep 2017
- News
City of Dreams
Yes, I was a bit of a curiosity, but I’ve always gone a bit off the beaten track, and having that be my first experience of the United States gave a very different perspective. You hear about and understand... View Details
- 15 Sep 2003
- Lessons from the Classroom
HBS Cases: Developing the Courage to Act
courses were general and descriptive ("Economic Resources of the United States," "Railroad Organization and Finance") and taught primarily through lectures from the economist's point of view. The situation remained... View Details
Keywords: by David A. Garvin
- 03 Feb 2009
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First Look: February 3, 2009
documents trends in college and university endowment returns and investments in the United States between 1992 and 2005 using data on more than a thousand schools. Such endowments have generally performed... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace