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10 Aug 2016
Research & Ideas

Prospective Students Steer Clear of Schools Rocked by Scandal

who also conducted an earlier study with Smith on college rankings. “The fact that a single widely covered scandal might impact applications as much as a drop in rankings from, say, 6 to 15, sheds light on how students trade off the many factors they consider in... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Education

20 Jan 2022
Blog Post

Lessons Learned from My HBS Career Journey in Environmental Sustainability

Lessons Learned from My HBS Career Journey in Environmental Sustainability I began my HBS admissions application essay with the following sentence: “I aspire to help build organizations that are advancing... View Details

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Bibliography - Edwin H. Land & Polaroid | Harvard Business School

Little, Brown and Company, 1979. McCann, Mary, ed. Edwin H. Land’s Essays . Springfield, VA: The Society for Imaging Science and Technology, 1993. McElheny, Victor K. Insisting on the Impossible: The Life of Edwin Land . Reading, MA:... View Details

25 Jul 2017
First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas: July 25, 2017

Using data from Boston, we show that reserve and precedence adjustments have similar quantitative effects. Our results illustrate that policies about precedence, heretofore underexplored, are inseparable from other aspects of admissions... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

12 May 2015
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"Every Day at HBS is a Gift"

this point, I can’t imagine a week without seeing them! What advice do you have to someone thinking of applying? The process of putting together a high quality admissions application for a top MBA program involves a lot more time than... View Details

15 Mar 2021
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Be Unapologetically Yourself: Interview with Singer-Songwriter and Banking Strategist Andrea Mendoza

with folk, blues, funk, and traditional Peruvian drums and charangoes. Mendoza has also returned to Banco de Crédito BCP, the bank that launched her career after undergrad, just like she aspired to do in her HBS admissions View Details

25 Aug 2022
News

Open Market

idealistically writing my admission essay on this,” says Howard. That particular vision didn’t materialize, in part because of the dotcom crash that began during her time at HBS. After graduation, she worked... View Details

Keywords: Dan Morrell; illustration by Keith Negley; Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments; Finance

26 Sep 2017
First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, September 26, 2017

infringement lawsuits in U.S. district courts. The results of this review would be nonbinding but admissible in later court proceedings. Whether conducted by an independent Patent Litigation Review Board or a division of the U.S. Patent... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Dec 1999
News

Covering the Issues

1972 mentioned that "Harvard has the largest number of women students in any of the major business schools." By 1975, the magazine reported that two hundred women were enrolled at the School and that the Women Students Association was holding an annual Career Day,... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young, Deborah Blagg, and Garry Emmons

12 Dec 2018
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Lesson Plan

their own academic goals. “I wrote my admission essay about my time at the Treasury, and the need for people who speak the languages of public service and finance,” she says. “I wanted to have credibility... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; photographed by Chris Sorensen

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Print View - Course Catalog

5:30 and 7:30 pm. Rotating facilitators are drawn from the group. LDGs will be assigned in advance by your professor with the intent of creating diverse groups. Submit a reflective essay each week via Canvass. Reflections are due NLT... View Details

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