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- 25 Feb 2020
- Research & Ideas
For Migrant Workers, Homesickness Can Reduce Productivity
production centers spread across the country. They learned that first-year workers were usually permitted to travel home for the festivals of Diwali, while the more experienced third-year workers had to stay behind to manage projects.... View Details
Keywords: by Kristen Senz
- 01 Mar 2004
- News
HBS Alumni Explore Tanzania
HBS alumni excursion was organized by Global Adrenaline, an adventure travel company based in the Chicago area. The overwhelming response to the trip allowed Nancy Collins (MBA ’99), our trip leader and Global Adrenaline’s founder and... View Details
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Independent Projects | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School
educational opportunities with the risks inherent in locations where violence is high and the infrastructure to support travelers in the region is weak or overtaxed. In order to be considered for Fellowship or grant funding, students who... View Details
- Portrait Project
Sasha Grinshpun
Have you ever been to Carnaval? I traveled to Salvador, Brazil, to witness (okay, okay, and participate in) the debauchery and mindlessness. Imagine the scene: thousands of youngsters dancing to Brazilian pop in the streets—in the... View Details
- 01 Dec 2006
- News
Humor Us
without Robert.” Hoffman, who went on to become cochairman of the Coca-Cola Bottling Group (Southwest), sold his shares in the magazine in 1975. He was a well-known art collector, arts patron, and philanthropist who last year donated some 224 items worth $150 million... View Details
- 01 Mar 2013
- News
We Invest in HBS Because...
undergraduates or executives, realize they can do more in life for themselves and for those around them." The Kramers support fellowships that enable nonprofit leaders to attend Executive Education programs and rising seniors to travel to... View Details
- 13 Jun 2016
- Blog Post
Is HBS Cutthroat or Collaborative?
When asked whether HBS is a cutthroat place my mind immediately travels back to January 2015. We are jittery with excitement as we stand at the head of the seemingly infinite table in the executive conference room of Smart Axiata,... View Details
- Portrait Project
Dan Gertsacov
travels and adventures that I want to pass down to my grandchildren along with Granny's wisdom. I also want to tell them stories of how my vision for the role that business has to play in the world helped make this planet a tiny bit more... View Details
- 01 Sep 2011
- News
Faculty Learn Firsthand about Chinese Business
Related Links More faculty takeaways on the IXP Read about the Harvard Center Shanghai View upcoming executive programs in China Find HBS Alumni Clubs in China MBA students aren’t the only ones honing their global knowledge by traveling... View Details
- 01 Feb 2001
- News
Ready for Take-Off
WorldClinic, Inc., a "virtual ER," providing U.S.-quality health-care services to Americans traveling abroad. Cynthia A. Fisher (MBA '90) of ViaCell, Inc., which combines the banking of stem cells from umbilical cord blood with technology... View Details
Keywords: Spingboard
- 01 Jun 2010
- News
Just Extraordinary
Life (XOL), plan to join the fun in a special way: Fifteen girls from Washington, D.C., all living in foster care, will travel to South Africa for what XOL hopes will be a life-altering experience. As guests of South Africa’s First... View Details
- 07 May 2018
- News
What I Learned from Visiting All 54 African Countries
Photo courtesy of Francis Tapon Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on SoundCloud More Skydeck episodes Francis Tapon (MBA 1997) was off to a bright tech career after HBS, working at a Silicon Valley startup before stints at Hitachi and Microsoft. But his penchant for View Details
- Portrait Project
Yong-yi Zhu
felt like I had to travel to the ends of the Earth just to see my loved ones. It took eight years, but we eventually reunited; my world felt all that much smaller. I want to shrink it for others as well. But how can I bring together loved... View Details
- Career Coach
Megan Gardner
Circles.Work Experience: Tech Start-ups (Board member, Advisor, CEO/Founder), Investment Banking (including M&A) - Deutsche Bank, SoundView Technology (bought by Schwab), Strategy Consulting / Business Development (Ameriprise Financial), Hospitality (Butterfield... View Details
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1.5 Attendance | MBA
required to select the reason that is most consistent with why they will not be present in class on that particular day. For example, if a student will miss a class because they are traveling on the same day as an event or obligation... View Details
David H. McConnell
McConnell was a pioneer in door-to-door selling. With Avon, he created a significant earning opportunity for housewives and other women before they won the right to vote. His products were sold by women in the communities where they and their customers lived, contrary... View Details
Keywords: Personal Care & Home Products
- 01 Jun 2002
- News
Fellowship Dinner Brings Students and Donors Together
Warren Luke (MBA '70) (center) traveled from Hawaii to meet the six K.J. Luke fellows. (photos by Stuart Cahill) Warren Luke (MBA '70) (center) traveled from Hawaii to meet the six K.J. Luke fellows. (photos... View Details
Keywords: Management
- 01 Mar 2005
- News
South Africa Explorer
South Africa Explorer: January 2005 South Africa photos See our photo archive of past Alumni Travel programs Imagine spending New Year’s Eve in the bush of South Africa, tables decked out in white linen, dinner cooked over an open fire... View Details
- Portrait Project
Thomas Rajan
I believe I can fly. Comfortably. And so should everyone else. Only a half-century ago, it took my grandfather over a month to make the journey here from India by ship. It was the only means of travel he could afford. Today, I can View Details
- Portrait Project
Sohil Parekh
journey ahead will be replete with exotic meals and wondrous new vistas. The occasional unplanned detour. The "good tired" feeling of a day well spent. The warmth of familiar resting places. Most importantly, it will be filled with the love and laughter of my... View Details