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01 Dec 2012
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Reimagining Capitalism In a World of Limited Resources

leadership of Henderson and Professor Forest Reinhardt, the BEI coordinates the activities of a large group of Harvard faculty members from multiple disciplines in an effort, Henderson says, "to create new View Details

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Eight Steps to Board Success for Female Executives

A few years ago, HBS Executive Education unveiled the program Women on Boards: Succeeding as a Corporate Director, designed to introduce executives to the process of joining a corporate board. Since that first session, hundreds of female... View Details

04 Oct 2016

HBS Information Session at BCG in Mexico City

This event is designed for prospective applicants to learn more about the MBA program at Harvard Business School. The information session will include an admissions presentation and the opportunity to ask questions to alumni. Check-in... View Details

20 Oct 2017

HBS Information Session in Mexico City (Evening Event)

This event is designed for prospective applicants to learn more about the MBA program at Harvard Business School. The information session will include a presentation by a member of the Admissions Board. Please register for this event as... View Details

18 Oct 2021
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Alumnae-founded Fintech Startup Secures $29M in New Financing

Photo via Harvard Innovation Labs Lara O’Connor Hodgson (MBA 1998), cofounder of Now, recently spoke to Yahoo Finance Live to discuss its recent $29 million funding round. Hodgson cofounded Now in 2010 with former Georgia gubernatorial... View Details

15 May 2024

HBS Information Session in Ho Chi Minh City

Join us for an in-person information session about the Harvard Business School MBA Program. This event is designed for prospective applicants to learn more about the MBA Program and life at HBS. The event will include an admissions... View Details

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HBS NVC: One Simple Idea Can Change Everything | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

CEO, Jeff Dunn... An Emerging Entrepreneur Patricio Bichara 2015 Patricio “Pato” Bichara (MBA 2015) learned something important in the summer between his first and second years at HBS: He loves to build things that make a difference.... View Details

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Summer Fellowship Enables Student Entrepreneur to Launch Startup | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

at NPR, her manager recommended that she read an HBS case study about how the Sesame Workshop CEO, Jeff Dunn... An Emerging Entrepreneur Patricio Bichara 2015 Patricio “Pato” Bichara (MBA 2015) learned something important in the summer... View Details

April 2006
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Managing Innovation in an Uncertain World: Module 1: Innovation and Uncertainty

By: Alan D. MacCormack

Describes the first module of a Harvard Business School 30-session elective course called Managing Innovation in an Uncertain World. The course helps students understand the challenges that uncertainty implies for innovation and how to overcome these challenges. The... View Details

Keywords: Design; Curriculum and Courses; Innovation and Management; Projects; Opportunities; Perspective

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30 Dec 2013
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HBS Cases: What Warren Buffett Saw in Newspapers

In 2012, legendary investor Warren Buffett made a bid to buy a troubled Southeastern US newspaper business just three years after declaring that his influential holding company, Berkshire Hathaway, would no... View Details

Keywords: by Deborah Blagg; Journalism & News; Publishing

22 Mar 2023
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Dean Datar Meets with Alumni in Los Angeles

the School into three priorities, he offered insights into work that is underway on the role of business in society, digital innovation, and reimagining learning. "I don't think there is another institution... View Details

17 Sep 2013
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Making a Difference in Health Care at HBS

Keywords: biomedicine; ilab; faculty research; Scientific Research and Development Services

2014
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What Courses Should Law Students Take?: Harvard's Largest Employers Weigh In

By: John C. Coates, Jesse M. Fried and Kathryn E. Spier

We report the results of an online survey, conducted on behalf of Harvard Law School, of 124 practicing attorneys at major law firms. The survey had two main objectives: (1) to assist students in selecting courses by providing them with data about the relative... View Details

Keywords: Curriculum and Courses; Law; Higher Education

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11 Sep 2017
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Why Employers Favor Men

findings may help employers train recruiters to be aware of their biases and work around them. The two faces of discrimination Gender discrimination clearly runs through the workplace. Women earn about 78 cents on the dollar compared to... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

03 Feb 2017
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Case Study in Chaos: How Management Experts Grade a Trump White House

03 Dec 2019
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