Applications and Software - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Mar 2003
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All in a Day's Work

applicable are skills learned at HBS for recent graduates facing real-world challenges? What are the differences and similarities for alumni who work in the private and... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; Boston Community Capital; Samsung; Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management of Companies and Enterprises

01 Feb 1999
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Street Investment Management, Inc. Tiampo, a Massachusetts native, is a member of the boards of Reality Quest Inc., in Longmont, Colorado, and of PlusFactor Software Inc., in Portland, Oregon. He is a cum... View Details

01 Jun 2020
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The Network Effect

Raj Kapoor (MBA 1996) Raj Kapoor (MBA 1996) Each year Lyft’s Chief Strategy Officer Raj Kapoor (MBA 1996) and several of his HBS classmates gather for an informal reunion. After catching up in Aspen in early March, the group dispersed... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young; COVID-19; Ambulatory Health Care Services; Health, Social Assistance

01 Dec 2005
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Campaign Ends, Exceeds Expectations

effective case-method learning, and HBS classrooms are a microcosm of the global economy. The School’s strategic approach to financial aid is two-pronged. First, it enables a wide variety of qualified View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools

10 Aug 2021
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Moving Education Within Reach

to work one day. The child, Malarkodi Suppamutharwyam, announced her intention to become a cardiologist. Knowing the challenges her family would face pursuing that goal, Ramalingam offered to mentor and tutor her. When it was time for her... View Details

02 Mar 2016
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The New Space Race

be, it’s not that a big of a deal to lose one. Satellites are now ‘versioned’ just as software and apps are. That gives companies much more agility, much more ability to experiment. Space companies are... View Details

Keywords: Robert S. Benchley

01 Jun 2006
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Bridging the Success Gap

Navarro Six years ago, Diego (“James”) Navarro (MBA ’89) completed what he calls “a 25-year apprenticeship,” though others might call it a successful career in the high-tech industry. But for Navarro, it was only training for the work he’s doing now as the founder... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley; Educational Support Services; Educational Services

01 Sep 2024
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Back to School

much as you play. There are podcasts and videos by poker coaches; then there are poker solvers and software where you can analyze what you would do in every single situation.... View Details

Keywords: April White; illustrations by Josh Cochran

13 Feb 2020
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Not Throwing Away My Shot

didn’t have a few months prior. One had lost her star software developer to a rival. This, Schultz thought, was the perfect framing: Take all of the historical entrepreneurs he was focusing on for his book View Details

01 Dec 2009
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Start-Up Contest for Alumni

Chicago, New York, Northern California, Southern California, London, Brazil, and India — will judge business plans in March with the winners advancing to a final round at HBS on April 26. Applicants will be... View Details

Keywords: Contests

01 Dec 2002
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MBAs by the Numbers

With a record number of applicants — more than ten thousand — to the MBA Class of 2004, it seems that the acronym “B2B” could now stand for “Back to Business” School. From this impressive pool, MBA Program admissions officers selected a... View Details

06 Dec 2021
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HBS Curricula Explore the Complexities of Innovation

Capital Tech Opportunities who invests in B2B software companies in the late-stage growth phase. Hopkins cites an example that was brought to life in a case discussion attended by the protagonist, a founder of a company who had placed his... View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie

01 Dec 2016
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Alumni Books of 2016

(Bibliomotion) Firestone has developed four core tenets of risk-taking that are applicable when anticipating, evaluating, and responding to risks in business, investing, and... View Details

01 Jun 2018
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Up by the Roots

In 2010, Maria Gotsch (MBA 1989) called a meeting with the chief information and technology officers at five of the largest banks headquartered in Manhattan. The session would last for three hours, but as Gotsch recalls, the executives in... View Details

Keywords: Alexander Gelfand; illustrations by Dan Page

15 May 2018
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HBS MBA Admissions Shifts to Two Rounds

In a recent post to his “Direct from the Director” blog, HBS Managing Director of MBA Admissions and Financial Aid Chad Losee (MBA 2013) notes that the MBA application process will now include only two... View Details

01 Mar 2005
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Robert Buzzell Remembered

wholesale distribution; strategic planning; and the application of mathematical and statistical methods to marketing issues. A member of the HBS faculty from 1961 to 1993 View Details

01 Jun 2024
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Conducting Business

count up my profits every day, and there’s always cash in the cigar box.” The owner’s loan application was attached to the case as Exhibit 1. Some other financial data showed what rents cost for comparable... View Details

Keywords: Michael Farmer (MBA 1971); illustration by Lucinda Rogers; Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services

05 Aug 2016
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Accelerating Change on Medicine’s Final Frontier

visibility, to a network of peers. Many of them felt isolated.” Amadio sensed these challenges were not unique to neuroscience startups, and he began looking at the consumer software sector to see how... View Details