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- 22 Jul 2019
- Book
How to Be a Digital Platform Leader
product or service that does not initially need third-party complementary innovations. Third-party innovations may make the product even more valuable, and this is when a product can evolve into an innovation platform, provided that it... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 19 Sep 2016
- Research & Ideas
Why Isn't Business Research More Relevant to Business Practitioners?
employed in a pilot test with the General Services Administration (GSA). Harvard Business School’s Francesca Gino. “Most of my research projects are motivated by puzzles or strange patterns of behavior I see in the real world,” she says.... View Details
- 25 Aug 2022
- News
Up on the Corner
Owners’ Loan Corporation deemed vast swaths of Baltimore populated by people of color to be “hazardous” and shaded them red on its official maps. Banks refused to offer mortgages and other financial services to residents of these... View Details
- 10 May 2020
- Blog Post
Let’s Hear it For the Moms – The Incredible Balancing Act of Student Mothers
the dorm lounges with a balloon arch, tablecloths over the pool table, flowers, and a sumptuous brunch spread. We played games and there was a huge turnout from our section – both girls and guys. Dominique Lacassie | Class of 2021 Little(s): Elisa (1) Pre-HBS Industry:... View Details
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2024 Reunion Presentations - Alumni
Info As Netflix Film Chairman, Dan Lin (MBA 1999) oversees movie production at the world’s largest streaming service at 270 million subscribers and counting. With a solid grip on financials and a track record of hits like The LEGO Movie ,... View Details
- 20 May 2020
- Blog Post
Jeff Surette and Mike Peters: A Winning Team at TB12
felt drawn to the operator role and specifically wanted to work for a small, entrepreneurial company that aligned with his interests. Peters found that company in TB12 two months after graduation, and six weeks after his first child was born. The Career & View Details
- Profile
Jackie Burgos
was the youngest-ever president of the school’s Latino Professionals in Finance and Accounting club and helped it become one of the school’s most popular and well regarded clubs.” With an appreciation for the value of networking, she... View Details
- 25 May 2020
- Research & Ideas
Has Occupational Licensing Outlived Its Usefulness?
that a professional is licensed does not affect the decision of whom to hire.” It turns out that consumers know very little about occupational licensing requirements for the services they need. In a sense,... View Details
- 04 May 2020
- Blog Post
Crisis Leadership with Nikhil Patel: The Critical Importance of Trust
immediately ahead. “I had to figure out how to set up isolation and quarantine sites for two to three thousand homeless people, sheltered and unsheltered,” he says. “I made epidemiological models to estimate the number of rooms we needed, then helped ensure the... View Details
- 01 Jun 2001
- News
Reunions Offer Job Search, Career Assistance
While HBS reunions are a time to get reacquainted with old friends, they also give graduates a chance to evaluate their professional lives. Inspiring many alumni to take a good look at their careers and think about their goals is Robert... View Details
- 17 Dec 2018
- Blog Post
Thinking of Joining a Board? Christiana Smith Shi (MBA 1986) Shares Her Experience
and enjoying board service on a mix of consumer-related boards. Can you describe your experience joining your first board? I didn't know it at the time, but the way I joined my first board was very typical, which was a referral through a... View Details
- 25 Apr 2016
- Blog Post
Attending HBS to Grow the Family Business
There are so many reasons I’m proud to be involved in Learning Express Toys. For one, our stores do so much for their communities. Aside from providing a great assortment of educational and specialty toys, they also offer services such as... View Details
- 28 Apr 2020
- Blog Post
The Importance of Coordination: Apoorva Pasricha Reflects on Crisis Leadership
partners, “we have an ecosystem for digital equity, twenty-three organizations trained to help schools get connected.” In addition, Pasricha had been working on an AI-powered Chatbot to help San Jose residents access City services in a... View Details
- 07 Aug 2017
- Blog Post
A Summer Internship with the City of Boston
Kiernan Schmitt (MBA 2018) is a 2017 Social Enterprise Summer Fellow working with the City of Boston Department of Innovation and Technology this summer. Imagine if, when it came to delivering city services online, your local government... View Details
- 21 Aug 2019
- Blog Post
Leveraging Academic Opportunities to Attain My Post-HBS Job
needs to scope out a project and get a faculty member on board as a supervisor. My objective for the spring semester was to work on an IP that resembled professional work as preparation for returning to the real world. At the same time, I... View Details
- 01 Mar 2005
- News
Online Job Bank Debuts
bank’s listings include part-time work and temporary consulting assignments suitable for people at any career stage. The job bank plans to reach out to the Fortune 500 and other companies to inform them of its services and to increase its... View Details
- 21 Oct 2010
- News
Hell? Maybe Not.
staff, of course — to secure positions. When I catch up with Veena Ramaswamy (HBS ’11) in the student lounge, she’s between interviews for a position in finance. (Word is that this sector, and professional View Details
- 01 Jun 2019
- News
Case Study: Mind the Gap
The facts of the ever-widening skills gap are increasingly difficult to ignore: As many as 9 million tech jobs sit vacant across the US, Europe, and China, says Przemyslaw Berendt (PLDA 18, 2014). And judging by the $1 trillion spent on IT View Details
- 05 Nov 2020
- Blog Post
12 Weeks of VC Summer: Remote Edition
joined the Zoom call. When the user turned on their video, it was revealed to be a video stream of goats and horses (literally)! Matt Kinsella, Managing Director, had used a service called Goat-2-Meeting in an effort to liven up the video... View Details
- 01 Sep 2003
- News
Alumni Navigator Takes Off
turbocharged features, directory search sports a new name: Alumni Navigator. The power of Alumni Navigator lies in its ability to make connections among alumni based on shared characteristics. For example, search for an individual and get basic personal and View Details