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Nitin Nohria

Nitin Nohria served as the tenth dean of Harvard Business School from 2010-2020. He previously served as co-chair of the Leadership Initiative, Senior Associate Dean of Faculty Development, and Head of the Organizational Behavior unit.

As Dean, building on... View Details

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Kendall Borges

Kendall Borges (HGSE ’16) is the Director of Alumni and Student Programming in Career & Professional Development at Harvard Business School. In her role, she leads high-impact programming to support both View Details

Keywords: Health Care

24 Nov 2021
Blog Post

What Are You Grateful For?

For many in the U.S., Thanksgiving marks the beginning of the holiday season and is a day to gather with family, friends, and loved ones. In that spirit of gratitude and thanks, we reached out to our Admissions student ambassadors and... View Details

12 Sep 2018
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Optimizing the Coaching Experience for Midcareer Professionals

Most HBS students are aware of the complementary coaching opportunities available through Career & Professional Development (CPD). Yet many of them, and their alumni colleagues, may not know that coaching remains available to them... View Details

Building foundations for leaders' development through the personalization of management learning.

Many MBA and executive education courses claim to "transform" managers into leaders. This study focuses on what it takes for management education to deliver on that promise and truly foster the transformational learning that enables leadership... View Details

June 2023
Teaching Note

From Cradle to Heaven: Taikang Insurance Group

By: William C. Kirby and Noah B. Truwit

Teaching Note for HBS Case No. 320-088. The case explores the rise of Taikang Insurance Group and its quest to be a leader of one of China's fastest-growing industries. Due to China's underdeveloped social welfare state, Taikang saw an opportunity for the private... View Details

Keywords: Health Care and Treatment; Government and Politics; Health Industry; China

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15 Sep 2020
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One Month into the New MS/MBA Biotech

We were so delighted at the level of engagement from the students. It was a great start to the program and provided wonderful momentum for the students as they enter their RC year. The program seeks a diverse group of outstanding View Details

05 Oct 2021
Blog Post

First-Gen Voices: Eric Westphal on Tapping into the Global Alumni Network & Making a Difference Across Borders

During the pandemic and the disruption in business worldwide, the HBS Career & Professional Development team made an appeal to alumni and recruiting partners that resulted in nearly 1,000 new full-time and internship opportunities for View Details

30 May 2016
Blog Post

Meet the HBS Sound Society

Student clubs are a vibrant part of student life at HBS. With more than 70 different options to choose from, there’s something for everyone. Except, sometimes, there’s not.... View Details

04 Feb 2016
Blog Post

Meet the HBS Tech Club

At HBS, the Tech Club aims to educate the community on the latest technology trends and skills, to facilitate recruiting opportunities, and to foster social and professional networking within HBS, greater Harvard, and the Boston area. The club now has over 500 members,... View Details

Richard G. Hamermesh

Richard Hamermesh was the MBA Class of 1961 Professor of Management Practice at the Harvard Business School. While at HBS Richard served as co-chair of the HBS Healthcare... View Details

Keywords: health care

Reza R. Satchu

Reza Satchu is a Senior Lecturer in... View Details

15 May 2019
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Instagram Takeover - Arts Society Trek in NYC

co-president of the Arts Society, Graciela Arango, takes us to New York City for the Annual Arts Trek. Graciela Arango is a first-year (RC) student originally from Panama City, Panama and received her undergraduate degree in Science and... View Details

November 2016
Case

QuintilesIMS: Biosimilar Marketing in England

By: John A. Quelch and Emily C. Boudreau

QuintilesIMS was a leading healthcare consulting firm best known for its data and information offerings as well as its market research and management consulting services for life science companies. By 2015, the company was expanding beyond the biopharmaceutical... View Details

Keywords: Health; Pharmaceutical Industry; Biotech; Marketing; Health Care and Treatment; Biotechnology Industry; England

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15 Jul 2020
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From Teacher to Student: The Important Ways HBS Professors Showed Me How to Lead

student for most of my life. I felt like I was getting a special glimpse into what happens behind the curtain before the teacher takes the stage. When it finally came time to start at HBS, I felt like I had an advantage – some secret... View Details

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Shahaan (Haan) Razak

student in education, medicine, and business). He is also confident in discussing life transitions and family planning as he has navigated his non-traditional path as a husband and father of three. If you... View Details

30 Jun 2023
Blog Post

Finding Pride

notices around campus, discreetly inviting fellow gay and lesbian students to connect via an untraceable off-campus phone number. Those founding members launched what would become a decades-long tradition—a community within the community.... View Details

24 Feb 2023
Blog Post

My Classroom Experience During Harvard Business School’s Summer Venture in Management Program

discussion groups; and trading stories of life experiences and sidesplitting tales of professional gaffes in the HBS courtyard. Whatever awaited me at Harvard Business School, I thought, would be unforgettable. The SVMP Class of 2022 met... View Details

21 Feb 2019
Blog Post

Machine Learning and Behavioral Economics

technology is launched externally for small businesses. After a corporate-wide restructuring, Bracaglia moved to Alphabet’s life science firm, Verily, where he worked on Liftware, a counterweighted spoon that maintains stability – a... View Details

01 Feb 2016
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What is the HBS Latin America Club?

Last October, around 100 HBS Latin American students, together with our families, celebrated the beginning of a new semester with a weekend retreat in Cape Cod. At this annual celebration we welcomed the first year students to the LatAm... View Details

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