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Kate Shepherd

Kate (Middlebury ’96) is a former investment management professional and real estate investor. She enjoys working with HBS students who are exploring careers in investment management or other areas of finance. Kate transitioned from industry to View Details

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Merit-Based Admissions, Need-Based Aid | MBA

Socioeconomic background Undergraduate debt Scholarships are based on a standardized formula for all students. Students with higher earnings contribute at a higher rate than students with lower earnings. If... View Details

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From the Chief Financial Officer | Annual Report 2024

programs, and growth initiatives, as well as increased operating costs related to the higher inflationary environment. HBS has long prided itself on prudent financial management, allowing us to fulfill our mission and seize growth... View Details

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HBS - Financials | From the Chief Financial Officer

in the prior year, primarily reflecting higher customer acquisition costs amid increased competition in the educational technology market. Total enrollment grew to 40,667 participants, 5 percent View Details

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The Gift - A Concrete Symbol: The Building of Harvard Business School 1908-1927 – Baker Library | Bloomberg Center, Historical Collections

HBS Quick Links HBS Home MBA Executive Education Doctoral Programs Faculty and Research Alumni Publishing Site Index HBS Home Contact Us Map/Directions A Concrete Symbol The Exhibition Introduction Educating... View Details

September 2009
Case

Peter Schultz at The Scripps Research Institute

By: H. Kent Bowen, Alison Berkley Wagonfeld and Courtney Purrington

Peter Schultz, Professor of Chemistry at The Scripps Research Institute, managed an extremely productive lab. This case examines how Schultz recruited, motivated and inspired the students and scientists that worked with him. View Details

Keywords: Higher Education; Factories, Labs, and Plants; Research and Development; Recruitment; Selection and Staffing; Management Style; Motivation and Incentives; Leadership Style

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01 Sep 2011
News

HBS Moves Ahead with Curriculum Innovations

Dean Nohria: “Business education itself has been challenged to raise its game.” Video Update from the Dean Watch Dean Nohria's address to alumni at HBS 2011 Fall Reunions. The first year of Dean Nitin Nohria’s tenure was marked by shaping... View Details

Keywords: Educational Services; Educational Services

01 Apr 2002
News

Stocking Up Can Build Customer Value

customer's expected value of a transaction - the difference between the price the customer is willing to pay and the store's price (the magnitude of the perceived "bargain"), multiplied by the likelihood the customer will find the item in stock. The View Details

Keywords: Educational Services; Educational Services

27 Jun 2017
News

Suzanne J. Battit (MBA 1992)

higher education admissions, and a classmate encouraged her to explore fundraising. The rest is history. She is currently vice president of external affairs and advancement at The Greater Boston Food Bank,... View Details

26 Jun 2000
Research & Ideas

A New Ecosystem for Business and Society

survived." Dean Clark continued this theme by discussing issues that businesses, society and higher education need to recognize and confront. For business, he said, the Internet has brought about the... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

Matthew Reardon

investors, innovative companies at all stages of growth, and higher education institutions. Matt has extensive experience in early and late stage venture financings, growth equity and leveraged... View Details

Keywords: Legal

01 Dec 2009
News

When More Is Better

books. Some of you are incredible adventurers. Others concentrate on humanitarian and philanthropic endeavors. Apart from my personal reading pleasure, there’s a higher purpose at work. My colleagues here at the Bulletin and I are... View Details

Keywords: meta

01 Sep 2020
News

Comeback Trail

during economic recovery—and three pieces of advice for today’s leaders Wide Angle Professor Debora Spar on Roosevelt’s reforms—and how the pandemic might impact globalization and the future of higher View Details

10 Mar 2015
News

Women in Tech: Breaking the Digital Ceiling

gamer, the coder, the hacker—all stereotypically male. Recent statistics give some truth to that image. In 2014, Google reported that 7 out of every 10 of its then 48,600 employees were men. The number was even higher among its engineers... View Details

Keywords: April White

01 Sep 2017
News

The Shape of Things to Come

different situations. Felix Oberholzer-Gee: It’s true for almost everyone that [the MBA experience] sets their sights higher in some form. They come in and think, “Oh, I’m going to be a successful executive of some sort,” but as they... View Details

Keywords: HBX; CORe; Educational Services; Educational Services

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2016 Symposium - Race, Gender & Equity

(co-authored with Mrinal Sinha, UT Press, 2016). Dr. Hurtado has received the Women of Color Psychologies Award, the American Educational Research Association's SAGE Award for distinguished contributions to gender equity in View Details

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Brett Laffel

Why was getting a business education important to you? Obtaining a business education was important to me because my past work experience involved learning a very narrow and specific skill set and I wanted... View Details

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Frequently Asked Questions | Employment

When should I be prepared to speak about compensation ? Do I need to have prior experience in Higher Education to be considered for a position? What should I do if I'm having technical difficulties... View Details

23 Mar 2011
Research & Ideas

China’s 60-Year Road from Revolution to World Power

strategy and detail, much of Communist China's first Five-Year Plan had been on Nationalist China's drawing boards. “In the first half of the twentieth century, China developed one of the more dynamic systems of higher View Details

Keywords: by William C. Kirby

01 Jun 2002
News

Profile: The Invisible Hand - Robert Massie and God's Green Earth

feet at all may rank among his greatest achievements. The simple acts of standing and walking represent triumph for Massie, as does the fact that he is even alive today. Fittingly, his life's work is all about “standing up,” as he forcefully advocates for View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; management; ethics

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