Language - Publications - Faculty & Research

06 Aug 2007
Research & Ideas

High Hills, Deep Poverty: Explaining Civil War in Nepal

descent into violence. For Nepal, these factors for study included poverty, social and language diversity, and even geographical conditions. What Iyer and Do found: poverty trumps all, yet in a complex, nuanced way. As Nepal's conflict... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

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Kelly Carson

Bridge had connected more than 50 pairs of language learners. "It took off more than I could have imagined," says Kelly. "It was like creating a business from the ground up, which I had no idea how to do. But I just did... View Details

14 Dec 2016
Blog Post

Career Paths: From Finance to Social Enterprise

packed my bags for a two-year life-changing adventure in Chile. As I sought to learn the language of business and get a sense of what potential career paths could be for me, business school still summoned me. Coming into business school,... View Details

07 May 2020
News

Ensuring Student Equity

they tutor and mentor in ‘normal’ conditions,” Grumhaus explains. The robust, hands-on learning assignments that NCCP delivers each week—two in English language arts, two in math, and one “special” activity —augment the district’s remote... View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie

04 Sep 2019
News

INK: Out of Exile

later, after I developed a real practice, did writing become what it is for me now, which is essential. What’s ahead for you? The way we casually misuse language is something that I want to change. I think the biggest way that people lie... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint

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Vivian Scalfi

participated in exchange programs that took her to Canada and France. "I’ve always been interested in languages –I’ve learned to speak Spanish, French, and English, in addition to the Portuguese – and I want to use these to be in... View Details

Keywords: CPG

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FIELD Global Immersion Resources: India

for: emerging market information, including company info, news and niche industry reports. Strong foreign language news component. Search... View Details

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AI at Work | Working Knowledge

technology helped people reply with more empathy and thoroughness. Algorithms can’t do everything . Large language models are as reliable as the data they’ve been trained on, and success requires iteration. Research suggests they may have... View Details

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Max Seel

by experienced scientists. "My passion is what saved me and got me through." Exploring the business of science Conducting research at GE "opened my eyes about doing research in a business sense," Max says. "I wanted to learn to speak the View Details

01 Mar 2004
News

Maasai Village

spear, giving away pens and paper. Michelle Klepper, the wife of Larry Klepper (MBA ’51), was captivated by a small baby and held and kissed her in front of the child’s mother and grandmother, the international language of baby love... View Details

Keywords: Hospitality

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Nelson Yuan

in finance, combined with a desire to apply the Mandarin language skills he had learned at home, led to his first internship in Hong Kong. “Seeing the growth trajectory in China,” Nelson says, “made me want to study abroad.” After... View Details

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Matthew Mariner

evaluated entrepreneurs, Matthew now wants to be an entrepreneur evaluating opportunities. "My summer internship will be either with a startup — or I'll start something myself." With entrepreneurship in mind, Matthew had learned a few coding View Details

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FIELD Global Immersion Resources: Argentina

style="tab-stops:list 1.0in">Useful for: emerging market information, including company info, news and niche industry reports. Strong foreign View Details

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Yubo Cui

precise as possible by determining demand and building only what was absolutely necessary.” In addition to the language barriers, the two companies faced a clash of cultures. “The Germans took pride in tradition and quality,” Yubo says.... View Details

Keywords: Manufacturing/Energy

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Jeremy Lipstein

later on. By the time you come out of the program, you speak the language of the business world." Regarding the student-body environment, Jeremy says, "HBS has a reputation as a ‘hard' culture, which couldn't be more untrue.... View Details

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Africa: research, news, analysis

reports. Strong foreign language news component. Search tips: At the top of the page under Region/Country, deselect all and reselect your GEO country. Then enter industry or company keywords. Can search in... View Details

01 Jun 1998
News

José Royo

array of academic and administrative online resources. It has changed the way students, faculty, staff, and alumni communicate. The project also changed Royo's career aspirations. While working at the Business School, Royo, who is fluent in Japanese, completed his... View Details

Keywords: Eileen McCluskey; photograph by Webb Chappell

24 Feb 2011
News

Show Time

be represented at the gala. One of this year’s nominees for Best Picture, Winter’s Bone, and Biutiful, nominated for Best Foreign Language Film, are both distributed by Roadside Attractions, cofounded by Eric D’Arbeloff (MBA ’93). A... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons

20 Nov 2007
First Look

First Look: November 20, 2007

design-driven innovation is pushed by a firm's vision about possible new product meanings and languages that could diffuse in society. Design-driven innovation, that plays such a crucial role in the innovation strategy of design-intensive... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

01 Apr 2002
News

Q&A - Mark Fields

no word for “privacy” in Japanese. Indeed, the language is often opaque, even for those who are fluent, but at the same time it’s very precise when it comes to technical and logistical details. Hierarchy and equality coexist. It’s... View Details

Keywords: auto; Mazda; Ford; Mark Fields; Machinery Manufacturing; Manufacturing

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