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Frequently Asked Questions - MBA

internship, extracurricular activities are all good places to begin. Try to avoid asking someone who only knows you in a classroom setting – you want recommendations from people who can speak to your skills in a real-world environment. Do we have View Details

24 Oct 2023
Research & Ideas

When Tech Platforms Identify Black-Owned Businesses, White Customers Buy

businesses,” the study says. White people are supporting Black businesses To determine the source of the demand for Black-owned restaurants on Yelp, the team studied data from sources including: The US Census Bureau’s American Community Survey. The Massachusetts... View Details

Keywords: by Jay Fitzgerald; Food & Beverage

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1.4.3 Required Curriculum (RC) - MBA

Curriculum (RC) 1.4.4 Elective Curriculum (EC) 1.4.5 Required Summer Work Experience & Internship Courses 1.5 Attendance 1.6 Degree Requirements 1.7 Grading 1.8 Academic Honors 1.9 Course Registration 1.10 Cross-Registration 1.11 Leaves... View Details

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Faculty & Research - Health Care

News These Are the Most Common Habits That Prevent You From Achieving Happiness, Arthur Brooks Says Re: Arthur Brooks 01 Nov 2024 | Today When Politics Disrupts Our Happiness Re: Arthur Brooks 23 Oct 2024 | Trey Gowdy National Academy of Medicine View Details

31 May 2011
First Look

First Look: May 31

PublicationsDo Voters Demand Responsive Governments? Evidence from Indian Disaster Relief Authors:Shawn Cole, Andrew Healy, and Eric Werker Publication:Journal of Development Economics (forthcoming) Abstract Using rainfall, public relief, and View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

Strict ID Laws Don't Stop Voters: Evidence form a U.S. Nationwide Panel, 2008-2018

U.S. states increasingly require identification to vote—an ostensible attempt to deter fraud that prompts complaints of selective disenfranchisement. Using a difference-in-differences design on a panel data set with 1.6 billion observations, 2008–2018, we find that... View Details

30 Sep 2019
Book

6 Steps to Building a Better Workplace for Black Employees

When Barack Obama was elected president in 2008, some saw it as proof that the color of one’s skin could no longer hold people back from achieving important leadership roles in the United States. Not true, says Harvard Business School... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

March 2018 (Revised June 2018)
Case

City Year at 30: Toward Long-Term Impact

By: Rosabeth Moss Kanter and James Weber

In 2018, City Year was a 30-year-old nonprofit that recruited and organized teams of young-adult “volunteers” (corps teams) to provide a year of citizen service. It had 3,100 corps members serving in 327 schools located in 28 U.S. cities. In its early decades, City... View Details

Keywords: Education; Service Operations; Nonprofit Organizations; Growth and Development Strategy; Performance Efficiency; Resource Allocation; Change Management; Social Entrepreneurship; Middle School Education; Secondary Education; Philanthropy and Charitable Giving; Human Capital; Growth Management; Service Delivery; Organizational Design; Social Enterprise; Poverty; United States

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General Inquiries - MBA

to admissions@hbs.edu . Verification of Attendance Information on verifying student or alumni attendance and degree earned in the MBA Program at Harvard Business School. MBA Key Dates and Calendar Information on term start and end dates, exam dates, Harvard Business... View Details

Portrait Project

Alan Xie

invisibility — huddled masses yearning to speak, unwilling inheritors of the legacy of 1882. Ten years ago, I was elected to represent one of the largest and most diverse school districts in America. When I placed my right hand on the... View Details

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1.13 Satisfactory Academic Progress - MBA

(but not exclusively) on students' basic abilities and mastery of core concepts presented in RC courses. This mastery is required as a foundation for satisfactory completion of the elective curriculum (EC) year and for performance as a... View Details

September 2022
Case

Deciding When to Engage on Societal Issues

By: Hubert Joly and Amram Migdal

This case provides brief descriptions of 18 examples of corporate leaders confronting questions of whether and how to engage with societal issues, including social, political, and environmental issues. Social issues include COVID-19; social and racial justice;... View Details

Keywords: Political Issues; Social Justice; Racial Justice; Environmental Issues; Social Issues; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Values and Beliefs

March 2022 (Revised April 2023)
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Pittsburgh: A Successful City?

By: Karen Mills, Caroline Elkins, Vikram Gandhi, Gabriella Elanbeck and Zeke Gillman

Pittsburgh, PA, was once the crown jewel of American heavy industry. During the 19th and 20th centuries, the city was an undisputed leader in steel production, boasting some of the largest companies and wealthiest individuals in the world. Its abundance of... View Details

Keywords: Economic And Social Disparities; Economic Development; Local Economic Development; Contextual Intelligence; Contextual Knowledge; Context; City Growth; City Innovation; City Leadership; Pittsburgh; Local Government; Local Stakeholders; Business And Community; Business And Community Relations; Community Engagement; Community Relations; Cross-sector Collaboration; Innovation; Innovation Economy; Innovation Clusters; Innovation Ecosystems; Shared Prosperity; Equality Of Opportunity; Equity; Inclusion; Business And Government; Business ＆ Government Relations; Business And Government Relations; Business And Society; Neighborhoods; Race And Ethnicity; Innovation ＆ Entrepreneurship; Diversity; Ethnicity; Race; Household; Income; Economic Growth; Economic Sectors; Economics; Local Range; Urban Development; Urban Scope; City; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Government and Politics; Government Administration; Growth and Development; History; Leadership; Goals and Objectives; Philanthropy and Charitable Giving; Society; Civil Society or Community; Culture; Human Needs; Public Opinion; Public Sector; Social Issues; Poverty; Equality and Inequality; Manufacturing Industry; Steel Industry; Education Industry; Medical Devices and Supplies Industry; Technology Industry; United States; Pittsburgh; Pennsylvania