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  • 13 May 2015
  • Blog Post

Former Engineer Gives Consulting a Test Drive

direction of companies facing critical issues in the case method. This motivated me to aim for a consulting internship. I chose to work in a frontier market, as the stage of development of businesses there gave me a good chance of being involved in game changing View Details
  • 05 Apr 2016
  • Blog Post

Summer Internships in the JD/MBA Program

applied in almost any business scenario.  Throughout the four years in the program, you have the opportunity to pursue three different summer internships and explore various business and law opportunities. While the schools provide advice and counseling, they leave the... View Details
  • Profile

Danny Cho

Why was earning your MBA at HBS important to you? Three years ago, I made the difficult decision to leave the US Army and enter the private sector. An MBA was a natural next step because I needed the business skills and credibility, but... View Details
Keywords: Nonprofit / Government
  • 27 Feb 2013
  • Research & Ideas

Sidetracked: Why Can’t We Stick to the Plan?

decisions that we expect we will make based on our finely developed plans are often different from how we actually behave. We get sidetracked. We set a new career path, we choose a diet to follow, we make... View Details
Keywords: Re: Francesca Gino
  • 22 Nov 2016
  • Blog Post

Memoirs of an International First Year Student

As an Indian national who was working in the Middle East in the petroleum industry, my decision to apply for an MBA was fueled (pun intended) by two reasons. One was the obvious need to get a business perspective after staying in the... View Details
  • Profile

Jamira Cotton

about my plans until I took a trek to Silicon Valley with professors and students from across the university in January. It only lasted a week, but spending time with so many amazing entrepreneurs, investors, and start-up enthusiasts was the inspiration I needed to... View Details
Keywords: Consulting; Entrepreneurship
  • 13 Apr 2023
  • News

Don’t Believe What You Hear: The MBA Is More Relevant Than Ever

  • 31 Jan 2019
  • News

The Second Year of SIPs

  • 04 Sep 2001
  • Research & Ideas

Five Questions for Max Bazerman

Max Bazerman, co-author of "You Can't Enlarge the Pie," discussed the flaws in government decision making in an email interview with HBS Working Knowledge Editor Sean Silverthorne. Bazerman is Jesse Isidor Straus Professor of... View Details
Keywords: Re: Max H. Bazerman
  • April 1996 (Revised June 1996)
  • Case

Dave Armstrong (A)

A second-year Harvard MBA student considers the pros and cons of three job offers. He identifies several concerns and evaluates each job in terms of how well they meet these concerns. He assesses probabilities for whether the jobs will be successful for him. View Details
Keywords: Personal Development and Career; Decision Making
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  • Profile

Patrick Connolly

Why was earning your MBA at HBS important to you? In my life before business school, I was a concert pianist and music theorist-disciplines that require truly deep, vertical expertise. My decision to attend HBS was consciously designed to... View Details
Keywords: Investment Banking; Venture Capital / Private Equity; Financial Services; Other Financial Services
  • 08 Jan 2024
  • News

Do You Need An MBA To Be An Entrepreneur? It Depends

  • 03 Jun 2022
  • News

Advice to Incoming Students: MBA Class of 2022 Looks Back

  • Profile

Ann Chao

fulfilling career. It was not easy to change direction, especially from a traditional business path like consulting to a very nontraditional path like entertainment/media. But the many career panels, career... View Details
Keywords: Entertainment / Media
  • November 27, 2023
  • Article

How James Mwangi Worked to Democratize Banking Across Africa

By: Ranjay Gulati
Keywords: Personal Development and Career; Moral Sensibility; Decisions; Financial Services Industry
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  • 01 Nov 2012
  • Research & Ideas

Book Excerpt: Judgment Calls

Editor's note. Organizations are living, growing, learning things, but this depth of experience and knowledge can be difficult to tap into. The secret, according to the authors of Judgment Calls: Twelve Stories of Big Decisions and the... View Details
Keywords: by Thomas H. Davenport & Brook Manville; Consumer Products
  • 08 Aug 2016
  • Blog Post

CS50 for MBAs: Coding at HBS

knowledge I had was some basic HTML/CSS knowledge from keeping a Xanga blog in high school (how's that for a throwback?). One of my stated goals for business school was to transition to a company and career path that was mission-driven.... View Details
  • September 1996
  • Case

Craig Parks (B)

By: David A. Thomas and Lisa J. Chadderdon
Supplements the (A) case. View Details
Keywords: Personal Development and Career; Decision Making; Decision Choices and Conditions; Moral Sensibility
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  • 26 Oct 2016
  • Blog Post

From Product Development to Business School

impressions in nearly every decision I make both personally and professionally. This summer I joined Target as a Buyer to try out merchandising and retailing, hopping over to the other side of the table from where I was at Clorox (where I... View Details
  • 24 Jul 2019
  • Lessons from the Classroom

Can These Business Students Motivate Londoners to Do the Right Thing?

millions of extra pounds in tax revenue collected. "I’ve seen behavioral economics come into play in a variety of contexts, ranging from employee compensation and investment decisions to corporate strategy." The letter is an... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman