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- 29 May 2017
- Blog Post
The Diverse Community at HBS
classmates with backgrounds in less common fields like teaching, retail, technology, defense, music, family businesses, and even space. View Video I really appreciated the importance of this kind of diversity in the classroom since different View Details
- 01 Mar 2010
- News
The Meaning of Ramadi
given, a day that so many of my dead comrades would love to have?” As an infantry officer, when every decision involves life and death, you develop greater patience with small inconveniences, an understanding of what really matters, and View Details
- 01 Oct 2002
- News
Ann M. Fudge
months later she left Kraft with the intent of taking a position at another company after a short sabbatical. During that time, she explored numerous countries, including Morocco, Thailand, and Bali, with her husband of thirty years,... View Details
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Kayode Ogunro
all about one question: What does it mean to be a manager or leader?" Kayode reflects. "It's like a basic training that helps you find the blind spots. I came in as a number-cruncher and needed to look more toward leadership. The Required Curriculum opens up... View Details
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Jason Sanders
encouraged by the Dean of Medicine at Oxford. "We looked at the intersection of medicine and literature in books by people like Roddy Doyle, Robert Coles, and Rita Sharon," Jason says. "It's not just a matter of art. Taking... View Details
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Entrepreneurial Finance - Course Catalog
does deal with companies in similar stages of growth as EF, it does so from the perspective of a VC partner, while also exploring VC fund portfolio management and the General Partner - Limited Partner relationship. Students who View Details
- 24 Jul 2019
- Blog Post
Growing the Seeds of an Early-Stage Startup
under-invest in recruiting diligence. I was enthralled by the opportunity for many reasons. For one, I wanted to be in a startup with fewer than 10 people so that I could witness first-hand what it takes to build a company from scratch –... View Details
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Kim Chen
are constantly being written to reflect new complexities of working in a global business context. Studying these make me more excited than ever to take on this evolving environment firsthand. I look forward to the constant challenge of... View Details
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Laura Arjona
"Being in classes for nearly two years now," Laura says, "I'm amazed by how many different views and perspectives people have. The thing is, even when people come from different backgrounds and have completely different... View Details
- 16 Sep 2013
- News
Canada’s Native Son
by Maureen Harmon Blaine Favel Blaine Favel (MBA 2001) grew up on Cree Indian reservation. His father was a chief, as was his grandfather before him. "It was a true democracy back then," says Favel, when a chief served at the will of the people. Favel recalls his... View Details
- 23 Dec 2014
- First Look
First Look: December 23
of Experimental Psychology: General Anxious and Egocentric: How Specific Emotions Influence Perspective Taking By: Todd, Andrew R., Matthias Forstmann, Pascal Burgmer, Alison Wood Brooks, and Adam D.... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 24 May 2023
- News
Balancing Acts
Kewalramani: My tips for harmony: Do things every day that make your heart sing. Take random Wednesdays off. I go to Target, I go to the bank, I go to get my nails done. And it is super fun. Random Wednesdays are key. DM: The answers—from... View Details
- 01 Dec 2008
- News
Business at the Summit
calculation also comes into play. Ferguson faulted widely used mathematical risk models for failure to build in historical data reaching back more than five years. “The problem with only five years of data is precisely that it will lead you to miss the next big... View Details
- 25 Aug 2015
- First Look
First Look Tuesday
stability. In light of this goal, reforms should reduce the ex-ante incentives for MMFs to take excessive risk and increase the ex post resilience of MMFs to system-wide runs. Our analysis suggests that requiring MMFs to have subordinated... View Details
- Blog
What's the Right Fit for You–An In-Person or Virtual Program?
took place on campus, AMP was presented virtually due to the pandemic. Below, he shares his perspective on each type of program. CAN YOU TELL US A LITTLE ABOUT YOUR BACKGROUND AND ROLE AT MITSUBISHI? I have 30 years of business... View Details
- 01 Dec 2008
- News
No Easy Fix for the Financial Crisis
something that will take years.” Home Ownership: Back to Basics HBS lecturer Nicolas Retsinas, who before arriving at Harvard served as assistant secretary for housing in the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, offered a... View Details
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Alex Roth
much more powerful understanding of what the protagonist should do." It also gave him a many-layered perspective on the meaning of business. "The Harvard name opened a lot of doors in India," says Alex. "But we didn't... View Details
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Beau D'Arcy
yourself in the other person's shoes. Every case study that we read forced us to think about difficult business situations from the perspective of protagonists such as CEOs, engineers, accountants, and even celebrities or athletes. Before... View Details
- 01 Jun 2014
- News
What’s Next
evolving into the future? Chris Cobb (MBA 1992), Miami, Florida Nitin Nohria: Many of us have a perspective that HBS exists—as you say, philosophically and physically—in splendid isolation from the rest of Harvard, with the river forming... View Details
- 29 May 2001
- Research & Ideas
Good News, Not Blues, For the Inner City
but out of self interest," Porter told the group. "Economic development in inner cities must be approached from a competitiveness perspective and be based on business opportunities in the inner city that are genuinely... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace