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- 22 Mar 2024
- Blog Post
Driving Impact in Emerging Markets with HBS Alum Nneka Chime (MBA 2015)
mission-driven investment firm focused on underserved markets, her work has spanned industries, geographies, and functions, bringing her challenge and fulfillment while opening doors to new opportunities. Seeking out a challenge Born in... View Details
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Wilder House | About
House is also home to the Global Experience Office, which administers the global immersion portion of the required first-year Field Immersion Experiences for Leadership Development (FIELD) course, where students travel abroad to View Details
- 08 Sep 2015
- Research & Ideas
Knowledge Transfer: You Can't Learn Surgery By Watching
are you won’t ever learn how to pull off a triple bypass. And yet, in business, companies routinely expect employees to pick up new job knowledge through vicarious learning—through reading descriptions of tasks in knowledge-management databases or by observing... View Details
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Ahmed Alimi
few months ago I started working on a new business—very different from what I expected when I arrived." In January, Ahmed participated in the Start-Up Bootcamp with three other classmates who View Details
- 10 Jun 2019
- Blog Post
What I Did Differently Before Reapplying to HBS
myself for the worst, I read out the first few words of the letter. "Dear Arman, The answer is YES!" I will never forget this moment. I was sitting in my living room and was overwhelmed with an immense sense of relief and excitement. I decided to View Details
- 30 May 2023
- News
Finding PRIDE
and there. I couldn’t believe that 30 years before, I was a fearful participant in the business world, plagued by the thought of being outed. But on that day, I was marching in the parade as an openly gay person, with people screaming enthusiastically at us View Details
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Commercialization of the Polarizer - Edwin H. Land & Polaroid | Harvard Business School
for the next generation.” Edwin Land, "Research by the Business Itself," 1944 15 In 1935, Edwin Land received the Hood Medal from the Royal Photographic Society, and in 1938, the Elliot Cresson Medal from... View Details
- 10 Oct 2012
- Research & Ideas
Taking Advantage of Life’s (Few and Far Between) Inflection Points
grasp those few "inflection points" that present themselves to change our lives—if we recognize the opportunity. Howard Stevenson is the Sarofim-Rock Professor of Business Administration. Slingshot Round the Moon From Howard's Gift:... View Details
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- 19 Oct 2011
- Research & Ideas
Designing Cities for a Sustainable Future
On a June day in Manhattan with temperatures heading into the 90s, a straphanger named Mike is taking his customary subway ride to work. People are grumbling about the heat, but hey, it's summer, it's supposed to be hot, and besides, "Whaddya gonna do?" New Yorkers... View Details
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US Business Immigration Overview - Alumni
20,000 for advanced degree holders from US universities Other Information Although there is an annual quota on H-1Bs, someone who held H-1B status within the last 6 years is cap exempt. Dependents of H-1B visa holders, classified as H-4,... View Details
- 26 Mar 2018
- Research & Ideas
To Motivate Employees, Give an Unexpected Bonus (or Penalty)
we try and find other reasons to explain it,” Gallani says. Which rewards motivate workers? In a new working paper written with doctoral student Wei Cai, Subjectivity in Tournaments: Implicit Rewards and Penalties in Subsequent... View Details
- 27 Mar 2018
- First Look
First Look at New Research, March 27, 2018
men from the Panel Survey of Income Dynamics (PSID), the model accurately fits entry patterns into self-employment by age. The option value of returning to paid work is found to constitute a substantial... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 20 Aug 2024
- Blog Post
Chasing a Dream: My Summer Internship at Chelsea Football Club
Johann Farhat (MBA 2025) holds a Civil Engineering degree from the American University of Beirut. After graduating, he spent three years in management consulting at Strategy& in Dubai before moving to Madrid to View Details
- 01 Oct 2002
- News
Michael F. Cronin
Women & Enterprise. Cronin also funds four HBS fellowships. “Helping deserving people help themselves is as exciting as working on a deal,” he says. And for Cronin, that's fundamental. — Garry Emmons (send e-mail to the author) DISTINCT... View Details
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Magashe Ngoepe
period gives us time to be home with more space to enjoy our new life together. Additionally, entrepreneurs are always taking risks. HBS has inspired me to be bold and make decisions knowing that I will always have the security of an MBA... View Details
- 20 Mar 2018
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, March 20, 2018
March 2018 Review of Economics and Statistics Scraped Data and Sticky Prices By: Cavallo, Alberto Abstract—I use daily prices collected from online retailers in five countries to study the impact of measurement bias on three common price... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 15 Sep 2009
- First Look
First Look: September 15
Working PapersThe CHAT Dataset Authors:Diego A. Comin and Bart Hobijn NBER Working Paper Series, No. 15319, September 2009 Abstract This note accompanies the Cross-country Historical Adoption of Technology... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 15 Dec 2003
- Research & Ideas
The New Global Business Manager
now we see new competitors come from smaller countries that, because their home markets are too small to support them, are moving immediately onto the global stage. We also see whole industries that are... View Details
Keywords: by Cynthia Churchwell
- 23 Oct 2007
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First Look: October 23, 2007
Working PapersFacts and Fallacies about U.S. FDI in China Authors:Lee Branstetter and C. Fritz Foley Abstract Despite the rapid expansion of U.S.-China trade ties, the increase in U.S. FDI in China, and the expanding amount of economic... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 06 Sep 2022
- Blog Post
To Go-Go: A Foodtech Startup Serves Up Scale in Latin America
it has been easy. While the pandemic boosted demand for home delivery, it also forced the fledgling startup to navigate a business environment that was suddenly characterized by fear and uncertainty. And unlike traditional restaurants,... View Details