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08 Mar 2022
Blog Post

Recalling My First Cold Call: A Conversation with Second-Year Students

realization that our lived experiences play a huge role in the classroom discussion. In a traditional classroom you are expected to have a specific answer, but that’s not what the professor is looking for here. With the information we are given and the diverse View Details

22 Dec 2020
Blog Post

The Forward Fellowship Convinced Me That I Belong at HBS

Fellowship, but I am now part of a developing community of other recipients who share similar journeys. All in all, my time at HBS has been transformative (one of the truest clichés that you’ll hear about HBS). I wear my background like a... View Details

01 Oct 1999
News

Banking on Success

was almost unheard of back then), worked one summer during college programming both second- and third-generation languages, and took several computer courses at MIT. I haven't been involved to that extent in a long, long time, but this View Details

Keywords: Deborah E. Blagg

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Phillip Jones

year at HBS. “I’m impressed,” he says. “To learn among ninety-four different individuals with a wide range of backgrounds – every day I learn from them in different ways, especially outside the classroom when we meet one-on-one. These... View Details

12 Sep 2023
Blog Post

Harvard Climate Entrepreneurs Circle: Taking Climate Solutions from Idea to Action, Faster

while their core platform continues to serve the nation and globally, with over 10,000 unique visitors a month. What background do Climate Circle founders have? As you can begin to see from the founders I’ve regaled you with, Climate... View Details

15 Jun 2021
News

Zone Defense

“Iron Man suit.” The idea seemed absurd—but not because of the comic-book connotations. Tseng, with a background in mechanical engineering and on-the-ground experience in actual conflict zones such as Afghanistan, where the so-called Iron... View Details

Keywords: April White; drone technology; military; security; entrepreneurship; leadership; Air Transportation; Transportation

29 Aug 2018
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What Should Harley-Davidson’s Management Do?

strong culture and dedicated customer base helped it avoid larger declines. Its customers organized rallies attended by as many as 50,000 Harley owners, whose average age had risen into the 50s and whose backgrounds contradicted the... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Auto

24 Sep 2019
Blog Post

Launching a Career in Clean Energy

international development and microfinance. Today, as cofounder of pathZERO Energy, she’s leading an effort to help businesses transition to cheaper, cleaner, more reliable energy solutions through improved efficiency, better data, and optimized pricing. Here, she... View Details

26 Oct 2023

Life at HBS Chat in Sydney (In Person)

Join for a unique opportunity to hear from HBS alumni regarding their MBA experience. The Harvard Club of Australia will host a hybrid event and feature alumni who will share their backgrounds and talk about how they cultivated their... View Details

09 Dec 2013
Research & Ideas

Cultural Disharmony Undermines Workplace Creativity

study, he asked a group of online participants to list the important people in their social networks, noting their cultural backgrounds and whether they liked each other. Then he asked them to do a word association exercise that compared... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

05 Dec 2023

Life at HBS Chat with the Brazilian-Portuguese Cultural Club

Virtual Life at HBS Chats are a unique opportunity to hear directly from current HBS students regarding their MBA experience. Join a panel of students from the Brazilian-Portuguese Cultural Club (BPCC) who will share their backgrounds and... View Details

25 Jan 2024
News

Alumni Gain Insights on Nigeria’s New Government; Taipei Alumni Host Faculty Guest

Research. Chung says that because Wang is the first HBS professor from Taiwan to receive tenure, his background and experience was of great interest to the crowd. “And it was nice to have this official connection to the School around the... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

08 Nov 2021
Blog Post

4 Ways the MS/MBA is Preparing Me for a Career in Health Care and the Life Sciences

experience. The case method at HBS forces you to be fully present, reactive and able to communicate your opinions in a very clear way. The real beauty of the case method is listening to the opinions of fellow students, who come from such diverse View Details

13 Nov 2017
Blog Post

5 Worries I Had about Applying to HBS

I’d be an outsider, only hanging out with other international students. Not true. There are people here from all over the world, and they are different and unique beyond their background or what they did before their MBA. I found it easy... View Details

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Bryan Stromer

section mates who have a finance background versus those who have worked in the human resources space. This case taught me about the importance of looking at business decisions from a variety of different perspectives. If you could give... View Details

10 Aug 2016
Blog Post

3 Benefits of the Case Method

Through exploring various options, students effectively teach each other the merits and downsides of each course of action. My classmates offered perspectives from an incredible diversity of cultural, functional, and industry backgrounds... View Details

10 Feb 2016
Blog Post

Combining an Interest in Music and Business

had I already spent four months looking for a job, but also most companies that were remotely related to my background were done with recruiting by then. I found myself still unemployed in February (and I realized I was not the only one... View Details

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Software Tools - Research Computing Services

module commands ( module purge , module unload , module load , etc.) in your terminal shell, this changes the environment for that shell and any submitted jobs. For example, for an interactive job: module load matlab/R2020a bsub -q short_int -Is ... matlab -nodisplay... View Details

27 Oct 2020
Research & Ideas

Can Being the ‘Token’ Give Women and Minorities a Competitive Edge?

effective on its own. Focus on situations and processes. Rather than train people to be less racist, companies should look for ways to remove bias from decision-making, he says. A recent study by Chang found that managers hire people with more varied View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost

05 Jun 2019
Blog Post

Exploring the Beauty Industry through an Independent Project

Alessia Vettese is a second-year MBA student with a background in consulting and social impact. Alessia enjoys discovering innovative skincare products and hopes to pursue a career at the intersection of business and beauty. After a... View Details

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