Peers - Publications - Faculty & Research

09 Jan 2020
Blog Post

Navigating Grey in the Ever-Evolving Tech Community

things happen, I always have someone I can talk to. To have a community of peers who face the same challenges, wins, and ups and downs has been one of the most valuable vestiges of my time at HBS. What is something in your current role... View Details

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WesTrek 2025: Exploring the future of tech in Silicon Valley - Recruiting

discussions that stretched well beyond the session. After the talk, students soaked in the California sunshine while enjoying pizza and conversations with peers from Stanford GSB and UC Berkeley Haas. The night wrapped up with students... View Details

15 Feb 2022
News

Charlotte Club Hosts Webinar to Mark 100 Years of the Case Method

analyze, deal with changing assumptions, and defend my views in front of my peers in a graded environment. That’s how students see the case method. Faculty see the case as a source of education, innovation, and change. It’s the heart of... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

Portrait Project

Nana Quagraine

overcame my anger and developed friendships with students of all colors. By doing so, I made some of my peers more willing to interact in a multi-racial community. By becoming the first black female engineering graduate at this... View Details

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Litsa Kapsalis | MBA

biopharmaceutical innovation by focusing on patient needs and building integrated teams, and I’m thrilled to learn from my creative, talented peers on our shared entrepreneurial journey. Tech areas of interest: Biotechnology, Precision... View Details

08 Nov 2016
Blog Post

Alumni: Where Are They Now? Featuring: Phil Strazzulla

product roadmap. How has having an MBA impacted your career? We're a startup most of our future customers have never heard of. HBS gives me credibility when selling to larger companies. While HBS helped shape the way I think about the world, I think the other massive... View Details

Keywords: Technology

Profile

Jennifer DeWhitt

about it." Kickstarter provided the funding, and now the book, Jervis the Best, is available at Amazon. "It was a very vulnerable thing for me," Jennifer acknowledges. "Here, my peers were aspiring CFOs, and I'm there... View Details

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Ruby Tamberino

years later, I was a student at my first-choice university, the pride of my hometown, and I was failing. It took a handful of pills and ten days in a mental-health facility for me to realize that impressing my elders and out-achieving my View Details

28 Mar 2018
Research & Ideas

Sophisticated Investors May Be Harming Fintech Lending Platforms

precisely pin down the safest loans to back. If platforms limit the amount of information available, the playing field is more level and a wider variety of investors have a better shot at choosing cream-of-the-crop loans. Not your parents’ bank View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Banking; Financial Services

05 Mar 2024
Blog Post

IFC India: Our Godrej Site Visit

forest at a nearby Tata Thermal Power Plant. While peering out from a 150 meter-high coal power plant boiler, we saw a large swath of mangroves in the distance. Later, we arrived at the Godrej headquarters, where we were greeted by... View Details

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How to Onboard Recently Graduated MBAs - Recruiting

identified, can be shared with newcomers. Look to the “stars” Learn from the success stories, the star players who are regularly recognized by both their peers and superiors for their performance. What do they do that’s special or... View Details

19 May 2020
News

Exploring the Economics of a Pandemic; Alumni Forums Draw Closer Online

stakeholders. “Forum is a confidential peer support group that helps you sort out your toughest challenges and highest aspirations,” says Robert Halperin (MBA 1982), HBS Alumni Forum president, who co-founded the program in the HBS... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

01 Jun 2016
News

Faculty Q&A: That’s Classic

“For the Romans, being an emperor is all about contradictions, because they’ve got to be wildly ambitious, almost a lunatic, but they also have to...consult their peers and carefully use every segment of Roman society.” What can MBAs... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna

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Krisha Patel | MBA

thrilled to be a part of the Roberts Family Fellow community, and look forward to learning from and alongside peers who are equally committed to solving some of the most pressing problems of our time. Tech areas of interest:... View Details

19 Mar 2019
News

A Quick Study

Shiv Gaglani (AB 2010, MBA 2016) was a medical student, trying to keep up with his gross anatomy coursework, when the realization struck him that there must be a better way to learn the material. Inspired, he and classmate Ryan Haynes developed a tool for themselves... View Details

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Predoctoral Experience | Research Associates

takes to succeed as a doctoral student. Skill Development & Academic Preparation The program equips RAs with advanced quantitative and qualitative research skills, helping them build a strong foundation for PhD programs. Peer seminars,... View Details

01 Sep 2012
News

HBS Is Committed to Increasing Alumni Engagement

from HBS is a determinant of how connected alumni feel. While alumni farther away feel less connected to the School, in locations where there is a smaller group of alumni, there is a stronger sense of community and engagement.Â Preferences for View Details

Keywords: Lisa Skeete Tatum; engagement; Educational Support Services; Educational Services

01 Dec 2019
News

Research Brief: Subject Expert Matters

they arrive at their decisions, and where biases may enter the process,” says Professor Karim Lakhani. The working paper “Do Experts Listen to Other Experts? Field Experimental Evidence from Scientific Peer Review,” by Lakhani and a group... View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Myers

01 Dec 2017
News

Research Brief: Better Brainstorming

team effort, much in the way that a basketball team’s star shooter needs a teammate adept at passing the ball. For managers, that means actively looking for employees open to new and different ideas as part of a diverse staff, and encouraging them to seek out... View Details