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- 01 Mar 2023
- News
Step Change
government-backed fund that saw one of the country’s first exits in 2011—an ISP called Link.net. That was one of an accumulation of tipping points, notes Ismail. “In 2012, 2013, we started getting the first... View Details
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Sexual Harassment - Race, Gender & Equity
white women to have recently experienced harassment, even when controlling for sector, industry, size of company, age, and marital/partner status. “I was repeatedly the subject of sexual overtures when I first graduated from HBS. From the... View Details
- 04 Jul 2005
- What Do You Think?
How Can Business Schools Be Made More Relevant?
solution to bringing practical focus into the curriculum is "a year-long on-the-job exposure" for students after the first year of the MBA curriculum as well as "mandatory association with industry projects." "One... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 17 Jan 2023
- Blog Post
Upcoming Interview? No Problem—Just Connect the Dots
can’t make that clear in an interview—ideally in the first few minutes—then you’ve missed a golden opportunity to get hired. The answer to the “why you?” q uestion certainly depends on the role. Acknowledging the nuances that exist across... View Details
- 30 Mar 2020
- Research & Ideas
The New Rules for Remote Work: Pandemic Edition
leaders should send this message: We get it—this isn’t easy. Take care of yourself and your families first. And since employees are concerned about the global health and economic conditions affecting their job security, employers should... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 07 May 2007
- Research & Ideas
Rediscovering Schumpeter: The Power of Capitalism
research and thoughts on Schumpeter's legacy in this e-mail interview. Sean Silverthorne: What attracted you to research and write about Schumpeter? And why the title Prophet of Innovation? Thomas McCraw: I first encountered Schumpeter... View Details
- 12 Nov 2018
- Blog Post
Student Portraits - Armed Forces Alumni Association
intention of commissioning. I just wanted to do something challenging and different from the normal path. After my first year, I realized that every single cadet I admired and respected at the school had intentions to serve. I took a hard... View Details
- 30 Jun 2003
- Research & Ideas
Are You Supporting Your B Players?
get a job at Southwest Airlines than it is to be accepted to the Harvard Business School," he quipped. And C&S Wholesalers, based in Brattleboro, VT, grew from a $40 million company in 1980 to a $14 billion business today.... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 06 Feb 2023
- Blog Post
African American Student Union Spotlight on HBCUs
MBA, and why? I attended the Summer Venture in Management Program at HBS in the summer of 2017, which was where I first experienced what it could be like to be a student at HBS. I applied to HBS through the 2+2 program in my senior year... View Details
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Artful Leadership | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School
Artful Leadership When she arrived at HBS, Meredith “Max” Hodges (MBA 2010) already knew that she wanted to be the director of a nonprofit cultural organization. “I think that was the first line of my application essay,” she says, adding,... View Details
- 01 Mar 2021
- What Do You Think?
What Does Remote Work Mean for Middle Managers?
the faster, smoother, more responsive, cross-functional process design that characterized Michael Hammer’s and James Champy’s pathbreaking work in the early 1990s. However, one could also make the argument that middle managers have the most complex View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 13 Jun 2011
- HBS Case
Mobile Banking for the Unbanked
of the population lives in rural areas, but the majority of bank branches and jobs are in the cities. To send money home, a city worker had to seal his wages in an envelope and pay a courier to travel for hours to the village.... View Details
- 18 Aug 2008
- Research & Ideas
How Disruptive Innovation Changes Education
theory of disruptive innovation, often applied to a variety of other industries, such as technology and health care. Christensen's theory was first explored in his two New York Times bestsellers, The Innovator's Dilemma (1997) and The... View Details
- 04 Dec 2023
- Blog Post
My Summer of Joy with the National Parks Service
yet. The first two months of RC (first) year were a blur. I had never really thought about my career so holistically before—I studied biomedical engineering as an undergrad, and immediately became a biomedical engineer. The resources at... View Details
- 01 Oct 1997
- News
Graduate's Gift Honors HBS Friend
25th Reunion last year, it was obvious that there were a number of very successful people among us." George von Peterffy, who taught Planning in the Business Environment, the course in which Anderson and de Rothschild first met,... View Details
Keywords: Nancy O. Perry
- 04 Jun 2018
- What Do You Think?
Are There Conditions Under Which Directors Should Consider Hiring a CEO Fired Elsewhere for Inappropriate Behavior?
over for partner and left the firm. “He, the protected rainmaker, went on to make sexual advances to many other female associates and 15 years later is still employed in a cushy job at the firm.” Assuming that this situation is not unique... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
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Frequently Asked Questions | HBS Online
and learn how to develop scalable strategies that deliver a competitive advantage in the marketplace. Enroll Today Whether you’re a college engineering major hoping to land a job in Silicon Valley, a recent law school grad preparing for... View Details
- 12 Feb 2021
- News
How Dunkin’ Donuts Took Over the World
business and sort of satisfy my dad. Hanna: Can you paint us a picture of what your first ten years on the job were like? What went well and what didn't go so well? Rosenberg: While in school I basically had... View Details
Keywords: brands; leadership; management; strategy; operations; career; Food and Beverage Stores; Retail Trade
- 01 Jan 2002
- News
Egon P.S. Zehnder (MBA '56)
Founding Chairman, Egon Zehnder International, Inc. Return to Alumni Achievement Awards main page Earlier Education University of Zurich, 1949 A.B., Classics University of Zurich, 1953 Ph.D., Law (including one year at the University of Paris) Other View Details
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Harvard Business School
consumers. At HBS, he helped found and was the first chairman of the African-American Alumni Association (HBSAAA). In 1996, the HBSAAA launched a fundraising campaign to endow a professorship in his name. Frederick "Fred" Wilkinson Jr.... View Details