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Paola Lara

that, she needed “to address shortcomings in areas like finance and strategy. I’d like to understand and communicate clearly on all business issues.” Once she committed herself to getting an MBA, selecting the right program proved simple.... View Details

01 Jun 2013
News

Notes from W50

attendees reflected on the past and offered an action plan for the future, and the premiere screening of the documentary A Woman's Place, a project led by Professor Cynthia Montgomery that featured alumnae across the five decades... View Details

16 Jan 2018
First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, January 16, 2018

companies offer a direct stake in the company's performance through stock, a share in profits, or both. Companies with employee stock ownership plans report significantly higher sales growth and higher revenue per employee than do... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

10 Dec 2007
HBS Case

One Laptop per Child

addition, OLPC had to determine the right mix of attributes and features that would appeal to the target users, children. Design could not be an afterthought; the laptop had to be attractive enough so a young person would feel proud to... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Computer

19 Dec 2005
Research & Ideas

The Regional Slice of Your Global Strategy

regional strategy could take many years. The obvious implication is that strategic initiatives can be pursued at the regional level only if some decision rights are reallocated—whether from the local or global levels, or from the other... View Details

Keywords: by Pankaj Ghemawat

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Field Course: Investing for Impact - Course Catalog

of your top three choices of small businesses to work with and expect that you will remain enrolled in the course if you are matched as such. Please let us know via email ASAP if your plans or intentions have changed. Note that the class... View Details

02 Jul 2013
First Look

First Look: July 2

area more competitive in attracting and retaining highly educated employees to this small Midwestern city. The CEC is planning an expansion into Seymour with Cummins' help. Will the CEC be able to improve the school system in Seymour... View Details

Keywords: Anna Secino

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The Spiritual Lives of Leaders - Course Catalog

drawn from across participating Harvard schools. Participate in several optional field trips on selected weekends or evenings across the semester; planned destinations include the Arnold Arboretum, the Harvard Art Museum, the Harvard... View Details

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Kimble McCraw

manufacturing engineer. Much more than mere lectures Initially, Kimble wasn't convinced HBS was right for her. "My first thought," she says, "was that I'd go to a more tech-oriented business school." A campus visit... View Details

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Juan Eyzaguirre

find an opportunity for his president to have a "casual conversation" with another president within the very formal confines of the United Nations' General Assembly. Juan found the right moment – by directing his boss to the... View Details

Keywords: Financial Services; Nonprofit/Government/Education

01 Dec 2005
News

Baker’s back

climate-controlled, and technologically advanced, much of the majesty of the original building remains. There is a comfortable hint of the past as well as a sparkling nod to the future. In the early 1990s, the School began to consider a master View Details

Keywords: Susan Young; Construction of Buildings; Construction; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

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How Student-Proposed Internships Can Create Value - Recruiting

retail strategy, and one on e-commerce brand positioning. “I presented the findings of my projects to the department heads and C-suite, and they actually incorporated my recommendations into their strategic plan for the following year.”... View Details

19 Apr 2004
Research & Ideas

Ground-Floor Opportunities for Retail in India

"We're trying to be the neighborhood store," said Neel Raheja, executive director of the Shoppers' Stop chain of department stores. Today the chain employs 1,500 at 14 stores and has ambitious plans to expand to 25 locations by... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Consumer Products; Retail

20 Jan 2017
Research & Ideas

Here’s How Businessman Trump Is Likely to Approach the Presidency

conversation in America around small business. Indeed, President Trump’s business background, if applied in the right way, could help him understand the needs of American small business. There are certainly thousands of small businesses... View Details

Keywords: by Christina Pazzanese

01 Jun 2009
News

Cynthia Carroll

several fatalities there. There were 28,000 employees at that mine; we brought people up from below ground and worked to retrain and refocus them. We lost millions of dollars while production was curtailed, but it was the right thing to... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; Management; Mining

29 Nov 2022
Blog Post

Pursuing Independent Projects

Many HBS students extend their learning beyond the classroom through faculty-supervised Independent Projects (IPs). IPs take many forms—for example, students have advised companies on their sustainability strategies, written business View Details

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Career risks and professional growth: Finding a fulfilling career with Paige Arnof-Fenn (MBA 1991) - Recruiting

perspective. When she asked me what I liked most about my finance job, my answer—running ads, planning events, and creating promotional items—had nothing to do with finance. She told me that what I was describing was marketing. That... View Details

15 May 2020
News

New Menu

who work with them on identifying the process, the formulation, the ingredients, how to scale from a production standpoint, and how to find the right co-manufacturers." Ive has the goal of investing in 100 plant-based and cell-based food... View Details

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1.4.3 Required Curriculum (RC) | MBA

Dean’s Welcome, meet as a section, and experience the first classes. Attendance on these days is mandatory. START serves to prepare students for the year ahead. Orientation Orientation includes the activities surrounding HBS START, including events View Details

01 Oct 1998
News

Putting on the Wheels

intimidating aura. "On a dreary January day, we drove over the border," he recalls. "The East German countryside, still under communist rule, bristled with barbed wire and watchtowers." But Hughes's initial assessment of the factory's potential was View Details

Keywords: Mary Ellen Gardner

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