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01 Dec 2018
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In My Humble Opinion: Growth Investor

Cedric Bobo (MBA 2004) was bitten by the business bug at the age of eight, when he visited his mother, who was a secretary at FedEx’s Memphis office. “I was drawn to the creative, all-hands-on-deck energy of the place,” he says. “In 1983,... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna

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Ramya Sundar

your life that you admire the most today? My dad – He is a strong feminist. He taught me to believe from a very young age that both men and women can be equals even if the society around me did not think so. A lot of what I have been able... View Details

01 Jan 2012
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Hiroshi Mikitani, MBA 1993

marketplace. Mikitani takes a break between conference calls. Mikitani himself learned to speak English at the age of seven when his family spent two years in Connecticut while his father taught economics at Yale. After earning a degree... View Details

01 Jun 1999
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Ikenna Okezie

and the Harvard Medical School. He plans to combine his two loves - medicine and entrepreneurship - in a way that will improve health care for all. Born in Nigeria, Okezie came to the United States at the age of two and was raised in... View Details

Keywords: Judith A. Ross

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Drug & Alcohol Policy | About

years of age; and provision of alcohol to anyone under 21 years of age are violations of the law and of HBS policy. Harvard Business School’s policies and procedures also reflect additional expectations for student conduct based on... View Details

01 Jun 2024
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Redefining How Businesses Operate

knowledgeable about it as you think critically about the strategy for your company. To be a business leader today, you need to have a fundamental understanding of the advancements shaping our world.” For HBS and Harvard AI-related resources, please visit... View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie

10 Sep 2001
What Do You Think?

Do MBAs Need More Street Smarts?

think? Original Article In recent weeks, I have encountered several situations in which senior managers and investors of all ages have said, "(name) is a really sharp person with a good MBA, but (he or she) just doesn't have street... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

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Digital Innovation - Alumni

new ways. HBS for Life HBS supports alumni in their professional development and personal growth at every age or career stage through extensive online resources and programs and events. How You can Help The easiest way for donors to... View Details

31 May 2023
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Alumni Achievement Awards 2023

fell in 1974 and I was asked to head the youth organization of the New Democracy Party. Then I was asked, at age 26, to run for Parliament, with the choice of Athens or Messenia. I chose Messenia, was elected in 1977, and am currently... View Details

Keywords: leadership; management; work-life balance

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Dean’s House | About

Baker’s insistence. A prominent financier, philanthropist, and president of the First National Bank of New York, Baker was an extraordinary business leader. At the age of 23, he invested $3,000 to become an original shareholder in the... View Details

15 Dec 2023
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Exploring Business Opportunities in Africa; Alumni Grapple with Plastic Waste Problem

“Africa’s youth population is growing. The median age is 19,” he says. “By 2050, more than a third of the world’s youth will be African. They’re passionate about sports, music, fashion and art, and, increasingly they are creators. Our... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

January 2024 (Revised May 2024)
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Uncle Nearest: Creating a Legacy

By: Hise Gibson, Archie L. Jones, Nicole Gilmore and Ai-Ling Jamila Malone

Fawn Weaver, as a Black woman and industry outsider in a capital-intensive, highly regulated, competitive and male-dominated spirits industry, successfully overcame numerous obstacles to launch a premium American whiskey brand, Uncle Nearest in 2017, which became the... View Details

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15 May 2017
Sharpening Your Skills

The Promises and Limitations of Big Data

How Will the Age of Big Data Affect Management? How do we avoid losing useful knowledge in a seemingly endless flood of data? Jim Heskett's readers offer some wise suggestions. Consumer-centered Health Care Depends on Accessible Medical... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Financial Services; Utilities; Public Administration; Health

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Invention of the Polarizer - Edwin H. Land & Polaroid | Harvard Business School

School. 5. Edwin H. Land, "Generation of Greatness: The Idea of a University in an Age of Science," Ninth Annual Arthur Dehon Little Memorial Lecture at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, May 22, 1957, Edwin H. Land... View Details

01 Jun 2024
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Leveraging Generative AI

methodology was directionally correct,” said one student. “It was almost like having a professor by my side.” —JG For HBS and Harvard AI-related resources, please visit alumni.hbs.edu/GenAI-Resources. From Chalkboards to Chatbots Decoding the Promise and Perils of... View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie

01 Sep 2023
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Alumni and Faculty Books

Lose the Marbles! Better Aging Through Neuroscience By James Lyon (MBA 1975) Independently Published According to the World Health Organization, the proportion of the world’s population over 60 years old will almost double from... View Details

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Events - Private Capital Project

Associate Professor, HBS) The Measurement of Impact Investors in an Age of Skepticism May 16, 2023 “The Measurement of Impact Investors in an Age of Skepticism” with Lisa Hall (Impact Chairperson, Private... View Details

05 Sep 2014
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Keeping Education in Check

to the 6th century Why? In short, says Berman, the 1,500-year-old game makes kids smarter. (Berman’s own oldest son is ranked No. 11 in the country for his age group and his 6-year-old recently earned the No. 3 spot among kindergartners.... View Details

Keywords: Maureen Harmon

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Ninad Kulkarni

I used to love making mistakes. At the age of six, I refused to have training wheels on my first bicycle. At the age of ten, I attempted to bake a cake sans adult supervision. At the View Details

04 Dec 2019
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Creating the Experimentation Organization

biggest problems in innovation is that it can generate uncertainty, says Thomke. Even in an age of Big Data, companies are stymied by the fact that they don’t know what they don’t know. “If something is very novel, there is little data... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

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