Understanding Interests - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Jun 2010
News

Gordon Donaldson Remembered

mentor, researcher, and administrator. In 1995, the MBA Class of 1963 established a professorship in his honor. “Gordon was an intellectual leader at the School for many years,” said HBS professor Jay Lorsch. “He had a deep understanding... View Details

16 May 2016
Blog Post

Career Resources for International Students

eager to help students from their same home country or region with the U.S. job search, from networking to understanding career trajectory. Outside of the U.S., I see a similar level of alumni enthusiasm and willingness to help when an... View Details

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U.S. Healthcare Strategy - Course Catalog

conceptual lectures with real-world applications, leveraging case studies, lectures, and discussions. Career Focus: This course is designed for a broad range of second-year students, including those pursuing careers in any U.S. healthcare-related sector as well as... View Details

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Fanele Mashwama

financial markets, and will influence how willing financial intermediaries are to mediate markets for sovereign liabilities.” Both research interests are ultimately informed by a desire to understand... View Details

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Alyssa Wilson

Alyssa wants to help students decide if a career in investing is a good fit for their interests and skillset as well as work through practical recruiting advice and tactics. Alyssa can provide insight on how different firms recruit as... View Details

16 Nov 2020
Blog Post

Flatiron School: Reflections from Summer 2020

with our goals and research interests. A classmate and I partnered with Young Invincibles, a non-profit research and advocacy group, to better understand the drivers of voter turnout among young adults. Using census demographic data and... View Details

Keywords: All Industries

06 Dec 2021
News

Truth Be Told

interesting to understand the other avenues of motivating employees to come forward. To do that, we would need to study to what extent the environment within a company or specific society plays a role. What... View Details

Keywords: April White; Corporate, Subsidiary, and Regional Managing Offices; Management

08 May 2015
News

An alternative view of the role of the corporation in society

world’s largest corporations has created an opportunity for managers to consider the interests of a broader set of stakeholders. The role of the corporation in society can be a function of the larger economic, social, and political... View Details

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Flatiron School: Reflections from Summer 2020 - Recruiting

understand the drivers of voter turnout among young adults. Using census demographic data and surveys about voter behavior, we helped Young Invincibles focus their voter engagement strategy by developing a granular data-driven View Details

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Olujimi Williams

science with a growing interest in business through a joint degree that combined mechanical engineering with business and finance. “To really understand how business works,” Olujimi explains, “I wouldn’t get... View Details

01 Jun 2013
News

The Long View

resulting research creates a deeper understanding of the issue at hand and, when we're successful, can impact both scholars' and policymakers' approaches to the problem. In some cases, terrific policy proposals emerge as well, but that's... View Details

15 Aug 2016
Blog Post

Prepare for Your Interview with Research

experience, they will also most certainly be interested in assessing your knowledge of their company as well as the industry and its trends. A review of the company’s web site is a basic starting point, but this research will only help... View Details

09 Jul 2019
Blog Post

Solving the Complexities of the Biotechnology Industry

cure its diseases, understand cancer, design clinical trials and discover molecules that can cure to the best of our abilities. Exactly for this reason, there is a vast amount of interest and capital in the... View Details

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Getting Things Done: Motivating Yourself and Others - Course Catalog

HBS Course Catalog Getting Things Done: Motivating Yourself and Others Course Number 1816 Associate Professor Ashley Whillans Fall; Q1Q2; 3.0 credits 28 Sessions Exam Career Focus This course gives students frameworks and tools for (i) View Details

25 Mar 2025
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ClimateCAP 2025 & ClimateCAP Fellowship

ClimateCAP is an initiative manage by Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business whose mission is to prepare business leaders to understand and respond to the climate challenge. They provide learning resources for MBA students View Details

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Managing and Innovating in Financial Services - Course Catalog

to pursue a career in finance. If you’re interested in becoming an entrepreneur in financial services, there are three related ways this course can be helpful. First, almost half the cases consider entrepreneurs in finance or financial... View Details

01 Jun 2010
News

HBS Seeks Deeper Ties with China

to give them an overview of the School’s growing initiative in China. “There has been an explosion of interest in China’s economic development,” said McFarlan after returning to campus. “Whether it’s faculty doing research or students... View Details

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Maya Burhanpurkar | MBA

Maya Burhanpurkar Physics/Computer Science Quincy 2021 Cohort 3 With groundbreaking discoveries on the cover of Nature every week, I hope to understand how we can better facilitate the translation of ideas into products, particularly in... View Details

28 Mar 2004
Research & Ideas

HBS Celebrates Social Enterprise Initiative

have a better understanding of how both commercial and non-profit organizations can contribute to improving not only society but also the economy as a whole. According to the SEI, the nonprofit sector comprises 7 percent of U.S. gross... View Details

Keywords: by Manda Salls

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Marie Kyle

Bain & Co. led to an "externship" with The Bridgespan Group, a consultancy founded by a former HBS professor focused on the unique challenges of the nonprofit world. Within months, an interest that had been a sideline at... View Details

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