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- 20 Dec 2019
- Blog Post
Top 10 MBA Voices Blogs of 2019
not expect myself to become interested in biotechnology. Growing up in Vancouver, Canada, with Taiwanese immigrant parents, I considered the path of becoming a medical doctor. However, a volunteering experience at the hospital of the... View Details
- 12 May 2020
- Blog Post
The Importance of Coordination: Apoorva Pasricha Reflects on Crisis Leadership
When Apoorva Pasricha (MBA 2019) assumed her role with the City of San Jose’s Mayor’s Office of Technology & Innovation as an HBS Leadership Fellow in August 2019, her mandate was to implement San Jose’s ‘Smart City’ road map. "My entire View Details
- 06 Oct 2020
- Blog Post
2+2 Where Are They Now Spotlight: Curtis Wu (MBA 2018)
years Did 2+2 change your path or alter your post-undergraduate plans?Growing up, I was an awkward and nerdy kid (and still am). After classes, you could find me making flamethrowers, rock candy, and California snowballs for Chemistry... View Details
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Past Issues - Alumni
recipients of the School’s highest honor demonstrate the many paths to success, be it in government service, finance, or social enterprise. For the Records In the midst of Austin’s buzzy music scene, Caren Kelleher is finding her harmony... View Details
- 01 Mar 2023
- News
Enabling Students to Pursue Their Passions
2024) and Tristan Bagala (MBA 2023), who are set on a path to pursue personally meaningful work that contributes to the greater good of society. “What I hope to do is to help others. That is why I’m here. Through this funding support, HBS... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 17 Aug 2022
- News
To Serve and Protect the Markets
working really hard to earn and to keep the public’s trust.” No one is perhaps better suited for the task than Jones, whose passion for both law and business set her on an unlikely path to the SEC. “My View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 08 Sep 2016
- News
How We Make It Work
briefly returned to Goldman Sachs after graduation before choosing a new career path as a firefighter in San Diego. He also runs an online mentoring program for high school students, PrepWell Academy, which... View Details
- 01 Jan 2006
- News
Sir Ronald M. Cohen, MBA 1969
venture capital and private equity. Last year, he stepped down from his management responsibilities to devote all his efforts to social investing in the United Kingdom and the Middle East. "Those who have had a successful career are... View Details
- Profile
Deborah A. Farrington
followed an atypical path to success in the male-dominated world of finance and venture capital. She co-founded StarVest in 1998, which was built upon investments in technology-enabled business services on the Internet, and she has had a... View Details
- 05 Dec 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, December 5, 2017
What does a career path for a public entrepreneur actually look like? In which sector (private vs. public) should I start? Should I run for elective office? What does that imply for how I pursue my career?... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 15 May 2015
- Blog Post
Tips for Applying to Business School
stronger applicant. Sam: I worked for six years before deciding to apply for an MBA, so first I’d encourage applicants not to feel rushed by anyone else’s timeline. For me, the right time to apply to MBA programs came when I realized that I wanted a View Details
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Africa - Global Activities 2020
HBS, they have been traveling parallel paths for much of their lives. Pictured: Peak Investment Capital in Ghana works with companies such as Pinkberry Frozen Yogurt to help further their success in Africa. Both grew up in Ghana, earned... View Details
- 01 Jun 2022
- News
'Rooted' In Innovation
include a mechanical engineering degree from MIT and patented novel technologies for self-driving vehicles. “But I don’t want to just make an app that delivers Instacart items five seconds sooner. My career vision is to tackle difficult... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
- 30 May 2019
- What Do You Think?
Is There a Distinctive West Coast Style of Management?
says, ‘I left my heart in San Francisco,’ but it wasn’t the ‘little cable cars climbing half-way to the stars’—it was the willingness to follow a long path of discovery and try and fail repeatedly until one succeeded. And the best... View Details
- 12 Feb 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, February 12, 2019
that hold back progress in resource mobilization research. We then propose a path ahead for future research guided by two overarching goals. First, we advocate for a process perspective, focusing attention on how an individual actor’s... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 01 Mar 2004
- What Do You Think?
Are Customer Loyalty Initiatives Worth the Investment?
profitability? When several of us first began researching these relationships, findings such as these were news. Today we take them for granted. Fred Reichheld, among others, has fashioned a career as a consultant around his work on... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 03 Jan 2007
- First Look
First Look: January 3, 2007
responses by VMware to emerging competitive threats. Purchase this case: http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=707013 PublicationsGetting Unstuck: How Dead Ends Become New Paths Author:Timothy Butler... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
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Business and Climate Change Course | HBS Online
Professionals Entrepreneurs and Investors Explore how companies in various industries are adapting to and preparing for climate change and leverage those insights to inform your organization’s strategy. "I am early in my career and am... View Details
- 17 Jan 2025
- News
Tracking Modern Air Travel’s Takeoff
would go on to spend his career making those trips an attainable reality for millions of Americans, riding a wave of deregulation in the airline industry as both an advisor and an executive. He ultimately became CEO of Continental... View Details
- 23 Mar 2016
- Research & Ideas
Researchers Prove C-Suite Gender Gap—but Can’t Explain It
she takes off to raise children, or the quality of her network connections. Career paths are different for men and women in Sweden and elsewhere. ©iStockPhoto/Delpixart “Our results point towards the... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel