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- 01 Jun 2007
- News
Mission Possible
in six-month apprenticeships with corporate partners like Bank of America, Freddie Mac, Merrill Lynch, and Partners HealthCare. Upon graduation, Chertavian says, more than 85 percent of Year Up alumni find jobs in financial services or IT... View Details
- 17 Jan 2017
- Research & Ideas
Can China Maintain Its Economic Power?
A group of Chinese tourists visiting the promenade in front of Pudong's skyline. Source: Richmatts When F. Warren McFarlan and a small group of HBS colleagues arrived in Beijing in July 1979, they stepped... View Details
Keywords: by Deborah Blagg
- 01 Dec 2010
- News
The Transformers
what they have built, the Bridgespan partner group and board have crafted a plan for the next stage of the organization’s evolution. “In the first decade we built the organization; expanded the breadth of its integrated services; and... View Details
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How Student-Proposed Internships Can Create Value - Recruiting
emails are much more effective than LinkedIn or alumni platforms.” Her message landed with the Head of Strategic Finance, who welcomed the conversation and scheduled a call to explore potential projects and align on goals. “They had never... View Details
- 27 Oct 2020
- News
HBS Votes
Stay Cool Daniella Ballou-Aares (MBA 2001), CEO of the Leadership Now Project, believes that "protecting the legitimacy of November's election is, at its core, about preserving American democracy.” Ballou-Aares convened a group of 50... View Details
- 11 Aug 2014
- News
The First Five Years: Melissa Fensterstock (MBA 2012)
working-capital needs of the business, we have to be careful to manage supply and demand." What one piece of advice would you give fellow alumni and current HBS students when it comes to startup life? "Keep going and stay positive.... View Details
- 26 Jun 2015
- Blog Post
7 Things International Applicants Should Know About HBS
were experiencing life at HBS. Once I was accepted I also joined the various Admit groups on Facebook and LinkedIn etc. and was able to connect with others from home. I was also lucky enough to be able to visit the HBS campus and that was... View Details
- 29 Apr 2025
- News
Challenge Accepted
Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Dan Morrell: Hi, this is Dan Morrell, host of Skydeck. Nietzsche said it first: What doesn’t kill me makes me stronger. There’s a reason that saying has legs, nearly 140 years later. We all, at some point... View Details
- 12 May 2022
- News
Onboarding
service as a director and lead director on multiple nonprofit and corporate boards. In this special edition of Skydeck honoring recipients of the Alumni Achievement Award, Associate Editor Julia Hanna talks to Barron about board service,... View Details
- 08 Jun 2018
- News
My First Job: Selling Shoes, Surviving Black Monday, and Shaped by Chicken Lenses
Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on SoundCloud More Skydeck episodes Back by popular demand, we offer a second collection of alumni recounting their experience at their first jobs. READ MORE Hey, everybody, it's Dan Morrell, host of Skydeck.... View Details
- 01 Jun 2008
- News
A Binary Formula
buildings, this emphasis on science will affect HBS. The unique challenges of managing and leading science-based businesses — certain to be a driver of this century’s new economy — demand new management paradigms. For a core group of HBS... View Details
- 17 Feb 2003
- Research & Ideas
Tales of the Newly-minted MBA
How do real-world conditions and shifting personal priorities influence a young MBA's early career path—those first five to ten years that executives remember as being of such critical importance? To find out, Harvard Business School professor David A. Thomas gathered... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna
- 01 Sep 2011
- News
The Spangler Effect
about the building that bears his family name, C.D. “Dick” Spangler Jr. (MBA ’56), who returned to campus in June for his 55th class reunion, answered simply: “I’m pleased that students like being here.” Indeed they do, as evidenced by fond memories a number of View Details
- 28 Feb 2025
- News
Joy to the World
between people who work in different programs in different locations in the organization. So we have more events that bring staff together with each other. And we see staff doing things that contribute to joy around the office and they can share those ideas with each... View Details
- 16 Dec 2011
- Research & Ideas
Reintroducing Intellectual Ambition to the Study of Business History
Healthcare, and Leadership. "The Initiative designation is meant to acknowledge a new phase of activity: one that we hope will engage the faculty, students, staff, and alumni in enhancing and extending both knowledge creation and... View Details
Keywords: by Geoffrey Jones & Walter Friedman
- 02 Feb 2023
- News
Can We Really Engineer a Climate Fix?
The demand in the market right now is functionally infinite. DM: One of the big movers in the space is the Frontier Fund, a group led by Stripe, Alphabet, Shopify, Meta, and McKinsey that committed just short of a billion dollars to... View Details
- 04 Dec 2006
- Research & Ideas
The Money Connection—Understanding VC Networks
live your daily life. "We have better theories about how you formed a group with your immediate coworkers, friends, and neighbors than we do for those connections that are outside the circle." Spanning Ties Yet those... View Details
- 01 Jan 2005
- News
Louis V. Gerstner, Jr., MBA 1965
Chairman, The Carlyle Group Former Chairman & CEO, IBM Return to Alumni Achievement Awards main page EARLIER EDUCATION Dartmouth College, 1963 B.S., Engineering LIFELONG LESSON FROM HBS "HBS was superb at... View Details
- 01 Jun 2016
- What Do You Think?
When Business Performance Falters, is Culture Change the Fix?
organization culture, it prompted several executives and alumni to ask me if I had a comment on the subject. In typical business school fashion, I’m asking for yours. The article cites four case examples--Ecolab, Delta, Ford, and... View Details
Keywords: by James L. Heskett
- 14 Oct 2013
- Research & Ideas
Blockbuster! Why Star Power Works
of superstar talent, so any manager hoping to make blockbusters needs them on his or her side. Fourth, an entrepreneurial streak is essential, I think. Every product launch effectively involves groups of people coming together to build... View Details