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- 18 Jul 2018
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Ensuring HBS Remains a Dynamic Community
together,” she remembers. That interest led her to study finance and accounting at the University of Pennsylvania. After college, she joined Morgan Stanley as an analyst. “I found investment banking to be exciting and fast-paced,” says... View Details
- 01 Dec 1996
- News
Organizations and Markets: A Challenging View of the World
emotional reaction that leaves the conscious brain incapable of making a rational response. Understanding the irrationality of human behavior is essential for understanding how people relate - or do not... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 01 Aug 2014
- News
A closer look at the industry of beauty
long-term interest in globalization, consumer products, and entrepreneurship. Using the lens of history, he traces the industry's growth from disrepute to worldwide influence and chronicles the entrepreneurs—often social "outsiders"—who... View Details
- 24 Apr 2014
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Unlocking mobile money in emerging markets
in Zulu; the e stands for electronic.) “Ezuza is interested in disruption,” says Maddy, who is the company’s CEO. “In emerging markets, mobile money is designed to leapfrog plastic by going from cash directly to digital. Because the... View Details
- 23 Apr 2014
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A corporate leader’s legacy in India
When Ratan Tata (AMP 71, 1975) joined his family’s business in 1962, it was on the Tata Steel shop floor in Jamshedpur, India. From the ground up, Tata learned how to be an effective manager and a corporate leader who understands the... View Details
- 01 Jun 2016
- News
A Roundabout Path
To achieve his vision of becoming a clean-energy entrepreneur, PhD biologist Jonathan Friedlander (MBA 2017) left Paris for HBS to understand best business practices. But he would have struggled to obtain an MBA without the support that a... View Details
- 01 Mar 2003
- News
Northern California Initiative Reaches Out to Women, Girls
start of the two-day class, the teen girls had little understanding of the market, but, Schwartz recalls, “by the end of it, they were reading the stock pages and picking stocks. It was really exciting.” Thompson-Verga, who served as... View Details
- 01 Sep 2024
- News
3-Minute Briefing: Kruti Patel Goyal (MBA 2004)
months. I really got the space and the time to reflect on what was important to me and what direction I wanted to take next in my career. When I came back, people were actually more interested in the travel than they were about my career... View Details
Keywords: Sarah Wyman
- 01 Sep 2012
- News
HBS Is Committed to Increasing Alumni Engagement
Skeete Tatum HBS has taken on a major initiative to deepen its connection to alumni by increasing engagement and participation. To better understand the relationships that currently exist between alumni and HBS, the School has launched a... View Details
- 01 Mar 2018
- News
Money (Actually) Can Buy Happiness
Humans, it seems, are wired for immediate gratification, while “a lot of the things that make us happiest require time and effort,” Norton says. Understanding this disconnect and interventions that could change it can make people—and... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 01 Sep 2014
- News
Ask the Expert: Byte-Testing Bitcoin
that will make anonymity an afterthought. I think the Bitcoin public ledger will eventually hold so much valuable information that some very interesting analytics companies are going to emerge to make sense of the data. Has there ever... View Details
- 01 Feb 1999
- News
HBS Alumni Association Board of Directors: President's Report
interest in expanding offerings along the lines of programs such as The Entrepreneur's Tool Kit and Odyssey. In the coming months, the committee will conduct a comprehensive inventory of current offerings as well as review past... View Details
- 11 Jan 2019
- News
Case Study: Beating Bias
in his quest to help readers—particularly millennials and Gen-Zers—better understand how the news is spun. The launch product is a free daily newsletter that aggregates headlines from both the left and right, with analysis that... View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint
- 01 Oct 2002
- News
View from the Top
and support the achievement of objectives. What are some of the leadership lessons to be learned from the fall of Enron? Lafley: Beware of hubris. It raises the question, "Did they have the capability to understand the business model they... View Details
- 01 Feb 2002
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HBS Press Books in Brief
(Harvard Business School Press) Information Markets: What Businesses Can Learn from Financial Innovation, by William J. Wilhelm, Jr., and Joseph D. Downing, is the finance professional’s must-have guide to understanding the changing role... View Details
- 01 Apr 1999
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Africa Business Club Discusses Continent's Opportunities
hundred students, professionals, and alumni with business interests in Africa attended the event, which served as a forum for understanding the reasons behind Africa's continuing loss of intellectual... View Details
- 01 Sep 2014
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for September 2014
Years That Created America: The Story of the Explorers, Promoters, Investors, and Settlers Who Founded America by Ted Lamont (MBA 1951) Rowman & Littlefield Publishers Fault Lines: A Layman’s Guide to Understanding America’s Role in the... View Details
- 06 Dec 2021
- News
Ink: Talking Shop
some tales, and then ask for tips,” Bines says. The experience taught him that the better you understand your customer, the richer the tips. He has worked in customer-facing businesses ever since, including his current role as managing... View Details
- 26 Nov 2019
- News
Collective Genius: Leading Innovation and Digital Transformation
Source: Paradox Strategies, LLC Source: Paradox Strategies, LLC Through her interactions with prominent figures in business and society, Professor Linda Hill explores what is required from leaders to deliver the promise of technology and innovation. She has been View Details
- 01 Dec 2017
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Bridging Domains
Karen and Sanjeev (MBA 1986) Mehra Karen and Sanjeev Mehra (MBA 1986) perceive both great opportunities and serious challenges at the nexus of business, science, and engineering. Their endowment of the Mehra Family HBS/SEAS Collaboration Fund was inspired by their... View Details