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she moved to Beijing in 2012 after graduating from HBS, Ho saw a need for the skills she’d learned: not a set of rigid social rules but the ability to feel comfortable in any situation. China was in the midst of rapid expansion, evolving over 30 years from one of the... View Details

Keywords: April White; communication; manners; business; entrepreneurship; China; human behavior

01 Mar 2024
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In Harmony

Kim at Seoul’s government-built Hoehyeon “Citizens’ Apartments.” Opened in 1970, it stands as a reminder of a Korea from a very different era. Like so many South Koreans of a certain age, Michael ByungJu Kim (MBA 1990) lives in a country where the past lingers,... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; photographs by Jun Michael Park; private equity; fiction; financial crisis; leadership; Korea

01 Dec 2023
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Rounding the Bend

Illustration by Fernando Cobelo To help people visualize what a circular economy could look like and bring the challenges down to a closet-sized scale, Emily Bolon (MBA/MPA 2007) recommends the following exercise. First, make a mental... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; Miscellaneous Store Retailers; Retail Trade; Apparel Manufacturing; Manufacturing

01 Sep 2023
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Startup Success Beyond Silicon Valley

Professor Paul Gompers visited Endeavor Saudi Arabia, a nonprofit that promotes startups in emerging markets. Pictured are Alpana Thapar and Fares Khrais (both of the Middle East and North Africa Research Center), Gompers, Lateefa Alwaalan (Endeavor Saudi Arabia), and... View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Mele

01 Sep 2023
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Preparing Global Leaders

Online—understanding how business is conducted in markets around the world is fundamental to the learning experience. This knowledge, which is shared with practitioners through Harvard Business Publishing and other channels, is a key... View Details

01 Feb 1999
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Too Much of a Good Thing?

suggest to some that the impact of excess capacity as a factor in the world economy could increase in the coming decades. Michael C. Jensen, the Jesse Isidor Straus Professor of Business Administration, is a... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons

01 Sep 2023
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Made in Italy

are the things that HBS is the best in the world at teaching today?” he explains. “One of those is the role of capitalism—the interaction of industry and government and how those two things are balanced.” It was that interest that led... View Details

Keywords: April White

01 Mar 2024
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Alumni and Faculty Books and Podcasts

Edited by Margie Kelley Alumni Books You Got This! A Straightforward, No-Nonsense Playbook for Crushing 130+ Workplace Challenges By Heidi Abelli (MBA 1993) Palmetto Publishing Stepping into the corporate world can feel like navigating a... View Details

Keywords: Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

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