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01 Mar 2004
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Derek Ferguson

a microphone, and an extensive record collection with money earned working for their father. Ferguson moonlighted as a DJ in college on the weekends to earn extra money but never considered a career in the music business. Instead, he... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Arts, Entertainment

28 Feb 2023
Blog Post

Celebrating Socioeconomic Diversity and Inclusion at HBS (Part 1)

African American Student Union (AASU), First-Gen Club, Latino Student Organization (LASO), and PRIDE. WHAT DOES BEING FIRST-GENERATION, LOW-INCOME (FGLI) MEAN TO YOU? Norquata Allen, Class of 2023 Being a first-generation college and... View Details

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New Levels of Capitalism: Finance - Railroads and the Transformation of Capitalism | Harvard Business School

France in the Railway Age . New York: Cambridge University Press, 1994, p. 44. White, p. 517. Copyright © 2012 Presidents and Fellows of Harvard College Harvard University Employment Digital Accessibility View Details

06 Jun 2005
What Do You Think?

Is a “Level Playing Field” a Good Thing?

infrastructure. . . ." Yali Wei is more succinct: "The world is becoming flat only to Americans. How it will play out for America is completely up to Americans." In this regard, Nari Kannan offers a suggestion: "College costs need to be subsidized... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

02 Feb 2022
Blog Post

How I Spent My HBS 2+2 Deferral: Nikki Philip

The HBS 2+2 program is a deferred admission process for current students in their final year of study, either in college or a full-time master’s degree program. If you are admitted through 2+2, you work for two to four years in a field of... View Details

01 Sep 2003
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Dwight Raiford

it would take, we never would have done it,” says Raiford. “But I’m glad we did.” Seven hundred kids currently play in the league, and several others have received college scholarships. A team of league all-stars took sixth place in the... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young; Finance

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Buy Now, Pay Later: Credit in Pre-Industrial Society

Nelson, The Idea of Usury, from Tribal Brotherhood to Universal Otherhood (Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, 1949). Copyright © Presidents and Fellows of Harvard College Harvard University Harvard Employment Digital... View Details

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Buy Now, Pay Later: Credit and the Market Economy: The Rise of Credit Reporting

Embedding Trust and Transparency in American Business (Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 2006). Copyright © Presidents and Fellows of Harvard College Harvard University Harvard Employment Digital Accessibility View Details

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McCollum Center | About

“The self interest in business is best served when the public interest is paramount.” His own philanthropy included extensive involvement in health-related organizations. He served for 14 years as chairman of the Baylor College of... View Details

08 Oct 2021
Blog Post

8 Stories from PRIDE for National Coming Out Day

this nice guy, and her response was to ask, ‘Are you sure you want to do this? Be gay?’ I ended the call and broke down in tears. A few minutes later, my phone rang. I answered, and I heard my mom say, ‘I hope he’s the one!’ Click. Spoiler: that guy I met my first year... View Details

01 Jan 2011
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Karen Gordon Mills, MBA 1977

"For most of the eighties," recalls the unflappable mother of three and wife of a college president, "I was pregnant, walking through steel mills, and buying companies." Now working with small business owners on a national scale, she... View Details

21 Feb 2023
Research & Ideas

What's Missing from the Racial Equity Dialogue?

context. I believe that once we can articulate how racism harms everyone, we are closer to dismantling the system that harms us all. Broderick Turner is an assistant professor of marketing at Virginia Tech’s Pamplin College of Business... View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost

03 May 2022
Research & Ideas

Desperate for Talent? Consider Advancing Your Own Employees First

Job openings in the United States continue to hover at record high levels, exacerbated by the Great Resignation and a sputtering emergence from the pandemic. Competition remains fierce among companies struggling to find qualified workers. Yet many employers,... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne

01 Oct 2002
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Michael F. Cronin

College and to HBS, where he has worked on and chaired several gift and reunion committees. In addition to serving as chairman of the board of Harvard Student Agencies, he has helped set up a venture fund that aids social and nonprofit... View Details

10 Sep 2012
HBS Case

HBS Cases: Branding Yoga

name, Bikram's Yoga College of India. In 1994, he began offering intensive courses, training 200 teachers per year, according to the case. Worried that competitors were copying his teachings and techniques, Bikram decided in 2002 to... View Details

Keywords: by Kim Girard; Entertainment & Recreation

14 Mar 2022
Research & Ideas

Lessons from COVID-19: The Business Skills Doctors Need

curricula. The good news, says Huckman, is that many of these skills can be learned simultaneously with clinical skills. “Like medicine,” he says, “leadership is best taught through observation, experience, and practice.” In fact, the case study method used in MBA... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Health

07 Oct 2020
Blog Post

7 Coming Out Stories from the HBS PRIDE Club

a conflicted Catholic from Ohio, I packed my bags and made my way to New York City at 18 years old. New city, new school, new chapter, new identity. First day of college with a fresh start where no one knew who I was before – I could be... View Details

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Harvard Business School

and Connecticut General Insurance Corporation, where Jones became the first African American board member. Otis Gates III MBA 1963 Otis Gates grew up in Roxbury and graduated from both Harvard College and HBS. In 1968, Gates began his... View Details

01 Jan 2013
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Thai Lee, MBA 1985

President and CEO, SHI International Download Lee profile Return to Alumni Achievement Awards main page TIMELINE 1958 Born, Bangkok, Thailand 1980 Earns BA, Biology and Economics, Amherst College 1985 Earns MBA 1985 Joins Procter & Gamble... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young

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Agents of Change: The Founding of the AASU - The Value of Business Education

historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) as well as Harvard College. They were among the earliest students in the country to earn an MBA. The first known African American graduate of HBS was Wendell Thomas Cunningham (MBA... View Details

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