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03 Feb 2012
HBS Seminar

Dr. Regina Dugan, Director, Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)

01 Mar 2024
News

Case Study: Testing the Waters

Illustration by Christina Spano Endurance training was nothing new to Lauren Picasso (MBA 2014), who’d raced through her younger years as a cross-country runner and swimmer. In 2017, when she was director of marketing at Jet.com and looking for a physical challenge,... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; Food and Beverage Stores; Retail Trade

30 Sep 2019
Blog Post

The Health Care Initiative at HBS

coffee chats with CEOs, and treks to New York and San Francisco to meet with cutting edge companies. The club is one of the largest at HBS, and in my perhaps biased opinion, one of the most well-organized... View Details

24 May 2018
Research & Ideas

Distance Still Matters in Business, Despite the Internet

many firms located in New York and Los Angeles. That said, it is not mentioned in our chapter, but the biggest near-term certain change on the horizon is demographic—Baby Boomers will reach old age. That... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Transportation; Telecommunications; Shipping; Publishing; Technology

21 Jul 2022
News

A Warren Buffett Protégée Strikes Out on Her Own

In a recent profile, the New York Times detailed the career of Tracy Britt Cool (MBA 2009), which has culminated in the launch of her new investment firm, Kanbrick. Britt... View Details

11 Oct 2023
Blog Post

A Journey of Discovery, Teamwork, and Impact with FIELD Global Immersion

principles. As we touched down in Seoul, we were fully prepared to hit the ground running, poised to maximize the value of our ten days together. Reflecting on my time in Seoul, a few key lessons resonate: 1. First-hand exploration is the best way to understand a View Details

01 Oct 1999
News

Banking on Success

time for vacations. What was your first job? I was a paperboy in Hartsdale, New York, for a few years, delivering the Reporter Dispatch. In high school, I sold sporting goods at E.J. Korvettes, a New View Details

Keywords: Deborah E. Blagg

28 Jul 2020
Research & Ideas

Racism and Digital Design: How Online Platforms Can Thwart Discrimination

guest. In a related paper, researchers found that African American hosts in New York City typically charged less than other hosts on the platform for similar listings. "The research demonstrates that... View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz; Travel; Entertainment & Recreation; Service

10 Nov 2015
Blog Post

Using an MBA for a Career Change

Deloitte in New YorkPre-MBA career I never picked a major in college. I took the first one off the alphabetical list – accounting. I took the gig as an auditor at Deloitte in New View Details

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AASU50 - Alumni

Black Business Leaders Series (HBS Cold Call podcasts) The Road to Zero Wealth (Prosperity Now report, pdf) Racial Progress is Real, But So Is Racist Progress ( New York Times , January 21, 2017) Fighting... View Details

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Thomas Murphy | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School

Transcript (PDF) Thomas “Tom” Murphy, HBS 1949, joined a small television station in upstate New York after graduating from HBS. Over several decades, and as a result of many brilliantly crafted deals, he... View Details

April 2021
Case

JPMorgan Chase's Path Forward

By: Joseph L. Bower, Nien-hê Hsieh and Michael Norris

In 2020, JPMorgan Chase announced a $30 billion Commitment to Advance Racial Equity. The Commitment included investments in housing, small businesses, and financial literacy across the U.S., and diversity, equity, and inclusion within the bank. It was part of a broader... View Details

Keywords: Racial Wealth Gap; Diversity; Race; Financial Institutions; Banks and Banking; Leading Change; Banking Industry; New York (city, NY); Chicago

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Drew Keller

attend HBS to better understand how firms operate, what systems and assumptions underpin their decisions, and how we can rethink those assumptions to create a more equal and sustainable world. Coming to HBS is like... ...taking a break to think about my life plans,... View Details

22 Feb 2023
Blog Post

Meet the Disability Advocacy and Affinity Group (DAAG)

HBS classroom and broader HBS community are accessible to all. I have been hard of hearing since birth and am passionate about helping my classmates thrive at HBS both on and off campus. Prior to HBS, I attended Wellesley College and UT Austin School of Law. I then... View Details

29 Nov 2021
Research & Ideas

How Bonuses Get Employees to Choose Work Over Family

results are outlined in a May article published in Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes called Are They Useful? The Effects of Performance Incentives on the Prioritization of Work Versus Personal Ties. Whillans coauthored the research with Julia Hur,... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Kim Raczka

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Melcolm Ruffin

with the Philadelphia 76ers, supporting front office scouting and draft preparation. Continuing a tradition of strong Black leadership After graduation, Melcolm began a five-year tenure with the NBA League Headquarters in New View Details

Keywords: Entertainment/Media

01 Oct 2013
First Look

First Look: October 1

Vadim Kogan Abstract—"The 2010 Vancouver Winter Games lost $223 million, astonishing for a 17-day event. Next year's London Summer Games, which cost a record Olympic rights fee of $1.18 billion, are expected to lose at least as much..." wrote Richard Sandomir... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Jan 2004
News

D. Ronald Daniel, MBA 1954

schools, the firm seemed like the right fit. Joining the New York office, Daniel became one of 110 consultants in an exclusively U.S. organization. "It was a different world in those days," he explains.... View Details

04 Feb 2002
Research & Ideas

How a Juicy Brand Came Back to Life

unfolds. An Endearing Artlessness Some brands just want to have fun, and from birth Snapple was one of them. Operating from the back of his parents' pickle store in Queens, Arnie Greenberg and his friends Leonard Marsh and Hyman Golden started selling a fresh apple... View Details

Keywords: by John Deighton; Food & Beverage

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Loeb House | About

(1902-1996) and his son, the Honorable John L. Loeb Jr. (MBA 1954). The senior Loeb was an investment banker, a philanthropist, and one of the most loyal and active alumni in Harvard University’s history. A 1924 Harvard College graduate, Loeb and his father, Carl M.... View Details

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