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Frequently Asked Questions - Research Computing Services

for doctoral students, RAs, and faculty support specialists supporting faculty research. Doctoral students are also welcome to consult with RCS staff, although we cannot take on non-faculty project work. Logging into the HBSGrid I'm... View Details

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Is the Digital Transformation Certificate Right for You?

for you and build the three-program curriculum that you will complete. You may also want to consult the program comparison chart, which details the focus and key benefits of each program side-by-side. The next step is to apply to and be... View Details

11 Jul 2019
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Meet the MBA Class of 2020

BETTER IF I UNDERSTOOD THE FUNDAMENTALS BETTER.” HOME REGION Mumbai, India UNDERGRAD EDUCATION University of Pune, Biology, 2012 PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE Cipla, Universal Consulting (L.E.K. Consulting India) HBS... View Details

21 Sep 2023
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Hands-on Learning About Global Markets

role that played to his or her strength: Laryea’s background is in finance, Israel has technology expertise, Kreeger and Li have nonprofit and consulting experience, and Soukup, a physician, brought knowledge of the health care sector.... View Details

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John H. McArthur | About

committee memberships, and consulting posts in business, government, education, and health care organizations around the world. For many years, he served as chair of Boston’s Brigham and Women’s Hospital (BWH), which sparked a lifelong... View Details

01 Dec 2014
Research & Ideas

The Big Influence of Small Countries in the United Nations Secretariat

miscalculated. By contrast, in this setting you have a constant struggle in real time between every nation in the world vying for influence within the Secretariat." To figure out who has been winning that competition, Werker and Novosad View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

02 Dec 2019
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Championing the HBS Fund

small Cambridge consulting firm before coming to HBS. Impressed by the Harvard Community Earning his MBA, he says, was “all I expected it to be and more.” His section experience was particularly meaningful. “I met people from all over the... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

21 Feb 2005
Op-Ed

Is Business Management a Profession?

requirement of passing a standard exam before being admitted to practice, nor are senior managers, investment bankers, or consultants required to participate in continuing education. There is no explicit obligation, for example, for... View Details

Keywords: by Rakesh Khurana, Nitin Nohria & Daniel Penrice

18 Apr 2016
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Meet the HBS Family Business Club

by a multiple of three. We believe that students who have worked with or for family businesses bring in a unique perspective of how such businesses operate and allow other students to think from the perspective of owners. We value Several professors at HBS are world... View Details

01 Aug 1998
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High Honors

an acclaimed course designed to improve students' ability to understand and work with others. In 1968 the Ford Foundation granted Turner a visiting professorship at the Indian Institute of Management, where he advised faculty on course development and View Details

22 May 2017
Lessons from the Classroom

A Luxury Industry Veteran Teaches the Importance of Aesthetics to Budding Business Leaders

angel investor in fashion tech; Vanessa Kay, senior vice president at Moët Hennessy USA, who heads up the Veuve Clicquot, Krug, and Ruinart champagne brands; Edda Gudmundsdottir, a fashion designer and style consultant whose clients... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Beauty & Cosmetics; Apparel & Accessories; Auto; Tourism

Portrait Project

Joe Coleman

embarked on a mental roller coaster. Debilitating depression flipped to supernatural elation and back. I had lost my mind. Doctors advised I forgo my pending consulting offer. Stress, travel, and long hours could trigger another episode.... View Details

18 Aug 2003
Research & Ideas

How New Managers Become Great Managers

teaching, and consulting over the past ten years, I have come to understand more deeply than ever that the best managers are those who have an appetite for learning and are willing to work on themselves. Management is very hard; even the... View Details

Keywords: by Linda Hill

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Team - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

Institute Stefan Larsson M.D., Board Member and Co-Founder, Senior Partner and Managing Director, Boston Consulting Group Suzanne Gaunt M.B.A., President and CEO View Details

09 Jun 2024
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The EC Formula: MBA Class of 2024 Looks Back

sector. Why did you decide to pursue an MBA?Prior to HBS I did three and a half years of health care strategy consulting and then two years at a digital health startup. Although these were great experiences, I still had many questions... View Details

30 Mar 2018
What Do You Think?

What Should Mark Zuckerberg Do?

researcher and consultant” identified as Cambridge Analytica used a quiz app on the platform to access personal information of approximately 300,000 Facebook users and, by extension, 49.7 million of their “friends.” The consultant... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Web Services; Information Technology

28 Apr 2003
Research & Ideas

Supply Chain Risk: Deal With It

the key risk factors have developed from a pressure to enhance productivity, eliminate waste, remove supply chain duplication, and drive for cost improvement," says William L. Michels, CEO of consulting firm ADR North America, Ann... View Details

Keywords: by David Stauffer

11 Jul 2023
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Second Life: Reflections on Complementing Success with an Encore Career

pursued. Moving forward by taking a step back As an HBS alum, Kloeblen has access to free career coaching through Career and Professional Development. Kloeblen scheduled a phone consultation and prepared to discuss tactical issues such as... View Details

17 Nov 2020
Research & Ideas

Why a Blended Workforce May Be Key to Lasting Competitive Advantage

In recent years, companies have been anxious about the lack of skilled workers to fill pivotal jobs. But then came COVID-19 and a subsequent recession. The ensuing business turmoil and record-high unemployment may have temporarily distracted companies from their... View Details

Keywords: by Joseph B. Fuller

09 Jun 2008
Lessons from the Classroom

Monetizing IP: The Executive’s Challenge

Model-Linker to the open source community to help the Linux community write software to connect Linux with Hewlett-Packard's RISC computer architecture. This strategy is similar to giving away the razor (the released code) to sell more razor blades (the related View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Video Game; Web Services

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