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01 Dec 2017
News

Removing Barriers

since graduating from HBS, decided on the occasion of her 5th Reunion to establish a fellowship fund, with a preference given to students from South Asia. A native of Calcutta and herself a fellowship recipient, Anita says, “These were... View Details

18 Jun 2014
News

Robert (MBA 1964) and Lynn Burt

financial aid for MBA students, with a preference for US Marine Corps veterans. “My two biggest influences have been the Marines and Harvard,” says Burt, who after attending... View Details

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Finalists | New Venture Competition

gaps in medical equipment access by enabling sharing and redistribution through an asset-light model sustainable biopolymer production. Lexi Linh Pham (MDE 2025) Siddharth UR (MDE 2025) Jen Li (MBA 2025) Luke Fiorante (MDE 2026) Breaking... View Details

01 Jun 2011
News

Four-Letter Word

government was given up to $250 billion to buy preferred shares in more than 500 banks to bolster their financial health,” the Times reported. “Mr. Miller and his colleagues pulled many all-nighters in working out the details of the... View Details

Keywords: Finance; Administration of Economic Programs; Government

01 Sep 2018
News

Case Study: A Good Fit

vendor agreement with a compelling business model, I suspect the superior path is the new opportunity. —J.W. Penland (MBA 1996) Definitely branch out beyond wellness, which is full of hype and competitors. Preferably go with a few apps... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint

Profile

Florence Evina-Ze

For Florence Evina-Ze, the composition of her FIELD 2 project team in itself reflects something special about her HBS experience. “I had teammates from England, Brazil, Bangladesh Utah!” she says. Their assignment: to help a large Chinese... View Details

Student-Profile

Ximena Garcia-Rada

doctorate, she preferred to gain some industry experience first. “I went on to spend two years in marketing consulting,” Ximena explains. “During this time, I realized how much I enjoyed the intellectual challenge of my job; I was more... View Details

26 May 2009
Research & Ideas

Improving Market Research in a Recession

Editor's Note: Harvard Business School professor John Quelch writes a blog on marketing issues, called Marketing Know: How, for Harvard Business Online. It is reprinted on HBS Working Knowledge. Recession-challenged consumers are buying... View Details

Keywords: by John Quelch

20 Mar 2025
Blog Post

Scaling Climate Tech Innovation with Lee Scott (MBA 2023)

infrastructure—e.g., low carbon cement, green fertilizers, ocean alkalinity enhancement. How do you see your current role and/or company having an impact on climate change? For novel climate tech startups, it is incredibly challenging to... View Details

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Demo Day | New Venture Competition

Demo Day Semifinalists from both tracks deliver pitches to early-stage investors. New Venture Competition (NVC) Demo Day is a showcase event hosted by the Rock Center for Entrepreneurship and the Social Enterprise Initiative . NVC Demo... View Details

01 Jun 2002
News

Ads Improve Consumer Decisions

Advertising can be good for you! Sounds fishy to the average consumer, but it's implied by conclusions from research by HBS associate professor Bharat Anand and his colleague, Ron Shachar, of Tel Aviv University. The pair began by... View Details

Keywords: Laura Singleton (MBA 1988)

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Bequest - Alumni

beneficiary of a retirement plan such as a 401(k) or IRA. Because HBS is constantly evolving to meet the changing needs of business and society, many donors don’t specify a purpose for their bequest, allowing the School to use their gift... View Details

06 May 2008
First Look

First Look: May 6, 2008

Working PapersHighbrow Films Gather Dust: A Study of Dynamic Inconsistency and Online DVD Rentals Authors:Katherine L. Milkman, Todd Rogers, and Max H. Bazerman Abstract We report on a field study demonstrating systematic differences between the View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

Student-Profile

Yiwei Li

Yiwei Li (he/him) has come a long way. The globe-trotting HBS doctoral student grew up in China, went to the UK for his undergraduate degree, then to Canada for his master’s—both in economics. With his MS in... View Details

01 Dec 2017
News

Pencils Up: Taking Note of New Courses

When MBA students returned to Soldiers Field in the fall, they had nine new second-year courses to choose from, four with an emphasis on fieldwork. For faculty, developing a course affords the opportunity to draw on research and address... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna

01 Dec 1999
News

Buffett Preaches Investment Discipline

valuations," Buffett asserted that high interest rates were to blame for keeping the Dow Jones Industrial Average virtually unchanged between 1964 and 1981 despite a 370 percent increase in U.S. GDP during that period. From 1982 through... View Details

01 Sep 2010
News

Fair Trade

complex scents, both of which contrast with the Asian preference for light scents.” For an industry which looks global, it has some decidedly local characteristics . World War... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; Chemical Manufacturing; Manufacturing; Health and Personal Care Stores; Retail Trade

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IFC: Singapore; Shaping a Global Innovation Hub - Course Catalog

circumstances. The Add/Drop process at the start of the term is the mechanism for any IFC enrollment changes, and, after that point, the course fee is non-refundable. Refer to the GEO website for full... View Details

14 Jul 2015
First Look

First Look: July 14, 2015

Publications May-June 2015 Human Resource Management Back to the Future: Implications for the Field of HRM of the Multi-stakeholder Perspective Proposed 30 Years Ago By: Beer, Michael, Paul Boselie, and Chris Brewster Abstract—Thirty... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

14 Sep 2017
Op-Ed

Op-Ed: Google Engineer Deserved to be Fired by the CEO

Google CEO Sundar Pichai. Credit: Steven Zimmerman/Wikipedia Commons Google software engineer James Damore’s ten-page manifesto excoriating his employer for its diversity initiatives incited a major controversy in August about... View Details

Keywords: by Bill George

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