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13 Dec 2018
Blog Post

"I Wanted to Move from Analyzing Results to Creating Them": Cynthia Samanian, MBA 2012

content. The plan was to grow an audience of sufficient size to attract advertisers but, she says in retrospect, "It wasn't the right business model for me." Cynthia knew she wanted a positive cash flow business that could... View Details

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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Rye Barcott

If there is a theme to Rye Barcott's career to date, it has been his willingness to confront painful situations many of us would prefer to ignore. "I've always been interested in understanding ethnic violence and intervention,"... View Details

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

20 Jan 2010
First Look

First Look: Jan. 20

self-report of a licensee. Self-reporting gives rise to demand for auditing by the licensor or third-party attestation by the licensee. We characterize the optimal royalty contract, accounting system choice by the licensee, and audit... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

Fast Answer

Venture capital firms: create a list

add Venture Capital to Selected Items. Add to criteria. Under Company Details, Click on the Geographic Locations. Search for or browse and select your city or country. Add to criteria. Select other criteria if... View Details

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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

21 Apr 2015
First Look

First Look: April 21

productivity and employment. There are few significant differences between industries with limited and high private equity activity. It is hard to find support for claims that economic activity in industries with private equity backing is... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel & Sean Silverthorne

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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2014 Symposium - Race, Gender & Equity

University of Illinois Value Threat: How Concerns With Being Seen as a Valued Group Member Affect Women's Preference For Female Candidates Leah D. Sheppard , Sauder School of Business at University of... View Details

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Rob Casper

Perhaps Rob Casper's previous experience as a Marine captain has given him sufficient adrenaline for a lifetime. Today, two years after completing his MBA at HBS, Rob has turned his career interests as far from the "adventurous"... View Details

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

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

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

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Search Fund Fellowship | MBA

based on your personal financial situation and your family’s financial circumstance, as determined by MBA Financial Aid. Preference goes to applicants pursuing opportunities in underserved industries and geographies. More Details If you... View Details

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

22 Feb 2022
News

Research Brief: The Fresh Start Effect

Humans can be self-destructive. We overindulge in food and fail to make time to exercise, and we delay saving for retirement. Associate Professor John Beshears, whose research focuses on behavioral economics, has identified hope: The idea... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint

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