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Viktor Puzakov

upstream side, exploration and production,” he says. Viktor was one of only seven Russian graduates selected for Schlumberger’s prestigious internship program, in which he got experience with offshore and on-land exploration. Subsequent... View Details

01 Sep 2003
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The Kids Are Alright: Alumni Children Crack Case

Reunion kids in class: with comments ranging from random to brilliant, analyzing an online company. Eisenmann: adventures in Neopia. Growth is something that children experience every day. And they certainly know a lot about the Internet.... View Details

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

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South Asia - Global Activities 2020

44 HBS students traveled to the small Sri Lankan fishing town of Hambantota, currently undergoing a major redevelopment, and found it to be a microcosm of the entire two-week study experience in January 2020. Pictured: Students in front... View Details

22 Jan 2025
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Career Risks and Professional Growth: Finding a Fulfilling Career with Paige Arnof-Fenn (MBA 1991)

marketing at Procter & Gamble confirmed I was on the right path, and I’ve never looked back. Making a career leap wasn’t without its struggles. I had to prove myself in a new field and convince recruiters that my analytical background... View Details

11 Aug 2015
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From Britain to Boston: Two Years at HBS

willing to help you whenever they can. When it came to taking our first year exams the students with experience in the subject helped make note decks and shared them across the class for people to learn from. Additionally, students hosted... View Details

01 Jun 2005
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Profiles from the Class of 2005

Photographs by Webb Chappell Now in its tenth year, the Bulletin’s annual student profiles have become something of a tradition. Faced each spring with a mountain of potential candidates, we puzzle our way through a dizzying array of View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; Julia Hanna; James E. Aisner; Graduate profiles; Government; Transportation Equipment Manufacturing; Manufacturing

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Research Resources | Baker Library

[Cambridge, Mass.]: ca. 1956. Full text available. Posing the "troublesome" question facing young women of the time—will graduate study in business be worth the time, money, and effort?—this study examines the experiences of the 664... View Details

05 Jul 2016
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July 5, 2016

that neither view is quite right. Although the new forms (built upon a half-century of research on and experience with self-managed teams) can help organizations become more adaptable and nimble, most companies shouldn't adopt their... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Apr 1998
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World Class Learning

department complements my marketing experience," he says. "I believe it is important to gain experience in complementary fields if you work in consumer products, rather than become an expert in one... View Details

Keywords: Eileen K. McCluskey

01 Dec 2017
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Leadership in Practice

to teach,” says Dawson. “To Dean Nitin Nohria’s credit, HBS’s approach is evolving in a very creative way. Business leaders need to inspire trust, they have to be able to read people, and they need to know how to motivate others to do their best. The School’s... View Details

28 Aug 2018
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New Research and Ideas, August 28, 2018

focus. The theory includes many realistic elements such as salespeople’s multi-dimensional effort, heterogeneity in ability, product focus, and forward-looking behavior. We test our theory through a field View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

25 Aug 2022
Research & Ideas

It’s All in a Name: Reputable Investors Help Startups Shine

Bernstein. “But it's still important to remember that there's no secret sauce here. Startups are still incredibly risky ventures to join.” You Might Also Like: Does Venture Capital Attract Human Capital? Evidence from a Randomized Field... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne

22 Aug 2024
Blog Post

LM Wind Power Test and Validation Center

In January 2024, Professors Willy Shih and Mike Toffel led 45 HBS MBA students on site visits to witness the energy transition and innovative sustainable production activities throughout Denmark and the Netherlands, in the second year of their Immersive View Details

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Educating Leaders - Georges F. Doriot:Educating Leaders, Building Companies, Baker Library, Harvard Business School

Library Visionary, Innovator, Educator F rom 1926 to 1966, Doriot taught nearly 7,000 students at HBS. "Doriot showed a singular capacity to...draw his experience into his teaching and to practice what he preached. Unlike most teachers,... View Details

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A Chronicle of the China Trade. The Papers of Augustine Heard & Co., 1840-1877

in the mid-nineteenth century. The company was active from 1840 to 1877 under the direction of Augustine Heard and his nephews John, Augustine II, Albert, and George Heard. The family shared Albert’s sentiments, leaving behind an extensive chronicle of their View Details

25 Jan 2013
Research & Ideas

Why a Harvard Finance Instructor Went to the Kumbh Mela

marigold wreaths and rafts of small oil lamps into the river. This is not like any field research I've done before. Thirty-five Harvard colleagues and I are at the Kumbh Mela in Allahabad, India, a mass pilgrimage in which tens of... View Details

Keywords: by John D. Macomber; Construction; Real Estate

16 Jun 2015
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First Look: June 16, 2015

all. The case focuses on the launch of three mobility experiments (car sharing, parking, and on-demand ride sharing) and asks students to determine how Fields should balance these types of View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

25 Jun 2013
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First Look: June 25

it was achieved. These results clarify our understanding of the correspondence bias using evidence from both archival studies and experiments with experienced professionals. We discuss implications for both admissions and personnel... View Details

Keywords: Anna Secino

03 Apr 2012
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First Look: April 3

steps towards investigating this possibility by devising a novel 10-day field experiment to estimate the differences in behavior that are created by sorting workers into their preferred institutional regimes... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

01 Apr 1999
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New Releases

Organizations, and Business Schools; Business History; and the Global Financial System Project. In surveying McArthur's accomplishments at HBS, readers are reminded that the former Dean's HBS experience began back in 1957, when he arrived... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young

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