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Summer Fellowships | MBA
Fellows receive up to $650 per week and may also be part of a peer exchange network of students committed to similar goals. HBS has partially funded my internship through its Summer Fellows Program, a sponsorship designed to help students... View Details
- 01 Jun 2016
- News
Imagine an Economy Without Wall Street
out on an entrepreneurial path but was thwarted by the country’s lack of a finance and lending infrastructure. A similar shortcoming in the mortgage and lending industry also delayed his family’s ability to buy a house until his father... View Details
- 07 Feb 2005
- Research & Ideas
How “Career Imprinting” Shapes Leaders
capabilities, connections, confidence, and cognition that might be associated with having worked at GE during a particular point in time—this would be a "GE career imprint." And, we can compare the career imprints of different organizations during View Details
Keywords: by Mallory Stark
- 07 Dec 2015
- News
Nurturing a Healthy Food System for Producers and Consumers
revitalized farming community in the surrounding areas and at other nearby colleges and school systems that are using the UMass model to start similar programs. (Published December 2015) View Details
- 13 Sep 2012
- Research & Ideas
Why Public Companies Underinvest in the Future
their research, public firms invest less than half as much as private firms of similar size and industry—and private firms are 3.5 times more responsive to changes in investment opportunities. The authors argue that this is largely due to... View Details
Keywords: by Maggie Starvish
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Activities, Government & Clubs | MBA
Activities, Government & Clubs Looking to make an impact as an MBA student? Interested in forming friendships with peers who have similar interests? If so, you will find an abundance of opportunities at HBS, from student government to... View Details
Leading with the Long View
problems and situations that happened decades ago, and at the time people thought those same mistakes would not be repeated. But you see similar mistakes cycle around years or decades later. In more traditional courses, you are trying to... View Details
- 22 Dec 2009
- First Look
First Look: Dec. 22
potential impact of policies to manage systemic risk. Unravelling in Two-Sided Matching Markets and Similarity of Preferences Author:Hanna W. Halaburda Publication:Games and Economic Behavior (forthcoming) Abstract This paper investigates... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 13 May 2002
- Op-Ed
A Cure for Enron-Style Audit Failures
If companies and regulators are ever to learn from the collapse of Enron—and prevent similar corporate debacles in the future—they must look more closely at the relationship between auditors, managers and the company audit committee. The... View Details
- 19 Oct 2009
- Research & Ideas
Why Are Web Sites So Confusing?
Do you sometimes get the feeling that Internet portals, search pages, social networks, e-commerce, and other Web sites are not necessarily designed in order to maximize user convenience and benefits? We do, too. Why—you might ask? For a fundamentally View Details
Keywords: by Andrei Hagiu & Bruno Jullien
- 01 Sep 2014
- News
The Harvard Business School Campaign: California Regional Events
Lynton (MBA 1987) hosted the Los Angeles Regional Campaign event. An interactive experience was created to help alumni find others in attendance with similar interests. Regional Events Around the World Chicago Mumbai Hong Kong Miami, FL... View Details
- 01 Jun 2014
- News
The Campaign Begins
1997) Katie Vogelheim & John Hansen (MBA 1985) An interactive experience connected alumni with similar interests. Regional Events Around the World Boston San Francisco New York Chicago Mumbai More to follow Paris São Paulo Los Angeles... View Details
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
Identifying why the path to the top for women and racial minorities remains elusive
like me.” Building on research showing that underrepresented minorities are more likely to be hired and promoted into jobs in which there are already higher proportions of similar others, McGinn finds that having same-gender or same-race... View Details
- 01 Dec 2012
- News
Sunny's MBA
materials, so Verghese resolved to grow the cotton locally. He soon found himself operating one of the largest cotton plantations in Africa. Now, as CEO of his own trading company, Singapore-based Olam International Ltd., Verghese makes sure that all the company's... View Details
- 12 PM – 1:30 PM EDT, 28 Apr 2020
- Career Events
New Paths Forward & How to Get There
Is there anything holding you back from taking that next step? Are you at an impasse? This session is designed to help to you honestly assess where you are now in your life. From there, we will craft potential new paths and create action plans to guide your immediate... View Details
- 8:30 AM – 4:30 PM EST, 13 Nov 2015
HBS MBA Career Reboot Camp in New York City
Career Reboot Camp is coming to New York! Led by Professor Tim Butler and facilitated by HBS career coaches, participants will work through exercises to reflect on their key career interests, what's important to them in work and life, and create a plan to move forward... View Details
- 17 Feb 2009
- Research & Ideas
What’s Good about Quiet Rule-Breaking
practice is an anomaly or is only confined to her team. An obvious next step is to do away with it, explaining precisely why it should be discontinued. Second case: The "morality" of the practice is confirmed. For instance, all View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
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Katie Laidlaw
Why was getting a degree from HBS important to you? HBS attracts people similar to me, yet different from me in every way. I was particularly drawn to challenging myself in this learning environment and meeting new people from around the... View Details
Keywords: Consulting
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Article databases: Which to choose? | Baker Library
Some articles may include charts/images. Includes alert service. Academic Search Premier Best for interdisciplinary scholarly literature. Some articles may include charts/images. Business Source Complete Best for management and scholarly literature. View Details
- 01 Jun 2004
- News
Partners’ Club Strives to Broaden Appeal
to adjust to a new lifestyle and find support in others who have faced similar emotions and situations.” The club took a big step toward diversification by adding a men’s committee, which attracted ten members. Dean Myers,... View Details