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- 07 Oct 2021
- News
Planning Ahead
took the thoughtful approach that he has honed working for more than 30 years in the credit markets and applied it to his own situation. Ketchum established a bequest intention that will support HBS as part of his estate plan. Making a... View Details
- 01 Mar 2023
- News
Step Change
City to work for the Egyptian-American Enterprise Fund (EAEF), a $300 million investment initiative focused on strengthening Egypt’s private sector. On a trip to Cairo to renew her work visa, she met... View Details
- 12 Feb 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, February 12, 2019
friends, and strangers, even when costly. Why do people devote their resources to helping others? In this chapter, we examine whether engaging in prosocial behavior promotes subjective well-being, which encompasses greater positive affect, lower negative affect, and... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 02 Jun 2016
- Blog Post
Applying to the JD/MBA Program
life here over the past few months, the application process remains fresh in their minds. We caught up with the two of them to find out what they wished they’d known about the program while applying, and what advice they have to offer... View Details
- 04 May 2021
- Blog Post
Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month at HBS
when I was three years old. Not wanting me to struggle with them as they built a new life in a foreign land, they left me with my grandparents back home. Even though my mom had an engineering degree and years of View Details
- 01 Dec 2022
- News
Singing to the Corn
to HBS came with the caveat that he add another year of work experience to the two already listed on his résumé and complete some of the quantitative courses his transcript lacked. He spent the year in Omaha, View Details
- Profile
Molly Welch
Why did you choose this path at this point in time? I worked for several years at Google in marketing and public policy roles, first related to corporate social responsibility initiatives and subsequently to emerging technologies. In my... View Details
- 04 Jul 2005
- What Do You Think?
How Can Business Schools Be Made More Relevant?
business school faculty, curricula, and research. Chuck Drobny commented, "If the institution places research-focused faculty or graduate students in front of students, and the students lack any perspective gained through experience, the outcome will do little to... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- Web
ARD - Georges F. Doriot : Educating Leaders, Building Companies, Baker Library, Harvard Business School
Clubs Faculty & Research Business & Environment Business History Christensen Center for Teaching & Learning Entrepreneurship Faculty & Research Global Healthcare HBS Working Knowledge Institute for Strategy & Competitiveness Leadership... View Details
- 24 Mar 2009
- First Look
First Look: March 24, 2009
Working PapersRunning Out of Numbers: Scarcity of IP Addresses and What to Do About It (revised) Author:Benjamin Edelman Abstract The Internet's current numbering system is nearing exhaustion: existing protocols allow only a finite set... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- Profile
Magashe Ngoepe
period gives us time to be home with more space to enjoy our new life together. Additionally, entrepreneurs are always taking risks. HBS has inspired me to be bold and make decisions knowing that I will always have the security of an MBA... View Details
- 20 May 2014
- First Look
First Look: May 20
theoretically from the WMS and other recent work on management practices. Our preliminary results suggest that about a quarter of cross-country and within-country TFP gaps can be accounted for by management practices. Management seems to... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 06 Jan 2021
- Blog Post
My HBS Student Loan Story: Gorick Ng (MBA 2018)
didn’t get a single callback. Eventually, she found a government program that enabled her to return to school and become a daycare assistant. The experience really stuck with me and has influenced my life and career direction. What was... View Details
- 23 Aug 2006
- Op-Ed
The Real Wal-Mart Effect
This opinion piece, first published in the New York Times in August 2005, has been updated by Pankaj Ghemawat for HBS Working Knowledge.Mighty Wal-Mart's headquarters in Bentonville, Arkansas, must feel less like a hotbed of retailing and... View Details
- Web
Sustainable Business Strategy Course | HBS Online
purpose-driven leader by learning how to influence key stakeholders and integrate values into your work to catalyze system-level change. 3 weeks 7-9 hours per week 3 modules Self-Paced with regular deadlines This course earns you a... View Details
- 06 Nov 2018
- Research & Ideas
8 Ways to Make Olympic Stadiums Useful After the Games End
after the torch has been extinguished and the athletes and spectators have gone home, the stadium built to host the opening ceremonies and other events—usually at enormous cost—remains. In After the Carnival: Key Factors to Enhance... View Details
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Peggy Mativo-Ochola
assumed she’d follow a "traditional path" toward medical school. But her advisor encouraged Peggy to think more holistically about her life and career. Even though Peggy enjoyed her lab work, she increasingly felt "it took... View Details
Keywords: Nonprofit/Government/Education
- 10 May 2019
- Blog Post
Advice for Mothers Pursuing an MBA
the foundation on top of which we built our extraordinary experience. If you have a partner, working together will be essential. Logistics for the kids is the immediate second layer: figure it out as soon as you can and connect with... View Details
- 01 Oct 1996
- News
Mastering the Competition — Michael E. Porter (MBA 1971)
about changing both how people think and how they behave," says Porter. "I'm pleased when my work is used by other academicians. But I feel equally satisfied when people tell me my ideas made a difference in their companies or countries."... View Details
Keywords: James E. Aisner
- Portrait Project
Ratnika Prasad
during recess. The area we covered wasn’t large, and our club didn’t last beyond middle school, but the thrill of having done something remained. Working to protect the environment has been my passion for as long as I can remember. My... View Details