Year Up - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Oct 1997
News

L.E. Simmons

who has achieved lofty financial success in his professional career while remaining firmly grounded in solid business wisdom. The second oldest of four brothers who grew up in rural Kaysville, Utah - all of whom went on to earn MBAs at... View Details

Keywords: Deborah E. Blagg

06 Sep 2004
Research & Ideas

The Innovator’s Battle Plan

cramming is occurring? When companies spend a lot of money fixing product deficiencies, they may be cramming. Large charges or expenses to integrate an acquisition are a good tip-off. Another sign is when companies must convince customers to change their behavior or... View Details

Keywords: by Clayton M. Christensen, Scott D. Anthony & Erik A. Roth

22 Mar 2024
Blog Post

Driving Impact in Emerging Markets with HBS Alum Nneka Chime (MBA 2015)

contributing to her home country. She noticed that many of the families she grew up with eventually found themselves dispersed around the globe after seeking opportunities abroad. While she welcomed international exposure, traveling to... View Details

Profile

Philippe Rival

Why did you choose this path at this point in time? After six years of working as a civil engineer, the importance and value of adding management skills to an existing engineering and technical base became apparent to me. The MBA was the... View Details

01 Jan 2013
News

André R. Jakurski, MBA 1973

enabled Jakurski and his colleagues to expand into a full range of financial services, including trading and investment banking. In 1991, when the Brazilian stock market opened up to foreign investment, Jakurski invested heavily in... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young

30 May 2024
Blog Post

PRIDE at HBS

opportunity for RCs to meet each other and form a community within their year before they are introduced to the rest of PRIDE. PRIDE Retreat: Our annual fall retreat occurs in September and is held in Provincetown, Massachusetts – one of... View Details

12 Nov 2018
Blog Post

Student Portraits - Armed Forces Alumni Association

some, the military was the best and only option. Many others forgo better pay and more comfortable lifestyles to serve. Military families are often overlooked as they sacrifice alongside their service members through uncertainty, continuous moves, deployments, and... View Details

17 Sep 2013
First Look

First Look: September 17

both explore and exploit-to compete in mature technologies and markets where efficiency, control, and incremental improvement are prized and to also compete in new technologies and markets where flexibility, autonomy, and experimentation are needed. In the past 15... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

26 Oct 2018
Blog Post

Making the Switch from Finance to Fitness

go to an indoor cycling class with her. I didn’t understand. The bikes didn’t move – why would I do this? Nevertheless, I went to a class at Flywheel Sports and left feeling better, physically and mentally. While I grew up playing... View Details

01 Oct 1997
News

Brice Cutrer Jones

regardless of cost. Recounting his early years in this quixotic business, Jones notes, "When I first came to this area, the prospects were not encouraging. No one was growing premium grapes, and I was warned that the climate might be too... View Details

Keywords: Judith A. Ross

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John H. McArthur | About

effort and restructured the School’s publishing arm to expand the reach and impact of the School and its thought leadership throughout the world. He launched “Leadership and Learning,” a comprehensive MBA curriculum review. During McArthur’s 15 View Details

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Entrepreneurial Support - Business & Environment

and offers mentorship, feedback, networking, and up to $10,000 in funding. Applications due in November. Contact: boston@nucleate.xyz Develop Your Start-up Rock Summer Fellows Secure funding for a summer well spent between your RC and EC... View Details

03 May 2021
Blog Post

Celebrating the First HBS African-American Mother-Daughter Duo

community support to amplify my journey and contribution. Little did I know, we’d become the first African-American mother-daughter duo to graduate. B.J. and her mom, Benaree As a Black female founder, I’ve been extremely fortunate to have grown View Details

17 Mar 2009
First Look

First Look: March 17, 2009

Hipotecario's management and shareholders need to come up with a plan that will satisfy creditors and keep the bank's business model intact. Purchase this case:... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

Portrait Project

Feiran Wang

Before I was born, my mom was given an option to end my life. It was not an easy choice for her – keeping me meant I would be her only child, and I was a girl. It was 26 years ago in China, and everyone told her to give View Details

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Sexual Harassment - Race, Gender & Equity

experienced some degree of sexual harassment during their careers. 88 % of women have experienced sexual harassment during their career 50 % of women have experienced sexual harassment in the last three years 53 % of women of color have... View Details

06 Mar 2020
Book

A Great Teacher's Lessons for Leading

content. At the same time, I’m managing my own internal dialogue about whether we are moving in the right direction. Maybe there’s a student who looks disengaged. There’s a student who’s emotional. There’s a student who has her hand up... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Education

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5 Facts about Clubs at HBS - MBA

Blog Blog MBA Voices Filter Results Arrow Down Arrow Up Read posts from Author Alumni Author Career and Professional Development Staff Author HBS Community Author HBS Faculty Author MBA Admissions Author MBA Students Topics Topics 1st... View Details

02 Jun 2016
Blog Post

Applying to the JD/MBA Program

Joanna: I grew up in Maryland and went to Yale for undergrad, where I studied Economics and East Asian Studies. Before grad school, I spent one year in investment banking and two View Details

01 Oct 2021
News

From Scholarship to Life-Saving Impact

Nora Rabah (MS/MBA 2022), who emigrated to the United States as a child, remembers the hardship of growing up without health care and wants to make drugs for children with rare diseases more accessible and affordable. Nora Rabah’s (MS/MBA... View Details

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