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01 Jun 2016
News

The Difference Fellowships Make

others, coming to Harvard is their first trip outside their home region. Some have started their own businesses, while others have worked in nonprofits. A diversity of students can matriculate at HBS because of the School’s need-blind admissions policy, which enables... View Details

01 Dec 2013
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Curing Health Care

professional network for physicians.) Each year, Rock Health selects about 20 companies from thousands of applications to receive backing in the form of funding (grants up to $20,000 or convertible notes of $100,000) and services (office... View Details

Keywords: Ambulatory Health Care Services; Health, Social Assistance; Management; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

01 Sep 2006
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Down the Memory Chute

HBS was actually easier than being accepted as a WOC reader: In 1973, there were approximately 400 applicants for 4 WOC reader openings. Says Wailes, who as an MBA student was not allowed to take the WOC, “Whatever the mythology was about... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons

19 Jun 2013
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Your Guide to Social Enterprise

Georgia Levenson Keohane Photo courtesy of Georgia Levenson Keohane What is social entrepreneurship? Is it simply an approach to business in which profit comes hand in hand with some positive social change? Or is it the application of... View Details

Keywords: Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations; Personal Services; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

01 Mar 2014
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Social Enterprise Initiative Marks 20th Anniversary

sectors that create value for society." Today, the SEI and the 97 faculty affiliated with the initiative connect with communities worldwide. Faculty research spans the examination of the needs of the 4.5 billion members of society living on less than $5 a day to the... View Details

Keywords: SEI

12 Jul 2021
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Alumni Confront the COVID-19 Crisis

is considering launching a COVID relief van program to help carry oxygen and basic medicines to those in need. MAY 20 Students Fight COVID was started by 250+ MBA/MS 2023 admits from across the world, including HBS, with the aim to fight... View Details

01 Apr 1996
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"Foundations" Paves the Way for Entering MBAs

group set its own record of sorts as the first set of MBA matriculants to enter the School in January as part of the new year-round MBA calendar. They were even setting records before they arrived at Soldiers Field as the first group to complete "Essential Skills" - a... View Details

15 Jun 2021
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HBS Addresses Racial Equity

business, and we saw the numbers increase during the pivot to a virtual experience because of COVID-19. The REP accelerates these efforts through programs such as a need-based application fee waiver and a... View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie

20 Feb 2019
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Building an Ecosystem for African Entrepreneurs

Entrepreneurship Programme in 2014 with a $100 million endowment to empower 10,000 young African entrepreneurs over 10 years. In 2018, the foundation received more than 150,000 applications for 1,000 available spots. The View Details

Keywords: April White

01 Feb 2000
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HBS Alumni Association Board of Directors: President's Report

Alumni have long been asking for an opportunity to extend their educational experience. In response, the School has developed two programs to meet the needs of alumni at specific times in their career cycle: the Entrepreneur's Tool Kit... View Details

Keywords: Edmund A. Hajim (MBA '64)

01 Jun 2014
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The Digital Deck

guiding HBX's offerings were established early on," notes Dean Nitin Nohria. "HBX should offer a differentiated product. It should complement rather than compete with current programs and Harvard Business Publishing offerings. It should... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna

01 Jun 1999
News

Moir Donelson

creating a youth development program in rural Louisiana while serving in the Army or increasing revenues (by $39 million) as an engineer and administrator at Motorola in Texas (where he also tutored students), Donelson has shown great... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young

21 Jun 2022
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Banquet Brings Latino Alumni Back Together; Dallas Club Marks 75 Years with a Look Ahead

as well as admitted students and some in the application process. It was a chance for us to reconnect and for the new students to learn more about the Latino community at HBS. It was fantastic.” HBS Latino Alumni Association Banquet... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

04 Sep 2019
News

Advanced Statistics Are the New Foam Fingers

a lot of value from the standpoint that it is a universal statistic that’s applicable across players and positions. It’s really easy from a topline perspective to explain to someone: This is how many wins a player got you.” Explaining... View Details

19 Sep 2019
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Predicting Human Behaviors

partner, Honda) began in August 2014, when Misra started his year as a Blavatnik Fellow in Life Science Entrepreneurship, a program launched in 2013 at HBS. Among the numerous scientists Misra met with in his search for marketable life... View Details

Keywords: April White

14 Nov 2012
News

Remembering His Roots

that Curiel performed during his second year. Classmates and cofounders Chadd Garcia and Misha Simmonds joined his effort to test that idea following graduation. The RFDF’s “Mini MBA” program offers migrant students online courses in... View Details

Keywords: farmworkers

01 Dec 2016
News

Alumni Books of 2016

(Bibliomotion) Firestone has developed four core tenets of risk-taking that are applicable when anticipating, evaluating, and responding to risks in business, investing, and life. They are right-sizing; right-timing; relying on skill,... View Details

01 Dec 1998
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Year 2000 Computer Problem and You: Disaster for Some, Lessons for All

With Y2K predictions running the gamut from glitches with home appliances to worldwide economic collapse, Y2K expert John F. Keane (MBA '54) assesses the situation as it appears with one year to go. John F. Keane is CEO and chairman of Boston-based Keane Inc., a $1... View Details

18 Dec 2019
News

Thinking Smart About Numbers

competition is open to alumni with early-stage ventures. Winners receive an invitation to the student and alumni New Venture Competition Finale held in April. Applications are due by January 27, 2020. Get full View Details