Middle Class - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Jun 2014
News

What’s Next

and the Middle East—and we've watched the number of global cases written rise to more than 50 percent in 2012–2013. Beyond that, we have begun offering Executive Education programs in locations beyond Boston, and the FIELD [Field... View Details

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

02 Oct 2015
News

The ‘F’ Word

matter of avoiding particular missteps. Students really appreciate it when you have someone like Christina who is willing to come to class and talk openly about what happened.” In the stories that follow, alumni share their own takeaways... View Details

Keywords: Walt Disney Studios

01 Sep 2008
News

Building a Better MBA

thriving. Applications are on the rise again after trending downward for several years. Only one out of nine applicants to the Class of 2010 got a coveted acceptance letter. Almost no one passes up the opportunity; 91 percent of those... View Details

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

14 Mar 2019
News

The Merchant of Osaka

she is quite petite, just over five feet tall, a figure all the more surprising given the force of her presence. It may help explain why, when crowding into the back of a taxi, Oishi insists on occupying the uncomfortable middle seat,... View Details

Keywords: Health, Social Assistance

01 Jun 2018
News

The Long Run

even when the message is a positive and urgently needed one. “Every school is different,” Langford says diplomatically. “We don’t even use the word ‘curriculum.’ We say we have some resources available to them.” Over the past two years, 739 View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; photographed by Melissa Golden

21 Dec 2018
News

Bridging the Gap

experience? Falik: Traditionally, study abroad has been the experience that we’ve encouraged kids to have to expand their horizons and have a global experience. When we look at the data, though, it’s pretty striking: 80% of kids who participate in study abroad are... View Details

Keywords: Educational Support Services; Educational Services

10 Mar 2021
News

New Releases: Alumni and Faculty Books, Podcasts

Cash By Christopher Kawaja (MBA 2004) and Shannon Matthiesen Independently published Most of us know how to balance the immediate needs of a checking account or to invest long term for our retirement plans. But financial advice falls apart in the View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley; Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

01 Sep 2017
News

City of Dreams

all the more important: “Nayana is best in class in infrastructure and real estate development,” he says simply. “Our country needs people with private-sector experience to take up these public-sector positions and help drive the agenda.”... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; photographed by Alice Carfrae; Sri Lanka; Construction of Buildings; Construction; Administration of Housing Programs, Urban Planning, and Community Development; Government

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