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Michelle Giguere
In high school, Michelle Giguere, "fell" into the Gap and never left, working part-time at the apparel retailer throughout college and returning full-time after graduation. "I loved the mix of fashion with the energy of customer service," Michelle... View Details
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Jon Schechter
remotely from Boston. “The nice thing about my track,” he says, “is that if I decide to do my own entrepreneurial venture, the school has lots of support for that: the Rock Center, the i-lab, or independent work with a professor.” Jon’s future remains open, although he... View Details
Keywords: Tech
- 01 Dec 2000
- News
New Economy Theme of HBS African-American Alumni Conference
partner at Andersen Consulting, and Paula A. Sneed (MBA 1977) of Kraft Foods. Ronald Goldsberry, a former auto industry executive and now a dot-com entrepreneur, described the rewards of joining a growing Internet company. "I was View Details
- 01 Sep 2009
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Faculty Books
patterns of corporate governance and finance between the early 20th century and the 1990s. To attract investors, the statutes of companies organized before 1910 often included stronger protections for small shareholders than what the law... View Details
- 23 Aug 2011
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New Kid in School
Ellison hopes to reverse by “extending our reach, without lowering the bar, to attract more families and kids who are willing to work hard.” While at HBS Ellison recalls being inspired by several members of the Finance faculty — including... View Details
- 28 Mar 2018
- Blog Post
Event Planning for Recruiting Success - Part 1
reflected in Company Presentation attendance – students want to use their time, and your time, wisely! Companies who typically hire many students, or have a well-known brand on campus, may attract larger groups at presentations.... View Details
Keywords: All Industries
- 01 Jun 1997
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HBS Cyberposium Brings Online Future into Focus
student volunteers from the Communications, Media, and Computing Ventures Club who organized seven provocative panel discussions and a number of leading-edge product demonstrations and entrepreneurial workshops. The two-day event View Details
Keywords: Meg Gardner
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Naiyya Saggi
Why was earning your MBA at HBS important to you? I am passionate about creating social impact (specifically improving healthcare outcomes in emerging economies). At HBS, leadership is not interpreted narrowly: it is not sectoral, geographic or time bound. That is what... View Details
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Allie Corless
appetite. What are you most looking forward to in your career? The great thing about working for a startup is the autonomy and decision-making authority, which also comes with a high level of responsibility. In the short term, I am looking forward to View Details
- 01 Mar 2018
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In My Humble Opinion: Urban Renewal
Making cities more attractive for people takes pressure off our open spaces.” A cofounder of Urban Partners—a developer of urban infill, mixed-use, and transit-oriented real estate—Rosenfeld has moved between the private and public... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 20 Oct 2014
- Research & Ideas
Users Love Ello, But What’s the Business Model?
that social media users are increasingly attracted to the idea of such a model. But funding it without advertising's help won't be easy. Two digital marketing experts, Harvard Business School professors John Deighton, the Harold M.... View Details
- 12 Jan 2009
- Research & Ideas
The Value of a ‘Portable’ Career
see whether performance is as portable as many in the NFL believe. To us, the fact that it is portable for some positions and not portable for others is interesting. Q: Companies' hiring managers must avoid errors, especially these days. When trying to View Details
- 01 Feb 2012
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Is Support for Small Business Misplaced?
farms of Europe and the US. It helps explain laws to protect small business from the ravages of the A&Ps and Walmarts. It increasingly drives politics as well as government policy. It is especially attractive at times of low growth... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 05 Nov 2007
- Research & Ideas
The Changing Face of American Innovation
are likely to play important roles in the post-2000 leveling off. The first is recent U.S. immigration restrictions following 9/11 and the reduction in the number of H1-B visas available for temporary, high-skilled workers. Second, both India and China have become more... View Details
- 20 Oct 2020
- Blog Post
Changing the Face of Entrepreneurship and Venture Capital at Harlem Capital
with valuable experience and by opening new doors of opportunity. Attracting and Hiring Diverse Applicants To attract applicants, Harlem Capital leverages prep programs focused on diverse talent like MLT,... View Details
- 01 Oct 2001
- News
Q&A: Orin Smith
people-watching, and the general ambience, it was extremely attractive to customers. Also, a key aspect of our strategy is to be preemptive; we get there ahead of the competition, and if we're a little late, we accelerate our development.... View Details
- 01 Jul 2013
- Research & Ideas
Crowdfunding a Poor Investment?
customers," says Senior Lecturer Michael J. Roberts. By soliciting money through Kickstarter or similar sites, a company overcomes the catch-22 that occurs when it needs funding to make a product, but it must show the product in order to View Details
- 03 Mar 2014
- Research & Ideas
Facebook’s Future
Facebook's attraction has peaked. The apparent disappearance of teenagers from the site has made these concerns even greater. I disagree with this conclusion. Teenagers will return to the site when they are older, and Facebook will... View Details
Keywords: by Mikolaj Piskorski
- 12 Apr 2018
- Blog Post
Reading Between the Lines: How to Spot the Skills You Need Among the Resumes You Get
consumer interactions is fairly unique, we need to attract people from different backgrounds,” he says. “We’re always trying to build a bridge between a candidate’s background and what they might be able to do here.” Fitzpatrick and... View Details
Keywords: All Industries
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Funa Maduka
Importance of educating leaders "The biggest weakness I saw in nonprofits," Funa says, "was in management education. I saw many managers with good ideas, but not the skills for executing them." Attracted to HBS'... View Details