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- 01 Jun 2018
- News
Floor It
aren’t working may be more quickly eliminated; patients then can be moved over to the arms of the trial that are seeing a response. The group is working to analyze indicators contributing to the successes and challenges of platform trials; identifying best business... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna; illustration by Mengxin Li
- 07 Sep 2021
- News
Increasing Access and Expanding Opportunity
Since its earliest days, HBS has committed to educating students with the highest potential for leadership, regardless of their financial circumstances. As a result, the School is able to attract and enroll exceptional women and men from... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie
- 11 Apr 2017
- Blog Post
Why I Love My Job: Andrew Grochal on His Path to CarGurus
vibe here. We move very quickly, are constantly testing new ideas/features, and we’re certainly not showing any signs of slowing down. What attracted you to this opportunity?It was actually two separate HBS connections that brought me to... View Details
Keywords: Technology
- Profile
Malcolm Little
anything else, Malcolm saw the degree as, "an opportunity to lift my head from the path I had been on, a time to step back and reconsider what I want." HBS attracted Malcolm for its prestige, but has transformed him through the... View Details
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Kelly Carson
'What could I possibly bring to a room of private bankers and venture investors?' Then I learned that management experience is valuable wherever it comes from." "I'm really attracted to the case method," Kelly adds.... View Details
- 01 Sep 2006
- News
Sorry, We’re All Out of Chilean Sea Bass
sailor. What attracts you to the sea and sea stories? The sea is a faraway place, and I think when people read, they in some sense want to be transported from their normal lives. And writing about things that happen in faraway oceans... View Details
- 01 Jun 2013
- News
The Long View
questions that meet five criteria: Will pursuit of the question facilitate research that would not have otherwise been done? Does it focus on an important problem in the world? Can it attract the interest of key scholars? Will it serve as... View Details
- 14 Jul 2023
- Blog Post
A Pathway to Pursue Aspirations
opportunity unique to HBS – a chance to connect the dots between my aspirations and my need for experience.” Taking it to the street Through Leadership Fellows, Mizuho applied to a few organizations with educational missions, but Sesame Workshop “excited me most,” she... View Details
- 22 Sep 2017
- News
Turning a Disorder into an Opportunity
Dandelion Program is focused on building careers, resilience, and independence for the individuals involved,” he says, adding, “Ultimately, I hope that we will not need a Dandelion program as organizations become more inclusive in View Details
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Paul Lenehan
In high school, Paul Lenehan was impressed by the way economics "explained events behind the news. It gave me a lens for understanding how the world works." An attraction to business plans led to an interest in consulting.... View Details
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Patrick Akl
appreciate the benefits of diversity,” says Patrick. “HBS attracts people from different cultures and backgrounds; its cases are truly global in scope and reach.” The case method also surfaces the best aspects of diversity. “Because... View Details
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Fereshteh Zeineddin
wanted to learn in a place where I would be surrounded by amazing people from different places and backgrounds. HBS was a perfect fit." "Do you know how you've changed?" At first, Fereshteh's attraction to HBS was highly... View Details
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Clarissa Quintanilla
moved to Boston, where Ben attended the Harvard Kennedy School. Clarissa became executive director of Egleston Square Main Street, a nonprofit community-revitalization program in Roxbury/Jamaica Plain. Like her husband and twin brother, Clarissa was View Details
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Andrea Nadosy
As an undergraduate at Harvard, Andrea Nadosy found a retreat in “by far the most attractive studyspace on campus,” Spangler Center at HBS. There, she discovered an unexpected inspiration. “There was always a hum of activity,” Andrea... View Details
- 05 Dec 2023
- Blog Post
Taking Learning Beyond the Classroom
attracted students from a variety of backgrounds, including impact investing, consulting, renewables, startups, ESG, climate tech, and those with experience working for major auto manufacturers including Audi, Ford, and Tesla. The session... View Details
- 03 Feb 2020
- What Do You Think?
Can an Organization Have Too Much 'Rebel Talent'?
many attractive features of rebel talent and what it can achieve. But is it an unalloyed competitive advantage? Can an organization have too much “rebel talent?” What do you think? Reference: Francesca Gino, Rebel Talent: Why It Pays to... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 07 Oct 2015
- What Do You Think?
What is the Best Immigration Model for the US?
countries like the US and Germany is that immigration has a tendency to attract those with the strongest motivation to form a new life, learn new skills, and obey the law (especially if illegal entry puts them at special risk of... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 26 Aug 2013
- Lessons from the Classroom
Built for Global Competition from the Start
discussed German incubator Rocket Internet, which clones successful business models and sites like eBay and Groupon around the world. Rocket Internet, a buzz company on campus that has attracted a number of HBS students as employees, is... View Details
- 28 Nov 2012
- What Do You Think?
Should Pay-for-Performance Compensation be Replaced?
incentives involve delays in compensation that may make a job much less attractive to managers with shorter-term needs or interests. On the other hand, it may serve as a way of sorting out managers with a longer-term view of the job. What... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 19 Feb 2007
- Research & Ideas
Inexperienced Investors and Market Bubbles
"sticky"—funds that perform well attract considerable inflows, but funds that underperform receive only modest outflows. Thus, it's not clear that inexperienced managers were punished for the decisions they made during the... View Details