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- 09 Aug 2019
- Blog Post
Making the Switch from CPG to a Self-Driving Car Startup through my Summer Internship
working at a pre-revenue startup. For example, at my pre-MBA role, producing a video entailed big budgets and an entire agency team to help coordinate the shoot day. At Cruise, creating a video involved my acting as both the client and the production company; from... View Details
- 05 Dec 2016
- Blog Post
5 Pieces of Advice for Applying to HBS
There’s no doubt that applying to business school can be a stressful undertaking. Researching MBA programs, taking the GMAT, writing essays, chasing after recommenders (often while also trying to balance a full time job) can be downright... View Details
- 04 Aug 2016
- Blog Post
Getting Accepted to HBS through the 2+2 Program
to HBS through the 2+2 Program has never been on anybody’s radar (except for the admissions team – which is how I get to write blog posts like this). Even now as my EC year is coming to an end, some friends are still discovering through... View Details
- 01 Apr 1996
- News
Wake-Up Call: Farewell to the American Dream?
University's Wagner School of Public Policy. In The End of Affluence, you write that since 1870, America's productivity - the output of goods and services per hour of work - grew at an average annual rate of 2.25 percent until 1973. Since... View Details
- 01 Oct 1997
- News
Theory & Practice
the ways in which game theory can help explain actual patterns of interaction. Rosabeth Moss Kanter on the Frontiers of Management by Rosabeth Moss Kanter (Harvard Business School Press) In a new book that draws on nearly two decades of her View Details
- 02 Jun 2015
- News
Pointing the Way to a Better World
to research and write the book, film the documentary, and promote both projects on a speaking tour last fall. While she returns to her financial work this year, she knows the book’s work—to inspire change—is far from over. Whether it’s... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Mar 2007
- News
Courting the Poor
assistance of LARC senior researcher Ricardo Reisen de Pinho (PMD 74, 1999), Frei was soon on her way to researching and writing “Magazine Luiza: Building a Retail Model of ‘Courting the Poor.’ ” “Magazine Luiza has made a business of... View Details
- 01 Dec 2003
- News
Books
Jay Lorsch and the Boston Consulting Group’s Colin Carter (MBA ’71) argue that corporate boards have made progress in the last decade, but are being pressed to perform unrealistic duties, given their structure, processes, and membership. “Boards are trying to raise... View Details
- 18 Mar 2009
- Research & Ideas
Marketing After the Recession
Editor's Note: Harvard Business School professor John Quelch writes a blog on marketing issues, called Marketing Know: How, for Harvard Business Online. It is reprinted on HBS Working Knowledge. Congratulations. Your business is surviving... View Details
- 04 Oct 2017
- Blog Post
What Should German Applicants Know about HBS?
straight-forward. I thought a lot about my essay and its structure before I actually started writing it, which saved me a lot of time later on. Before submitting my application, I also talked to two alumni in Germany and then to another... View Details
- 21 Aug 2017
- Blog Post
From Germany to HBS
very different from a German university. Therefore, it is useful for you when making your decision to apply for HBS and when writing your application. After all, your flight and hotel expenses for this trip are tax-deductible in Germany! ... View Details
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2021 Symposium - Race, Gender & Equity
writes for the Atlantic . Sarah Kaplan Sarah Kaplan is Distinguished Professor, Director of the Institute for Gender and the Economy (GATE), and Professor of Strategic Management, at the University of Toronto’s Rotman School of... View Details
- 01 Dec 1996
- News
Victory Lap: Frazier, Olympics COO, Reviews the Games
Actually, we're still busy at ACOG, dismantling our operation: outprocessing tens of thousands of employees, selling or returning materiel, closing the books, writing a final report, and so forth. In a matter of weeks, this Fortune... View Details
- 01 Jun 2016
- News
How Do I Get Your Job?
where I write down my challenges and also my successes. It’s a five-year journal, so I can see what happened five years ago today, four years ago, three years ago, all on the same page. It helps me put things in perspective. Every year... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 06 Apr 2016
- News
Raising a Glass to Life-Long Entrepreneurship
Courtesy of Flatiron Books Courtesy of Flatiron Books When Jim Koch (JD/MBA 1978) sat down to write Quench Your Own Thirst, published this month, he realized he had told these stories many times before—usually over a beer, preferably a... View Details
- 18 May 2015
- News
The First Five Years: Anjali Vaidya (MBA 2010)
Yahoo, the challenge is to catalyze growth at an Internet company with tremendous assets. I’m learning every day how to inspire people to challenge conventional wisdom, use data to drive decisions, and tackle roadblocks proactively. I’ve learned to roll up my sleeves... View Details
- 01 Jun 2002
- News
Steven Murch: Philanthropist-in-Training
traveling volunteer program. He took on the new role after returning from a February trip to New Zealand, where he worked with a family for three weeks to build their home. And Murch has found yet another way to help. To keep his programming skills current, he has made... View Details
- 01 Nov 2021
- Blog Post
Ace Your Phone or Video Interview
following best practices to be confident, prepared, and ready to ace your interview. Preparing for Your Interview First, as you would for an in-person interview, take time to review the job description, research the organization and industry, and prepare your notes.... View Details
- 18 Feb 2016
- Blog Post
Honing an Interest in Healthcare at HBS
few other operations and finance courses. My only healthcare work was an independent study that extended some interesting research on cancer treatment access with an HBS professor, and helping another professor write a biotechnology case.... View Details
- 01 Apr 1998
- News
Sparking Internet Commerce
receive suggestions and audio samples of similar music after supplying information about favorite albums. They could also read and write reviews and "chat" with fellow fans. Grouf is himself a musician and composer: his senior thesis at... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons