nontraditional students - Publications - Faculty & Research

11 Oct 2012
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Answering the Doctor's Call

Northeast Ohio Medical University, that was seemingly tailor-made to his aspirations. Downing is one of just 35 nontraditional students in the program, aimed at providing doctors to underserved urban... View Details

Keywords: resumed education; nontraditional students; Health, Social Assistance

06 Apr 2023
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Bringing Music to the HBS Classroom: My Journey as a Nontraditional Student in the Summer Venture in Management Program

Business School in general to better grasp what the program would entail. During this process, I found a video that would change my life forever: the illustrious “Take A Seat in the Harvard MBA Classroom.” Witnessing students from a... View Details

11 Oct 2021
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Crafting a Nontraditional Path to Venture Capital and Private Equity with Morgan Sheil (MBA 2021)

School as an undergraduate chemical and biomolecular engineering student at the University of Maryland. She was accepted into the 2+2 program and set out after graduation to explore potential careers and build her skills. After a year and... View Details

28 Aug 2019
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Know Your Audience: Recruiting HBS Students for Investment Banking

appealing for students who come from the armed forces and nontraditional business backgrounds who are seeking to build technical skills.” Banks offer excellent training opportunities for motivated View Details

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Shahaan (Haan) Razak

Haan is a dual degree student (MD/MBA) and career-switcher (Teach for America). He is passionate about entrepreneurship and healthcare, and can provide support on resources and pathways for engaging with these communities at HBS. He can... View Details

October 2005 (Revised March 2006)
Module Note

Rethinking Positioning

By: Youngme E. Moon

Outlines the structure and content of a six-session module that introduces students to a nontraditional approach to positioning strategy. View Details

Keywords: Product Positioning; Brands and Branding; Marketing

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Tricia Lee

perspectives, and how to debate issues in all of those contexts. HBS was an easy choice - the case method, the general management focused education, the quality of both students and faculty, and even the structure of the program all fit... View Details

Keywords: Entertainment / Media; Technology; Entrepreneurship

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Katherine Manweiler

Katherine is eager to support students in a variety of ways including: consulting, VCPE, and hedge fund case interview prep; behavioral interview prep; crafting a cohesive and compelling personal narrative; deciding between different... View Details

November 2005 (Revised August 2006)
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When Investing and Social Objectives Meet

By: Gregory S. Miller, Vincent Marie Dessain and Anders Sjoman

Introduces students to a group of investors and stakeholders who evaluate firms at least partially on factors other than eventual investment payoff. Focuses on investors who evaluate and attempt to impact firms' ethical, corporate governance, or other "societal"... View Details

Keywords: Consumer Behavior; Investment; Business and Stakeholder Relations; Business and Shareholder Relations

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18 Apr 2007
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How Magazine Luiza Courts the Poor

developed a flexible procedure for credit approval, using nontraditional metrics to enable customers with lower, less easily established incomes (a pushcart vendor, for example) to make purchases. "Their loan repayment rates are the... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Retail

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Pav Guraya

Pav is a social impact/nonprofit industry veteran (consulting/advisory) and career-switcher (strategy consulting). He enjoys assisting students interested in making career changes, particularly into consulting and especially for View Details

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Rahi Patel

nontraditional career paths. He is keen on a “listen-first” approach when advising students to empower them to navigate complex recruiting and networking processes and achieve their professional aspirations.... View Details

06 Nov 2015
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Casey Gerald: Becoming a Leader at HBS

Selected by his peers as the 2014 student speaker for graduation, Casey Gerald’s impassioned speech to his fellow MBAs quickly garnered national attention. Highlighting the motivation that has shaped his ambitious career, Casey urged his... View Details

11 Sep 2023
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Reflections on My First Semester Teaching at HBS

HBS and recently admitted students, I thought I’d share a few of my observations: 1. Vulnerability - The students who had the courage to reach out to let me know when they were struggling helped me in adapting the class, resulting in... View Details

01 Feb 2001
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What Makes a Good Leader

purpose has always been to educate leaders," notes Dean Kim B. Clark. "Our students learn to be managers here, but they also learn that it is important to make a difference in the world — to bring commitment, integrity, and a sense of... View Details

Keywords: Management

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Technology & Innovation - Faculty & Research

segments and creating a staggering array of business opportunities and threats. The digitization of tasks and processes has become essential to competition. General Electric, for example, was at risk of losing many of its top customers to View Details

06 Dec 2011
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First Look: Dec. 6

nontraditional expansion strategy of entering the developed markets of Europe and the United States as a niche player before venturing into Middle Eastern and neighboring Asian markets. Looking ahead to the next decade, Haier CEO Zhang... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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Ann Chao

to take theory beyond the classroom into a real world setting and make a tangible impact. I felt that an MBA would best equip me with the skills and mindset to do that. I was attracted to HBS in particular because of the diversity and strength of the View Details

Keywords: Entertainment / Media

04 Oct 2021
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Tapping into “Nontraditional” Private Equity and Venture Capital Talent at HBS

goal – earning his MBA at HBS. Morgan Sheil’s Road to HBS Morgan Sheil’s path to HBS began as an undergraduate chemical and biomolecular engineering student at University of Maryland. She was accepted into the 2+2 program and set out... View Details

Keywords: Private Equity; Venture Capital

06 Mar 2018
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A Voice for Diversity and Impact at Scale

people’s health and well-being,” she says. At HBS, Hunt saw her MBA coursework as an opportunity to build on what she had learned and to make a difference through diversity and scale. “There were so many students who had been working in... View Details

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