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- 25 Aug 2014
- News
Ashraf M. Dahod, MBA 1981
business than working as a doctor,” says Dahod, whose parents moved to the United States to help their four children to acquire an American education. Dahod, arriving in Ann Arbor, Michigan, at the age of 20, surpassed their high...
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Susan Young
- 23 May 2023
- Research & Ideas
Lessons on Life, Graffiti, and Value: 'It's in That Darkness That You Can Actually Develop and Evolve'
sociologist at Harvard Business School. His parents were an interracial couple who fell in love in the 1960s, when mixed marriages faced scorn and sometimes worse in many parts of the US. Even so, he said, they always believed in the...
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by Christina Pazzanese, Harvard Gazette
- 13 May 2019
- Blog Post
The Many Facets of Becoming a Mother at HBS
(SAS) which helped get more mothers’ rooms in Aldrich and Spangler (the main student buildings, and the other parents on campus (who would watch the kids when our daycare was closed). While there’s never an easy time to have kids, HBS...
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- 08 Oct 2021
- Blog Post
8 Stories from PRIDE for National Coming Out Day
National Coming Out Day is October 11, 2021, and HBS will be supporting and participating in events that celebrate the LGBTQ+ community throughout October. Some students come out before business school, some students wait until they arrive on campus, and some who...
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- 24 May 2017
- News
John J. Brennan, MBA 1980
from which his and Cathy’s three children graduated. There is, however, a second religion in the family: sports. Brennan, a marathon runner, coached his kids’ teams to the point that some neighborhood parents thought he worked for the...
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Susan Young
- 10 Sep 2001
- What Do You Think?
Do MBAs Need More Street Smarts?
best predictors of success for at least one class of Harvard MBAs was whether or not a parent of the applicant had had a career in management. An implication that one might draw from this finding is that the presence in a household of a...
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by James Heskett
- Portrait Project
Haley Brown
“For you, a thousand times over.” It is a quote from The Kite Runner, a book my parents and I read when I was in high school. A quote that they engraved on a bracelet when I graduated. These six words hold a promise of loyalty,...
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Sonakshi Bose
scrambled to understand and explain what was happening, As they tried to locate our mostly Manhattan-bound parents (including my father), As we watched the same TV-loop of smoke I sat down next to the girl who teased me. It’s not that she...
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Shardule Shah
in. The lines between parenting and working are increasingly blurred, but I am here for all of it. It took me a while to realize that having kids adds value even in business. I had thought that the guiding light for my biotech startup...
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- 14 Feb 2019
- Blog Post
LOVE At HBS
parents we face the challenge of trying to balance and support two careers (for which we get regular pushback despite changes in social norms in the US) while still having the time and energy to be good and present View Details
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Megan Maloney
memory? The sound of Stevie Wonder’s Hotter than July playing as my parents hosted summer BBQs for our neighbors and friends. Who is one person from your life that you admire the most today? My grandmothers. I know that’s two but they are...
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- 16 Dec 2020
- Blog Post
My HBS Student Loan Story: Ina Foalea (MBA 2018)
stretched financially. My parents went through the transition in 1989 from the Soviet Union and lost their savings overnight. Fortunately, I had a great education. I was on scholarship in high school and then moved to Canada at age 18 for...
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- 08 Mar 2022
- Blog Post
Recalling My First Cold Call: A Conversation with Second-Year Students
job as a general manager of a mobile cellular company owned by a parent corporation. I had spoken up and participated in previous classes, so I did not anticipate being cold-called. But as always, it comes when you least expect it. We...
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- 04 May 2021
- Blog Post
Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month at HBS
invigorating, and I have found that it is important for me to use my voice and story to share what that means to me and to invite others to partake in my culture rather than to simply smile and walk away. Patricia Jiang – Class of 2021 My View Details
- 22 Sep 2022
- News
The Beauty Guide
wouldn’t necessarily know that they are dealing with little ones at home and childcare issues. Or that they have elderly parents they have to take care of. To maximize how they show up at work, I’ve got to take the time to understand...
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Maureen Harmon
- Web
Socioeconomic Inclusion - MBA
family is now lower-middle class but when I was growing up we were more stretched financially. My parents went through the transition in 1989 from the Soviet Union and lost their savings overnight." Ceena BeallMBA 2019 Due to life...
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- 24 Jan 2011
- HBS Case
Terror at the Taj
secured.) Nothing in the employees' training could have prepared them for such an unprecedented situation, Deshpandé says. Yet further interviews and text documents from the case provide background on the unique culture of Tata Sons, the Taj's View Details
- 10 May 2019
- Blog Post
Advice for Mothers Pursuing an MBA
may be different from others. Talk to people who can provide helpful advice and don’t compare yourself to anyone. Engage with your section. Volunteer to be the parents representative for your session. My role was to make sure there were...
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- 03 Jun 2022
- Research & Ideas
In a Work-from-Anywhere World, How Remote Will Workers Go?
safeguard remote workers’ rights. In Portugal, new legislation protects remote workers by prohibiting employers from contacting employees after hours or remotely monitoring their work. Choudhury thinks this is particularly useful for working View Details
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by Kara Baskin
- 01 Oct 2002
- News
Michael F. Cronin
Boston office. In 1991, with Michael Lazarus, he founded Weston Presidio. Cronin and his wife, Marian, whom he met while at HBS, have been married for 22 years and are the parents of three teenagers. He has given generously of his time...
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