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Get Our Unofficial HBS Interview Guide Now!

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Get Our Unofficial HBS Interview Guide Now!

For just $35, you'll get a 40-page PDF that includes 12 pages of real interview questions from real interviews of real students along with question-by-question analysis from current HBS students! (3) comments

Welcome to Admitted Students Weekend

A Message from the SA Co-Presidents

Welcome to Admitted Students Weekend

To the applicants admitted to the Class of 2012 (and your partners with you here this weekend), we want to wish you a warm welcome to Harvard Business School! Congratulations on the achievement, and we hope you're excited about being here and getting to know HBS this weekend. (0) comments

THE HAITI EARTHQUAKE

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THE HAITI EARTHQUAKE

As you are all aware, on Tuesday the 12th of January 2010, Haiti was struck by one of the worst earthquakes in recent times. Since then, we have been bombarded with news reports and images of the disaster, which, as with other such news stories, can unfortunately become banal…expected even. (0) comments

Lessons Learned

Learning to Smile When the Government Shows Up!

Lessons Learned

When regulators from Government agencies showed up I learned to listen rather than resist my basic instincts. Early on, I was resistant to "State Inspectors" who would show up at our door, asking for IDs and being generally uncooperative. Debby (CFO & Spouse HBS '81) quickly intervened and announced that Environmental and Compliance visitors should be directed to her and not to me! For years, our State waste water discharge permit allowed us to drain hydraulic oil from our aluminum extrusion press into the sewer. (0) comments

Global Impact Experience

Jordan: Sustainable Building Practices

Three Harvard Business School students participated in a volunteer consulting project in Jordan over January term to promote environmentally sustainable building practices. The project was sponsored by United States Agency for International Development (USAID) through the Global Impact Experience (GIX) program, a new program at HBS that gives students the opportunity to work for an international development organization during winter break. (0) comments

Global Impact Experience

UGANDA: Doing Well by Doing Good

Global Impact Experience

We spent three weeks over winter break in Washington DC and Uganda, consulting for the U.S. Agency for International Development in Uganda (USAID). Our project was to come up with a framework to identify intersections between private sector interests and development objectives, and to recommend partner opportunities for USAID with companies in the private sector. (1) comment

Global Impact Experience

Liquid Gold: The Olive Oil Sector of Morocco

Global Impact Experience

You haven't really lived until you taste olive oil fresh from the processing line. The Global Impact Experience (GIX) team in Morocco traveled across northern Morocco to investigate the current market and energy constraints in sector growth for the liquid gold of Morocco: olive oil. (1) comment

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