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What's Hot This Week

Online Evaluations, More Interaction on Agenda Second year students will be glad to know that HBS’ official EC course evaluations will be online on Monday, November 26th, a few days after Thanksgiving. This is a great resource for those (like me) who are still determining which courses to take! Considering that my previous process was… Continue reading What's Hot This Week

Career Talk

There is plenty of opportunity for MBAs in the entertainment industry, and this opportunity is growing every day. Sure, you could always put your MBA to work in the entertainment industry in the finance department. But now it is becoming easier for us to find the jobs we want in other departments where creativity is… Continue reading Career Talk

Not Just "Math Camp": HBS Prematriculation Programs

The Admissions Committee’s ability to shape an MBA cohort out of the enormous pile of qualified applicants is truly an art form. “We admit a group of incredibly capable and…diverse people every year,” says Brit Dewey, Managing Director of MBA Admissions and Financial Aid. “The richness of diversity makes the experience at HBS.” But along… Continue reading Not Just "Math Camp": HBS Prematriculation Programs

Redesigning the HBS Curriculum

The mission of the Harvard Business School (HBS) is “to develop outstanding business leaders who contribute to the well-being of society.” HBS endeavors to do so with its core Required Curriculum (RC) and its fully elective Elective Curriculum (EC). This article is an introductory examination of whether HBS provides a curriculum sufficient, both in its… Continue reading Redesigning the HBS Curriculum

Back in the Saddle Again

Last year at this time I was scared out of my mind. I had no finance oraccounting experience and (gasp!) no knowledge of any Excel shortcuts.I was apprehensive about speaking in public. I was still reeling from the abrupt end of my fun, travel-filled, relaxing summer and the start of an intense, busy, overscheduled, 24/7… Continue reading Back in the Saddle Again

Admit Day Adventures

I remember Admit Day last year like it was yesterday. I hadn’t told my boss at Unilever that I had even applied to business school, so I made up some horrendous excuse to take the day off. I had been at some “very important” event the night before (so important that only one year later,… Continue reading Admit Day Adventures

The Awkward Split of Finance I

The collective sigh of relief for most RC students from before the holiday break was short-lived because Monday, January 28 marks the last day of Finance 1-the final exam. While we students have undoubtedly developed our finance skills, moving from identifying sources and uses of cash in Butler Lumber to valuing a series of entire… Continue reading The Awkward Split of Finance I

What gives Us the right?

Recently, I attended a conference with many other students from HBS. I was shocked when I overheard a student rudely tear apart the business model of seasoned entrepreneur’s latest venture. The speaker was clearly too professional and gracious to do anything other than nod politely, but it made me ask myself an important question. What… Continue reading What gives Us the right?

Hope for the Best

I live by the clich‚ “Hope for the best, prepare for the worst,” especially the latter part of that statement. So, on my way to Boston, I had imagined a campus full of suits walking around spewing financial jargon I wouldn’t understand, hissing at me as I naively blurt out “finance” with a long “i.”… Continue reading Hope for the Best

Economics-The Missing Lesson?

Last week one of my finance classes was assigned a case on a startup that received the majority of its funding through a government grant. The grant this company received was part of a program designed to fund high-risk technologies that were predicted to have spillover benefits or “positive externalities that accrued to others besides… Continue reading Economics-The Missing Lesson?

Poetry Corner

In a bid to prove we’re a rounded bunch here at HBS, we’re starting this new section. We’ll publish either new works (eg composed during a dull finance class), or your favorite poems by others. Submit suggestions to sjohnston@mba2002.hbs.edu Waiting for Monday Morning We meet everyday, well almost,I don’t see you weekendsAnd remaain untouchedBy your… Continue reading Poetry Corner

Harvard Business School Professor Warren Law Dies At 79

Warren A. Law (MBA ’48, Ph.D. ’53), the Edmund Cogswell Converse Professor of Finance and Banking Emeritus at Harvard Business School (HBS) and an eloquent critic of the corporate takeovers that convulsed the world of American business in the 1970s and 1980s, died of cancer on Thursday, Dec. 11, at his home in Belmont, Mass.… Continue reading Harvard Business School Professor Warren Law Dies At 79

Useful E-mail Forwards Save the Day During RC Finals

HBS experienced an RC final exam period like none other this winter, with all first-year students emerging from exams with a look of sheer jubilation on their bright, triumphant little faces. “Ding, dong! The three is dead!” sang the happy students as they skipped out of Aldrich, certain that the administration would have to abolish… Continue reading Useful E-mail Forwards Save the Day During RC Finals

The MBA-Doctoral Connection

Sometimes, students in sections are not really in the MBA program. Rather, they’re there just for the first semester. Who are they? They’re doctoral students who opt to enroll in the MBA program for this short, but meaningful, time. Shasa Dobrow (“Give a shout out to Sec-C!”), Wendy Smith (“Section H is the best.”), and… Continue reading The MBA-Doctoral Connection

Summer Fellowship Program

Jesse Souweine spoke with Eve Bould about her experiences last summer working for The Nature Conservancy Can you briefly describe the organization you worked for? I worked for The Nature Conservancy (TNC) in their San Francisco office. The organization appealed to me because of its pragmatic, business-minded approach to conservation. TNC’s mission is “to preserve… Continue reading Summer Fellowship Program

The Virtues of Speaking "Louder"

My section has developed a wonderful little norm around getting people to speak up. Instead of knocking on the table or waving our arms in the air, we simply express our inability to hear the mumblings of a sectionmate by saying “Louder” or another polite derivative of the word. In general, most people have gotten… Continue reading The Virtues of Speaking "Louder"

The Vault

Perhaps even more so than tough finance questions, brainteasers can unnerve the most icy-veined, well-prepared finance candidate. Even if you know the relationships between inflation, bond prices and interest rates like the back of a dollar bill, all your studying may not help you when your interviewer asks you how many ping pong balls fit… Continue reading The Vault

My Summer with Carnival Corporation

This summer I worked at Carnival Corporation in Miami, Florida. I was an intern with Management Advisory Services (“MAS”), Carnival’s internal strategic consulting group, the purpose of which is to analyze and detect various opportunities within the organization and its operating companies to become more efficient, reduce costs, etc. Although I had always been interested… Continue reading My Summer with Carnival Corporation

A&E: A Minute With

As President of Fuse, Marc Juris oversees the first viewer-driven, all-music television network. Assuming leadership in January 2002, Juris manages all network strategy and operations, including the re-branding as Fuse (from Muchmusic USA) in May 2003. Prior to taking the helm of Fuse, Juris was executive vice president and GM of the AMC (American Movie… Continue reading A&E: A Minute With

Interview with Michael Moritz

On Saturday, February 7th, the Venture Capital & Private Equity Club held its 10th Annual Conference. The day was a huge success, thanks to the 50+ organizers, panelists, keynote speakers and sponsors. Prior to his keynote, The Harbus was lucky enough to get some words of wisdom from Michael Moritz, a partner at the California-based… Continue reading Interview with Michael Moritz

Financial Evolution

In September 2008, the financial world was brought to the brink. Three years later, we still are left with the question: what happens next replica watches? On September 19, CEO Brady Dougan came to HBS to help answer that very question, as well as variety of other topics brought up in an open-forum environment by… Continue reading Financial Evolution

Book Review of Zero-Sum Game: The Rise of the World’s Largest Derivatives Exchange

Most people think of New York City as the world’s financial hub, but the reality is that increasingly critical pillars of global financial markets stand—and have always stood—in Chicago. Zero-Sum Game is a very well-written, gripping tale about the largest M&A deal to date in the exchange industry—a 2007 merger between century-old competitors that took… Continue reading Book Review of Zero-Sum Game: The Rise of the World’s Largest Derivatives Exchange

Tracey McVicar – Managing Director CAI Capital Management

Last Friday I sat down for an interview with Tracey McVicar, Managing Director of CAI Capital Management, a Canadian private equity firm with a North American investment mandate and offices in Vancouver, Toronto, Montreal and New York. I have known Tracey for over seven years, first as a mentor and later as a friend and… Continue reading Tracey McVicar – Managing Director CAI Capital Management

Rugby Player Profile – Anson Frericks (OB)

Position/Title: Scion of the Scrum, Legend of the Line-out, High Panjandrum of the Rugby Pitch, Humble Servant to Double B (Godfather of Rugby), and HBS Rugby Club President Height:1 fathom, but taller than a fathom in cleats. Weight: ÿIn China, I am huge. Previous Sports Experience: Two time 2005 Bank of America Summer Intern Friday… Continue reading Rugby Player Profile – Anson Frericks (OB)

The Virtue in Losing a Deal

This article illustrates key lessons from the financial crisis using a recent exercise in Real Property (EC course). Over the past 14 months, we have had plentiful opportunities to study the financial crisis from afar. We have read cases dealing with the financial crisis and listened to a plethora of speakers provide their perspectives on… Continue reading The Virtue in Losing a Deal

Shrink Your Bills! Mia Interviews BillShrink CEO

Holiday gift-giving season and extravagant J-Term vacations are fast approaching. With all the expenditures you’re incurring, it’s probably no surprise that your wallet is hurting. While you may not have the time now to reevaluate your budget and to make minor and major cuts in your spending habits, one site I highly recommend you check… Continue reading Shrink Your Bills! Mia Interviews BillShrink CEO

Why Most Twentysomethings Don’t Understand Personal Finance

Planning a wedding? Worried about how to pay off your student loans? Debating if you want to buy or rent an apartment next year after graduation? These are all decisions that can be made if one has a command of his or her personal finances and financial goals, both in the short-term and long-term. As… Continue reading Why Most Twentysomethings Don’t Understand Personal Finance

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