• "HBS has been eye-opening, I often come into class thinking, 'x,' but I hear enough 'y's to challenge my position. You don't usually get a chance to see issues from so many different points of view. The variety of people and interests at HBS exposes you to a truly global perspective."

  Jake Johnson

  Davison, MI, USA
  MBA '11

• "If If we assume that innovative practices are often the basis for the formulation of new ideas in a field like management, today, in this Global Century, we must recognize that management ingenuity is found all around the world."

  Nitin Nohria

  Dean 2010 - Present

• "HBS builds a classroom experience that's similar to the business world. You have to convince others of your ideas. If you can do that here, you become confident you can do it in business, too."

  Bei Guo

  Shanghai, People's Republic of China
  MBA '10

• "My trip to Vietnam is among the things I've most appreciated here. When you go with faculty, you get a deeper understanding of context, of culture and government policies. In Vietnam, our faculty guide, Regina Abrami, was exceptionally insightful because of her research background. On the IXP, I gained a deeper knowledge of Asia's industrial and manufacturing sectors."

  Pranav Kothari

  Ahmedabad, India
  MBA '11

• "You come to HBS with big paradigm ideas about what leadership is and assume that others see it that way, too. Then you hear people speak from entirely different perspectives based on completely different family and cultural experiences."

  Kira Epler

  Yates Center, KS, USA
  MBA '11

• "As businesses and markets become increasingly global, our strategy is to maintain a small physical footprint and a large intellectual footprint. What distinguishes Harvard Business School — our competitive advantage — is the breadth and depth of the work we are able to pursue. "

  Nitin Nohria

  Dean 2010 – Present

• "It's important for me to build a wide network with exceptional people from Europe, the United States, and all over the world. Thirty-three percent of 900 HBS students each year are international. HBS offers a uniquely international network compared to any other US school."

  Max Reichel

  Munich, Germany
  MBA '10

• "I was surprised by the people. The students here have an amazing variety of backgrounds. The professors are very open to students. And they're not just academics; their work and board experiences inform their teaching."

  Luana Bichuetti

  São Paulo, Brazil
  MBA '10

• "I hope to have an impact that goes beyond growth, but really drives impact around the world."

  Patrick Chun

  La Crescenta, CA, USA
  MBA '10

• "One of the most rewarding aspects of the joint degree is the friendships we’ve developed within the cohort. For me, that was made possible by a required immersion experience during our first year, comparing the US and UK health care systems. We spent intensive time in Boston and in London learning from leading healthcare policymakers, practitioners, and administrators."

  Alice Yang

  Smithtown, NY, USA
  MBA /MPP '11

• "The program gives you a broad overview of many different skills. Daily case study actively builds leadership qualities: the ability to influence others; the ability to understand the perspectives of people with different backgrounds and interests; the ability to listen to other points of view and integrate them with your own understanding."

  Alika Phipps

  Port-au-Prince, Haiti
  MBA '11