Word: naming
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...while the Harvard name can be helpful when finding work, Hughes says there is some disadvantage to graduating from a school in Cambridge--and not in the region...
...clear across the Pacific Ocean, the significance of the Harvard name can be taken out of proportion. "If you went to Harvard, or graduated from there, you are automatically elevated to some sort of 'elite' realm," says Misasha C. Suzuki '99, a Japanese citizen who works for JP Morgan in Tokyo. "Harvard is the key to basically opening up whatever you want in Japan...
...rule of thumb is that "the further you get away from Boston, the more famous [the Harvard name] becomes," says David G. Pumphrey, a 1970 HBS graduate and current president of the Harvard Club of Australia...
Unlike in parts of the south and southwest, the Harvard network is also strong in parts of the U.S. West Coast, leading to a strong recognition of the Harvard name...
David W. Salzberg, president of Roth-Young, an executive recruiting firm located outside Seattle, says that although the Harvard name has a stronger pull on the East Coast, a diploma from Harvard still carries an attractive "mystique...