Career Changes - Publications - Faculty & Research

08 Oct 2007
Research & Ideas

Management Education’s Unanswered Questions

sides of the aisle. As a doctoral student at Harvard he completed all his MBA coursework and went on to earn a master's in sociology and a PhD in organizational behavior. Now he teaches in the MBA and doctoral programs and knows the issues that students today face as... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Education

01 Oct 1997
News

Doing Something Real

contemplating our 25th Reunion isn't so much our two years in those United NationsÐlike Aldrich classrooms, or the upcoming reunion itself, but how much has changed in the interim. We have gone from the days (begun with that awful... View Details

Keywords: Andrew Tobias (MBA '72)

01 Mar 2006
News

One-on-One with Dr. Margaret Chan

have died.” Chan, who hails from the People’s Republic of China, obtained her medical degree from the University of Western Ontario in Canada. In 1994, she was named Director of Health for Hong Kong, where she began her public-health View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; Government; Ambulatory Health Care Services; Health, Social Assistance

01 Oct 1996
News

Lasting Impressions

ago Ed Mathias decided he wanted to make a career change while he still had attractive options. "My wife and I had adopted a child six years ago, and I wanted to have more flexibility in terms of my time,"... View Details

Keywords: Deborah E. Blagg

23 Feb 2010
First Look

First Look: Feb. 23

Lincoln Publication:Journal of Labor Economics (forthcoming) Abstract This study evaluates the impact of high-skilled immigrants on U.S. technology formation. We use reduced-form specifications that exploit large changes in the H-1B visa... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

01 Apr 1998
News

World Class Learning

network offers help on a range of issues, Walker says, from something as simple as how to buy groceries to something as serious as the emotional stresses of displacement and change in family life. "We also meet often with international... View Details

Keywords: Eileen K. McCluskey

01 Dec 2010
News

Innovation Takes Center Stage

behavior, the area where he has devoted his professional career at HBS. He also came to understand “how being an academic in many ways resembles being an entrepreneur, in that I have the opportunity to decide what ideas to pursue.”... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson

23 Oct 2018
First Look

New Research and Ideas, October 23, 2018

media to engage others and build campaigns for change in the company. This case follows her career at the company and describes the challenges she faced as a change agent,... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

25 Aug 2022
News

September 2022 Alumni and Faculty Books

United States in 2021. The Juneteenth Story provides an accessible introduction for kids to learn about this important American holiday. The Changing C-Suite: Executive Power in Transformation By José Luis Alvarez (PhD OB 1991) and... View Details

06 Mar 2007
First Look

First Look: March 6, 2007

designed to enhance safety and effectiveness had the unintended effect of changing how men enacted their masculine identities at work. Interview and participant observation data show that the major reorientation was away from seeking to... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

14 Dec 2020
Research & Ideas

What Does December's Drug-Approval Dash Mean for COVID-19 Vaccines?

lower-risk population, fewer side effects. Kost: How do you think COVID-19 might change how drugs are reviewed, post-pandemic, especially in emergencies? Cohen: Look, I hope that we don't have pandemics often, but when we do, I hope we... View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost; Pharmaceutical; Health

06 Mar 2013
Research & Ideas

HBS Cases: Women MBAs at Harvard Business School

a more inclusive culture? And how should HBS change over the next 10 years in order to accelerate the advancement of women leaders who make a difference in the world?" On March 8, in observance of International Women's Day, faculty... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Education

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Judith Prior Lawrie Oral History - Business Education For Women At Harvard University | Harvard Business School

confidence and some understanding of what the process was about. Certainly none of us knew that the first day we showed up. What's business? It was not in a young woman's vocabulary at the time. Career When I graduated from Harvard, I... View Details

01 Sep 2005
News

One-on-One with Thomas Riley

he is a former Ironman triathlete who, egged on by his children, once toyed with the idea of auditioning for Survivor. Of his current job, Riley observes, “I’m not making a career of this, and there’s a certain freedom, even power, in... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; Finance; Government

11 Sep 2012
First Look

First Look: September 11

change the course of history. Indispensable will also help you understand this new model so you can use it in your own life-whether you're a citizen casting a ballot, an executive choosing your next CEO, or a leader trying to make your... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

12 May 2022
News

Onboarding

for five years before moving over to Xerox in 1978. “I like to learn,” Barron has said. “And I like to do.” That straightforward philosophy led to a multifaceted, 21-year career at Xerox, where she held senior leadership roles in the... View Details

16 Dec 2011
Research & Ideas

Reintroducing Intellectual Ambition to the Study of Business History

environmental damage and climate change over the last two centuries. The time has come for mainstream business history to incorporate the environmental impact of business in its agenda." Other research agenda topics identified by... View Details

Keywords: by Geoffrey Jones & Walter Friedman

01 Jun 1996
News

Class Acts

serve on a team that consolidated and restructured student-run concessions. After graduation, Lyon intends to keep a hand in Uncle Dave's Kitchen as a member of the company's board while remaining in the Boston area as a strategic planner for Staples. He acknowledges... View Details

01 Dec 2004
News

The Future of Stem Cells

research create a domino effect that has an impact on all stem-cell inquiry, beyond embryonic work. Young scientists fear inadequate funding and uncertain career paths. Private investors and entrepreneurs, for their part, steer clear... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons

14 Jun 2016
First Look

June 14, 2016

Understanding Psychological Safety in Healthcare and Education Organizations: A Comparative Perspective By: Edmondson, Amy C., Monica Higgins, Sara J. Singer, and Jennie Weiner Abstract—Psychological safety plays a vital role in helping people overcome barriers to... View Details