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- 04 Oct 2019
- Blog Post
Finding My Passion in the Startup Space
crazy pace of tech developments and feel the intense energy around you. Unfortunately, the company I worked for eventually shut down. I decided to take a few weeks off and head to Greece on vacation. I felt the uncertainty that comes in... View Details
- 16 Sep 2019
- Blog Post
Finding my Passion in the Startup Space
Valley, work and learn from amazing people, and launch and manage new product lines in the home services space. For someone who is passionate about startups, living in Silicon Valley is extremely exciting. Every day you get to witness the crazy pace of tech View Details
- 01 Jun 2022
- News
June 2022 Alumni and Faculty Books
Career Development Programs Open Boundary Press This is a book for all who are facing career and life transitions. At such junctures, our decisions require the full self, and astute thinking alone will not carry us into the new place that... View Details
- 01 Dec 2010
- News
This Is What I Do
to be a journalist,” she recalls. Later, at ABC News, Lemmon twice pursued fellowships in Europe. With each exposure to life overseas, she became more interested in development issues. “People need jobs to create stronger families, and... View Details
- 01 Jun 2012
- News
Straight to the Heart
obviously, having a personal brand crosses over to our professional lives, whether the goal is finding a job, developing new clients, or attracting investments to your start-up. What is your personal brand? Insightful, resourceful,... View Details
- 03 Oct 2019
- News
Skydeck Live: Galactic Returns
the development via NASA to an era where industry leads has sped up the pace of growth and primed the space sector for investment. Co-founder of space technology company Escape Dynamics and a longtime investor in the industry, Garriott de... View Details
- March 2024
- Case
Teamworks: Tackling a Forecasting Fumble (A)
By: N. Louis Shipley and Stacy Straaberg
In late March 2018, Teamworks CEO Zach Maurides learned Q1 2018 sales were at risk for a large forecasting miss. Founded in 2004, Teamworks’s software application assisted support staff in messaging, scheduling, and sharing documents with collegiate and professional... View Details
Keywords: Acquisition; Business Growth and Maturation; Communication Strategy; Decisions; Forecasting and Prediction; Business Cycles; Technological Innovation; Sports; Growth and Development Strategy; Resource Allocation; Marketing; Sales; Business Strategy; Expansion; Sports Industry; Technology Industry; United States; North Carolina
- 05 Feb 2008
- First Look
First Look: February 5, 2008
that make this possible. Together, they reveal a systematic approach to managerial work at the top, which is seldom found in the literature. By building on the engagement of many in the development of the organization, the practices are... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 06 Jan 2010
- What Do You Think?
Is a Stringent Climate Change Agreement a Pot of Gold?
financing, a socially positive attitude toward entrepreneurship and the failure that it often entails, and a market for new ideas). If that's the case, countries that should be at the forefront in advocating more stringent rules regarding... View Details
- 04 Oct 2007
- What Do You Think?
Has Managerial Capitalism Peaked?
about hedge fund managers and private equity managers raking in billions while decimating companies and destabilizing markets more than we worry about whether the CEO of Ford took home a few paltry millions while actually running a... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 12 Apr 2018
- Blog Post
Reading Between the Lines: How to Spot the Skills You Need Among the Resumes You Get
read so that anyone can understand what they did. But they often don’t.” Jonathan Tamblyn, the head of talent at L2, a consumer products digital marketing firm, sees the challenge through the lens of cutting-edge companies that have... View Details
Keywords: All Industries
- 28 May 2007
- Research & Ideas
How Property Ownership Changes Your World View
closing the belief gap between a group of very poor squatters and the general population. Changing Lives "How is it that property changes peoples' lives?" asks Di Tella. "In developing countries, there are many claims or... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna
- 25 Jun 2020
- News
Global Centers Broaden Understanding of Business and the Pandemic
maintain its predominance once the crisis subsides. Kominers taught the case (remotely, via Zoom) in spring 2020 in the Making Markets elective course. Europe Research Center—To further HBS’s COVID-related research, the center worked with... View Details
- 01 Jan 2002
- News
Marjorie M.T. Yang (MBA '76)
markets in developed nations. But by the mid-1980s, the Yangs decided the time had come to differentiate themselves. They would concentrate on quality and meeting the needs of the most discriminating... View Details
- 08 Jan 2014
- What Do You Think?
Do Productivity Increases Contribute to Social Inequality?
growth. One respondent turned the topic on its head, posing a more interesting question of whether equality fosters productivity. Several felt that innovation and productivity increases are leading to inequality. As Donald Shaw put it, "Technology View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 25 Apr 2012
- What Do You Think?
How Will the “Age of Big Data” Affect Management?
that "technology and knowledge advancement have again developed faster than the managers' and business owners' capabilities to leverage its usefulness in their decision making process." Philippe Gouamba reminded us that "perfection is but... View Details
Keywords: Re: James L. Heskett
- 05 Aug 2021
- Blog Post
Closing the Education Gap with Kei Takatsuka (MBA 2022)
precious three months of my life, not what others might think that I should do,” Takatsuka shared. “I ended up pursuing two internships in developing countries in the middle of COVID-19 – no one recommended that I do that! But for me, I... View Details
- 01 Oct 1996
- News
Leading In a New Era
have today's senior executives, trained in the days when the pyramidal organization and domestic markets held sway, made the transition to a global, technology-driven economy? For three 1971 classmates and corporate leaders, Donald J.... View Details
Keywords: Nancy O. Perry
- 24 Jul 2019
- Lessons from the Classroom
Can These Business Students Motivate Londoners to Do the Right Thing?
partnering with BIT and applying behavioral insights to solve real world policy and managerial problems. “One way to help people make better decisions is to change the choice environment—or the way in which decisions are presented,” Luca says. “There’s a growing body... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- Profile
Arthur Rock
transistor, but Shockley’s quirky anagement style was a turn-off and these scientists were looking for help landing other jobs. They wanted to find a place that would hire them as a group so they could continue their work developing... View Details