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Growing on the Job - Alumni

stage in a larger drama of growth – your growth. In many cases, the job itself will provide the challenges and resources necessary for expanding your skillset and adding depth... View Details

19 Sep 2011
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Redefining the middle manager's job

12 PM – 1 PM EDT, 20 Sep 2016
Webinars: Career

Become an Entrepreneur Without Leaving Your Day Job

What if there was a way to pair the stability of a day job with the excitement and upside of entrepreneurship? Using proven strategies and a range of case studies, author and serial "10% Entrepreneur" Patrick J. McGinnis (MBA 2004) will explain how you can integrate... View Details

July 2010
Teaching Note

Metabical: Positioning and Communications Strategy for a New Weight Loss Drug (Brief Case)

By: John A. Quelch and Heather Beckham

Teaching note to case #4240. View Details

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11 Nov 2014
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Accenture, Burning Glass and Harvard Business School Identify ‘Middle-Skills’ Jobs Critical to U.S. Competitiveness

11 Dec 2012
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It's Not Your Typical Job

2007
Working Paper

The Effects of a Centralized Clearinghouse on Job Placement, Wages, and Hiring Practices

By: Muriel Niederle and Alvin E. Roth

New gastroenterologists participated in a labor market clearinghouse (a "match") from 1986 through the late 1990's, after which the match was abandoned. This provides an opportunity to study the effects of a match, by observing the differences in the outcomes and... View Details

Keywords: Health; Employment; Marketplace Matching; Selection and Staffing; Job Offer; Compensation and Benefits; Health Industry

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2003
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New Knowledge Creation: A Study in Positive Organizing

By: F Lee, A Caza, A. Edmondson and S. Thomke

Keywords: Organizational Design; Knowledge; Creativity

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Future Positive - Managing the Future of Work

the twists and turns of a rapidly evolving economy. “The majority of people in disappearing jobs do not realize what is coming,” the head of strategy at a top German bank recently told us. “My call center... View Details

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Needs and Need Satisfaction Among Clerical Workers in Complex and Routine Jobs

By: Michael Beer

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October 2011
Case

Gene Sequencing: Staking a Position in an Expanding Industry

By: Richard G. Hamermesh, Mara Aspinall and Phillip Andrews

Towards the end of 2010, companies in the gene sequencing industry were pushing aggressive R&D programs to develop technologies and products in the race to sequence the entire human genome at a cost of $1,000. It remained to be seen when the "$1,000 genome" would... View Details

Keywords: Genetics; Business Growth and Maturation; Business Plan; Competition; Venture Capital; Biotechnology Industry

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21 Aug 2019
Blog Post

Leveraging Academic Opportunities to Attain My Post-HBS Job

been able to through an ordinary interview preparation process. Exploring the academic side of the job search also opened me up to experiences I would have never imagined. Professor Mills had been writing a book about the FinTech... View Details

2006
Other Unpublished Work

Positional Limits to Competitive Allocation: Evidence from Corporate Takeovers

By: Mikolaj Jan Piskorski

Keywords: Management; Equality and Inequality

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2012
Book

Using a Positive Lens to Explore Social Change and Organizations: Building a Theoretical and Research Foundation

By: Karen Golden-Biddle and Jane E. Dutton

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24 Apr 2014
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A taste of home leads to jobs creation and community improvements

created jobs and improved his community’s water system. Focusing on efficiencies to fuel growth and create jobs, Scharfman’s Specialty Cheese has doubled its workforce to 100... View Details

April 2014
Article

15 Rules for Negotiating a Job Offer

By: Deepak Malhotra

The author, a professor of negotiation at Harvard Business School, offers specific pieces of advice for job candidates: Don't underestimate the importance of likability. Help prospective employers understand why you deserve what you're requesting. Make it clear that... View Details

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