Personal Development and Career - Publications - Faculty & Research

30 May 2023
News

Finding PRIDE

fear around being gay in the business world. I felt it would be damaging to my career to be found out, so I limited myself to creative industries where I thought my gayness would be more acceptable if revealed. I worked at Apple for five... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools

01 Mar 2008
News

A History of Women at HBS

Edith G. Stedman, director of Radcliffe’s career services department, was unswerving in her dedication to the need for women’s professional training and education. She View Details

Keywords: Fritz J. Roethlisberger; Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services

15 Feb 2024
News

Startup Shepherds

By their count, Catalina Daniels and Jim Sherman (both MBA 1991) listened to approximately 300 startup pitches in 2016, the first year the HBS classmates worked side by side as angel investors in New York. “You meet a lot of very smart people, with what sound like good... View Details

Keywords: April White

10 Oct 2011
Research & Ideas

Retailing Revolution: Category Killers on the Brink

banks and to fast-food establishments such as Starbucks. Some outlet mall operators, like Value Retail, do a tremendous job in this area as well. In a development to take note of, both Best Buy View Details

Keywords: by Rajiv Lal & Jose B. Alvarez; Retail

21 Jul 2022
News

A Warren Buffett Protégée Strikes Out on Her Own

In a recent profile, the New York Times detailed the career of Tracy Britt Cool (MBA 2009), which has culminated in the launch of her new investment firm, Kanbrick. Britt Cool’s business career began in... View Details

02 Mar 2016
News

David Moss is Rewriting History

the US Constitution, you need to understand the time period from which it emerged, Moss argues, and the problems and personalities that shaped it. Today’s case protagonist is... View Details

Keywords: April White

23 May 2018
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Abigail P. Johnson, MBA 1988

Named SVP, Fidelity Management and Research LLC (FMR) 2001 Named President, Fidelity Asset Management 2007 Named President, Fidelity Personal and Workplace Investing 2012 Named... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young

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Peggy Mativo-Ochola

intends to develop a fundraising program she began in Startup Boot Camp last January. "My big hairy audacious goal is a self-sustaining endowment fund to employ teachers in slums and rural areas."... View Details

Keywords: Nonprofit/Government/Education

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Dean Nitin Nohria | About

2017 Africa Research Center Opened The School opened the Africa Research Center in Johannesburg, South Africa to help develop and strengthen relationships with business and... View Details

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Dusty Register

Why did you choose this path at this point in time? Skillset and network diversification after having worked in a relatively narrow career field for the past four years. I was hungry for a new challenge,... View Details

Keywords: CPG

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For Recruiters - Health Care

Average number of graduates who accept jobs in health care each year 10 % First-year students complete summer internships in health care MBA Recruiting Visit the MBA Recruiting site to access a range of recruiting tools and activities... View Details

07 Apr 2015
News

Warrior Spirit

the number of employees had grown to 140. Sityodtong then moved to New York City, where he bought his mother an apartment and launched a career on Wall Street as a hedge fund manager. Having enough money to... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries

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Sustainable Business Strategy Course | HBS Online

Systemic Change Analyze key stakeholders' roles—including investors and the government—understand why "systems thinking" is necessary, and develop a View Details

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Robert Higgins | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School

(PDF) Robert “Bob” Higgins, HBS 1970, began his career in the admissions office first at Harvard and then at West Point. He went on to the U.S. Treasury where he realized he preferred working with small... View Details

01 Jun 2011
News

Who Was George F. Baker?

newspaper reporter since 1863,” the year he invested $3,000 to become an original shareholder in the First National Bank of New York (now Citibank) at age 23. Baker believed in action, not words. And his actions spoke volumes. He began... View Details

Keywords: Finance

22 Jul 2019
Book

How to Be a Digital Platform Leader

reason to trust each other. Without trust, many transactions will never materialize. A crucial feature of any platform is enabling and creating a trust environment allowing independent parties to feel comfortable that they’re not putting... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

15 Dec 2003
Research & Ideas

The New Global Business Manager

need for local responsiveness, for example. Or having the experience of finding that the brightest marketing person in your organization is in Australia. Or finding the best new product ideas coming out of the U.K. Such experience is... View Details

Keywords: by Cynthia Churchwell

April 2021 (Revised June 2021)
Supplement

Balancing Act: Deborah Lovich (B)

By: David G. Fubini and Patrick Sanguineti

This case provides updates on Deborah Lovich's decision and how she navigated her work and family responsibilities over the following decade. View Details

Keywords: Work/life Balance; Work/family Balance; Work-Life Balance; Family and Family Relationships; Personal Development and Career

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08 Mar 2017
Blog Post

Education Sector Opportunities at HBS

through internships and careers. The Career and Professional Development office (CPD) has career coaches... View Details

11 Aug 2003
Research & Ideas

Why Budgeting Kills Your Company

of contract. "And there are usually financial incentives attached: Career prospects and bonuses ride on this contract—incentives for hitting the targets amount to as much as 97 percent of a U.S.... View Details

Keywords: by Loren Gary

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