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- September 1989
- Case
Steve Shirley
By: Shoshana Zuboff
Traces the career development of a well-known British entrepreneur who, as a young girl, was forced to flee the Nazi's occupation of Central Europe. Details her early work experiences in the heavily male dominated workplace of post-war Britain and follows the... View Details
Zuboff, Shoshana. "Steve Shirley." Harvard Business School Case 490-004, September 1989.
- February 2014
- Background Note
“When I look back…” Reflections of Bernard Madoff
By: Eugene F. Soltes and Sara Hess
This background note for instructors provides details of Bernard Madoff's career and the classroom recording. View Details
Keywords: Ponzi Scheme; Crime and Corruption; Personal Development and Career; Finance; United States
Soltes, Eugene F., and Sara Hess. "'When I look back…' Reflections of Bernard Madoff." Harvard Business School Background Note 114-050, February 2014.
- November 1988 (Revised March 1990)
- Case
Progressive Corp.: Coping with the Problem of Dual Career Parents (A)
By: Shoshana Zuboff
Zuboff, Shoshana. "Progressive Corp.: Coping with the Problem of Dual Career Parents (A)." Harvard Business School Case 489-031, November 1988. (Revised March 1990.)
- 01 Dec 2012
- News
Taking Time to Make Time
POZEN: Getting people to think about how they are managing their careers in the evolving context of their own personal and professional lives. HBS senior lecturer Robert Pozen is living proof of the adage "If you want to get something... View Details
Keywords: Time management
- 27 Sep 2004
- Research & Ideas
IBM Finds Profit in Diversity
interviewed were struck by Gerstner's interest and active involvement in the development of high-potential minority and female senior managers and junior executives; he took a personal interest in how they were being mentored and what... View Details
Keywords: by David A. Thomas
- 01 Sep 2011
- News
Faculty Books
and perspectives. The authors explain how to generate ideas with these skills, collaborate with colleagues to implement ideas, and build innovation skills throughout the firm. What to Ask the Person in the Mirror: Critical Questions for... View Details
- July 2022
- Article
What Do I Make of the Rest of My Life? Global and Quotidian Life Construal across the Retirement Transition
By: Jeff Steiner and Teresa M. Amabile
Retirement means relinquishing the daily structure that work provides and the career-dependent meanings that it offers life narratives. The retirement transition can therefore involve contemplating both how to spend newly-freed daily time and the implications of... View Details
Keywords: Retirement Transition; Life Narrative; Construal Level Theory; Global Construal; Quotidian Construal; Meanings Of Work And Retirement; Retirement; Transition; Perspective
Steiner, Jeff, and Teresa M. Amabile. "What Do I Make of the Rest of My Life? Global and Quotidian Life Construal across the Retirement Transition." Art. 104137. Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes 171 (July 2022).
- May 1983 (Revised November 1983)
- Background Note
Financial Structure of Corporate Pension Plans and Pension Funds
By: Jay O. Light
Light, Jay O. "Financial Structure of Corporate Pension Plans and Pension Funds." Harvard Business School Background Note 283-075, May 1983. (Revised November 1983.)
- February 2020
- Supplement
Coaching Makena Lane
By: Ethan Bernstein
Video Supplement for "Coaching Makena Lane," product number 418-031. Videos include a collection of ~3 minute animated videos of 5 celebrity coaches answering the same 2 questions participants are asked in the teaching plan: 1. How would you evaluate Makena Lane’s... View Details
Keywords: Executive Coaching; Leadership Style; Performance Evaluation; Personal Development and Career
Bernstein, Ethan. "Coaching Makena Lane." Harvard Business School Multimedia/Video Supplement 420-718, February 2020.
- August 1996 (Revised January 2004)
- Background Note
Retiree Benefits
By: David F. Hawkins
Note on accounting for retiree benefits. View Details
Hawkins, David F. "Retiree Benefits." Harvard Business School Background Note 197-021, August 1996. (Revised January 2004.)
- 2016
- Working Paper
Innovating in Science and Engineering or 'Cashing In' on Wall Street? Evidence on Elite STEM Talent
By: Pian Shu
Using data on MIT bachelor's graduates from 1994 to 2012, this paper empirically examines the extent to which the inflow of elite talent into the financial industry affects the supply of innovators in science and engineering (S&E). I first show that finance does not... View Details
Shu, Pian. "Innovating in Science and Engineering or 'Cashing In' on Wall Street? Evidence on Elite STEM Talent." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 16-067, December 2015. (Revised November 2016.)
- May 2014 (Revised August 2014)
- Teaching Note
Women MBAs at Harvard Business School: 1962–2012
By: Boris Groysberg and Robin Abrahams
Keywords: Female; General Management; American History; Economic History; Business History; Career Planning; Nonverbal; Sexism; Leadership Development; Organizational Behavior; Women; HBS; Harvard Business School; Management; Leadership; Personal Development and Career; Education; Globalization; Gender; United States
- 2014
- Working Paper
Tommy Koh: Background and Major Accomplishments of the 'Great Negotiator, 2014'
By: James K. Sebenius and Laurence A. Green
Significant negotiation-related achievements from career of Ambassador Tommy Koh of Singapore are highlighted in brief form along with elements of his background and career. In light of these accomplishments, Koh was selected as the recipient of the 2014 Great... View Details
Keywords: Negotiation; International Relations; Personal Development and Career; United States; Singapore; Baltic Countries; Southeast Asia
Sebenius, James K., and Laurence A. Green. "Tommy Koh: Background and Major Accomplishments of the 'Great Negotiator, 2014'." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 14-049, December 2013. (Revised February 2014.)
- July–August 2013
- Article
Looking Up and Looking Out: Career Mobility Effects of Demographic Similarity among Professionals
By: Kathleen L. McGinn and Katherine L. Milkman
We investigate the role of workgroup sex and race composition on the career mobility of professionals in "up-or-out" organizations. We develop a nuanced perspective on the potential career mobility effects of workgroup demography by integrating the social... View Details
Keywords: Professional Service Firms; Race And Ethnicity; Ethnicity; Race; Personal Development and Career; Gender; Legal Services Industry
McGinn, Kathleen L., and Katherine L. Milkman. "Looking Up and Looking Out: Career Mobility Effects of Demographic Similarity among Professionals." Organization Science 24, no. 4 (July–August 2013): 1041–1060.
- May 1995
- Article
The Influence of Supervisory Promotion and Network Location on Subordinate Careers in a Dual Ladder RD&E Setting
By: R. Katz, Michael Tushman and T. Allen
Katz, R., Michael Tushman, and T. Allen. "The Influence of Supervisory Promotion and Network Location on Subordinate Careers in a Dual Ladder RD&E Setting." Management Science 41, no. 5 (May 1995): 848–863.
- December 2003
- Teaching Note
Negotiation Self-Assessment (TN)
Teaching Note to (9-902-218). View Details
- September 1997 (Revised October 1997)
- Case
Emmet Stephenson: Profile of an Entrepreneur
By: Ashish Nanda
Profiles the career of a Emmet Stephenson, the founder of over a dozen successful companies, as a model of entrepreneurship and management. View Details
Nanda, Ashish, Ed Zschau, and Georgia Levenson. "Emmet Stephenson: Profile of an Entrepreneur." Harvard Business School Case 898-049, September 1997. (Revised October 1997.)
- January 2022
- Article
Who Creates New Firms When Local Opportunities Arise?
By: Shai Benjamin Bernstein, Emanuele Colonnelli, Davide Malacrino and Timothy McQuade
We examine the characteristics of the individuals who become entrepreneurs when local opportunities arise. We identify local demand shocks by linking fluctuations in global commodity prices to municipality level agricultural endowments in Brazil. We find that the firm... View Details
Keywords: Firms; Entrepreneurs; Demand Shocks; Entrepreneurship; Personal Characteristics; Demographics; Opportunities; Brazil
Bernstein, Shai Benjamin, Emanuele Colonnelli, Davide Malacrino, and Timothy McQuade. "Who Creates New Firms When Local Opportunities Arise?" Journal of Financial Economics 143, no. 1 (January 2022): 107–130.
- 21 Jan 2022
- News
To Build New Habits, Get Comfortable Failing
- 16 May 2016
- News