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- 27 Dec 2010
- Research & Ideas
HBS Faculty on 2010’s Biggest Business Developments
Business School professors—former Medtronic chairman and CEO Bill George, economist and entrepreneurship expert Bill Sahlman, and innovation and... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
- 08 Nov 2018
- Blog Post
Career Choices for the Class of 2018
that MBAs are typically drawn to, such as rotations and leadership development programs, we also see that 43% are the only 2018 HBS hire for their organization and are... View Details
Keywords: All Industries
- August 2021
- Article
The Undervalued Power of Self-relevant Research: The Case of Researching Retirement While Retiring
By: Teresa M. Amabile and Douglas T. (Tim) Hall
For decades, training in management research has emphasized objectivity, typically viewed as an arm’s length distance between the topic of the research and the interests of the researcher. This emphasis has led most scholars to avoid research topics of deep personal... View Details
Keywords: Qualitative Research Methods; Case Research Methods; Organizational Behavior; Careers; Career Changes And Transitions; Self-relevant Research; Research; Personal Development and Career; Transition; Identity; Retirement
Amabile, Teresa M., and Douglas T. (Tim) Hall. "The Undervalued Power of Self-relevant Research: The Case of Researching Retirement While Retiring." Academy of Management Perspectives 35, no. 3 (August 2021): 347–366.
- 14 Nov 2005
- Conference Presentation
Character, Competence, and Corporate Accountability: Developing Business Leaders for a New Era
By: Lynn Paine
- January 2022 (Revised August 2022)
- Case
Jackie Robinson: Changing the World
By: Robert Simons and Max Saffer
This case traces the rise of Jackie Robinson from the poor streets of Pasadena, California to one of the most famous people in America after he overturned the color barrier in baseball. The case describes how as a youth he excelled at basketball, football, baseball,... View Details
Keywords: Diversity; Power And Influence; Personal Characteristics; Values And Beliefs; Mission And Purpose; Sports; Entrepreneurship; Leadership; Leading Change; Personal Development and Career; United States
Simons, Robert, and Max Saffer. "Jackie Robinson: Changing the World." Harvard Business School Case 122-042, January 2022. (Revised August 2022.)
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Career Support & Exploration Funds | MBA
Career Support & Exploration Funds Attending Harvard Business School is a profound and life-changing experience. So it’s no surprise that so many students change career paths... View Details
- 16 Oct 2023
- HBS Case
Advancing Black Talent: From the Flight Ramp to 'Family-Sustaining' Careers at Delta
qualifications, while expanding new apprenticeship and professional development programs. Now, three years later, Delta is making progress toward hiring and View Details
- 09 Nov 2017
- Blog Post
Career Choices for the Class of 2017
at 23%, followed closely by private equity/venture capital at 18% and the technology sector at 16%. We also saw a jump in students accepting positions in leadership development programs View Details
Keywords: All Industries
- 30 Oct 2017
- News
Giving Minorities a Playbook for Career Success
neither of them understood what I needed to do to prepare for a career in investment banking, tech, consulting, etc.,” Rice observes. “So, despite having a good academic record and compelling leadership... View Details
Keywords: Constantine von Hoffman
- 28 Jul 2016
- Blog Post
Why I’m Not Changing Careers after Business School
employee and a better person for having had the experience here. As Eric Roth wrote in his screenplay for The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, “It’s a funny thing coming home. Nothing changes. Everything... View Details
- 01 Mar 2010
- News
Light Looks Back on Forty-Year HBS Career
on his career at HBS and what he sees for the School’s future. Looking back over your forty-year career at HBS, what stands out? I guess what impresses me most is how the... View Details
- 23 May 2023
- Research & Ideas
Lessons on Life, Graffiti, and Value: 'It's in That Darkness That You Can Actually Develop and Evolve'
that darkness that you can actually develop and evolve,” he said. “You could experiment; there was no orthodoxy.” These moments—the creative rush and his immersion in the... View Details
Keywords: by Christina Pazzanese, Harvard Gazette
- 17 Jul 2006
- Lessons from the Classroom
Developing a Strategy for Digital Convergence
Following the dot-com bust at the turn of the century, the technology business went through a gloomy period, 2001-2002, when innovation dried up, MBAs looked for careers in finance, and investors put their... View Details
- 13 Oct 2015
- Research & Ideas
Does Business Get Done the Same Way in Emerging and Developed Countries?
shares are held by the family. While Akın is the founder and chairman, the family is not involved in the day-to-day operations of the business. Night scene of Istanbul, where The Koç Groupwas founded. ©iStock/muhur The interviews are part... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 15 Feb 2022
- Book
When Working Harder Doesn’t Work, Time to Reinvent Your Career
a distance-learning program. But this detour didn’t derail the career of Arthur Brooks, now a Harvard Business School professor. Brooks explores his unlikely shift from budding musician to hard-charging head of a Washington, DC, thinktank... View Details
Keywords: by Avery Forman
- 28 Sep 2021
- News
Alumni Connections Drive Career Opportunities for Students
Eric Westphal (MBA 2021) Diego Dzodan (MBA 1999) Eric Westphal (MBA 2021) Diego Dzodan (MBA 1999) As the impact of COVID-19 on individuals and businesses grew in intensity last year, HBS Career &... View Details
Keywords: Becca Carnahan
- 25 Aug 2015
- News
How to Change Careers When You Don't Know What You Want To Do Next
- April 2000 (Revised March 2015)
- Case
The First Six Months: Launching a PSF Career
By: Ashish Nanda, Thomas J. DeLong and Scot H. Landry
Presents two situations: 1) two graduating MBAs from Harvard Business School compare and contrast their strategies for getting off to a good start in consulting, and 2) a junior consultant has to deal with difficult feedback in his very first performance review. View Details
Keywords: Personal Development and Career; Planning; Practice; Strategy; Performance Evaluation; Adaptation; Consulting Industry
Nanda, Ashish, Thomas J. DeLong, and Scot H. Landry. "The First Six Months: Launching a PSF Career." Harvard Business School Case 800-373, April 2000. (Revised March 2015.)
- 10 Jan 2017
- Blog Post
From Product Development to Business School
stopped pursuing the technology and set out on developing our own solution, a move that—I’m sure—crushed the team at the laboratory: watching what they thought was a sure partner View Details