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- August 2023
- Technical Note
Two Ways of Pursuing a Calling
By: Leslie Perlow and Hannah Weisman
Work can be a means to a financial end, a stepping stone to higher-level jobs, or a meaningful end in itself: a calling. The technical note provides an overview of two different ways people can pursue a calling: with an internal focus or external focus. View Details
Keywords: Personal Development and Career; Job Search; Job Design and Levels; Happiness; Identity; Well-being; Motivation and Incentives; Human Needs; Satisfaction; Mission and Purpose; Fine Arts Industry; Fine Arts Industry; Fine Arts Industry; Fine Arts Industry; Fine Arts Industry
Perlow, Leslie, and Hannah Weisman. "Two Ways of Pursuing a Calling." Harvard Business School Technical Note 424-023, August 2023.
- 11 Mar 2014
- First Look
First Look: March 11
we develop four in-depth qualitative case studies to support our predictions. Download working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=46721 Codifying Prior Art and Patenting: Natural Experiment of Herbal Patent Prior View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 17 Jan 2012
- First Look
First Look: January 17
site, the question is-can Moda Operandi succeed despite removing an essential piece of the fashion industry? Purchase this case:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/812040-PDF-ENG Paddle8: Painting a New Picture of the Art Market Mukti... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 11 May 2011
- Research & Ideas
Building a Better Board
should become industry standard. “When companies get into trouble it doesn't usually happen overnight; it happens over the course of two or three years. Figuring that out before the numbers go bad is the greatest art of a board member.”... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 11 Jun 2020
- In Practice
Are Digital Organizations Better at Overcoming COVID?
set the most successful organizations apart. State of the art technology will not be successful in response to a crisis without these additional components. With them, organizations will figure out how to leverage technology (not... View Details
Keywords: by Danielle Kost
- January 2021 (Revised October 2021)
- Case
iOpenEye: Theater and #MeToo in Nigeria
By: Caroline Elkins, Tarun Khanna and Joyce J. Kim
In 2014, Ifeoma Fafunwa, an award-winning playwright and director, founded iOpenEye, a commercial production company dedicated to driving social change through performance art. iOpenEye’s flagship theatrical production was called “Hear Word! Naija Woman Talk True,”... View Details
Keywords: Theatre; Social Change; Entrepreneurship; Social Enterprise; Arts; Entertainment; Social Issues; Health Pandemics; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Business Model; Nigeria
Elkins, Caroline, Tarun Khanna, and Joyce J. Kim. "iOpenEye: Theater and #MeToo in Nigeria." Harvard Business School Case 321-111, January 2021. (Revised October 2021.)
- 2008
- Thesis
Being B-Boys: Style, Identity, and Respect Among New England and Miami Street Dancers
By: Curtis K. Chan
This study examines the phenomenon of a street dance known as "b-boying" to explore how dancers locate, negotiate, and perform identities, as well as the tensions that occur concomitantly. Drawing on data from participant-observation, interviews, and diverse archival... View Details
- 12 Oct 1999
- Research & Ideas
Throwing Your Opponent: Strategies for the Internet Age
of advantage. The three principles of judo strategy, they say, are based on those of the martial art itself, which teaches smaller competitors to turn the weight and strength of larger and stronger opponents to their own advantage.... View Details
Keywords: by Daniel Penrice
- 04 Oct 2016
- First Look
October 4, 2016
birth was estimated at $190,800–$456,300. The percentage of HOM gestations among all ART pregnancies decreased from 11.4% in 1997 to 2.0% in 2012, with the sharpest year-over-year decline of 20.3% occurring in the year following the... View Details
- 07 Nov 2006
- First Look
First Look: November 7, 2006
Ruhr [The Future of the Past: German Capitalism from the Viewpoint of the Rhine and Ruhr] Author:Jeffrey Fear Publication:In Uberschreitungen. Das Wechselspiel von Wirtschaft und Kunst im 19. Jahrhundert [Crossings: The Interaction between Economy and View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Mar 2022
- What Do You Think?
Is It Time for More Reverse Mentoring?
widening the generational gap in using cryptocurrency, buying and storing art and wine with nonfungible tokens, trading new kinds of securities on new internet investment sites offering new features, and thinking up new applications for... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 13 May 2014
- Op-Ed
The Alibaba Effect
it comes to innovation and entrepreneurship, Alibaba is far from alone in China. It is merely at the head of a parade. Stay tuned. Warren McFarlan and Bill Kirby are professors at Harvard Business School and coauthors of the new book Can China Lead? Reaching the Limits... View Details
- 03 Feb 2003
- What Do You Think?
Can Business Schools Teach the Craft of Getting Things Done?
the reverse any day?" The implication, of course, is that the study and practice of the art or craft of getting things done takes precedence over that of the near-science of strategic planning. And yet business schools have proven... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 18 Sep 2000
- Research & Ideas
Getting It Done: Improving Nonprofit Performance
few years, venture philanthropy's overall impact is quite limited. On another front, The Pew Charitable Trusts undertook a new approach in 1997 by creating the Philadelphia Cultural Leadership Program, which demands accountability every three years from the View Details
Keywords: by James E. Aisner
- 23 Aug 2011
- First Look
First Look: August 23
PublicationsChallenges to Business in the Twenty-First Century Authors:Gerald Rosenfeld, Jay W. Lorsch, and Rakesh Khurana, eds. Publication:Cambridge, Mass.: American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 2011 An abstract is unavailable at... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 08 Nov 2016
- First Look
November 8, 2016
also consider the relationship of these outcomes to the immigrants’ age at arrival to the United States. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=51811 2016 Experiences in Liberal Arts and Science Education from... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- October 2010
- Teaching Note
Nettwerk: Digital Marketing in the Music Industry (TN)
By: John A. Deighton and Leora Kornfeld
Teaching Note for 510055. View Details
- 04 Aug 2003
- What Do You Think?
Are We Facing an Attitude Shortage?
comprehend because they lack an operative definition." Art Warbelow (who emphasizes attitude in selecting aviation pilots) said, "The tough part is assessing attitude in the job interview... I can't assess it beforehand, but I... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 22 Dec 2015
- First Look
December 22, 2015
provided for needed reinvestment in city services, but low recoveries for unsecured creditors. The city's plan also proposed that the Detroit Art Collection be transferred to a trust funded by philanthropists, with the proceeds accruing... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 21 Sep 2010
- First Look
First Look: September 21, 2010
performance arts empire with a global brand. The story has a personal as well as professional dimension to it, including the launch of the Blue School (with their spouses), to provide children with the kind of education they wish they'd... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne