careers - Publications - Faculty & Research

11 Jun 2025
Blog Post

Alumni Career Video | Nicole Ledoux (MBA 2008)

an unexpected pivot from finance to entrepreneurship, launching the healthy snack brand 88 Acres with no background in the food industry. She reflects on the challenge of building a new network from scratch and the circuitous path that led her to a purpose-driven... View Details

summer 1990
Article

Retraining Mid-career Managers: Career History and Self-efficacy Beliefs

By: Linda A. Hill and J. Elias

Keywords: Management Skills; Values and Beliefs

Citation

Find at Harvard

News

Earnings Misses Mean Big Career Risks for CFOs

03 Apr 2014
News

Case Study: Career Choices When Life Is Short

30 Mar 2010
News

MBA Career Services Resist Tide Of Budget Cuts

20 Nov 2012
News

Five Self-Defeating Behaviors that Ruin Companies and Careers

09 Dec 2024
News

5 Steps to Picking Your Next Career Move

20 Jan 2021
Video

Advance Your Career with Greater Purpose and Focus

April 2000 (Revised October 2002)
Background Note

Career Strategies and Tactics in Professional Service Firms

By: Ashish Nanda, Thomas J. DeLong and Scot H. Landry

Presents suggestions for ensuring a good start in a professional services career. View Details

Keywords: Personal Development and Career; Performance Expectations; Performance Effectiveness; Customization and Personalization; Practice; Valuation; Performance Evaluation; Business Startups; Competency and Skills; Learning; Talent and Talent Management; Management Skills; Consulting Industry

Citation

Educators

Purchase

October 2021 (Revised February 2022)
Case

upGrad: Delivering Career Outcomes Online: Degree by Degree

By: John J-H Kim, Anjali Raina and Rachna Chawla

In August 2021, the founders of upGrad, the latest unicorn in the Indian higher education online space, were deciding how to best use the funds to execute on their ambitious growth plans. Ronnie Screwvala, Mayank Kumar and Phalgun Kompalli had envisioned upGrad as an... View Details

Keywords: Unicorns; COVID-19 Pandemic; Higher Education; Internet and the Web; Spending; Growth and Development Strategy; Education Industry; India

Citation

Educators

Purchase

November 1979 (Revised November 1980)
Case

Life and Career of a Chief Executive Officer

Citation

Find at Harvard

02 Jun 2015
News

Long Days and Flexible Time Stall Women’s Careers

30 Mar 2025
News

What AI Means for Career Ladders and Expertise

22 Jul 2024
Video

What to Expect from Your HBS Career Journey

08 Apr 2025
Blog Post

HBS Career Journeys | Haoran Jiang (MBA 2024)

Haoran Jiang (MBA 2024) emphasizes how coaching and self-reflection helped him prioritize family and fulfillment, pivoting from a misaligned internship to a hands-on role in strategic finance. View Details

October 2023
Supplement

OneTen: One Million Careers for Black Talent (B)

By: Boris Groysberg, Annelena Lobb and Kerry Herman

Citation

Purchase

August 1989 (Revised October 2005)
Case

James Burke: A Career in American Business (B)

By: Richard S. Tedlow and Wendy Smith

Covers the history of Tylenol from the autumn of 1982 through the second tampering incident in February 1986. Also deals with other developments in the history of Johnson & Johnson, especially the acquisition and divestiture of Technicare. View Details

Keywords: History; Pharmaceutical Industry

Citation

Educators

Purchase