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Tools of the Trade | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School
transitioning to a management position in the organization’s New York office. “Part of being happy in your career involves knowing what sort of role you enjoy. HBS helped me refine my career interests,” says Varón. “Getting my MBA also... View Details
- 28 Jun 2010
- HBS Case
Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center
vision for the hospital as, "We will be the best at getting better." How CCHMC accomplishes just that is an object lesson for MBA students who hope to help lead substantive change in any sort of organization. The improvement... View Details
- 01 Jun 2000
- News
Debbie Cohen Scales Her Mountain
helping me make sense of the experience." Throughout her treatment, Cohen continued to work but cut back on her hours. "I wanted to maintain some sort of normalcy and routine," she says, noting that her friends, family, and coworkers were... View Details
Keywords: Morgan Baker
- 01 Sep 2004
- News
Charles Stoddard (MBA 1969)
and I gave them independence. You still have to be there every day and monitor what’s going on, but I think people can develop their God-given skills when they’re not shackled by all sorts of bureaucracy. I could have stayed on with the... View Details
Keywords: Finance
- 25 Jan 2012
- News
Is Tax Reform Viable?
creates businesses, jobs, and prosperity? Sorry, I can’t buy that. Earned income has the potential to create the same sort of economic value as investment income. As for the argument that my investment was at risk and I deserved a little... View Details
- 01 Aug 2007
- Op-Ed
Company Town: Fixing Corrupt Governments
job? An individual, a group of people, or some sort of board? Where would those people come from? New York? Nigeria? London? To my mind, it should be left up to the elected entity. If KPMG wanted to fly in a vice president from the... View Details
Keywords: by Eric Werker
- 30 Jan 2006
- HBS Case
The Case of the Mystery Writer’s Brand
tastes. People don't want to be fed a menu of books based on their past selections.—John Deighton One question the case poses is whether Patterson could use the sort of individualized information gathered by book clubs about readers'... View Details
- 03 Aug 2017
- Blog Post
“I Can Acquire Important Skills, But Also Gain the Big Picture Perspective of a Founder.”
wanted to use the summer to test my interest.” Working with Kurt Piemonte, a Corporate Relations Director in Career and Professional Development at HBS, Rahil began sorting his way through the startup opportunities posted on Career Hub.... View Details
Keywords: Entrepreneurship
- 01 Dec 2017
- News
Turning Point: The Dark Season
illustration by Vahram Muradyan illustration by Vahram Muradyan A few years ago I went through a sort of wilderness experience, where nothing was lining up. I had to sell my car and move in with a roommate to cut costs. There was a moment... View Details
Keywords: Jonathan Wilkins (MBA 2007, MDiv 2009)
- 01 Mar 2016
- News
In My Humble Opinion: Jeffrey Deitch (MBA 1978)
impressive technique or arresting subjects. I’m looking for artists who are changing the definition of what an artwork is or what an artist is— or even in a small way making some sort of structural or conceptual change in how a work of... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 01 Jun 2010
- News
Get Well Soon
his vision for the hospital as, “We will be the best at getting better.” How CCHMC accomplishes just that is an object lesson for MBA students who hope to help lead substantive change in any sort of organization. The improvement effort at... View Details
- 01 Oct 1997
- News
Patricia ("Tosh") Rapoport Barron
have a way of sorting themselves out," she smiles. "I don't dwell on the past. There is always so much more to learn. I even see the possibility of a fourth career ahead!" View Details
Keywords: Nancy O. Perry
- 01 Mar 2004
- News
Dynamic Group
sons, and his mother, Elena Frauendorff. Now a resident of Spain, Elena was born in Africa and hadn’t been back in forty years. This homecoming helped her sort through her memories and gain perspective on her upbringing. At 80, she was... View Details
Keywords: Hospitality
- 01 Mar 2004
- News
Leadership Project Codifies Elusive Traits
individual researchers who are not HBS alumni can gain access to it through the initiative. The public portion of the database includes short biographies as well as a host of details about each of the 860 leaders. Users can sort the... View Details
- 29 Jul 2008
- News
An Educational Start-Up
way, of course, he encounters all sorts of interesting dilemmas relating to capital, distribution, branding, and partnering. After a gentle nudge on Sahlman’s part (“This would be the audience participation part of the class”), the... View Details
- 30 May 2005
- Research & Ideas
Germany’s Pioneering Corporate Managers
Jack." German entrepreneurs were autocratic and paternalist, but it is by no means clear that they had a particular lock on this sort of behavior. How many American CEOs would like to have labor representatives on their boards? We... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 17 Dec 2024
- News
Solving the Underemployment Crisis
multiple purposes of higher education. And while there are many benefits to higher education in the United States, that sort of role of higher education as an enabler of economic mobility is one that we want to help ensure happens more... View Details
- 01 Jun 2012
- News
Good as Our Word
crisis, and in the firm itself. “The business models used and the whole structure of the industry are complex, and it can take us a while to sort that out,” he notes. “But it’s worth the trouble, because understanding the industry and its... View Details
- 01 Sep 2012
- News
Who Owns Yoga?
yoga style. Then there’s the former model and ballet dancer Tara Stiles, who isn’t particularly interested in yoga’s roots or rules but rather in mixing up styles of yoga to create a beneficial exercise. “These are two different examples of brand authenticity, and they... View Details
- 25 Mar 2018
- News
Modernizing Infrastructure Management
assess taxes for all the properties within their county. “An interactive digital mapping brought that capability to them. And that really benefited the communities because everyone knew they were being treated fairly. And we have grown greatly beyond digital mapping.... View Details