Publications

Video

Harvard Business School Students Prepare to Enter the Job Market

June 2019
Case

Rachael Ray: Cooking Up a Brand

By: Boris Groysberg, Robin Abrahams and Kerry Herman

Rachael Ray built a remarkable career and brand, first as a cooking personality, and then as a lifestyle maven. This case explores her early career, decisions taken along the way, and the successes she achieved in publishing, television and as a spokesperson. As her... View Details

Keywords: Personal Development and Career; Decision Choices and Conditions; Brands and Branding; Entrepreneurship

12 Sep 2023
Book

Successful, But Still Feel Empty? A Happiness Scholar and Oprah Have Advice for You

they’re leading a whole bunch of other people. So emotional management is even more important.” Brooks says the country, and maybe the world, is in a happiness slump. This epidemic predates the COVID-19 pandemic (though lockdowns and... View Details

Keywords: by Avery Forman

Career Coach

Anne Marie Checcone

Anne Marie (HBS '04, Johns Hopkins ‘98) advises HBS students and alumni through professional and personal transitions that impact their career trajectory. Anne Marie helps clients to clarify their professional goals, craft their job... View Details

Keywords: Fintech; Financial Services (All); Technology

Career Coach

Yanzhan Wen

Yanzhan has four years of management consulting experience within the industrials, chemicals, and healthcare industries. Recently, he made a career pivot into investment banking, interning at Lazard over the... View Details

Kevin P. Mohan

Kevin Mohan joined the Negotiation, Organizations & Markets unit at Harvard Business School in 2012 after a long career as a private equity investor. He teaches Negotiation in the MBA program and the Owners, Presidents, and Managers program. He also teaches War... View Details

07 Mar 2011
Research & Ideas

Why Companies Fail—and How Their Founders Can Bounce Back

Ghosh says, if start-ups often manage to secure a good team and good financing, they face dozens of lower-cost competitors and fragmented customer demand.) Funding has the potential to turn a little failure into an enormous one. "The... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

Career Coach

Cici Xie

Cici wants to help students explore opportunities in the investment management industry at both hedge funds and long-only asset management firms. Having gone through the extensive recruiting process of both... View Details

October 2016 (Revised February 2020)
Case

Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson

By: Anita Elberse

In June 2016, Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson is planning for the upcoming launch of an endeavor that is a first for a Hollywood actor with superstar status—a digital channel. The channel (named “Seven Bucks Digital Studios”) will be a new part of film and television... View Details

Career Coach

Oscar Mak

Oscar is currently a Senior Director at NORD/LB, a leading bank in financing renewable energy and infrastructure projects. He previously led strategic investments (e.g., M&A, corporate VC, joint ventures) in North America for Toyota Tsusho, a diversified trading... View Details

Keywords: Auto/Transportation/Logistics; Consulting; Clean Technology; Energy; Energy; Startup - Joiner; Entrepreneurship

12 PM – 1 PM EDT, 16 Sep 2014
Career Events

Returning to Work After a Break

As a "relauncher" herself, Carol Cohen (MBA 1985) understands the challenges of returning to work after multi-year career breaks. She has also engaged with hundreds of hiring managers to understand their biases and the risk they associate with hiring people who are... View Details

May 2013
Supplement

Elasto Therm: The Next Step

This is the spreadsheet supplement for case ElastoTherm: The Next Step(813030). This contains the electronic copy of exhibits 1 and 2. View Details

Keywords: Entrepreneurial Management; Entrepreneurs; Pricing; Pricing Policies; Pricing Strategy; Pricing Structure; Sales Force Management; Acquisitions; Work/family Balance; Family-owned Business; Entrepreneurship; Growth and Development Strategy; Expansion; Work-Life Balance; Manufacturing Industry; Rubber Industry; United States

Career Coach

Mandy Xu

serving the client – and is happy to share her takeaways. She welcomes conversations with students looking for the right career fit post-MBA and enjoys dialogue around personal values and fulfillment. To book an appointment, please send... View Details

27 Jan 2014
News

Why I Hired an Executive with Mental Illness

Keywords: mental illness; employee management; competititve advantage; workplace diversity

Career Coach

Ryan Smith

recruiting process, how to effectively prepare for interviews, and what the job experience will look like. He is happy to help with career research, visioning, interview prep (including case prep), resume reviews, and cover letter... View Details

05 Dec 2022
Research & Ideas

5 Companies Where Employees Move Up the Ladder Fast

scorecard’s authors. “All employers are not created equal in terms of the type of springboard they provide for advancement,” says Fuller, who co-leads the Managing the Future of Work project at HBS. “And that's something that workers and... View Details

Keywords: by Pamela Reynolds

01 Jun 2023
News

Action Plan: Net Proceeds

“I’m a root-cause kind of guy,” says Robert Goodwin (GMP 3, 2007), reflecting on a military, government, and civilian career that has taken him from counterdrug operations in Colombia to assisting with the peace process in Sudan to... View Details

Keywords: April White; recycling; corporate social responsibility; waste management; water; Waste Management and Remediation Services; Waste Management and Remediation Services

October 2019
Case

Harlem Capital: Changing the Face of Entrepreneurship (A)

By: George Serafeim

Jarrid Tingle and Henri Pierre-Jacques had spent the summer between their first and second years of their Harvard Business School MBA program fund raising for their start-up venture capital (VC) firm, Harlem Capital Partners. Harlem Capital was founded upon the... View Details