Pivot - Publications - Faculty & Research

04 Feb 2022
Blog Post

Energy and Cleantech: Career Advice from the Career & Professional Development Office

come to HBS to make a career pivot from their pre-MBA industry and/or function. This is particularly true for students interested in careers in cleantech, climate, energy, and sustainability. Often, these ‘career switchers’ want to... View Details

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Democratizing development: Inequality in Latin America | Institute for Business in Global Society

the perspectives of global leaders whose values are consistent with the mission of HBS BiGS. Tune in to hear insightful conversations with CEOs from across the region about businesses' pivotal role in addressing economic inequality in... View Details

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Podcast - HBS Online

environments. Sunil Gupta on Data-Driven Digital Marketing Strategies 21 OCT 2024 | The Parlor Room Harvard Business School Professor Sunil Gupta joins host Chris Linnane to unpack data analytics' pivotal role in digital marketing and... View Details

13 Oct 2016
News

Adding Muscle to the Fight Against Disease

biotech companies—as a function of cost, time, and failure modes—tend to risk pivot on one program, one clinical trial, one outcome,” he observes. “Our company is the leader in mining muscle biology for drug discoveries that translate... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg

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Commencement 2018 Address | About

one-time NBA player who realized that he risked spending more time on the bench than on the floor. An equally good example of being enterprising, he pivoted to an academic career and became the first African American professor to gain... View Details

28 Feb 2024
Blog Post

African American Student Union Spotlight on Entrepreneurship

the technology sector have played a pivotal role in my personal and professional growth. The network at HBS is unmatched, providing me with invaluable knowledge and resources that have set me on a path of exponential growth and impact. View Details

01 Jun 2020
News

All Hands on Deck

enabling the School to support students, the HBS Fund is fueling the faculty’s efforts to deepen or pivot their research in light of the pandemic and financial crisis and to share their findings and expertise in new ways with leaders... View Details

Keywords: Jen Mele

06 Aug 2024
Op-Ed

What the World Could Learn from America's Immigration Backlash—100 Years Ago

Stress the contributions of immigrants to their societies. One notable example is that of sport, where many stars—from soccer to basketball—are either naturalized immigrants or have foreign-born parents. Lamine Yamal and Nico Williams, who were View Details

Keywords: by Marco Tabellini

17 Nov 2022
News

Alumni Leaders on Decarbonization Strategies for Combating Climate Change

be one of the pivotal battles, not the only one, but perhaps the game-changing one. As a veteran, it’s not lost on me that climate change is not only one of humanity’s greatest challenges, it threatens our national security and thus... View Details

17 Jun 2021
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Investing in a Post-COVID World; Exploring the Pandemic’s Impact on Gender Equity

a problem.” Koss said Springbank is launching a State of Care Report in partnership with Pivotal Ventures to assess the care market and its future growth, while also looking at household management and aging-in-place trends. “It’s a... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

08 Jun 2023
Blog Post

Koppert Cress: Macro Greenhouses, Microgreens

students first-hand exposure to pivotal technological challenges and approaches to addressing climate change across different industries, including energy, shipping, consumer products, and agriculture. Introduction to Koppert Cress... View Details

07 Mar 2024
Blog Post

IFC India: Green-tech Entrepreneurship in India

journey to understand the intricate tapestry of India's burgeoning green tech landscape. A pivotal moment in our learning expedition was the site visit to Log 9 Materials, a company that epitomizes the fusion of innovation and... View Details

07 Oct 2014
First Look

First Look: October 7

company has decided to pivot from operating biomass gasification plants towards developing solar microgrids in India and East Africa. Purchase this case: http://hbr.org/product/Husk-Power/an/815023-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

25 Oct 2024
Blog Post

Harvard Business School Announces Latest RISE Fellows

empowered and included. I’m excited to be part of elevating more BIPOC talent into senior leadership roles." Matthias Argenyi (MBA 2026)Matthias brings three years of experience from social finance, where he played a pivotal role in... View Details

01 Sep 2022
News

Your Family, Your Work, Your Way

at the last minute kind of playing with details. Maybe you tend to say “yes” a little bit too easily and you need to make “no” more of your default. And as you come to those insights, I want you now to pivot to your next week’s calendar... View Details

01 Dec 2019
News

John McArthur

along the way, it was a pivot in my relationship with John McArthur, a finance professor at the time, that caused me to feel—to this day—very positive about my entire HBS experience. As one example, Professor McArthur assumed a possibly... View Details

Keywords: Dean

16 Nov 2020
Blog Post

Flatiron School: Reflections from Summer 2020

paired with a beverage start-up based in Miami and helped the company make the pivot from B2B sales to DTC sales in the face of COVID disruptions by analyzing its marketing and the sales data. NOTE: Full list of client partners included... View Details

Keywords: All Industries

22 Feb 2022
News

Case Study: Welcome Aboard

She asked Bulletin readers for their thoughts. The Decision: “We absolutely went digital,” Cass says. Doing so required adding mechanical and software engineering specialties to the team, as well as a data scientist. They also pivoted... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint

14 Apr 2022
Blog Post

Trust the Process, and Trust Yourself Even More: Interview with Wellness and Empowerment Leader, Dilan Gomih (MBA 2019)

would be interested in for the summer were probably going to come in April or May, and even though I saw people around me securing internships earlier in more traditional industries, I just had to be like okay with that,” Gomih said. Flexing the Career View Details

14 Oct 2020
News

Sewn with Love

in need. FGFH also began raising funds for the Gowns for Good Made in America initiative, which supports small businesses within the fashion and garment industries in the United States that have pivoted their manufacturing to create... View Details

Keywords: Maureen Harmon

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