Careers - Publications - Faculty & Research

12 Jun 2015
News

Powerful lessons from the careers of Bill Gates, Steve Jobs & Andy Grove

2016
Working Paper

Junior Achievement: Training Teenagers for Business Careers after World War II

This article traces the growing popularity of Junior Achievement's "Company Program" in the two decades after World War II. The program provided high school students with the opportunity to form teams and start mini-corporations that would last for most of the school... View Details

Keywords: Management; Human Capital; Age; Training; United States

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17 Oct 2022
News

Old-school employers like AT&T, Cisco, and Microsoft may offer the best career advancement

30 Aug 2019
Blog Post

3 Growing Pains from my First Year at HBS: Academic, Social, and Career

course of the year enables us to keep trying. Career: from blind trust to critical thinking As someone who is not looking to switch careers after pursuing an MBA, I did not think transformation in my perspective of my View Details

May 2021
Article

Fifty Shades of QE: Comparing Findings of Central Bankers and Academics

By: Brian Fabo, Marina Jančoková, Elisabeth Kempf and Ľuboš Pástor

We compare the findings of central bank researchers and academic economists regarding the macroeconomic effects of quantitative easing (QE). We find that central bank papers find QE to be more effective than academic papers do. Central bank papers report larger effects... View Details

Keywords: Quantitative Easing; Career Concerns; Economic Research; Central Banking; Macroeconomics; Economic Growth

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Bringing Individuals Back In: The Effects of Career Experience on New Firm Founding (forthcoming Industrial and Corporate Change, 2003)

By: Rakesh Khurana

In this paper (with Scott Shane) the link between the career experiences of potential entrepreneurs and the decision to found a new firm is explored. Because of methodological and theoretical obstacles, sociological research on organizational foundings has largely... View Details

11 Jun 2009
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Social Influence Given (Partially) Deliberate Matching: Career Imprints in the Creation of Academic Entrepreneurs

Keywords: by Pierre Azoulay, Christopher C. Liu & Toby E. Stuart

03 Feb 2021
News

A Collector Ahead of the Curve, Remembered

Keywords: art; career; obituary; Arts, Entertainment

30 Sep 2024
News

Seven Essential Tips For Success When Starting a New Job or Career Phase

29 Jul 2020
Blog Post

To New Beginnings: Reflecting on Transitioning Careers and Starting a Family while at HBS

She hopes this blog post will represent for woman considering business school and motherhood that the two are not mutually exclusive. Decision Time After serving for seven years in the United States Army, the decision to transition my View Details

06 Dec 2019
Blog Post

Moving to the States with My Daughter to Pursue an MBA and Switch Careers

different aspects of a career that drove my passion. I also reached out to many old friends to discuss these thoughts. After this time of reflecting and conversing with friends, it became clear that a career... View Details

January 2013 (Revised March 2013)
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Beth Stewart: Navigating the Boardroom

By: Boris Groysberg and Deborah Bell

After rising through the ranks of Corporate America, Beth Stewart has become a corporate director on the board of General Growth Properties. Stewart is struggling with how to address her mounting concerns over the financial health of the growing large publically traded... View Details