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- April 2018 (Revised October 2023)
- Case
Coco Chanel: From Fashion Icon to Nazi Agent
By: Geoffrey Jones and Emily Grandjean
This case describes the career of the iconic French fashion designer Coco Chanel who created a transformational business during the first half of the 20th century. Beginning in her early adulthood, Chanel leveraged relationships with acquaintances, friends, and...
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Keywords:
Business History;
Biography;
Entrepreneurship;
Relationships;
Brands and Branding;
Ethics;
Fashion Industry;
Apparel and Accessories Industry
Jones, Geoffrey, and Emily Grandjean. "Coco Chanel: From Fashion Icon to Nazi Agent." Harvard Business School Case 318-139, April 2018. (Revised October 2023.)
- March 2000 (Revised May 2000)
- Case
U.S. Gas Transportation, Inc.
By: John A. Davis, Myra M. Hart and Sharon Peyus
Presents a career dilemma for a husband/wife owner-manager team. Nanci and Len Mackenzie have received an offer for their highly successful entrepreneurial business, U.S. Gas Transportation, Inc. The Mackenzies are concerned about what the sale might do to their...
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Keywords:
Entrepreneurship;
Family Ownership;
Family Business;
Personal Development and Career;
Organizational Culture;
Employees;
Business Exit or Shutdown;
Planning;
Transportation Industry
Davis, John A., Myra M. Hart, and Sharon Peyus. "U.S. Gas Transportation, Inc." Harvard Business School Case 800-049, March 2000. (Revised May 2000.)
- August 2023
- Case
Salma Qarnain: Spaceships to Broadway
By: Leslie Perlow, Mel Martin and Hannah Weisman
Salma Qarnain, daughter of Pakistani Muslim immigrants, is an engineer trained at Stanford and MIT. She began her career building spacecrafts but 30 years later finds herself pursuing her calling, acting on Broadway. The case explores Qarnain’s career path, family...
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Keywords:
Personal Development and Career;
Job Search;
Job Design and Levels;
Happiness;
Identity;
Well-being;
Work-Life Balance;
Family and Family Relationships;
Theater Entertainment;
Film Entertainment;
Talent and Talent Management;
Entertainment and Recreation Industry;
Motion Pictures and Video Industry;
Aerospace Industry;
United States;
New York (city, NY);
Boston;
California
- Career Coach
Rachel Hoang
Rachel can assist students who are interested in pursuing a career in sports, media, and entertainment. She has experience working in a smaller entertainment technology company and a large media conglomerate and can help navigate the...
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- Career Coach
HuQing Piemonte
HuQing worked for more than 30 years in universities as a career and immigration advisor, including 23 years at Harvard. As an immigrant who came to the United States as a graduate student, she understands the challenges associated with...
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- July 2021 (Revised September 2021)
- Case
Sarah Robb O'Hagan: The Rocky Road of Passion
By: Jon M. Jachimowicz and Francesca Gino
In November 2018, Sarah Robb O’Hagan is reeling from an unceremonious exit as CEO of Flywheel, a chain of indoor cycling studios. In the past, Robb O’Hagan had led transformational change across companies throughout the sports and fitness industry, including as...
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Keywords:
Personal Development and Career;
Satisfaction;
Decision Making;
Problems and Challenges;
Opportunities;
Interests
Jachimowicz, Jon M., and Francesca Gino. "Sarah Robb O'Hagan: The Rocky Road of Passion." Harvard Business School Case 422-055, July 2021. (Revised September 2021.)
- Career Coach
Kareem Stanley
Kareem enjoys helping students with making career transitions from the following industries: oil/gas/energy, industrials, construction/project management. Having been an oil & gas engineer before coming back to complete JD/MBA, Kareem...
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- Career Coach
Michelle Antonio
Michelle (Chicago Booth ’97, Wharton ’91) offers 15 years of professional experience in recruiting, consulting and career management leadership roles. Michelle partners with MBA students and alumni to achieve View Details
- Career Coach
Kara Hardie
Kara Hardie is an experienced healthcare consultant and an MBA/MS Biotechnology candidate. Kara spent four years at The Boston Consulting Group, partnering with clients across the healthcare sector on complex strategic issues. Kara's recent work as an R&D Strategy...
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- Career Coach
Henry Tao
Before HBS, Henry worked in multiple countries, including the US, Germany, Singapore, and China. Having started his career in an operational role at a global company and then later transitioned into investing, Henry can provide insights...
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David E. Bell
David E. Bell is a Baker Foundation Professor at HBS. He has taught marketing many times in the MBA program including as course head.
During his career at HBS, David has taught a variety of other courses to both MBAs and executives, including risk... View Details
- October 2010
- Case
Cherie Blair: Inventing Herself
By: Boris Groysberg, Robin Abrahams and Lindsay Tanne
Cherie Blair was famous, or infamous, in the United Kingdom as first lady from 1997 to 2007. Her marriage to Tony Blair, however, was the result of her own groundbreaking career in law--a career she fought to keep during the 10 years of her husband's tenure as Prime...
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Keywords:
Work-Life Balance;
Success;
Lawsuits and Litigation;
Government Administration;
United Kingdom
Groysberg, Boris, Robin Abrahams, and Lindsay Tanne. "Cherie Blair: Inventing Herself." Harvard Business School Case 411-021, October 2010.
- October 2004
- Background Note
48-Hour Diary-Assignment and Interpretation, The
Instructions for a two-day, diary-keeping exercise designed to reveal information about students' lifestyles. Teaching Purpose: To assist in career planning.
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Keywords:
Personal Development and Career
Higgins, Monica C. "48-Hour Diary-Assignment and Interpretation, The." Harvard Business School Background Note 405-018, October 2004.
- 20 Dec 2018
- Blog Post
A Time For Opportunity In Food and Agriculture
In the words of David Eisen (MBA 2001), CEO of the rapidly growing vegan food-maker Plant Snacks, “there’s probably nothing more important for your everyday behavior—as a person, and as a steward for your household—than what you consume. It’s not surprising, therefore,...
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- 25 Jun 2015
- News
Having a working mother works for daughters
- Research Summary
Monica Higgins' research, teaching, and course development activities all focus on the study of careers. Her work speaks to a particular subfield within the
careers academic audience-one that adopts a 'relational' approach to career theory. A relational
model is...
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- Dec 13 2017
- Testimonial
New Ways of Thinking
- Article
Five Ways to Bungle a Job Change
By: Boris Groysberg and Robin Abrahams
The article focuses on career development and job change. The challenges, transaction costs, and risks associated with job moves are discussed. The authors' research with executives is noted. The mistakes in career development that job hunters make are not doing enough...
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Keywords:
Change;
Resignation and Termination;
Job Search;
Managerial Roles;
Personal Development and Career;
Strategic Planning
Groysberg, Boris, and Robin Abrahams. "Five Ways to Bungle a Job Change." Harvard Business Review 88, nos. 1/2 (January–February 2010): 137–140.
- Article
Traveling Agents: Political Change and Bureaucratic Turnover in India
By: Lakshmi Iyer and Anandi Mani
We develop a framework to empirically examine how politicians with electoral pressures control bureaucrats with career concerns as well as the consequences for bureaucrats' career investments. Unique micro-level data on Indian bureaucrats support our key predictions....
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Keywords:
Framework;
Government and Politics;
Investment;
Competency and Skills;
Personal Development and Career;
Rank and Position;
Forecasting and Prediction;
India
Iyer, Lakshmi, and Anandi Mani. "Traveling Agents: Political Change and Bureaucratic Turnover in India." Review of Economics and Statistics 94, no. 3 (August 2012): 723–739.
- 29 Mar 2024
- News