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- 01 Sep 2007
- News
Got Global?
is planning to expand to other parts of the country. Local media attention given to the service piqued the curiosity of freelance writer Garrett Graff during a recent visit to India, leading to our story. With examples like these, the... View Details
- 01 Mar 2023
- News
Turning Point: In Good Company
confidence and self-esteem. By then I was back in Mumbai with two young children, struggling with my mental health and career after the family business, where I had been working, was sold. That year, I decided to migrate to a career in View Details
- 01 Oct 2001
- News
Ready for Takeoff: Web Portal Enters Second Phase
editorial teams across HBS, to name a few. "I also want to increase the percentage of original content by commissioning more freelance articles, monthly columns, and special reports. We would like to be a vehicle for HBS faculty to... View Details
- 01 Sep 2016
- News
Research Brief: Cultivating Creativity through Competition
freelance designers submit potential logos, and companies pay a few hundred dollars for the logo they like best. Throughout the process, designers receive one- to five-star ratings from the clients on their work, and iterate on their... View Details
Keywords: Erin Peterson
- 06 Sep 2012
- News
Fashion-Forward
that is evolving with dizzying speed. In addition to original content (Amed employs a small team of international editors and freelance writers), the site offers an edited daily digest of five fashion-related stories from other... View Details
- 01 Jun 2012
- News
Good as Our Word
interview with the BBC, Kroll readily conceded that his firm loses business when organizations shop around for—and receive—a higher rating elsewhere. “On the other hand, when our name is on something, and our name is on the line, it will mean more than the word of... View Details
- 01 Sep 2012
- News
Who Owns Yoga?
Yoga is simply about business. “For some people, it’s all about creating value for a large audience,” Deshpandé says, “and by using marketing and branding you can be more effective and bring your product to a larger audience.” —Kim Girard is a View Details
- 01 Jun 2013
- News
Brick by Brick
back in-house for quality control. Emphasizing simplicity, clarifying the core of its business, and engaging the larger community helped save the LEGO Group. Although Kundstorp was not a Kristiansen by birth, his management style and business ideals closely mirrored... View Details
- 01 Dec 2012
- News
Corruption 101
the case between the student feeling at once helpless against a corrupt system and surprisingly powerful given his novitiate status. This is a moment that cries out for leadership; it is a moment that makes a leader." —Martha Lagace is a View Details
- 10 Jan 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research: January 10, 2017
negative outcomes, or as a rejuvenating experience, with positive post-break consequences. Download working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=52074 Harvard Business School Case 316-134 HourlyNerd HourlyNerd, a two-sided marketplace platform for... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Dec 2005
- News
One-on-One with Peter Cuneo
and current vice chairman of Marvel Entertainment, Inc. Home to some 5,000 characters including Spider-Man, the Fantastic 4, the X-Men, and the Incredible Hulk, Marvel employs about 200 people worldwide, not including the small army of View Details
- 01 Apr 2002
- News
Career Transitions, Continuing Education Focus of Washington, D.C., Club
I haven't made it to the cover of Forbes yet,' then run and hide. That's the last thing that should happen," says Loughran, a former director of research at a local investment bank whose own résumé - which includes diverse positions such as Army... View Details
- 22 May 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, May 22, 2018
https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=54476 Trust and Disintermediation: Evidence from an Online Freelance Marketplace By: Gu, Grace, and Feng Zhu Abstract—As an intermediary improves trust between two sides of its market to... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 03 Jun 2020
- Blog Post
Jeff Surette and Mike Peters: A Winning Team at TB12
weeks later Surette was connected with TB12, a brand new company at the time, through a fellow HBS alum. He joined the company as a freelance consultant to help establish the business plan and grow the impact of TB12 over time, including... View Details
Keywords: Consumer Products / Retail
- 28 Jun 2021
- Blog Post
Launching a Career in the COVID Economy? Here Are 5 Tips.
MATTERS, THE MORE YOU WILL MATTER." Says Ng, “The better you understand what matters to those who matter, the more you’ll be able to align yourself with work that matters. And the more you do work that matters, the more you will matter.” About the Author Carolyn... View Details
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Maxeme Tuchman
college?'" Convinced, Max stuck it out. But to improve her remaining high school experience, the counselor offered participating in an off-campus internship for which Max quickly secured a position at MTV, where she served as wardrobe stylist and production... View Details
- 24 Apr 2012
- First Look
First Look: April 24
note. Flattening can lead to exactly the opposite effects from what it promises to do. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/12-087.pdf Cases & Course MaterialsThe Freelancers Union (B) Michel Anteby and Erin... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 26 Nov 2012
- Research & Ideas
New Winners and Losers in the Internet Economy
were produced by small self-starter companies. Together, smaller firms contributed 375,000 full-time equivalent jobs of the 2 million Internet-related jobs, and this work included people selling products on Amazon, eBay, and Etsy as well as self-employed web designers,... View Details
- 01 Mar 2012
- News
Speak English, Please!
of language as the fulcrum by which companies transform themselves from domestic to global players. —Kim Girard is a freelance writer for HBS Working Knowledge. View Details
- 01 Dec 2020
- News
New News
with gross margins of 75 percent. Right now, we’re basically gross profitable, and we hit a gross margin of about 50 percent at one point before we chose to reinvest in editorial. Now I’m hiring two to three editors and more premium View Details