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- December 2010
- Article
The Case for Professional Boards
By: Robert C. Pozen
When the world's largest financial institutions had to be rescued from insolvency in 2008, many experts laid the blame at the feet of corporate boards. But insufficient board oversight is a problem that had supposedly been solved in 2002. As the United States... View Details
Keywords: Financial Institutions; Insolvency and Bankruptcy; Governing and Advisory Boards; Failure; Accounting Audits; Quality; Behavior; Legal Liability; Experience and Expertise; Corporate Governance; Governance Controls; Performance Effectiveness; United States
Pozen, Robert C. "The Case for Professional Boards." Harvard Business Review 88, no. 12 (December 2010).
- 1 Oct 2004
- Lecture
Professional Roles, Responsibilities and Values
By: W. Carl Kester
Keywords: Values and Beliefs
- November 1999
- Case
SUPERVALU, Inc.: Professional Development Program
By: Francis Aguilar
SUPERVALU examines the creation and implementation of a training program for attracting and retaining college graduates for the nation's largest wholesale food distribution company. It addresses: 1) program design and 2) the management of the design effort and program... View Details
Keywords: Selection and Staffing; Recruitment; Retention; Training; Organizational Culture; Design; Business or Company Management; Higher Education; Programs; Food and Beverage Industry; Distribution Industry
Aguilar, Francis. "SUPERVALU, Inc.: Professional Development Program." Harvard Business School Case 900-019, November 1999.
- 09 Mar 2011
- Working Paper Summaries
Accounting Scholarship That Advances Professional Knowledge and Practice
- 23 Oct 2014
HBS Career & Professional Development Webinar
Join Kristen Fitzpatrick, Senior Director of Career & Professional Development at HBS, for an overview of the career resources available to HBS students and career statistics on the Class of 2014. View Details
- June 2013 (Revised August 2013)
- Background Note
Crafting a Career Narrative for New Professionals
By: Heidi K. Gardner and Adam Zalisk
Description: This note suggests an approach for developing an effective "career narrative"—a tool for packaging and sharing a professional's past achievements, long-term goals, and forward-looking needs through a compelling story. It focuses mostly on the ways junior... View Details
Keywords: Personal Development and Career
Gardner, Heidi K., and Adam Zalisk. "Crafting a Career Narrative for New Professionals." Harvard Business School Background Note 413-122, June 2013. (Revised August 2013.)
- November 2013
- Case
Ministry of Supply: Will Professionals Demand Its Performance?
By: Mukti Khaire and Hannah Catzen
Ministry of Supply is an entrepreneurial venture in the apparel sector. The firm focuses on a specific segment—'performance professional wear'—within the sector, specializing in clothes that use fabrics with high-tech performance features (such as moisture-wicking,... View Details
Khaire, Mukti, and Hannah Catzen. "Ministry of Supply: Will Professionals Demand Its Performance?" Harvard Business School Case 814-042, November 2013.
- 04 Aug 2020
- Blog Post
HBS Career & Professional Development Responds to COVID-19
Kristen Fitzpatrick (HBS '03) is the Managing Director of HBS Career and Professional Development (CPD). In this role, she also coaches alumni and MBA students. Through her interactions with recruiters over the past decade, Kristen is... View Details
- Comment
Professional Practice: Nonprofit Agency Challenges
By: Alnoor Ebrahim
Ebrahim, Alnoor. "Professional Practice: Nonprofit Agency Challenges." Journal of Policy Analysis and Management 29, no. 3 (Summer 2010): 628–632. (Comment.)
- 2007
- Other Unpublished Work
Practice Segmentation in Professional Services
By: John J. Gabarro, Thomas J. DeLong and Robert Lees
- Mar 26 2018
- Testimonial
Making Professional Life More Personal
- February 1986 (Revised September 1987)
- Case
Anaquest: The Professional Services Project (A)
Vitale, Michael R. "Anaquest: The Professional Services Project (A)." Harvard Business School Case 186-275, February 1986. (Revised September 1987.)
- May 2014
- Teaching Note
GlaxoSmithKline: Sourcing Complex Professional Services
By: Heidi K. Gardner and Silvia Hodges Silverstein
- February 2006
- Class Lecture
The Ethics of Professionalism (FSS)
By: Ashish Nanda
Nanda, Ashish. "The Ethics of Professionalism (FSS)." Harvard Business School Class Lecture 906-041, February 2006.
- 1981
- Chapter
Consumer Satisfaction with Professional Services
By: J. Quelch and S. Ash
Quelch, J., and S. Ash. "Consumer Satisfaction with Professional Services." In Marketing of Services, edited by W. R. George and J. H. Donnelly, 82–85. Chicago: American Marketing Association, 1981.
- 19 Aug 2011
- News
Are high achieving professionals neurotic?
- 17 Oct 2018
- Video
Career & Professional Development Webinar
- Jul 23 2018
- Testimonial
Driving Change in Professional Services
- April 1999 (Revised August 2004)
- Case
Women's Professional Basketball and the American Basketball League
By: Stephen A. Greyser and Natalie Zakarian
Chronicles the growth and development of women's professional basketball. Particular emphasis is on the impact of Title IX, the 1996 women's gold medal Olympic team, and the advent of the American Basketball League (ABL). The structure and "basic business model" of the... View Details
Keywords: Business Model; Problems and Challenges; Sports; Gender; Planning; Growth and Development; Sports Industry
Greyser, Stephen A., and Natalie Zakarian. "Women's Professional Basketball and the American Basketball League." Harvard Business School Case 599-031, April 1999. (Revised August 2004.)
- February 2003 (Revised August 2004)
- Background Note
Note on Valuation-Compensation Tradeoff in Professional Service Firm Acquisitions
By: Ashish Nanda
This case highlights the tradeoff between valuation ascribed to professionals at the time of a professional services firm (PSF) acquisition and the postacquisition compensation of these professionals. It emphasizes how a high valuation at acquisition carries with it... View Details
Nanda, Ashish. "Note on Valuation-Compensation Tradeoff in Professional Service Firm Acquisitions." Harvard Business School Background Note 903-111, February 2003. (Revised August 2004.)