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- 01 Apr 1997
- News
A Conversation with Dean Clark
does. You asked about advice. In fact, during one talk we had early on about the transition in leadership, he leaned back in his chair and said, "You know, if I were in your shoes, I'd change everything." What I took away from that... View Details
- 04 Sep 2020
- Blog Post
Advice from a Career Switcher: The Value of Informational Conversations with Alumni
thinking about, and what are the economics?” Without previous experience related to climate change or the environment, Adam was “a career-switcher coming in from scratch; I didn’t know the industry terminology or how the energy grid worked, let alone the organizations... View Details
- 25 Aug 2022
- News
Turning Point: Dream Weaver
priority to help as many people as I could while working at MGM. Creative Artists Agency was still very new, and their agents had restricted expense accounts, so I always made sure to invite my friends at CAA to screenings so they could have an View Details
- 13 Nov 2020
- News
Insatiably Curious
innovation sectors of the economy,” she says of the new position. Working as COO “synthesizes my past experiences,” she adds, citing her early career as an investor at General Atlantic; her recent work as a limited partner at Fremont... View Details
- 01 Oct 1998
- News
Answering the Call
goal of giving his two children the spiritual education he had come to appreciate in his own formative years. When he began teaching Sunday school, however, he soon found that "teaching those kids was more important to me than what I was... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 04 Aug 2003
- What Do You Think?
Are We Facing an Attitude Shortage?
be developed or taught. Such development begins early in life. Some would argue that it is at least partly genetic. But to the degree that attitude can be developed, to what extent are educational programs... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 04 May 2023
- Blog Post
Sustainability: Career Advice from HBS Career Coach Hillary Mann
Four years ago, I got involved with coaching and career education programs. This led me to working with students interested in industries such as consumer products, retail, sustainability, agribusiness, and hospitality. Living sustainably... View Details
- 30 May 2007
- Research & Ideas
Health Care Under a Research Microscope
improving health care. But the new Medicare drug plan uses private insurers and health plans to drive down drug costs, and is showing early payoffs that exceed expectations, he says. "Think about the View Details
- 01 Feb 2023
- Blog Post
How Alumni Can Recruit When They Aren’t Recruiters
your interview and decision-making process is long and arduous, but it’s best to be open about these things as early as possible. Your transparency will make it clear that you’re honest and forthcoming while also managing candidates’... View Details
- 12 May 2009
- First Look
First Look: May 12, 2009
launched major changes in its R&D organization, which focus on decentralizing and externalizing R&D, as well as revamping the resource allocation process to parallel more of a venture capital-based model. The case also explores the views of Christoph Westphal... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Mar 2007
- News
The Plight of the Global Poor
part of the problem, is increasingly being called on to be part of the solution. How business can do this most effectively is the focus of the GPP’s research and scholarly activity. While GPP faculty note that it is too early to declare... View Details
- 04 Sep 2007
- Research & Ideas
Jumpstarting Innovation: Using Disruption to Your Advantage
also teaches courses on innovation and building new ventures to seasoned executives in the School's Executive Education Program. This excerpt from a recent presentation encourages executives to leverage disruptive change as a platform for... View Details
Keywords: by Lynda M. Applegate
- 01 Jun 2000
- News
The Business of Biotech
currently has drugs in clinical trials for mela-noma and breast cancer, hopes to have its first products on the market as early as 2004. "I think we're going to see more people in the next decade who are living with cancer and thinking of... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 25 Nov 2008
- First Look
First Look: November 25, 2008
decisions about whether to quit the job he loves at Hewlett-Packard to join Apple Computer, how to define his role within Apple, whether to take on Jobs as his co-founder, whether to accept a third co-founder proposed by Jobs, and how to split equity with his... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Jun 2023
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books
the world’s best user of technology to create globally best-in-class industries? Can a new wave of research and innovation be unleashed to transform urban and rural habitats where high-quality education and skills are available to create... View Details
- 03 May 2011
- First Look
First Look: May 3
MBA: Business Education at a Crossroads Authors:Srikant M. Datar, David A. Garvin, and Patrick Cullen Publication:Journal of Management Development 30, no. 5 (2011) Abstract The paper seeks to examine major challenges facing MBA programs... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- Web
Faculty & Advisors | MBA
20 years of experience successfully commercializing new technology from research labs, currently as CEO of Xtalic, a company that engineers stable metal alloys at the Nano-scale. Tom was also CEO of Z Corporation, a leading pioneer in 3D printing, where he grew the... View Details
- 06 Mar 2007
- First Look
First Look: March 6, 2007
multi-sided business, its technology offering and early business model, its efforts to shift to a new model based on media distribution, and its chief competitors in that market space. Purchase this case:... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 13 May 2025
- News
If I Knew Then
relates in a previous episode of Skydeck, that experience laid the groundwork for her to cofound StarVest Partners, a venture capital firm with many successful investments, including an early partnership with NetSuite when the firm had... View Details
- 01 Sep 2003
- News
Andrea Silbert
and sold her company. Sarah, a few posters down, used the knowledge gained from CWE workshops to build a $6 million computer-networking company. “We realized early on that we had tapped a real need,” notes Silbert as she takes in the... View Details