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Webinars: Career

Harnessing Social Media for Thought Leadership, Networking, and Job Searching

LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter, Google+, Klout, Hootsuite, Blogs #Overwhelmed? The world of social media for business professionals is getting increasingly complex. Sasha Grinshpun, HBS MBA 2002 and founder/ executive coach at sasha360.com, will provide the best-in-class... View Details

February 2021
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Jobs to Be Done: A Toolbox

By: Derek C. M. van Bever, Bob Moesta, Iuliana Mogosanu, Shaye Roseman and Katie Zandbergen

The Jobs to Be Done methodology is both a theory and a practical approach for understanding customer behavior and why people make the choices they make. Many practitioners, whether they work for startups or incumbent businesses, find Jobs to Be Done useful because it... View Details

Keywords: Customer Value and Value Chain; Decision Choices and Conditions; Knowledge Acquisition; Attitudes; Perception; Theory; Behavior; Customer Relationship Management

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Bloomberg: job postings

How can I find job postings using Bloomberg? Type JOBS and hit GO. From the Bloomberg Career Center choose Opportunities at Bloomberg to see postings on the Bloomberg... View Details

Steven P. Jobs

Jobs was a pioneer in the personal computer industry. He was instrumental in bringing computers to the masses – spawning a multi-million dollar industry. Apple’s attractive, small and inexpensive computers... View Details

Keywords: Computers & Electronics

03 Oct 2011
News

Putting Steve Jobs in perspective

1999
Working Paper

Positive Illusions and Forecasting Errors in Mutual Fund Investment Decisions

By: Don A. Moore, Terri Kurtzberg, Craig R. Fox and Max Bazerman

August 1983
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Note on Replicating Options with Position on Stock and Cash

By: Andre F. Perold

Keywords: Stocks; Cash

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03 May 2022
News

Grid-Efficient Buildings and High-Performance Districts Potentially Drive Carbon Positive Development

Aug 2005 - 2005
Conference Presentation

Agency and Institutions: The Enabling Role of Individuals' Social Position

By: Julie Battilana

Keywords: Civil Society or Community

21 Oct 2020
News

IT Job Wages Are No Longer 'Exceptional'

July 2014
Article

Convergence of Position Auctions under Myopic Best-Response Dynamics

By: Matthew Cary, Aparna Das, Benjamin Edelman, Ioannis Giotis, Kurtis Heimerl, Anna Karlin, Scott Duke Kominers, Claire Mathieu and Michael Schwarz

We study the dynamics of multi-round position auctions, considering both the case of exogenous click-through rates and the case in which click-through rates are determined by an endogenous consumer search process. In both contexts, we demonstrate that the dynamic... View Details

Keywords: Sponsored Search; Advertising; Google; Equilibrium Selection; Online Advertising; Advertising Industry

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September 1987 (Revised October 1987)
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The Job of the General Manager

By: James L. Heskett

Describes elements of the job of the general manager that are addressed in the Management Policy and Practice course at the Harvard Business School. These include: 1) establishing strategic direction, 2) setting goals and managing standards of performance, 3)... View Details

Keywords: Experience and Expertise; Policy; Recruitment; Working Conditions; Managerial Roles; Resource Allocation; Mission and Purpose; Performance Evaluation; Strategy; Value

05 Oct 2010
Working Paper Summaries

A Positive Approach to Studying Diversity in Organizations

Keywords: by Lakshmi Ramarajan & David Thomas

March 2004
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Recent Facts About MBA Job Searches

Presents data on Harvard Business School MBA job searches from 1997 to 2002. Includes color exhibits. View Details

Keywords: Job Search

07 May 2014
News

Three ways to reignite U.S. job creation

22 Jul 2013
News

Massive Deleveraging Suffocating Job Growth

February 2024
Case

Levels.fyi: How Negotiations Coaching and Pay Transparency Change Job Market Outcomes

By: Zoë B. Cullen

Salary information is everywhere. What impact does it have on compensation? How should employees and employers use salary information in negotiations? This case brings to light how pay information affects behavior and job market outcomes in surprising ways. View Details

Keywords: Knowledge Use and Leverage; Compensation and Benefits; Negotiation