Transition - Publications - Faculty & Research

17 Sep 2021
Blog Post

Video Blog: My Experience as a Veteran in the HBS/HKS Joint Degree

between the Harvard Business School and the Harvard Kennedy School. I'm so excited today that I get the opportunity to introduce myself, one. And two, this is going to be a series of events that really details my transition from someone... View Details

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Strategy in Emerging Economies - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

economies must eventually transition away from being very reactive and opportunistic to becoming more strategic, focusing on building a unique position, and developing something distinctive in the market. This means shifting the focus... View Details

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Policymakers - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

Employers Suppliers Policymakers Policymakers Policymakers Policymakers play a key role in the transition to a value-based health care delivery system. Many older laws and regulations that attempted to prevent fraud and abuse in the... View Details

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Student Spotlight: From Nigeria to HBS: Reigniting My Passion for Healthcare Innovation - Blog: Health Supplement

like Gregory Rockson of mPharma, whose work is a shining example of how innovation can transform lives. The pinnacle of my semester came when I moderated a panel at the Harvard Business School Healthcare Club Conference titled "Strategies for Navigating the... View Details

01 Apr 2025
Blog Post

Alumni in Climate Networking Series: Miami

Are you interested in connecting with other alumni leveraging their careers to confront climate change? BEI invites HBS Alumni to join our Alumni in Climate Networking Series for a chance to connect with local alumni to discuss ideas, trends, opportunities, and... View Details

26 Mar 2025
Blog Post

How to Approach Your Equity Compensation

common shares. But it’s also a critical metric in determining your equity grant price and future tax implications if and when you decide to sell your shares. 2. Plan for Pivotal Job Transitions One of the most hand-wringing financial... View Details

05 Nov 2021
Op-Ed

How to Tap the Talent Automated HR Platforms Miss

As the global staffing shortage grinds on, corporate recruiters everywhere are relying on their online hiring platforms and automated systems to deliver the candidates they need. Too often, these tools will fail them, sidelining many qualified workers in the process.... View Details

Keywords: by Joseph B. Fuller

01 Dec 2015
Research & Ideas

What to Do When Your Organization Has Dueling Missions

social enterprise (WISE), a type of organization that helps people transition back into the labor market after long-term unemployment. It also exemplifies what organization theorists call a hybrid: Rather than depending on charitable... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

14 Apr 2003
Research & Ideas

Pay-for-Performance Doesn’t Always Pay Off

naturally enough, driven by a transition to self-managed teams in production. Managers launched a program of team goals coupled with team-based pay with three possible levels of reward. Managers reckoned that 90 percent of teams could... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

28 Mar 2023
Blog Post

Novo Nordisk

In January 2023, Professors Willy Shih and Mike Toffel led more than 40 HBS MBA students on site visits to witness the energy transition and innovative sustainable production activities throughout Denmark and the Netherlands, in their new... View Details

17 Aug 2021
Blog Post

New Associate Director: Courtney Fairbrother

students who are trying to transition into that field will be extremely valuable. What do you like to do in your spare time? I spend a lot of time being outdoors with my husband, our daughter, and our dog. We enjoy hiking and skiing but... View Details

30 Apr 2019
News

Leading Schools That Change Lives

In 2011, Brendan Kennealey (MBA 2006) returned to his high school alma mater in Wilmington, Delaware, to serve as the first non-clergy president in the Catholic school’s century-long history. “Salesianum School’s transition to lay... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg; Educational Support Services; Educational Services

17 Sep 2024
Research & Ideas

Advice for the New CEO: Talk to Your Employees Early and Often

to research by Harvard Business School Professor Raffaella Sadun. “A CEO transition is a major organizational event, and communication inside the company is such an important aspect of that transition.” Sadun and colleagues describe how a... View Details

Keywords: by Ami Albernaz

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Zayed Muhammed Yasin

says. "I've always loved fixing things, putting things together." But he made the transition from engineering to medicine, and eventually to entering the MD/MBA program, to bring another dimension to his career. "I also... View Details

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Ben Seipel

seizing a post-graduation, pre-child-raising opportunity to cycle across the country. When they return, they plan to settle in Boston where Ben has accepted a sales development role with Google, and Kate has found a law firm position. "I'm so grateful for the HBS... View Details

Keywords: Tech

31 Jul 2014
News

Making Private Equity Public Knowledge

first tried to transition to private equity from consulting, looking for more ownership over his work. Because the consulting company he worked for wasn't targeted by private equity, he had to go out and sell himself. "Traditional... View Details

Keywords: Dan Morrell

14 May 2008
Research & Ideas

Getting Down to the Business of Creativity

the transition to a more diversified product line based on the company's proprietary technologies. In one instance, Fuji manufactures protective film for flat panel displays from cellulose triacetate, the same material that is coated with... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Retail; Apparel & Accessories; Fashion; Entertainment & Recreation

July 2019 (Revised October 2022)
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Jai Vakeel Foundation: Addressing Disability

By: V. Kasturi Rangan and Kairavi Dey

Jai Vakeel, a nonprofit organization in India, serves individuals with Intellectual Disability (ID), those with an IQ below 70. The organization was founded by the parents of a child with Down Syndrome, and they (and their next generation) steadily built the... View Details

Keywords: Social Enterprise; Nonprofit Organizations; Transition; Growth and Development Strategy; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Family Business; Health Care and Treatment; India

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07 May 2015
Blog Post

Career Change: From the Military to Consulting

Class of 2015 after serving for six years as an Infantry Officer in the U.S. Army and working in Afghanistan as an aide-de-camp in NATO’s anticorruption task force. Dan spent much of his time at HBS exploring different industries, and he will be View Details

28 May 2019
News

Look Again

Modernity: The Black Model from Manet and Matisse to Today, grew out of Murrell’s 2014 PhD dissertation—a degree she pursued after working in finance for more than 25 years. +LISTEN Murrell talks about transitioning from a career in... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna

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