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April 2025
Case

Giving Up on a Passion: Elizabeth Rowe at the Boston Symphony Orchestra

By: Jon M. Jachimowicz, Maisie Wiltshire-Gordon and Alexis Lefort

For 20 years, Elizabeth Rowe was a world-renowned principal flutist with the Boston Symphony Orchestra. But in 2024, Rowe decided to leave her position to pursue a new full-time career as a leadership coach. At 50, Rowe was well under the typical retirement age, and,... View Details

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16 Jul 2014
HBS Case

Marketing Obamacare

couldn't still succeed, says John Quelch, the Charles Edward Wilson Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School and a professor of health policy and management at Harvard School of Public... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Health

10 Feb 2015
First Look

First Look: February 10

John A., and Leora Kornfeld Abstract—The new marketing order, as played out on media platforms like YouTube, Twitter and Instagram, is so unlike the order it is displacing that it might seem like bedlam, an asylum of sorts for ideas... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

Career Coach

Vincent Dessain

of the Harvard Business School Europe Research Center based in Paris. Through his work, Vincent has built an extensive and deep network with the European corporate world in many industrial sectors. He is also in close contact with the... View Details

23 Jun 2003
Research & Ideas

Psychology, Pathology, and the CEO

products, software, education, and media in North America and Europe, I've found the same pattern. Organizational pathologies—secrecy, blame, isolation, avoidance, passivity, and feelings of helplessness—arise during a difficult time for... View Details

Keywords: by Rosabeth Moss Kanter

01 Dec 2011
News

Knowing the Score

the ESPN galaxy. Likewise with many other behind-the-scenes stories. Since the book was to be a comprehensive history of one of the greatest media successes of all time, it required a thorough examination of the View Details

Keywords: James Andrew Miller; Organizational Behavior; Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Arts, Entertainment

06 Dec 2021
News

Action Plan: Whole Sale

of Black-owned and sustainable brands the company stocks, highlighting those changes on TikTok and Clubhouse, the new audio-focused social media platform. “Beauty...has the ability to articulate a brand promise or personality.”... View Details

Keywords: April White; ecommerce; bricks and mortar; marketing; beauty

16 Sep 2013
Research & Ideas

Earnings Calls That Get Lost in Translation

The CEO's key to a successful earnings call with investors? Crystal clear communication. Earnings calls are typically held after the release of quarterly earnings, allowing company executives a chance to brief investors, analysts, and oftentimes the View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

01 Aug 1998
News

Spring Reunions: Milestones and Memories

technology and entertainment. Since graduation, his career path has wound its way through pay-per-view television programming and new media business development to his current job as president of E! Online.... View Details

Keywords: Eileen K. McCluskey

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2018 Symposium - Race, Gender & Equity

Association. Art has been a Fulbright Fellow in Lisbon, a Batten Fellow at the Darden Graduate School of Business at the University of Virginia, and the Thomas S. Murphy Distinguished Research Professor at the Harvard View Details

17 Jun 2020
News

Toronto Copes with COVID-19 Via Webinars; Alumni Respond to Pandemic in Philippines

social connection by taking a real lunch break. For example, take a Zoom yoga class with a friend, or check in with a mentor/mentee, or enjoy tuna melts with your family downstairs. Finally, go untouchable from all news media and social... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

04 Apr 2008
What Do You Think?

Who Owns Intellectual Property?

"Investors should put more emphasis on how brand IP is managed in the environment rather than on the IP asset itself." Paul Jackson adds that "... it's got to be businesses (that defend IP) ... as laws get in the way of... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett

15 Mar 2021
Blog Post

Be Unapologetically Yourself: Interview with Singer-Songwriter and Banking Strategist Andrea Mendoza

talents within the business world, Mendoza joined the HBS A cappella group, Heard on the Street, and the HBS Sound Society, a spinoff of the Entertainment Media Club focused on the music industry, which gave... View Details

08 Mar 2011
First Look

First Look: March 8

case:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/811013-PDF-ENG National Public Broadcasting Richard S. Ruback and Royce YudkoffHarvard Business School Case 211-058 Bob Williams, the CEO of National Public Broadcasting (NPB), was considering an... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Sep 2012
News

Hierarchy's Last Stand

do. The Internet and social media make position in a hierarchy less important than the ability to attract followers. Facebook pages or Twitter feeds are followed for their content, and anyone can claim a domain name in her own name. As... View Details

Keywords: Rosabeth Moss Kanter; Corporate Services

Career Coach

Martha Tassinari

Business Development, Marketing, Account Management, Strategy, Finance/Accounting, Independent Consulting. Co-raised $14M in venture funding. Early career foundation in Verizon's Finance Leadership Development Program (LDP). View Details

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14 Sep 2016
Research & Ideas

Web Surfers Have a Schedule and Stick to It

remained remarkably stable over the five years. There was an overall shift in the types of sites visited, however, from chat rooms and news to social media and video. “We were taken aback,” admits Greenstein, the MBA Class of 1957... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Retail; Web Services

25 Jan 2019
Blog Post

Not Waiting for Progress: Diversity and Inclusion in the Film Industry

the Cannes, Tribeca, Los Angeles, and Toronto international film festivals. The foundation has also established dynamic relationships with media companies such as NBCUniversal, WarnerMedia, Netflix, and HBO. Talented and Together... View Details

09 Mar 2020
Research & Ideas

Warring Algorithms Could Be Driving Up Consumer Prices

all sorts of elements of the digital marketplace that our existing legal frameworks are not particularly well-suited to deal with.” About the Author Kristen Senz is a writer and social media editor for Harvard View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz; Retail

22 Feb 2011
Research & Ideas

Most Popular Articles, Papers of the Decade

HBS Working Knowledge readers want it all, judging by our all-time most popular articles. Here you'll find stories on everything from maintaining a professional image to writing a business plan, from how to market on social View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

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