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      • January 1999
      • Case

      Prague Post, The

      By: Paul A. Gompers
      Lisa Frankenberg, co-founder of the Prague Post, is faced with several business and professional decisions. The English-language paper she founded is under pressure from competition and a Czech Republic recession. She must decide how to return the paper to... View Details
      Keywords: Growth and Development Strategy; Decisions; Decision Choices and Conditions; Profit; Competition; Financial Crisis; Personal Development and Career; Publishing Industry; Czech Republic
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      Gompers, Paul A. "Prague Post, The ." Harvard Business School Case 299-033, January 1999.
      • May 1998
      • Teaching Note

      Development Relationships TN

      By: David A. Thomas and Emily Heaphy
      The final class of the Career Development module of the Self-Assessment and Career Development course (SACD) uses the topic of mentoring and developmental relationships to encourage students to think beyond the point of finding and accepting a suitable job offer. The... View Details
      Keywords: Decisions; Curriculum and Courses; Job Offer; Personal Development and Career; Relationships; Strategy
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      Thomas, David A., and Emily Heaphy. "Development Relationships TN." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 498-071, May 1998.
      • March 1998
      • Teaching Note

      The Job Search Workshop TN

      By: David A. Thomas and Emily Heaphy
      An effective catalyst for the job search, this note is an opportunity for students to focus on the "next steps" of their job search. Students are introduced to a model of career decision-making, which frames their discussion and sophisticates their understanding of the... View Details
      Keywords: Decision Making; Job Search; Personal Development and Career
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      Thomas, David A., and Emily Heaphy. "The Job Search Workshop TN." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 498-070, March 1998.
      • January 1998 (Revised September 1998)
      • Case

      Staples (A)

      By: Myra M. Hart, Marco Iansiti and Barbara Feinberg
      Chronicles development of a new business concept. Starts with Stemberg's search for a new employment opportunity, then provides details of his decision to launch a new venture concept through careful matching of personal capabilities and experience against a variety of... View Details
      Keywords: Marketing; Personal Development and Career; Entrepreneurship; Management Skills; Retail Industry
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      Hart, Myra M., Marco Iansiti, and Barbara Feinberg. "Staples (A)." Harvard Business School Case 898-157, January 1998. (Revised September 1998.)
      • September 1996
      • Case

      Craig Parks (B)

      By: David A. Thomas and Lisa J. Chadderdon
      Supplements the (A) case. View Details
      Keywords: Personal Development and Career; Decision Making; Decision Choices and Conditions; Moral Sensibility
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      Thomas, David A., and Lisa J. Chadderdon. "Craig Parks (B)." Harvard Business School Case 497-014, September 1996.
      • July 1996
      • Case

      Craig Parks (A)

      By: David A. Thomas and Lisa J. Chadderdon
      Craig Parks is a 1992 HBS graduate who, without much deliberation, returns to work for his former employer, Taylor Burton on Wall Street. The choice proves to be a poor fit for Craig. The case documents his decision-making process, personal history, and the dilemma he... View Details
      Keywords: Personal Development and Career; Decision Choices and Conditions; Problems and Challenges
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      Thomas, David A., and Lisa J. Chadderdon. "Craig Parks (A)." Harvard Business School Case 497-013, July 1996.
      • January 1994 (Revised March 1995)
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      De Passe Entertainment and Creative Partners

      By: Linda A. Hill
      After 24 years at Motown Industries, Hollywood executive Suzanne de Passe has decided to go out on her own to start two new businesses. The case describes de Passe's career from her beginning as Berry Gordy's assistant at Motown Records to her presidency of Gordy/de... View Details
      Keywords: Business Startups; Entrepreneurship; Partners and Partnerships; Business or Company Management; Entertainment; Personal Development and Career; Entertainment and Recreation Industry; Music Industry; California
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      Hill, Linda A. "De Passe Entertainment and Creative Partners." Harvard Business School Case 494-013, January 1994. (Revised March 1995.)
      • November 1993 (Revised December 2004)
      • Case

      Elizabeth Fisher (A)

      By: David A. Thomas
      Elizabeth Fisher is a graduating MBA who must reconcile her job search with Paul, her fiance's, job constraints. The case gives vivid detail of Elizabeth and Paul's process. At one point, the two must decide whether to have a commuter marriage or have Paul give up his... View Details
      Keywords: Decision Making; Job Search; Personal Development and Career; Relationships
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      Thomas, David A. "Elizabeth Fisher (A)." Harvard Business School Case 494-002, November 1993. (Revised December 2004.)
      • May 1993
      • Case

      Alan Stein

      By: Carl S. Sloane, Shoshana Zuboff and R.Keith Giarman
      Deals with issues of adult and career development at mid-life. Describes the career and personal history of an adult male, choice points in his life, and how he made critical career and personal choices. Focuses in on his decision to "retire" from Goldman, Sachs at an... View Details
      Keywords: Transition; Decision Choices and Conditions; Personal Development and Career; Retirement; Satisfaction
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      Sloane, Carl S., Shoshana Zuboff, and R.Keith Giarman. "Alan Stein." Harvard Business School Case 493-088, May 1993.
      • May 1990 (Revised April 1995)
      • Teaching Note

      Karen Green, Teaching Note

      By: Linda A. Hill
      The video depicts Karen Green, a manager in her early thirties, on a company retreat. She is being considered for a project manager position, a promotion she does not receive. During the retreat, the circumstances that influenced the decision become evident. The... View Details
      Keywords: Work-Life Balance; Personal Development and Career; Gender; Power and Influence
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      Hill, Linda A. "Karen Green, Teaching Note." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 490-095, May 1990. (Revised April 1995.)
      • October 1986 (Revised July 2010)
      • Case

      Karen Leary (A)

      By: Linda A. Hill
      Describes the evolution of the working relationship of Karen Leary, a new manager of a Merrill Lynch retail branch, and Ted Chung, a new financial consultant in the branch. Leary has some concerns about her working relationship with Chung and with his performance.... View Details
      Keywords: Management Style; Employee Relationship Management; Decision Choices and Conditions; Personal Development and Career; Performance Evaluation; Diversity; Financial Services Industry
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      Hill, Linda A. "Karen Leary (A)." Harvard Business School Case 487-020, October 1986. (Revised July 2010.)
      • September 1985
      • Background Note

      Finding a Job with a Small Company

      By: Howard H. Stevenson
      Describes a process of self-evaluation for working in small companies, discusses small company issues, focuses on some basic search techniques, and ends with a little how-to section. The goal is to facilitate the process of securing a job in a small company and to show... View Details
      Keywords: Decision Choices and Conditions; Higher Education; Recruitment; Work-Life Balance; Interests
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      Stevenson, Howard H. "Finding a Job with a Small Company." Harvard Business School Background Note 386-076, September 1985.
      • September 1985 (Revised January 1986)
      • Case

      Peter Wendell

      By: William A. Sahlman
      Contains a description of a decision confronting an employee of IBM in late 1981. Should he leave IBM to become head of a new venture capital fund which will specialize in technology investments? The case is designed to expose students to the nature of the opportunity... View Details
      Keywords: Personal Development and Career; Jobs and Positions; Opportunities; Valuation; Decision Choices and Conditions; Resignation and Termination; Venture Capital; Financial Services Industry; Computer Industry
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      Sahlman, William A. "Peter Wendell." Harvard Business School Case 286-008, September 1985. (Revised January 1986.)
      • Research Summary

      Bringing Individuals Back In: The Effects of Career Experience on New Firm Founding (forthcoming Industrial and Corporate Change, 2003)

      By: Rakesh Khurana
      In this paper (with Scott Shane) the link between the career experiences of potential entrepreneurs and the decision to found a new firm is explored. Because of methodological and theoretical obstacles, sociological research on organizational foundings has largely... View Details
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      Investment Managment for Professional and Personal Investors

      By: Luis M. Viceira
      IMPPI is suitable for all students interested in gaining a broad perspective on investing and the asset management business, including those targeting careers in asset management and those interested in learning how to become sophisticated consumers of investment... View Details
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      Managing the Future of Work (MBA Education—Elective Curriculum)

      By: Christopher T. Stanton

      The nature and scope of work is changing rapidly, creating massive business challenges in the shadow of broader political and social shifts.  HBS launched a major initiative in 2017 on Managing the Future of Work to define these workplace issues and... View Details

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      MBA Elective Curriculum-- Competing Through Business Models

      By: Ramon Casadesus-Masanell

      The  words  “business  model”  are  inescapable  in  our  daily  fare of  business  news.  These  two ubiquitous words seemed to effortlessly rise up to prominence during the dot-com boom of the late 1990s. When businesspeople, journalists, academics, and other... View Details

      Keywords: Business Model; Strategy; Competitive Strategy
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      Overview

      By: Mark L. Egan
      When considering how households make investment decisions, Professor Egan became intrigued by the question, “What makes a bank ‘special’ when compared to other lending institutions?” Focusing on empirical industrial organization with applications to finance and... View Details
      Keywords: Banking; Financial Advisors; Consumer Finance; Personal Finance; Corporate Finance
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      The Transition to Retirement

      By: Teresa M. Amabile

      My current major research program is the Retirement Transitions Study: a broad study of retiring professionals' everyday experiences, including identification with work; identity stability, change, and development; meaningfulness of work; changes in life structure,... View Details

      Keywords: Careers; Psychology; Creativity; Identity; Retirement; Meaning
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      Turnarounds and Transformation (formerly Entrepreneurial Management in a Turnaround Environment)

      By: Ranjay Gulati
      The focus of this course is the leader as a strategist, architect, decision maker, and change agent in a turnaround or transformation environment. This course is intended for students pursuing a range of career options as business operators,... View Details
      Keywords: MBA; Transformation
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