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- May 2024 (Revised February 2025)
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Choosing the Course of Passion: Brooke Boyarsky Pratt at knownwell
By: Jon M. Jachimowicz and Alexis Lefort
Brooke Boyarsky Pratt (HBS ’13) enjoyed considerable success in her early career, quickly climbing the ranks to associate partner at McKinsey, and later becoming an executive vice president at Berkadia, a Berkshire Hathaway portfolio company. Throughout these years,... View Details
Keywords: Passion; Career; Career Planning; Purpose; Personal Development and Career; Mission and Purpose; Identity; Business Startups; Health Care and Treatment; Health Disorders; Growth and Development Strategy; Market Entry and Exit; Health Industry; United States
Jachimowicz, Jon M., and Alexis Lefort. "Choosing the Course of Passion: Brooke Boyarsky Pratt at knownwell." Harvard Business School Case 424-040, May 2024. (Revised February 2025.)
- 06 Dec 2022
- HBS Seminar
Elizabeth Lyons, UC San Diego
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Navid has worked with different organizations across various industries, from the Federal Reserve to medical device manufacturers, heavy construction equipment sellers, and B2B software providers, to assemble proprietary datasets in studying organizational buying.... View Details
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Alternative Investments Course | HBS Online
yourself Who Will Benefit Early-Career Financial Services Professionals Aspiring Finance or Investment Professionals Non-Finance Professionals Gain a competitive edge by... View Details
- 01 Mar 2024
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The War Within
When the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine began in February 2022, Nataliia Zhyliak’s world was upended in a matter of days. At the time, Zhyliak, a psychologist in the western Ukrainian city of Kamianets-Podilskyi, was working at an education and rehabilitation... View Details
- 02 May 2005
- Research & Ideas
Four VCs on Evaluating Opportunities
know how to do it." The third thing is team. We look for engineering vision and execution, sales, and entrepreneurship in a team. Typically, it's at least two people; sometimes it's three. In the early stages, I tend to invest behind an entrepreneur, not behind a... View Details
Keywords: by Lauren Barley
- 28 Sep 2012
- Working Paper Summaries
Self-Serving Altruism? When Unethical Actions That Benefit Others Do Not Trigger Guilt
- 2025
- Book
Talk: The Science of Conversation and the Art of Being Ourselves
We all struggle with difficult conversations, but we're often not very good at easy ones either. Though we do it all the time, conversation is one of the most complex, demanding, and delicate of all human tasks, rife with possibilities for misinterpretation and... View Details
Keywords: Interpersonal Communication
Brooks, Alison Wood. Talk: The Science of Conversation and the Art of Being Ourselves. Crown, 2025.
- June 2014
- Supplement
Chung and Dasgupta: Information for Jordan Ramirez
By: Ian Larkin and Karen Huang
The "Promotion Process at Chung and Dasgupta, LLP" set of cases explores the roles of general and firm-specific human capital in employee performance measurement, feedback, and promotion/compensation decisions. In the cases, a leading law firm must decide whether to... View Details
Keywords: Performance Appraisal; Performance Measurement; Employee Feedback; Motivation; Promotions; Human Capital; Performance Evaluation; Management Systems; Compensation and Benefits; Retention; Legal Services Industry; United States; Massachusetts
Larkin, Ian, and Karen Huang. "Chung and Dasgupta: Information for Jordan Ramirez." Harvard Business School Supplement 914-046, June 2014.
- 2009
- Working Paper
Social Influence Given (Partially) Deliberate Matching: Career Imprints in the Creation of Academic Entrepreneurs
By: Pierre Azoulay, Christopher C. Liu and Toby E. Stuart
Actors often match with associates on a small set of dimensions that matter most for the particular relationship at hand. In so doing, they are exposed to unanticipated social influences because counterparts have more interests, attitudes, and preferences than would-be... View Details
Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Patents; Marketplace Matching; Mathematical Methods; Science-Based Business; Power and Influence; Social and Collaborative Networks; Biotechnology Industry
Azoulay, Pierre, Christopher C. Liu, and Toby E. Stuart. "Social Influence Given (Partially) Deliberate Matching: Career Imprints in the Creation of Academic Entrepreneurs." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 09-136, May 2009.
- 18 Jan 2022
- Research & Ideas
How Eliminating Non-Competes Could Reshape Tech
non-compete agreements affect employers and professionals in technology? Andy Wu: A ban on non-compete agreements would be great for professionals in the technology industry, ranging from software developers... View Details
- 19 Apr 2004
- Research & Ideas
Birth of the American Salesman
aluminum-siding salesmen; and David Mamet's play Glengarry Glen Ross, realtors. The figure of the professional salesperson simply does not hold the same dramatic appeal. Q: You have called your last chapter "Beyond Willy Loman."... View Details
Keywords: by Laura Linard
- 08 Nov 2023
Life at HBS Chat with the European Club
Virtual Life at HBS Chats are a unique opportunity to hear directly from current HBS students regarding their MBA experience. Join a panel of students from the European Club who will share their backgrounds and how they have cultivated their personal and View Details
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Your Coach Will Help You Become a Better Leader
All of our Comprehensive Leadership Programs and Senior Leadership Programs include personalized executive coaching as well as group coaching. Throughout these programs, you work one-on-one with a professional coach who helps you reflect... View Details
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Online Business Essential Courses | HBS Online
activities Yes Some Discount for repeat participants Yes Some Certificate awarded upon completion of program Yes Some Invitation to a global professional network, including the HBS Online Connext conference, HBS faculty events, and HBS... View Details
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Credential of Leadership, Impact, and Management in Business | HBS Online
Benefit New Leaders Experienced Leaders New Leaders have zero to three years of managerial experience and two-plus years of total professional experience I loved every minute of the program, and it was such an eye-opener. The cohort teams... View Details
- 14 Jul 2023
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Harvard Business School Announces Its 2023-2024 Blavatnik Fellows
and provide strategic direction during the fellows' program year. “This cohort of fellows bring a rich, diverse background of academic and professional experiences,” said Barrett. “From postdoctoral researchers, to science and technology... View Details
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history project. We covered three complementary areas of discussion: unconventional techniques, unconventional sources, and unconventional capitalisms. Apr 16 16 Apr 2019 Noon Seminar Series Strategy Professionals and Practice Change:... View Details
- 29 Nov 2021
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How Bonuses Get Employees to Choose Work Over Family
When your boss asks you to meet with clients for last-minute drinks, are you tempted to clear your calendar, even if it means missing your child’s piano recital? If so, you’re among the many professionals who tend to prioritize View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Kim Raczka
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Winners & Runners-Up | New Venture Competition
RallyPoint Aaron Kletzing Yinon Weiss Business Track Runner-Up RallyPoint revolutionizes the way military professionals connect, develop, and pursue fulfilling opportunities throughout their military careers. We do for the military what... View Details