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Hybrid Work & Managing Interruptions:

In one ongoing project, Prof. Whillans examines how one of the costs of hybrid work—increased interruptions—can be offset through the implementation of collaboration norms that legitimize focused work. Across three studies with correlational and field experimental... View Details

01 Mar 2010
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Star Turn

Courtesy Ascent Media Once an IT staffer at HBS, José Royo (MBA ’98) is CEO of Ascent Media Group, which provides postproduction and digital media services to Hollywood’s major movie studios. Royo earned a Ph.D. in East Asian studies from Harvard, where he was an... View Details

06 Dec 2021
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Turning Point: Makeover

fought to keep at bay. Brad and I grew the company 85 percent in our last year together as we made way for the new C-suite and sold the company to Unilever. The day the deal was announced, I was overwhelmed with emails congratulating me for “making it” while I wept for... View Details

Keywords: entrepreneurship; leadership; purpose; Asian American; beauty industry; Miscellaneous Manufacturing; Manufacturing

04 Feb 2014
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Facebook turns 10

30 Jul 2019
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Turning Around Tesco

The British-based grocery chain Tesco—the third-largest retailer in the world—recently marked its 100th anniversary with a record-setting, 30-hour dance relay in Wembley Stadium. There were other reasons to celebrate, too: The chain is back in the black after surviving... View Details

Keywords: Tesco; Food and Beverage Stores; Retail Trade

January 2025
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Turning Around Sam's Club

By: Ryan W. Buell, Zeynep Ton and Sarah Kalloch

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01 Mar 2024
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Turning Point: Eternal Returns

Louisa Wong (MBA 1981) (Illustration by Gisela Goppel) Louisa Wong (MBA 1981) (Illustration by Gisela Goppel) I was born in the middle of Typhoon Gloria in 1957 and spent my early childhood in Kowloon’s Walled City, which at the time was an extremely poor and densely... View Details

Keywords: life experience; search firm; entrepreneurship

25 May 2023
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Brazil’s Nubank Turns 10

these products will help propel the company into its second decade, as it transforms into a money platform that serves individual and business customers by connecting them with financial and non-financial services, according to the article, "Nubank View Details

Keywords: Funds, Trusts, and Other Financial Vehicles; Finance

05 Nov 2013
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How to Turn Around Nearly Anything

03 May 2012
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When the smartphone's turned off

December 2022
Case

Canlis: Turning Toward

By: Ryan W. Buell and Jorian Hoover

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01 Dec 2018
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Turning Point: Crossover

Randal Bessolo (MBA 1992) (illustration by Gisela Goppel) Randal Bessolo (MBA 1992) (illustration by Gisela Goppel) I got into coaching basketball when I was 33 years old, volunteering at the Mercy Home for Boys in Chicago. Mentoring inner-city youth had always been an... View Details

27 Jan 2023
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Turning Up the Volume

plates. There is a lot of instability; let’s just get the basics done,” she told the board and senior leadership at LEDA. “However, I’ve also heard your desire to make an impact and grow. And if you want to do that, then we will walk through that door together—and we... View Details

Keywords: Maureen Harmon

01 Sep 2018
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Turning Point: Power Outlet

around was a fact that had stayed with me ever since I heard it: Black boys as young as 10 years old are no longer viewed as innocent children but as a potential threat and aggressor. That made me feel like I was on the clock with my own sons, who were 4 and 7 at the... View Details

09 Feb 2017
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Turning Disorder into Opportunity

our competitive advantage.” Late in 2013, Fieldhouse shared the 2007 HBS case study about Specialisterne with Mitch Levy of Australia’s Department of Human Services (DHS), who in turn shared it with his boss, Gary Sterrenberg, chief... View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Myers

18 Feb 2010
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Turning to the wind

10 May 2015
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Brand Strategist Turns Entrepreneur

Becoming an entrepreneur wasn’t part of Desiree Stolar’s plan. A brand strategy and market research consultant, Desiree (MBA 2015) expected to hone her skills at HBS and then return to the field she loved. That all changed when her the startup she developed during her... View Details

01 Jun 2017
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Turning Point: Addiction’s Impact

image by Jeffrey Decoster image by Jeffrey Decoster I was blindsided when my daughter told me, “I’m a heroin addict.” It was November 16, 2009, at a meeting with her drug counselor at Boston College. After I uttered a profanity and slammed my keys on the table, Amy... View Details

Keywords: Melissa Weiksnar (MBA 1982)

01 Dec 2022
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Turning Point: Soul Cycle

Karyn Kerr Pettigrew (MBA 1990) (Illustration by Gisela Goppel) Karyn Kerr Pettigrew (MBA 1990) (Illustration by Gisela Goppel) We all have turning points in our lives—clarifying moments that change the trajectory of our lives. The value... View Details

Keywords: transitions; life experience; career change; entrepreneurship

01 Jun 2022
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Turning Point: Sparking Change

years kept pointing in that direction, and both of my parents had been teachers during their careers. When I felt I had the time and space to turn to something new, I sent out letters to colleges and universities in the Chicago area and... View Details

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