The Value of a 'Portable' Career
| Q&A with: | Boris Groyberg, Lex Sant, and Robin Abrahams |
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| Published: | January 12, 2009 |
| Feature: | Research & Ideas |
Can you predict whether star performers will replicate their success in a new environment? HBS professor Boris Groysberg and colleagues ask this question of professional football teams, and the results offer valuable lessons for star performers and hiring executives of business firms, too. Q&A with Groysberg, Lex Sant, and Robin Abrahams.
Published in 2008
Peer Effects and Entrepreneurship
| Authors: | Ramana Nanda and Jesper B. Sørensen |
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| Published: | January 31, 2008 |
| Paper Release Date: | January 2008 |
| Feature: | Working Papers |
How do your coworkers affect your decision to become an entrepreneur? The vast majority of entrepreneurs launch their new ventures following a period of employment in established organizations. To date, factors such as the degree of bureaucracy that individuals have experienced have been shown to shape their likelihood to go into business for themselves. But socialization matters, too. Nanda and Sørensen show that the career experiences of coworkers shape both the information and the resources available to prospective entrepreneurs, as well as the value that individuals attach to entrepreneurial activity as a career choice.
New Challenges in Leading Professional Services
| Q&A with: | Thomas J. DeLong |
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| Published: | January 22, 2008 |
| Feature: | Research & Ideas |
Professional service firms are being challenged as never before—by clients, associates, and the competition, just for starters. But old-style PSF leaders are not equipped to respond, says Harvard Business School professor Thomas J. DeLong. He discusses his new book When Professionals Have to Lead. Plus: Book excerpt.
Published in 2007
Feeling Stuck? Getting Past Impasse
| Q&A with: | Timothy Butler |
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| Published: | April 25, 2007 |
| Feature: | Research & Ideas |
Feeling "stuck," as psychologically painful as it is, is the first step to awareness of new opportunities in career and in life, says Harvard Business School's Timothy Butler. In this Q&A and excerpt from his new book, Getting Unstuck, he explains six steps for getting from here to there.
Published in 2006
Women Find New Path to Work
| Q&A with: | Myra M. Hart |
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| Published: | May 15, 2006 |
| Feature: | Lessons from the Classroom |
Professor Myra Hart's New Path program helps Harvard Business School alumnae re-enter the work world. Here is a look at what participants learned about life, work, and the quickly changing world of business.
Published in 2005
Exit Interview: HBS Dean Kim Clark
| Q&A with: | Kim B. Clark |
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| Published: | November 7, 2005 |
| Feature: | Research & Ideas |
Kim Clark recently resigned his ten-year post as dean of Harvard Business School to assume the presidency of Brigham Young University-Idaho. In this Q&A with the HBS Alumni Bulletin, Clark discusses his experience.
NFL Players Touch Down at HBS
| Published: | April 18, 2005 |
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| Feature: | Lessons from the Classroom |
Thirty players from the National Football League sharpened their management skills at Harvard Business School, preparing for when their playing days are over.
Published in 2003
Tales of the Newly-minted MBA
| Published: | February 17, 2003 |
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| Feature: | Report from the Field |
One moved back home. Another said his career subscribed to "chaos theory." The career paths of new Harvard Business School MBAs have wandered, some very far, from where the young executives had anticipated.
Published in 2001
Getting Back on Course
| Published: | September 4, 2001 |
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| Feature: | Lessons from the Classroom |
When HBS professor Myra M. Hart found that a substantial number of the school's women graduates were not currently in the full-time workforce, she came up with a plan.
