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- August 1995 (Revised July 1997)
- Case
Passion for Learning
Describes the challenges confronting a recent HBS graduate who has started a direct-mail toy company. The entrepreneur must evaluate industry conditions in both toys and direct mail, and determine whether he has developed a viable business concept. Presents detailed...
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Entrepreneurship
McGahan, Anita M., Dale Coxe, Israel Yellen Ganot, and Greg Keller. "Passion for Learning." Harvard Business School Case 796-057, August 1995. (Revised July 1997.)
- Nov 08 2018
- Testimonial
A Passion for Organization
- February 2024
- Technical Note
A Manager's Introduction to Passion for Work
Today, both organizations and employees are increasingly focused on passion. An analysis of 200 million U.S. job postings found that the use of the word “passion” increased nearly tenfold from 2007 to 2019, while a recent survey of thousands of college-educated...
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Jachimowicz, Jon M. "A Manager's Introduction to Passion for Work." Harvard Business School Technical Note 424-071, February 2024.
- 16 Sep 2019
- Blog Post
Finding my Passion in the Startup Space
exceptions, working between our New York headquarters and our offices in Athens. Finding your career passion is a trial and error process. People say “follow your passion” but this can be vague. The actual process of discovering these...
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- May 17, 2023
- Article
Don't Let Passion Lead to Burnout on Your Team
By: Joy Bredehorst, Kai Krautter, Jirs Meuris and Jon M. Jachimowicz
Passion is often heralded as the key to a fulfilling and successful career, but the authors’ recent research suggests that it can also come at a cost: Feeling passionate about work can lead to exhaustion and even burnout. Through studies with more than 700 employees...
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Bredehorst, Joy, Kai Krautter, Jirs Meuris, and Jon M. Jachimowicz. "Don't Let Passion Lead to Burnout on Your Team." Harvard Business Review (website) (May 17, 2023).
- 13 Nov 2020
- News
A Passion for Education
Bob Ryan (MBA 1970) Bob Ryan (MBA 1970), the first in his family to attend college, has come a long way from his Detroit roots. When the former chief financial officer (CFO) of Medtronic set up a fellowship fund at HBS, he wanted to pay tribute to those roots, so he...
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- 06 May 2015
- News
A passion for education
Susan Wolf Ditkoff (MBA 2001) brings her business know-how to the nonprofit sector as a partner at the Bridgespan Group and as chairman of her local school committee. (Published May 2015)
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- 22 Nov 2013
- News
A Passion for Film
d'Arbeloff says. "In the small-world category, all these strands connecting around this one film—it's a very exciting moment." D'Arbeloff, who runs Roadside with his business and life partner, Howard Cohen, recalled the moment—rather, the movie—that ignited his View Details
- 13 Jul 2015
- News
A passion for teaching
For Felix Oberholzer-Gee, chair of the MBA Program, the joy of teaching comes in seeing students learn how to make better decisions and gain the tools they need to be successful. (Published July 2015)
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- 04 Aug 2014
- Video
Claire Friedman describes her passion for entertainment and media
- 04 Oct 2019
- Blog Post
Finding My Passion in the Startup Space
Business Operations for Blueground, one of the few bright exceptions, working between our New York headquarters and our offices in Athens. Finding your career passion is a trial and error process. People say “follow your passion” but this...
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- September 2004 (Revised February 2010)
- Case
The Passion of the Christ (A)
By: John A. Quelch, Anita Elberse and Anna Harrington
Bob Berney, president of Newmarket Films, must decide on a distribution and marketing strategy for Mel Gibson's controversial new movie, The Passion of the Christ. Fueled by Gibson's star power as well as an extensive prescreening campaign among Christian leaders and...
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Keywords:
Advertising Campaigns;
Film Entertainment;
Marketing Strategy;
Product Launch;
Product Positioning;
Distribution Channels;
Religion;
Motion Pictures and Video Industry
Quelch, John A., Anita Elberse, and Anna Harrington. "The Passion of the Christ (A)." Harvard Business School Case 505-025, September 2004. (Revised February 2010.)
- February 2018 (Revised August 2023)
- Case
Nykaa.com: A Passion for Beauty
By: Paul Gompers, Anjali Raina and Rachna Chawla
Being an entrepreneur was a childhood dream for Falguni Nayar. The opportunity to build Nykaa.com, a woman-centered business, with a multi-brand retail format in the beauty and wellness space, and the fact that she was doing it with her daughter Adwaita (HBS MBA 2013)...
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Entrepreneurship;
Leadership;
Organizational Culture;
Information Technology;
Human Resources;
Brands and Branding;
Operations;
Marketing;
Decision Making
Gompers, Paul, Anjali Raina, and Rachna Chawla. "Nykaa.com: A Passion for Beauty." Harvard Business School Case 218-049, February 2018. (Revised August 2023.)
- July 2021 (Revised September 2021)
- Case
Sarah Robb O'Hagan: The Rocky Road of Passion
By: Jon M. Jachimowicz and Francesca Gino
In November 2018, Sarah Robb O’Hagan is reeling from an unceremonious exit as CEO of Flywheel, a chain of indoor cycling studios. In the past, Robb O’Hagan had led transformational change across companies throughout the sports and fitness industry, including as...
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Personal Development and Career;
Satisfaction;
Decision Making;
Problems and Challenges;
Opportunities;
Interests
Jachimowicz, Jon M., and Francesca Gino. "Sarah Robb O'Hagan: The Rocky Road of Passion." Harvard Business School Case 422-055, July 2021. (Revised September 2021.)
The Challenge of Maintaining Passion for Work Over Time
Passion for work is highly coveted, but many employees report struggling to maintain their passion over time. In the current research, we explain the challenge of pursuing passion by conceptualizing passion as an attribute with temporal variation. Viewed through...
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- 30 Mar 2015
- News
Two Ways to Clarify Your Professional Passions
- Article
Managing Perceptions of Distress at Work: Reframing Emotion as Passion
By: Elizabeth Baily Wolf, Jooa Julia Lee, Sunita Sah and Alison Wood Brooks
Expressing distress at work can have negative consequences for employees: observers perceive employees who express distress as less competent than employees who do not. Across five experiments, we explore how reframing a socially inappropriate emotional expression...
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Wolf, Elizabeth Baily, Jooa Julia Lee, Sunita Sah, and Alison Wood Brooks. "Managing Perceptions of Distress at Work: Reframing Emotion as Passion." Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes 137 (November 2016): 1–12.
- August 2023 (Revised February 2024)
- Case
Toby Norman: Is Passion Enough for Simprints to Thrive?
By: Jon M. Jachimowicz, Amram Migdal and Max Hancock
As co-founder and CEO of Simprints—a social enterprise with the mission to “transform the way the world fights poverty"—Toby Norman was at a crossroads. His organization had developed ground-breaking technology used to verify aid delivery, reached more than 2.5 million...
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Keywords:
Mission and Purpose;
Motivation and Incentives;
Social Enterprise;
Employees;
Growth and Development Strategy
Jachimowicz, Jon M., Amram Migdal, and Max Hancock. "Toby Norman: Is Passion Enough for Simprints to Thrive?" Harvard Business School Case 424-015, August 2023. (Revised February 2024.)