Sarah Vickers-Willis: Career Decisions (A) Case Solution
The protagonist in this case series, a 1999 MBA graduate from the prestigious business school, who is stuck in a career related dillemma: Does she focus on the Internet start-up she helped found or join in shaping a for profit company with a social mission? Sarah, a young Australian business executive, has constantly strived to "locate space" for what is significant to her in her profession.Her livelihood choices started when she determined to cut short a successful consulting profession in Australia to attend Harvard Business School and continued through her foundation (with three other HBS classmates) a fast track Internet startup. This case follows Sarah's increasing engagement with a modest for profit business dedicated to enhancing the financial education of young women and ends with a choice point: Should she remain with the business she helped found, or should she move to the entrepreneurial business with a social mission?
This is just an excerpt. This case is about INNOVATION & ENTREPRENEURSHIP
PUBLICATION DATE: December 12, 2001 PRODUCT #: 802111-HCB-ENG
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