Publications

Describes a major organizational transformation process at John Hancock Financial Services in which CEO Stephen Brown takes a series of measured steps to turn the old-line mutual insurance company into a competitive, performance-oriented financial services firm. At the... View Details

Keywords: Change Management; Leadership; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Organizational Culture; Alignment; Competitive Strategy; Financial Services Industry

Educators

2004
Working Paper

A Field Study of Group Diversity, Participation in Diversity Education Programs, and Performance

December 2004 (Revised August 2005)
Exercise

Orientation to the Public Image Assessment Exercise

The Public Image Assessment exercise acquaints students with the ideal images they hold of themselves, the actions they engage in to convey these images, and the benefits and costs of these behaviors to themselves and to others. Social psychologists call this process... View Details

Keywords: Reputation; Perception

26 Nov 2019
News

Predicting Financial Market Bubbles and Crises in Real-time

Source: Greenwood Source: Greenwood Professor Robin Greenwood notes that faculty members across Harvard have long been exploring the behavioral perspective on financial market bubbles and financial crises.... View Details

Keywords: Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments; Finance

14 Apr 2014
Research & Ideas

Difficulties for Women Bridging Racial, Generational, and Global Divides

about 90 percent of them were women. "I wanted to make it clear that we really are taking an intersectional approach to gender," said Robin Ely, Diane Doerge Wilson Professor of Business Administration at... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

Web

2022 Symposium - Race, Gender & Equity

The Master's Tools: Exposing Rejecting, and Appropriating The Master's Tools: Exposing Rejecting, and Appropriating MAY 5-6, 2022 Home Speakers Videos Agenda Robin Ely Diane Doerge Wilson View Details

Web

2014 Symposium - Race, Gender & Equity

Panel: Gender Relations, Gender Stereotypes, & Women’s Relationships Robin J. Ely , Harvard Business School Women’s Workplace Relationships in the Context of Gender Inequality Michelle Duguid & Denise Lewin... View Details

29 Apr 2014
First Look

First Look: April 29

Publications August 2013 Journal of Financial Economics X-CAPM: An Extrapolative Capital Asset Pricing Model By: Barberis, Nicholas, Robin Greenwood, Lawrence Jin, and Andrei Shleifer Abstract—Survey evidence suggests that many... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

02 Jun 2019
News

A Data-Driven Approach to Gun Policy

in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (October 2017). The study began to take shape in early 2013. Malhotra, the Eli Goldston Professor of Business Administration, and Luca, the Lee J.... View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie; Justice, Public Order, and Safety Activities; Government

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2013 Symposium - Race, Gender & Equity

York “Opting Out”—NOT: Challenging Stereotypes and Creating Real Options for Women in the Professions Irene Padavic & Robin Ely , Florida State University & Harvard Business School The Work-Family Narrative... View Details

01 Dec 2022
News

Program Catalyzes New Streams of Research

HBS established the Institute for the Study of Business in Global Society (BiGS) to serve as a research-based platform that brings together a community of scholars, students, alumni, and other practitioners to find solutions to some of society’s biggest challenges. A... View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie

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Events - Advancing Racial Equity

executives from global organizations, to answer two questions: What can HBS do to accelerate the development of women leaders of color? What are the key challenges and opportunities faced by women leaders of color, and how do we address them? Leading Race Work in... View Details

December 2004 (Revised April 2006)
Teaching Note

Managing Diversity at Spencer Owens & Co. and Managing Diversity at Cityside Financial Services (TN)

Teaching Note to (9-405-047) and (9-405-048). View Details

Keywords: Diversity

April 2006
Teaching Note

Managing a Public Image (TN)

Keywords: Public Relations Industry

May 2006
Module Note

Leading Culturally Diverse Teams

Describes the Leading Culturally Diverse Teams module (eight class sessions), which teaches students the leadership perspectives and skills necessary to develop high-functioning, culturally diverse teams (teams diverse in, for example, race, ethnicity, gender,... View Details

Keywords: Competency and Skills; Diversity; Leadership; Groups and Teams; Perspective; Culture

April 2006
Teaching Note

Stephen Brown at John Hancock Financial Services (TN)

Keywords: Financial Services Industry