Publications

June 2021
Supplement

Linda Oubré at Whittier College (C)

By: Debora L. Spar and Haley P. Brown

The case follows President Linda Oubré (HBS MBA Class of 1984) as she seeks to move Whittier College towards a more diverse, equitable, and inclusive campus.
In 2020, the student body of Whittier, a private liberal arts college in Los Angeles County, California,... View Details

Keywords: Women And Leadership; Racial Disparity; Higher Education; Education; Diversity; Race; Change Management; Gender; Los Angeles; California; United States

04 Aug 2008
Research & Ideas

How Female Stars Succeed in New Jobs

a good choice.” Overall, we found that stars did poorly at their new firms. Analyzing the data further revealed that there are gender differences in how well stars do after they jump ship. In fact, the... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Financial Services

03 Aug 2022
News

The Confusing Job Market: Tech and Finance Brace for the Worst, Retail Is Mixed, Travel Can’t Hire Fast Enough

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MBA Program at Harvard Business School - Business Education For Women At Harvard University | Harvard Business School

Introduction Training Certificate Management Program Harvard-Radcliffe HBS MBA Program Methods of Instruction Theory to Practice MBA Program at Harvard Business School: 1963 - 1970 020, 019, 120 The Co-Ed Experience In December 1962,... View Details

07 Nov 2019
News

Scranton Elects First Female Mayor

As an Oregon native running on the Independent ticket, Paige Cognetti (MBA 2014) was not the most likely candidate to claim victory in a special mayoral election that took place Tuesday in Scranton,... View Details

Keywords: politics; leadership; women; career paths; Executive, Legislative, and Other General Government Support; Government

23 Apr 2024
Cold Call Podcast

Amazon in Seattle: The Role of Business in Causing and Solving a Housing Crisis

Keywords: Re: Paul M. Healy; Technology

Nov 08 2018
Testimonial

Pitching In for Female Leaders

17 Nov 2016
News

Fidelity invests in worker delight

February 2015
Case

BlackRock: Diversity as a Driver for Success

By: Boris Groysberg and Katherine Connolly

In July 2014, the Global Executive Committee (GEC) for BlackRock, the world's largest asset manager, held a two-day offsite to discuss the state of talent within the firm. A year prior, in 2013, Chairman and CEO Laurence (Larry) Fink had asked Global Head of HR Jeff... View Details

Keywords: Women And Leadership; Diversity; General Management; Leadership; Change Management; Human Capital; Leading Change; Management Practices and Processes; Organizational Culture; Financial Services Industry; United States

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Betty J. Diener Oral History - Business Education For Women At Harvard University | Harvard Business School

time, had been a Harvard Radcliffe Program graduate and made me aware of it and encouraged me to apply. I'd always had an interest in business and business management, but there just weren't that many places to go if that was your... View Details

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Classroom and Field Work - Business Education For Women At Harvard University | Harvard Business School

firms and the program often led to businesses employing women in new areas. 28 The program initially matched students to two full-time job assignments. The first, an unskilled position such as a production... View Details

23 Dec 2019
News

The gender gap in self-promotion

October 2017
Case

Pricing PatientPing

By: Frank V. Cespedes, Julia Kelley and Amram Migdal

In 2017, Jay Desai, the CEO of Boston-based health care technology company PatientPing, had to consider a number of interrelated pricing challenges. Founded in late 2013, PatientPing sold a software platform that allowed health care providers to receive real-time... View Details

Keywords: Pricing; Health Tech; Health Technology; Marketing; Sales Process; Sales Strategy; Price; Sales; Marketing Strategy; Health Care and Treatment; Health Industry; Technology Industry; Boston; North America; Massachusetts; United States

03 Nov 2015
News

Lean In to Be Stretched Thin?

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Schlesinger Library Archives Collections - Business Education For Women At Harvard University | Harvard Business School

Bibliography Baker Library Archives Schlesinger Library Archives Radcliffe College Archives, Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America Harvard-Radcliffe Program View Details

11 Feb 2019
Working Paper Summaries

Gender Stereotypes in Deliberation and Team Decisions

Keywords: by Katherine B. Coffman, Clio Bryant Flikkema, and Olga Shurchkov

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Sara B. Wilkinson Oral History - Business Education For Women At Harvard University | Harvard Business School

sections, and study groups, and things, but if I needed a study group I could talk with them." Sara B. Wilkinson was one of the first three women to receive an MBA from Harvard Business School in 1960.... View Details

November 2016
Supplement

Uber in China: Driving in the Gray Zone (B)

By: William C. Kirby, Yuanzhuo Wang, Shuang L. Frost and Adam K. Frost

Starting in 2014, for two years Uber had fought an intense, costly battle for China’s ridesharing market with well-financed and well-connected domestic Chinese competitors. During this time, Uber also had to respond to an ever-shifting regulatory landscape that looked... View Details

Keywords: China; Uber; Didi Chuxing; Start-up Growth; Regulation; Ride-sharing; Transportation; Business Startups; Growth and Development; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Transportation Industry; Technology Industry; China

July 2004 (Revised July 2005)
Case

Linux in 2004

By: Pankaj Ghemawat, Brian Subirana and Christina Pham

A new technology platform conceived in the early 1990s, Linux developed into a force to be reckoned with in the operating system marketplace. At first, Linux was dismissed as a renegade option used only by tech geeks. By 2004, however, Linux had exploded into the... View Details

Keywords: Competition; Open Source Distribution; Information Technology; Applications and Software; Digital Platforms; Information Technology Industry