Executive Labor Market - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Dec 2012
News

The Accidental Pioneers

any discrimination at Goldman," Sherwood comments. "Because Lynne could also be a man's name, the corporate executives we called on didn't always know I was a woman. Sometimes they were astounded. But as long as I could show I knew what I... View Details

Keywords: Hanna, Julia

01 Jan 2003
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Greylock

helped to organize the business and put together a strong board," explains Cox, who has been a director of the company for nearly three decades. "When the chief executive died in a plane crash, we led the search for a successor. Urging... View Details

01 Sep 2020
News

We Rise

part, to the sector’s famous reliance on personal relationships and pattern matching. “We’re already seeing the current economic changes impacting women disproportionately as some women have to drop out of the labor force to look after... View Details

Keywords: April White; Finance

26 Aug 2016
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Connecting with the Past

several years as a consultant for Construction Specialties, a manufacturer of specialized architectural products. At the same time, his nephew Mark brought him on board as an investor and marketing consultant in several high-tech... View Details

Keywords: Jill Radsken

01 Dec 1999
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Q & A: Herb Kohl

implement strategy. In a retail business, no matter what you decide in the office, if the people out in the stores don't execute it, your business isn't going to be worth a darn, because they're the ones who deal with your customers. So... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young

01 Jun 2022
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Empowering Entrepreneurially Minded Students

can’t yet afford to pay market rates. For some qualifying students, the Rock Loan Forgiveness Program helps reduce their debt burden after graduation. FAST FACTS 45 Entrepreneurs-in-Residence, Rock Executive... View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie

06 Jan 2021
News

A Message from Dean Srikant Datar

committed to doing it. Across the School I'm already seeing wonderful momentum. Everything from going to the market to recruit a Chief Diversity and Inclusion Officer, to rethinking how we calculate financial aid for MBA students whose... View Details

01 Dec 1996
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An Entrepreneurial Journey

multibillion-dollar Capital Cities/ABC media empire of the 1990s. Not long after, laboring in similar obscurity in rural Ohio, Amos B. Hostetter, Jr. (MBA '61), and H. Irving Grousbeck (MBA '60), cofounders of Continental Cablevision,... View Details

01 Jun 2018
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June 2018 Alumni and Faculty Books

this success was achieved. Heroes Wanted: Why the World Needs You to Live Your Heart Out by Rodney D. Bullard (AMP 187, 2014) Harvest House Publishers With all the hardships and unmet needs in the world, it’s difficult to believe one person can make a difference.... View Details

01 Dec 1997
News

Growing Together

in several major cities. Ira A. Jackson (100th AMP), the executive vice president of BankBoston, is also finding a way to turn social ideals into good business practice. Locally, Jackson is guiding the bank in its efforts to provide jobs... View Details

Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso and Nancy O. Perry

26 May 2022
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Northern California Club Honors Noom; LGBTQ Alumni Share HBS Stories

ECY winners for more than 20 years. “We care about, and choose, companies that will hopefully stand the test of time,” says Druyan. “We look at market cap, growth, whether it’s a compelling business. Companies have to be fundamentally... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

12 Jul 2021
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Alumni Confront the COVID-19 Crisis

operations, remotely disinfecting public buildings and hospitals. "The White Knight drones were in R&D for the last two years; we developed and manufactured them in the last two months in readiness to execute aerial delivery of emergency... View Details

25 Feb 2020
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How Artificial Intelligence is Changing Business

algorithms to analyze radiology scans, applying quantitative analytics to marketing movies, and analyzing sales data from an online flash retail site to develop a better pricing model. The teaching and research of HBS faculty reflect the... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young

01 Oct 1999
News

HBS Alumni Association Board of Directors: President's Report

will attempt to determine how clubs should define themselves to compete in the 21st century. The committee will undertake a marketing analysis in conjunction with a group of clubs, the goal being to create workable models for improving... View Details

06 Sep 2012
News

Fashion-Forward

really just a means to help me form and develop my ideas. The first month, I sent it to 20 or 30 friends. That’s the only marketing I ever did for it.” Since then, the Business of Fashion has grown steadily at a rate of over 100 percent... View Details

Keywords: fashion; apparel; News, Library, Internet, and Other Services; Information; Clothing and Clothing Accessories Stores; Retail Trade

01 Dec 2006
News

One-on-One with Jeff Hicks

HICKS Illustration by Joe Ciardiello Jeff Hicks (MBA ’97) arrived at HBS with ten years of experience as an advertising executive at Leo Burnett in Chicago. Disillusioned with the trend toward “unbundling” agencies into different... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; Advertising, Public Relations, and Related Services; Professional Services

01 Oct 2002
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Dean Clark on Leadership, Educational Priorities, and Funding the Future

such as corporate governance, the relationship between values and leadership, corporate accountability and the challenges of financial disclosure, executive compensation, and the role of intermediaries in capital markets. Through our... View Details

01 Sep 2009
News

Professor, Historian, and Storyteller

some of the big inflection points and in particular, some of the events that did so much to define the story of American business: the completion of the transcontinental railroad in 1869, the crash of the stock market in 1929, the rise of... View Details

Keywords: News, Library, Internet, and Other Services; Information

16 May 2018
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ALUMNI NVC Finals and Regional Roundup

Alumni Runner-up prize with Magma Trading, a stock market for block-size trades that he calls “the Costco of trading.” Benoit Dupont (PLDA 20, 2016) (Europe region) took the $5,000 Crowd Favorite prize with his pitch for WeMaintain, a... View Details