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- April 2006
- Case
Managing a Public Image: Cheri Mack
By: Robin J. Ely and Ingrid Vargas
Cheri Mack, an African-American woman, has just arrived at Harvard Business School after working for three years at a major consulting firm where she learned to adopt the demeanor of her male colleagues in order to fit in. Some of her male classmates are critical of... View Details
Keywords: Management Style; Race; Reputation; Personal Development and Career; Leadership Style; Gender; Massachusetts
Ely, Robin J., and Ingrid Vargas. "Managing a Public Image: Cheri Mack." Harvard Business School Case 406-096, April 2006.
- 01 Dec 2007
- News
How Business Schools Lost Their Way
late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. It represented, within the confines of a “professional school,” a thorough repudiation of professionalism as that notion had been understood in the founding era of American business schools.... View Details
- 01 Jun 2005
- News
Last Look
Who, what, where, when, and why .we’d appreciate any information that will help us identify what’s going on in this photograph plucked from the archives of Baker Library. Please contact us at bulletin@hbs.edu, or HBS Alumni Bulletin,... View Details
- Alumni WDYDWYD
Ali Nuger
I refuse to decide, and I won’t let other women have to decide. As a little girl, my sister and I would dress up as cleaning ladies and prance... View Details
- 19 Sep 2016
- News
The Real Meaning of Love
involved because Yeardley’s cousin is my best friend. “Fifty million women in this country right now will be in an abusive relationship in their lifetime, and yet you never hear about it, you never talk... View Details
- 08 Jan 2019
- News
Raising Prospects for Female Funders
Maria Eugenia Giron (MBA 1992) is an entrepreneur and investor in the luxury goods industry, based in Madrid. She’s a cofounder of Rising Tide Europe, a women’s angel investing group that is part of an international movement to provide... View Details
- 12 May 2011
- Research & Ideas
The Difficult Transition from For-Profit to Nonprofit Boards
Both organizations can grow, transform, merge, or die. Success is not guaranteed for either type of organization, but requires sustained work. In both cases, cash is king. This for-profit focus is critical for a nonprofit board. In both settings, good management View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 23 Jan 2019
- Blog Post
The First Five Years: '30 under 30' Edition
Professor Len Schlesinger. We conducted thorough research using public sources and also spoke with several members of the company’s senior leadership team. I really enjoyed the case-writing process; it’s one... View Details
- May 2007 (Revised May 2008)
- Case
Digital Divide Data: A Social Enterprise in Action
By: Herman B. Leonard, Marc J. Epstein and Wendy Smith
Leonard, Herman B., Marc J. Epstein, and Wendy Smith. "Digital Divide Data: A Social Enterprise in Action." Harvard Business School Case 307-106, May 2007. (Revised May 2008.)
- 9 Feb 2012
- Keynote Speech
Capitalism at Risk
Paine, Lynn S., Joseph L. Bower, and Dutch Leonard. "Capitalism at Risk." Harvard Business School Virtual Learning Series, February 9, 2012.
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
Breaking the cycle of poverty in urban areas
found compatriots with Wall Street backgrounds who wanted to change careers or make social enterprise an integral part of their career. A few years after graduation, Silbert founded the Center for Women & Enterprise, which empowers View Details
- 01 Mar 2012
- News
Donor Spotlight
for women and veterans, have been established thanks to Goldman Sachs Gives. A donor-advised fund, the program has enabled partners Celeste Guth (MBA 1986), Tucker York (MBA 1986), View Details
Keywords: veterans; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools
- 15 May 2018
- News
Spreading the Safety Net
a critically ill loved one without this same level of benefits. I had inadvertently created classes of employees — and by doing so, had done my part to contribute to America’s inequality problem. The new policy gives warehouse employees... View Details
- February 1980 (Revised September 1994)
- Case
General Electric Co.: The Executive Manpower Operation -- David Orselet
By: Wickham Skinner and David C. Rikert
Keywords: Leadership Development
Skinner, Wickham, and David C. Rikert. "General Electric Co.: The Executive Manpower Operation -- David Orselet." Harvard Business School Case 680-122, February 1980. (Revised September 1994.)
- 01 Sep 2003
- News
Alumni Bookshelf
Authentic Leadership by William W. (“Bill”) George (MBA ’66) (Jossey-Bass) Drawing from a decade of experience as CEO and chairman of medical technology company Medtronic, George analyzes the causes of the... View Details
- 01 Sep 2008
- News
Balanced Equation
process, managing turnarounds of Carnegie Hall and the Kennedy Center, and three decades of leadership in international finance. He and two of... View Details
- 08 Feb 2018
- Blog Post
WesTrek: A Recap of the Largest Professional Trek at Harvard Business School
learning from alumni and companies across the Bay Area, with overwhelmingly positive feedback from both the attendees and the companies that hosted the meetings. The WesTrek View Details
Keywords: Technology
- 16 Jul 2012
- Research & Ideas
Book Excerpt: ‘The Strategist’
be a key facet of leadership. Leadership and Strategy Are Inseparable From The Strategist: Be the Leader Your Business Needs By Cynthia A. Montgomery Many leaders today do not understand the ongoing,... View Details
Keywords: by Cynthia A. Montgomery
- 01 Apr 1997
- News
The Businesslike Gourmet: Karen Page on America's Foodservice Industry
ten careers for the 1990s, with 50,000 to 85,000 new chefs needed annually. What's behind this boom? A big factor has been women entering the work force; they don't have as much time for shopping and... View Details