talent - Publications - Faculty & Research

13 Dec 2021
Research & Ideas

The Unlikely Upside of Mergers: More Diverse Management Teams

acquisitions affect an estimated 5 million workers per year. While mergers typically lead to staff reductions, the new owners of an acquired company often promote talented women and people of color to oversee newly consolidated units and... View Details

Keywords: by Lane Lambert

01 Mar 2005
News

Turkish Delight

time between Brookline, Massachusetts, and a “base of operations” in Paris that makes it easier for Gadiesh to travel for work. After leaving Bain in 1984, Byford put his entrepreneurial talents to work, launching two electronics... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; Executive, Legislative, and Other General Government Support; Government

18 Jul 2011
Research & Ideas

Looking in the Mirror: Questions Every Leader Must Ask

learned--and that many of these skills require executives to rethink their conception of what a superb leader actually does. Developing and practicing these skills requires hard work and may demand that talented executives overcome some... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

16 May 2000
Research & Ideas

The Simple Economics of Open Source

outwardly the situation smells of economic anarchy. Where are the market forces, when thousands of talented programmers—and even many commercial firms—spend inordinate amounts of time writing and sharing computer source code: an activity... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Technology

06 May 2021
HBS Case

How Four Women Made Miami More Equitable for Startups

talent rise to the surface. “What makes a difference is increasing the numbers,” Kanter says. “That also helps people be seen as individuals, rather than representing a category. After all, women come in many colors and ethnicities, and... View Details

Keywords: by Carolyn DiPaolo

Web

Courses by Faculty Unit - Course Catalog

Spring 2025 Q3Q4 3.0 The Moral Leader Joseph Badaracco Fall 2024 Q1Q2 3.0 The Power of DEI: Harnessing Talent and Opportunity for Enduring Success Nancy Koehn Fall 2024 Q1 1.5 Public Entrepreneurship (also listed under Entrepreneurial... View Details

20 Sep 2022
Research & Ideas

How Partisan Politics Play Out in American Boardrooms

don’t match the majority in the C-suite, but causing financial repercussions for businesses as well. “Investors may worry that executive teams are not hiring the best talent they can get, but are instead recruiting those with particular... View Details

Keywords: by Pamela Reynolds

Web

Research - Race, Gender & Equity

Groysberg , Alexis Lefort, Susan Pinckney and Carolina Bartunek Unicorn human relationships startup Beamery evaluates it's growth versus depth strategy as its strategic partners and customers could become future competitors in a quickly changing AI based human... View Details

10 Apr 2023
News

Leading the Way

complexities of the financial aid process. “There's so much talent that you can unlock when you start to believe in people. They go in all these wonderful directions, and it changes their lives. I just want to spread that around.”... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

13 Aug 2021
Research & Ideas

Managers, Here’s How to Bond with New Hires Remotely

onboarding more permanent talent remotely. "It’s a phenomenon that is catching on." “Our results are encouraging, as they suggest that opportunities for brief informal and synchronous interactions with senior members can enhance a new... View Details

Keywords: by Lane Lambert

15 Dec 2003
Research & Ideas

The New Global Business Manager

required three kinds of specialists: business managers, country managers, and functional managers, with a group of senior executives to coordinate the efforts of the specialists. In 2003, as globalization has become a much more pressing issue and the View Details

Keywords: by Cynthia Churchwell

27 Feb 2017
Research & Ideas

Reputation is Vital to Survival in Turbulent Markets

sometimes quite negative events, take the high road, do the right thing, and develop a reputation as a result. They almost always found that building reputation created returns, as in talented people appreciating the creation of the... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

01 Sep 2003
News

Kumar Mahadeva

“What’s different about our business model is that we’ve leveraged the global talent pool, kept our costs low, and stayed on top of new technologies that can benefit our clients.” Mahadeva enjoys being an entrepreneur and is excited about... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

Web

General Management Awards & Honors - Faculty & Research

Smart Innovation at a Time (PublicAffairs, 2020) was selected by Strategy+Business as one of the Best Business Books on Talent and Leadership in 2020. Rosabeth M. Kanter : Think Outside the Building: How Advanced Leaders Can Change the... View Details

11 Feb 2020
Sharpening Your Skills

10 Rules Entrepreneurs Need to Know Before Adopting AI

experts from industry. Your team needs both ML engineers (often PhD level) and top software engineers who can productize and deploy AI. (Ideally you want talent who can do both, but good luck finding them!) There's a limited supply of ML... View Details

Keywords: by Rocio Wu

03 Nov 2021
Blog Post

Recent Grad Reflections: From Being Cold Called to Becoming a Case Protagonist

MBA Program, noted that “our students are right that protagonist diversity matters. By studying cases with a wide diversity of protagonists, students learn that talent and leadership come from all backgrounds and identities. If students... View Details

01 Oct 2002
News

Michael F. Cronin

Boston office. In 1991, with Michael Lazarus, he founded Weston Presidio. Cronin and his wife, Marian, whom he met while at HBS, have been married for 22 years and are the parents of three teenagers. He has given generously of his time and View Details

Web

Black New Venture Competition and Black Tech Master Series Recap - MBA

talent to opportunity in these sectors. We’ve heard countless stories of attendees and founders securing funding, building partnerships, and fostering fruitful business relationships as a result of our events. We are honored to be the... View Details

Research Summary

Models of optimal experience (flow)

Flow is a state of profound task-absorption, involvement, and intrinsic enjoyment that makes the person feel one with the activity. Csikszentmihalyi's Flow Theory states that flow is more likely to occur in situations in which the person feels that the activity is very... View Details

01 Apr 2000
News

Student "Treks" Lead to Jobs and Opportunities

benefit by meeting a talented group of potential employees. Students took part in one such networking event, a "Startup Career Fair," that focused on early-stage high-tech enterprises and included a series of top-level panel discussions... View Details

Publications