• 2019
• Chapter

Pathways to Leadership: Black Graduates of Harvard Business School

By: Anthony J. Mayo and Laura Morgan Roberts

In chapter 3, “Pathways to Leadership,” Anthony J. Mayo and Laura Morgan Roberts present a portrait of the backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives of black alumni of the HBS MBA program. With this study, HBS has allowed itself to be exposed in a way that other... View Details

Keywords: Race And Ethnicity; Inclusion; Race; Diversity; Leadership

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Mayo, Anthony J., and Laura Morgan Roberts. "Pathways to Leadership: Black Graduates of Harvard Business School." Chap. 3 in Race, Work, and Leadership: New Perspectives on the Black Experience, edited by Laura Morgan Roberts, Anthony J. Mayo, and David A. Thomas, 41–72. Boston, MA: Harvard Business Review Press, 2019.

• 03 May 2004
• What Do You Think?

How Much Is Enough?

to an even higher expectation on the part of those obsessed with "scorekeeping," regardless of their performance. In their new book, Just Enough, Laura Nash and Howard Stevenson of Harvard Business School suggest a definition of... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

• 17 Apr 2013
• Research Event

Conference Challenges Gender Conventions

A recent conference at Harvard Business School addressed the on-the-ground reality of women leaders 50 years after the first women were admitted to the School's two-year MBA Program. And the reality is that women leaders are stuck—for... View Details

Keywords: by Maggie Starvish

• Teaching Interest

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Laura taught undergraduate Military Leadership and Intro to Sociology for 6 and 4 semesters, respectively, at the United States Military Academy (West Point) from 2013-2016 (see course descriptions and links below). She was promoted from instructor to Assistant... View Details

• 30 Apr 2007
• Research & Ideas

All Eyes on Slovakia’s Flat Tax

are presently clustered in Eastern and Central Europe. But it is Slovakia—with its 19 percent flat rate—that has captured the world's attention of late, says HBS professor Laura Alfaro. Why? What are the goals and complexities of... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

• May 2017 (Revised November 2017)
• Case

Cotopaxi: Managing Growth for Good

By: Andy Wu and Laura Huang

Cotopaxi, an innovative outdoor gear business targeting millennials, focuses on profit and social impact. This registered benefit corporation was formed by Davis Smith who coalesced his experiences as a Wharton MBA student along with professional knowledge from an... View Details

Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Social Venture; Benefit Corporation; B-Corp; Retail; Consumer Products; Apparel; Social Impact; Social Entrepreneurship; Business Model; Product Positioning; Social Enterprise; Mission and Purpose; Consumer Products Industry; Retail Industry

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Wu, Andy, and Laura Huang. "Cotopaxi: Managing Growth for Good." Harvard Business School Case 717-488, May 2017. (Revised November 2017.)

• 23 Jan 2018
• First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, January 23, 2018

case:https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/518024-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 117-033 Darby's Investment in Sirma: Professionalizing an Entrepreneurial Firm (A) In March 2010, Burak Dalgin (HBS MBA 2004) led private equity... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

• 13 Nov 2012
• First Look

First Look: November 13

constructive suggestions for how to teach about the BSC in MBA and executive programs. Accelerate! Author:John P. Kotter Publication:Harvard Business Review 90, no. 11 (November 2012) Abstract An abstract is unavailable at this time. Read... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

• 26 Aug 2019
• Research & Ideas

Lipstick Tips: How Influencers Are Making Over Beauty Marketing

products—as less credible and less trustworthy, according to research by recent Harvard Business School MBA graduate Alessia Vettese. “People used to watch celebrities on the red carpet talking about what they were wearing, or they would... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Consumer Products; Beauty & Cosmetics

• Article

Political Skill: Explaining the Effects of Nonnative Accent on Managerial Hiring and Entrepreneurial Investment Decisions

By: Laura Huang, Marcia Frideger and Jone L. Pearce

We propose and test a new theory explaining glass-ceiling bias against nonnative speakers as driven by perceptions that nonnative speakers have weak political skill. Although nonnative accent is a complex signal, its effects on assessments of the speakers' political... View Details

Keywords: Spoken Communication; Prejudice and Bias; Competency and Skills; Selection and Staffing; Entrepreneurship; Investment; Decisions

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Huang, Laura, Marcia Frideger, and Jone L. Pearce. "Political Skill: Explaining the Effects of Nonnative Accent on Managerial Hiring and Entrepreneurial Investment Decisions." Journal of Applied Psychology 98, no. 6 (November 2013): 1005–1017.

• 22 Apr 2002
• Research & Ideas

Does Spirituality Drive Success?

Company based in Boston, Glassman (HBS MBA '69) said issues such as homelessness, women's rights and outreach to the gay and lesbian community have shaped his own life and the life of his business. Seven years ago, for instance,... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace, Sean Silverthorne & Wendy Guild

• 13 Jul 2010
• First Look

First Look: July 13

firm boundary. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/10-104.pdf   Cases & Course MaterialsThe HLB Turnaround Lynda M. Applegate, Bhaskar Chakravorti, and Laura WinigHarvard Business School Case 810-023 Ford Pearson has... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

• 2007
• Book

Paths to Power: How Insiders and Outsiders Shaped American Business Leadership

By: Anthony Mayo, Nitin Nohria and Laura G. Singleton

Keywords: Leadership; United States

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Mayo, Anthony, Nitin Nohria, and Laura G. Singleton. Paths to Power: How Insiders and Outsiders Shaped American Business Leadership. Boston: Harvard Business School Press, 2007.

• November 2007 (Revised April 2022)
• Case

Control Data Corporation and the Urban Crisis

By: Tom Nicholas and Laura Gaie Singleton

Control Data Corporation is considering its response to the assassination of renowned civil rights activist Martin Luther King. Four months prior, William Norris, president of the Minneapolis-based computer firm had already committed to building a plant in a low-income... View Details

Keywords: Urban Development; Factories, Labs, and Plants; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Urban Scope; Computer Industry; District of Columbia; Minneapolis

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Nicholas, Tom, and Laura Gaie Singleton. "Control Data Corporation and the Urban Crisis." Harvard Business School Case 808-096, November 2007. (Revised April 2022.)

• December 2005 (Revised May 2009)
• Case

C.R. Smith and the Birth of American Airlines

By: Anthony Mayo and Laura Gaie Singleton

Presents an overview of the path that C.R. Smith pursued to build American Airlines into one of the largest airlines in the world in the 20th century. Over the course of his 30-year tenure as president of American Airlines, Smith deployed a three-pronged... View Details

Keywords: Leadership Style; Growth and Development Strategy; Industry Growth; Operations; Air Transportation Industry; United States

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Mayo, Anthony, and Laura Gaie Singleton. "C.R. Smith and the Birth of American Airlines." Harvard Business School Case 406-082, December 2005. (Revised May 2009.)