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David A. Thomas

David Thomas is H. Naylor Fitzhugh Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School. His research addresses issues related to executive development, cultural diversity in organizations, leadership and organizational change. He recently served as a... View Details

Keywords: biotechnology; consulting; consumer products; education industry; financial services; media

Video

David A. Thomas presents "Morehouse Men: Colluding While Undermining the Master’s House, Brick by Brick?"

26 Nov 2008
News

Professor Thomas McCraw Honored by International Joseph A. Schumpeter Society

27 Sep 2004
Research & Ideas

IBM Finds Profit in Diversity

understand differences among the groups and find ways to appeal to a broader set of employees and customers," according to HBS professor David A. Thomas. Since then, the number of female executives in... View Details

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R. David Thomas

A high school dropout, Thomas began his career running four Kentucky Fried Chicken restaurants. In 1969, he opened his first Wendy's Restaurant in Columbus, Ohio. Thomas focused Wendy's successful marketing... View Details

Keywords: Restaurants & Lodging

Profile

David A. Frankel

David Frankel, Co-founder and Managing Partner, Founder Collective David Frankel, co-founder and managing partner of Founder Collective, arrived at Harvard Business School without a clear internal mandate... View Details

01 Jan 2013
News

Thomas A. James, MBA 1966

Raymond James Financial 1983 Raymond James Financial IPO, NYSE 1987 Appointed Trustee, Salvador Dalí Museum 1992 Named Chairman, Securities Industry Association 1994 Establishes Thomas A. and Mary S. James... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young

16 May 2017
News

The Enduring Work of David A. Garvin

29 May 2001
Research & Ideas

Race Does Matter in Mentoring

in the career trajectories of white and minority executive suggests that companies implicitly have two distinct tournaments for access to the top jobs.— David A. Thomas... View Details

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2022
Presentation

David Thomas presents at the 2022 Gender and Work Symposium

01 Oct 1997
News

Cathy A. Nichols

kidding," Nichols says, "and then I realized he was serious." Although a few such Jurassic-like creatures roamed the School back then, Nichols notes that "women students got through such encounters by doing a lot of bonding - with men as... View Details

Keywords: Thomas Frick

18 Oct 2006
Working Paper Summaries

Racial Diversity Initiatives in Professional Service Firms: What Factors Differentiate Successful from Unsuccessful Initiatives?

Keywords: by Modupe Akinola & David A. Thomas; Service

Book Review

Review of Understanding American Economic Decline, edited by Michael A. Bernstein and David E. Adler

By: Willis Emmons

Keywords: Economy; Economics; United States

Citation

Find at Harvard

15 Oct 2001
Research & Ideas

What You Don’t Know About Making Decisions

Unfortunately, superior decision making is distressingly difficult to assess in real time. Successful outcomes—decisions of high quality, made in a timely manner and implemented effectively—can be evaluated only after the fact. But by the... View Details

Keywords: by David A. Garvin & Michael A. Roberto

15 Sep 2003
Lessons from the Classroom

HBS Cases: Developing the Courage to Act

Harvard Business School professor David A. Garvin has studied the development of the case method of teaching at Harvard's law, business, and medical schools. Garvin wanted to see how the schools are similar... View Details

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Book Review

Book Review of Identity in Organizations: Building Theory Through Conversations edited by David A. Whetten and Paul C. Godfrey

By: J. Polzer

Keywords: Identity; Organizations; Theory; Communication

Citation

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18 Apr 2000
Research & Ideas

Learning in Action

"The most effective learning strategy depends on the situation," writes David A. Garvin. "There is no stock answer, nor is there a single best approach." In Learning in Action, he illustrated the diversity... View Details

Keywords: by David A. Garvin