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- 11 Oct 2022
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On Balance
small, 35-person Workplace Gender Equality Agency not only as a resource for business, but also as an advocate for societal change. Its current initiatives include a toolkit for companies that want to perform a gender-pay-gap audit and a... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 01 Mar 2023
- News
What’s in a Name
In the episode, “Who Is Afraid of Woke Capitalism?” Chugh relates a story from her book about Dixie beer, a New Orleans staple that had faded in recent decades. New owners took over the company and in 2019 hired General Manager Jim Birch... View Details
- 10 Mar 2015
- News
Women in Tech: Breaking the Digital Ceiling
managers were women. Google’s disclosures led other major tech companies to follow suit. Apple (98,000 employees) and Twitter (3,300 employees), for instance, reported similar overall percentages: about 70 percent men and 30 percent... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 01 Mar 2015
- News
Case Study: The Speed of Light
(Photo courtesy of KDC Solar) Launched in 2011, QE solar is an operations and maintenance company focused on servicing large-scale, commercial solar energy structures—the kind typically owned by large utility companies. The View Details
- 22 Feb 2022
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Case Study: Welcome Aboard
Illustration by Chris Gash Illustration by Chris Gash In his pre-HBS life, Ross Lerner (MBA 2020) worked alongside Paul Holder at a software company that served some of the largest owners of commercial real estate in the world. While many... View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint
- 01 Dec 2020
- News
Well Matched
working on an independent project with NBA All-Star Carmelo Anthony, an investor in Andreessen Horowitz’s Cultural Leadership Fund. “Chris Lyons, who oversees the fund, told me, ‘The number of people who understand how to work with talent... View Details
- 01 Jan 2003
- News
Daniel L. Vasella, M.D.
Ciba-Geigy and Sandoz and now the sixth largest pharmaceutical company in the world-is doing just that. And Gleevec-the first "designer drug" for patients with chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) that targets cancer-producing molecules and... View Details
- 05 Jul 2011
- News
The Business of Champions
that this would not be a soft team, nor would it welcome soft individuals. My take-away: When leadership embodies and lives the desired culture, that culture is more likely to take root. I don’t think anyone will say the Bruins were the... View Details
- 16 May 2017
- News
Facing the Board
good,” Blank said. “We would need more people if we expand money management, but software is more scalable.” “Nothing about this acquisition makes me excited,” said Goedertier, adding that Merrill Lynch is a company struggling to define... View Details
- 15 Nov 2016
- News
Uncovering The Secrets of Mittelstand Success
companies prevalent in German-speaking countries—has long captured the attention of global business practitioners and scholars. Why are these firms so competitive globally, particularly in emerging markets, and how have they managed to... View Details
- 01 Dec 2019
- News
Action Plan: Tapping into a Legacy
we’re only a year younger than the United States of America,” he says. “You realize you’re responsible for something very precious. That’s humbling.” How to come in from the outside Align yourself with company View Details
- 01 Jun 2015
- News
Rebooting Europe
how to reignite that flame. The former Goldman Sachs banker and Portuguese secretary of state has his work cut out for him. The EU’s 2012 Community Innovation Survey found that while nearly half of European companies claimed innovation... View Details
- 01 Feb 2001
- News
Books
Evolve! Succeeding in the Digital Culture of Tomorrow by Rosabeth Moss Kanter (Harvard Business School Press) In her new book Evolve!: Succeeding in the Digital Culture of Tomorrow, HBS professor Rosabeth... View Details
- 01 Mar 2018
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Money (Actually) Can Buy Happiness
colleagues [at Cornell University] were studying whether spending money on experiences makes you happier than buying stuff for yourself. From those studies, we learned that—across cultures and income levels—giving is better than buying... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 18 Feb 2014
- News
Stick with Plan A
Ezuza, Inc., a Mexico City-based mobile payments company she launched in 2007 that focuses primarily on the unbanked and under-banked in emerging markets. Zuza means "gain" in Zulu; the e stands for "electronic." "Ezuza is interested in... View Details
- 01 Oct 2002
- News
View from the Top
entire companies and the driving force behind the turnaround of the American economy, is suddenly under siege,” the New York Times declared in June. In the months since, the chorus of voices questioning today's business leaders has only... View Details
- 19 Feb 2021
- News
A Playbook for Progress
the team. I do think that this notion of empathy and compassion is going to rise as a part of a new aspect of inclusive leadership, which will include cultural intelligence, the CQ. You will absolutely have to understand more about... View Details
- 06 Dec 2021
- News
Turning Point: Makeover
Vicky Tsai (MBA 2006) (Illustration by Gisela Goppel) Vicky Tsai (MBA 2006) (Illustration by Gisela Goppel) My first job was as a derivatives trader. The markets fascinated me; the testosterone-driven culture of the trading floor did not.... View Details
- 17 May 2017
- News
Nisa Godrej Takes Over
she met considerable resistance from the parent company chiefs, including her father. "Godrej has been one of those lifetime employers, and you don't change management," Nisa explains. "Within that year, I probably said I was quitting two... View Details
- 01 Mar 2017
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A Healthy Profit
Illustration by Suharu Ogawa Illustration by Suharu Ogawa Luxury cruise company Royal Caribbean’s connection to public health might not be immediately apparent. “People don’t think of it as a health company, obviously,” says Professor... View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell