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- 01 Oct 1996
- News
Leading In a New Era
management practice has evolved since the "benevolent, high-growth environment" following World War II. That era provided fertile ground for the growth of Alfred Sloan's "strategy, structure, systems" model of the divisional corporation... View Details
Keywords: Nancy O. Perry
- 30 Oct 2017
- News
Giving Minorities a Playbook for Career Success
2011. Of the nation’s 16.2 million management jobs at smaller companies, only 6.7 percent are held by blacks, according to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics. These realities prompted John Rice (MBA 1992) to found View Details
Keywords: Constantine von Hoffman
- 01 Mar 2007
- News
A Helping Hand
Conducting an independent study project during his second year at HBS, John Rice (MBA ’92) learned that many talented minority college students didn’t know much about the business world, and therefore leaned toward careers in law or... View Details
- 10 Jul 2023
- News
Why Everyone Is Mad about New York’s AI Hiring Law
- 02 Jan 2024
- News
How to Mentor More People—and Not Get Burned Out
- 01 Dec 2013
- News
Faculty Q&A: Playing the Hits
goods are becoming more, not less, concentrated. What about someone like Lady Gaga, whose quick rise to fame came with no previously established brand? What did her management team do right? It's hard to imagine that only 18 months before... View Details
- 01 Sep 2012
- News
Supporting our Exceptional Faculty
100 endowed professorships that were created thanks to gifts from alumni, friends, and corporations. An endowed chair is the highest honor the School can bestow on a faculty member, and these chairs enhance our ability to attract and retain the world’s top View Details
- 01 Jun 1998
- News
Diversity and Community
shrinking labor pool of talented people," Thomas continues, "today's companies are courting and working with diverse constituencies that were all but invisible to firms even a couple of decades ago. It is now widely accepted that... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 10 Feb 2016
- News
Helping Young African MBAs Go Home
As a student member of the Africa Business Club, Tomiwa Igun (MBA 2012) learned how companies on the continent are struggling to find experienced managers to lead their organizations—and also how many young Africans are leaving their... View Details
- 10 Jul 2024
- News
Next Level
inclusion and investing into underrepresented communities,” she says. “Great games can come from anywhere. The company’s called Midwest as they are headquartered in Wisconsin and are focused on highlighting talent from underrepresented... View Details
Keywords: Catherine O’Neill Grace
- 01 Dec 2015
- News
Encouraging Women Leaders
In describing the impact of the HBS experience on her life, Veronica Allende Serra (MBA 1997) says, “Ask me how it hasn’t had an impact.” Serra, the founder of Pacific Investments, a private equity firm based in São Paulo, Brazil, where she View Details
- 02 Jan 2019
- News
Not Waiting for Progress
international film festivals. The foundation has also established dynamic relationships with media companies such as NBCUniversal, WarnerMedia, Netflix, and HBO. Talented and Together Throughout his career, in a variety of business and... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
- 30 Apr 2021
- News
Revealing the Rules
less likely to be promoted to management than men. And Hispanic, Latino, and Black employees make up 11 and 12 percent of entry-level hires but only three to five percent of corporate vice presidents. Corporate America is investing in... View Details
- 01 Dec 2017
- News
2017 in Education: Investing in the Next Generation of Workers
Business needs to care about the performance of students in the public education system, from preschool through college. It is the primary source of future employees for every business. It’s also where the vast majority of teachers of their future employees will come... View Details
- 24 Feb 2011
- News
2011 Most Influential Women in Tech
- 10 Oct 2017
- News
Finish What You Start-up
venture funds later in the business, it was the best of both worlds, because we had funding from venture firms on the coast, but we were able to stay heads down here. So they could get us introduced at the appropriate things, but we weren't distracted. We had been told... View Details
- 20 Aug 2014
- News
With No Time to Lose
companies, who were looking for blockbusters for large markets,” recalls Nate Boaz (MBA 2006), Prize4Life cofounder and board member, who is now managing director of talent strategy at Accenture in Atlanta.... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 05 Aug 2015
- News
Bringing New Life to an Iconic Magazine
stage. In 1999, he purchased the Atlantic, a widely respected magazine of news, analysis, and culture, founded in 1857. At the time, the magazine was losing $3.5 million annually, a figure that would balloon to $10 million before Bradley made key strategic and View Details
- 01 Jun 2001
- News
Up Side Story: HBS Show a Sold-Out Success
With its usual flair and wit, this year’s HBS Show pitted the January and September cohorts against each other — think Jets, think Sharks — in a late March production of Up Side Story. The main characters, Tony and Maria, came from different sides of the calendar, but... View Details