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HBR Classics - Alumni

Hansen Managing Multicultural Teams , Jeanne Brett, Kristin Behfar, and Mary C. Kern The Art of Truly Developing Global Leaders , Beth Brooke Mentoring and Coaching Coaching the Alpha Male , Kate Ludeman,... View Details

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Becoming an Entrepreneur - Alumni

entrepreneurship immediately, or acquire more business experience first? When you feel ready to be a founder, you'll need: An idea for a problem to be solved And/or a team of partners who have a marketable idea, or have skills/experiences... View Details

20 Dec 2011
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First Look: December 20

Morris, and Leonard Lee Publication:Journal of Organizational Behavior (forthcoming) Abstract This research investigates a new type of team that is becoming prevalent in global work settings, namely, self-managing View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

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Field Course: Investing for Impact

Reports - U.S. consumer market studies and primary and secondary data analysis for topics including food, beverage, apparel, beauty, retail, and travel. Demographic specific reports are also available on multicultural... View Details

29 Aug 2018
Blog Post

From the Classroom to the Workplace: How I Applied Learnings to my Internship

at HBS. First, working in Berlin with a truly multicultural team for the first time in my career, highlighted to me the importance of understanding cultural diversity, and personal preferences, which was the... View Details

Keywords: Consumer Products / Retail

27 Jul 2023
Blog Post

Recruiting International Students is Easy and Beneficial for Employers

experience of cross-cultural understanding. Knowing how to navigate a multicultural group is important not only when leading a team within a global organization, but also when expanding products to new... View Details

24 Mar 2021
News

Clubs Reaffirm Equity in Community Partners Work; Alumni Angels Invest in Member Education

trust of the communities they serve.” For the Oregon Community Partners, that has meant teaming up with Micro Enterprise Services of Oregon (MESO), a micro-lending organization providing entrepreneurs of color with opportunities for... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

19 Aug 2019
Blog Post

Investing in Breakthrough Technologies to Lead the Energy Transition

highlighted above. Here are three of my favorite things about my internship. 1. Investing in forefront technologies to reduce the global carbon footprint Shell has set ambitious goals to invest $25-30 billion annually and to reduce its net carbon footprint by 20% by... View Details

Keywords: Manufacturing; Technology

23 Feb 2011
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First Look: Feb. 23

heterogeneity within each BRIC. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/11-083.pdf Innovating at the World's Crossroads: How Multicultural Networks Promote Creativity Author:Roy Y. J. Chua Abstract This research examines the... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Jun 2005
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Do You Speak Business?

Chinese national, and deliver it to him in person. Recalls Klump, “I had achieved success, was enjoying rapid promotions, and worked well with my manager. When it came time for him to receive feedback, he encouraged direct communication from all View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons

22 Aug 2011
Research & Ideas

Getting to Eureka!: How Companies Can Promote Creativity

questionnaire about how much they liked working in a competitive environment versus working with others as a team. A person who selected "like competition" was teamed with other competitors. Once the results were tabulated,... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

02 Feb 2016
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February 2, 2016

press Journal of Applied Psychology Cooperation in Multicultural Negotiations: How the Cultures of People with Low and High Power Interact By: Kopelman, Shirli, Ashley E. Hardin, Christopher G. Myers, and Leigh Plunkett Tost Abstract—This... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

27 Aug 2019
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Meet the PRIDE Club

promoting understanding of the queer experience, we will increase acceptance and advance our equality as business leaders. Meet the PRIDE Executive Leadership Team Co-President, Daniel Hall (he/him/his) Dan is a former U.S. Army... View Details

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2018 Symposium - Race, Gender & Equity

Williamson established her consulting firm in 1994. As President and CEO of Perkins Williamson Associates, she works with an exceptional team of experts in the areas of Organizational Development, Change Management; Competency Modeling,... View Details

11 Jul 2005
Research & Ideas

The New International Style of Management

Chinese national, and deliver it to him in person. Recalls Klump, "I had achieved success, was enjoying rapid promotions, and worked well with my manager. When it came time for him to receive feedback, he encouraged direct communication from all View Details

Keywords: by Garry Emmons

17 Apr 2013
Research Event

Conference Challenges Gender Conventions

difference, stereotypes, organizational change, and work/family. In her presentation on difference, Dartmouth's Ella Bell stressed the importance of multicultural gender studies. "It's not just about white women," she said,... View Details

Keywords: by Maggie Starvish

27 May 2009
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First Look: May 27, 2009

Communication in Multicultural Networks: Deficits in Inter-cultural Capability and Affect-based Trust as Barriers to New Idea Sharing in Inter-cultural Relationships Authors:Roy Y.J. Chua and Michael W. Morris Abstract Innovative... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

16 Aug 2024
In Practice

Election 2024: What's at Stake for Business and the Workplace?

resource allocation. Given the trend toward more politically similar leadership teams that we observe in the data, these concerns are particularly relevant this election season. Elisabeth Kempf is the Jaime and Raquel Gilinski Associate... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne

30 Mar 2009
Research & Ideas

Professional Networks in China and America

these two types of trust? A: The distinction between affect- and cognition-based trust is useful because research has found that they can actually lead to different outcomes. For example, in earlier research, I found that higher affect-based trust toward one's View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

01 Jun 2025
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Keeping the Faith

It has been said that the note of a Tibetan singing bowl is the sound of inner peace. That’s not something you might expect to hear in the MBA classroom. But it rings through Hawes Hall at the beginning of each session of The Spiritual Lives of Leaders, a second-year... View Details

Keywords: Catherine O’Neill Grace; Illustrations by Victo ngai

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