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  • 25 Jan 2024
  • Research & Ideas

Being a Team Player: Why College Athletes Succeed in Business

C-suite roles than their classmates, says Paul Gompers, the Eugene Holman Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School, who is one of the study’s co-authors. “It certainly makes sense that... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne
  • 03 Oct 2022
  • Research & Ideas

Why a Failed Startup Might Be Good for Your Career After All

aspects of the firm: operations, marketing, finance, communications, and product development. Clearly, general management skills win the day, says one of the paper’s coauthors, Paul A. Gompers, who is the Eugene Holman View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
  • 08 Sep 2003
  • Research & Ideas

A Bold Proposal for Investment Reform

For companies to redeem credibility with investors, argue Harvard Business School professors Paul Healy and Krishna Palepu, "fundamental and even radical reforms must be made to the way America's... View Details
Keywords: by Ann Cullen; Financial Services
  • Research Summary

Understanding Human Nature

By: Nitin Nohria
Recent advances in biological sciences provide great insights into the workings of the human brain and thereby into human nature. Drawing upon this research, my colleague Paul Lawrence and I propose a neo-Darwinian theory of human motivation based on four basic human... View Details
  • 28 May 2024
  • In Practice

Job Search Advice for a Tough Market: Think Broadly and Stay Flexible

capital fundraising markets are slowly improving. Prospects are likely to improve over the short run and perseverance is rewarded. Paul Gompers is the Eugune Holman Professor of Business Administration at... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne
  • 20 Jan 2003
  • Research & Ideas

Fixing Corporate Governance: A Roundtable Discussion at Harvard Business School

With corporate America rocked by revelations of conflict of interest, malfeasance, negligence, and greed, a group of HBS professors recently gathered to review the current crisis. Is it a case of dé jà vu or an unprecedented, systemic... View Details
Keywords: by Garry Emmons
  • Teaching Interest

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Paul has been a teaching assistant for two years in the 2nd-year graduate level econometrics course, working with Professors Guido Imbens and Alberto Abadie. Additionally, he has been a TA in the undergraduate course "Household Finance." View Details
  • 18 Apr 2023
  • Research & Ideas

The Best Person to Lead Your Company Doesn't Work There—Yet

are external hires, and roughly two-thirds are “complete outsiders,” finds a recent working paper by Paul Gompers, the Eugene Holman Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School. In... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Financial Services
  • 2 Jun 2010
  • Keynote Speech

Creating Shared Value

By: Michael E. Porter
Bishop William Lawrence University Professor Michael Porter of Harvard Business School spoke to an audience of senior corporate giving professionals at CECP's Corporate Philanthropy Summit on June 2, 2010 about the role of business in social and economic development.... View Details
Keywords: Creating Shared Value; Value Creation; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Business and Community Relations; Society; United States
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  • 29 Jul 2022
  • Research & Ideas

Will Demand for Women Executives Finally Shrink the Gender Pay Gap?

counterparts, but a woman in a senior leadership role who switches to a new firm can now expect a salary bump of 25 percent on average, whereas a man making a similar move will see 9 percent more pay, says Paul Healy, the James R.... View Details
Keywords: by Kristen Senz
  • March–April 2002
  • Other Article

The Importance of Being Strategic

By: Michael E. Porter
At the Balanced Scorecard Collaborative's recent North American Summit, Michael E. Porter, Bishop William Lawrence Professor at Harvard Business School, addressed the question "Is the world changing too fast for companies to have a long-term strategy?" "No," said... View Details
Keywords: Strategy
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  • 04 Oct 2018
  • Research & Ideas

Diversity Boosts Profits in Venture Capital Firms

yuri_arcurs Recent research shows for the first time that diversity in venture capital firms not only spawns creativity and alternative viewpoints, but also improves financial performance. Paul Gompers, Eugene Holman View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Banking; Financial Services
  • 11 Mar 2014
  • Interview

The Looming Challenges of US Competitiveness: Implications for Philadelphia

By: Michael E. Porter
The third installment of the Fox School's Innovation Leadership Speaker Series featured Professor Michael E. Porter, William Lawrence University Professor, Harvard Business School. Dr. Porter addressed the factors driving innovation and competitiveness in a given... View Details
Keywords: Competitiveness; Economic Analysis; Economics; Philadelphia
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  • 01 Dec 2014
  • Research & Ideas

The Big Influence of Small Countries in the United Nations Secretariat

associate professor in the Business, Government and the International Economy unit at Harvard Business School, asks in a new working paper, Who Runs the International System? Power and Staffing at the United Nations Secretariat. He... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
  • 13 Nov 2017
  • Research & Ideas

Want to Be Happier? Spend Some Money on Avoiding Household Chores

Harvard Business School Assistant Professor Ashley V. Whillans, who studies how people navigate trade-offs between time and money. “We know that buying into positive experiences—like the movies—is a good predictor of daily happiness. This... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
  • 24 Nov 2014
  • Research & Ideas

Corrupting Silence: Companies Must Speak Up Against Bribes

troubles, HBS's Paul M. Healy, the James R. Williston Professor and Senior Associate Dean for Research, saw a unique opportunity to examine an elephant in the room in the business world. The United Nations... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
  • 30 Nov 2020
  • Research & Ideas

COVID Not Slowing VC Investment

according to two new surveys by Paul A. Gompers, the Eugene Holman Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School. Only about 10 percent of companies in this often unpredictable industry... View Details
Keywords: by Danielle Kost; Financial Services; Banking
  • February 25, 2016
  • Article

The Hodgepodge Principle in U.S. Privacy Policy

By: John A. Deighton
Data, says Professor Lawrence Summers, is the new oil, "a hugely valuable asset essential to economic life." Personal data, the kind of data that invites thoughts of privacy, is a big part of that. The European Union saw this economic fuel source coming long ago and... View Details
Keywords: Data; Privacy; Technology; Big Data; Personal Data; Marketing; Information Technology; Analytics and Data Science
  • 23 Jun 2014
  • Research & Ideas

In Venture Capital, Birds of a Feather Lose Money Together

company, the less likely it is that the company will succeed. "Much of the homophily literature in business research talks about the positive benefits of working with people who are similar to you—ease of communication, comfort level, and the like," says View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Financial Services
  • 12 Feb 2008
  • First Look

First Look: February 12, 2007

Psychosocial Development and Leader Performance of Military Officer Cadets Authors:Scott Snook and Paul T. Bartone Periodical:Leadership Quarterly 18, no. 5 (October 2007): 490-504 Abstract Efforts to educate and develop future military... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace

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