Professor Robin Ely - Publications - Faculty & Research

P. Chapman Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School. Robin Abrahams is a research associate at HBS. [Image: iStock Photo] Related reading from the Working Knowledge Archives... View Details

Keywords: by Boris Groysberg and Robin Abrahams

22 Aug 2007
Research & Ideas

The Hedge Fund as Activist

Managers of public corporations sometimes need to be reminded that they work for shareholders. Without proper monitoring, managers may receive excess compensation or perks, or misuse free cash flow. Historically, poorly performing managers have had little to fear. If a... View Details

Keywords: by Robin Greenwood; Financial Services

08 Oct 2020
Research & Ideas

Keep Your Weary Workers Engaged and Motivated

their employees during these difficult times? About the authors Boris Groysberg is the Richard P. Chapman Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School. Robin Abrahams is a research... View Details

Keywords: by Boris Groysberg and Robin Abrahams

20 Mar 2009
Working Paper Summaries

Catering to Characteristics

Keywords: by Robin Greenwood & Samuel Hanson; Technology

15 Sep 2015
News

Business school professors give national paid leave policy a top grade

24 Feb 2011
Working Paper Summaries

Issuer Quality and Corporate Bond Returns

Keywords: by Robin Greenwood & Samuel G. Hanson

2020
Presentations & Discussions

Lessons from W50

15 Dec 2003
Research & Ideas

Women Leaders and Organizational Change

Why are women so dramatically underrepresented in formal leadership positions, and what can be done about it? That's the basic question contemplated in a book of essays called, The Difference "Difference" Makes, edited by Debra L. Rhode. In the book, Harvard... View Details

Keywords: by Mallory Stark

16 Oct 2010
Working Paper Summaries

A Comparative-Advantage Approach to Government Debt Maturity

Keywords: by Robin Greenwood, Samuel G. Hanson & Jeremy C. Stein

21 Jun 2004
Research & Ideas

Racial Diversity Pays Off

Increase the diversity of employees in your organization—for example, on the basis of race, gender, religion, nationality, and sexual orientation—and you'll automatically have a better company. Right? That's the prevailing belief anyway. But according to HBS View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

09 Jun 2010
Working Paper Summaries

Agency Costs, Mispricing, and Ownership Structure

Keywords: by Sergey Chernenko, C. Fritz Foley & Robin Greenwood

21 Feb 2012
Research & Ideas

Leadership Program for Women Targets Subtle Promotion Biases

organization, but was far from broken. "Women's progress has really leveled off, and has been stuck for at least 10 years," says Robin J. Ely, the Warren Alpert Professor of Business Administration... View Details

Keywords: by Maggie Starvish

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Robin J. Ely and Lakshmi Ramarajan Deliver Opening Remarks at the 2023 Race, Gender & Equity at Work Symposium - Tools for Humanity: Rage and Love as Acts of Resistance and Renewal

Getting Serious About Diversity: Enough Already with the Business Case

Can Robin Williams’ Son Help Other Families Heal Addiction and Depression?

HBS Professors Win Wyss Awards for Excellence in Mentoring Doctoral Students

Two HBS Professors Win Wyss Award for Mentoring Doctoral Students