Team Diversity - Publications - Faculty & Research

11 Apr 2024
In Practice

Why Progress on Immigration Might Soften Labor Pains

achieve diverse national goals (employment needs, family reunification, humanitarian) with different types of visas. And many people move across skills or visa categories during their stay. Employment-based migration focuses on providing... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne

20 Sep 2022
Research & Ideas

How Partisan Politics Play Out in American Boardrooms

don’t match the majority in the C-suite, but causing financial repercussions for businesses as well. “Investors may worry that executive teams are not hiring the best talent they can get, but are instead recruiting those with particular... View Details

Keywords: by Pamela Reynolds

07 Feb 2022
Research & Ideas

Digital Transformation: A New Roadmap for Success

participants say that employees will likely reject data instead of incorporating it into the daily practices in their organizations. It’s also imperative to have team members represent diversity of thought,... View Details

Keywords: by Linda A. Hill, Ann Le Cam, Sunand Menon, and Emily Tedards

10 Nov 2022
Research & Ideas

Too Nice to Lead? Unpacking the Gender Stereotype That Holds Women Back

Finally Shrink the Gender Pay Gap? Don't Bring Me Down: Probing Why People Tune Out Bad News How Gender Stereotypes Kill a Woman’s Self-Confidence Feedback or ideas to share? Email the Working Knowledge team at hbswk@hbs.edu. Image:... View Details

Keywords: by Shalene Gupta

10 Feb 2021
Research & Ideas

Has #MeToo Changed How Hollywood Hires?

production teams hired more female writers after #MeToo than teams that included at least one female producer. This is despite the fact that before #MeToo, female producers were already twice as likely to... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Media & Broadcasting

10 Dec 2013
First Look

First Look: December 10

from "real work." But when Google's people analytics team examined the value of managers, applying the same rigorous research methods the company uses in its operations, it proved the skeptics wrong. Mining data from employee... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

11 Apr 2022
Research & Ideas

A World of Difference: What Keeps Companies from Becoming More Inclusive

to be more inclusive. "Inclusion always begets difference, but diversity may or may not beget inclusion." One of the reasons there hasn’t been as much progress on DEI as you would expect is that the sequencing of the words—diversity,... View Details

Keywords: by Jen McFarland Flint

10 Jan 2023
Research & Ideas

How to Live Happier in 2023: Diversify Your Social Circle

people engaging in different activities with different people—it seems to be something more than that,” she says. “Perhaps it’s about the varied topics we discuss with different people, or the diversity of roles we inhabit.” A rich social... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

2021
Working Paper

Who Do We Invent for? Patents by Women Focus More on Women's Health, but Few Women Get to Invent

By: Rembrand Koning, Sampsa Samila and John-Paul Ferguson

Has the increase in female medical researchers led to more medical advances for women? In this paper, we investigate if the gender of inventors shapes their types of inventions. Using data on the universe of U.S. biomedical patents, we find that patents with women... View Details

Keywords: Innovation; Biomedical Research; Innovation and Invention; Diversity; Gender; Research; Health; United States

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29 Jul 2002
Research & Ideas

Time Pressure and Creativity: Why Time is Not on Your Side

supports, putting together diversely skilled teams that communicate well, are mutually committed to the work, and constructively discuss ideas); supervisory encouragement (team leaders who communicate... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Education; Fine Arts

18 Apr 2016
Research & Ideas

The Cost of Leaning In

the University of Pittsburgh. One key takeaway: “Women appear to positively select into negotiations and know when to ask,” they write. The negotiation experiment Exley and her research team recruited 292 undergraduate students, both men... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

Research Summary

Managing Processes

David A. Garvin is examining the nature and use of managerial and organizational processes—the means by which work is accomplished—including strategic processes that chart corporate direction, resource allocation processes that distribute funds,... View Details

24 Oct 2023
Research & Ideas

When Tech Platforms Identify Black-Owned Businesses, White Customers Buy

businesses,” the study says. White people are supporting Black businesses To determine the source of the demand for Black-owned restaurants on Yelp, the team studied data from sources including: The US Census Bureau’s American Community... View Details

Keywords: by Jay Fitzgerald; Food & Beverage

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2023 Reunion Presentations - Alumni

Inclusion, Diversity & Engagement, Akamai Technologies; Aliyah Torrance, Director of Talent Acquisition, Akamai Technologies This modified case discussion did not require pre-reading. + More Info – Less Info When asked to list key... View Details

13 Jul 2020
Research & Ideas

Merck CEO Ken Frazier Discusses a COVID Cure, Racism, and Why Leaders Need to Walk the Talk

wow, what would be extraordinary in other companies is the right beautiful representation. When you look at your company, you've done it. Frazier: I'm pleased that 30 percent of my senior team is African American. You aren't going to find... View Details

Keywords: by Staff; Pharmaceutical

08 Mar 2021
In Practice

COVID Killed the Traditional Workplace. What Should Companies Do Now?

A year ago, COVID-19 forced many companies to send employees home—often with a laptop and a prayer. Now, with COVID cases subsiding and vaccinations rising, the prospect of returning to old office routines appears more possible. But will employees want to flock back to... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

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Online Leadership and Management Courses | HBS Online

Certificate Courses (10) Leadership Principles Professors Joshua Margolis & Anthony Mayo Learn to bring out the best in others by applying and adapting your leadership style and managing the conditions that drive team performance. 6... View Details

18 Mar 2024
Research & Ideas

When It Comes to Climate Regulation, Energy Companies Take a More Nuanced View

Common wisdom holds that oil and gas companies, electric utilities, and other industries known for their large carbon emissions generally oppose clean energy policies. Now, a study of corporate advocacy spanning 30 years reveals that many companies are more flexible... View Details

Keywords: by Desmond Dodd; Energy; Utilities

30 May 2017
First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, May 30

diverse methodology to understand the relationships between firm boundaries, firm activities, and geographic borders. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=52688 2017 Geography, Location, and Strategy.... View Details