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- 08 Jun 2023
- News
Three Alumni Clubs Celebrate Leadership, Community, and History over Dinner
Clubs News Clubs News New York Alumni Honor Outstanding Leaders at Annual Dinner The HBS Club of New York held its 54th Annual Leadership Dinner on April 24, honoring three alumni who embody the HBS mission to "educate leaders who make a difference in the world," and... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 15 Feb 2022
- Blog Post
Health Is Wealth | The Path To Creating A Venture
elsewhere.” Leveraging the HBS alumni network, Rachel secured an internship between her RC and EC years at naviHealth, Inc... a digital health company. This internship allowed her to make an impact at the organization by working on projects that shaped new product... View Details
- 24 Sep 2007
- Research & Ideas
The FDA: What Will the Next 100 Years Bring?
safety from the purchase decision. Q: The FDA has fought morale problems and lost senior talent, and now some 30 percent of its workforce is at a point where it can retire. What is going on organizationally with the agency? A: The agency... View Details
- 08 Apr 2021
- News
Real Talk
education through the development of case studies. “And that type of vulnerability at the highest level opens the door for the larger workforce to feel comfortable being vulnerable, sharing their own... View Details
- 02 Aug 2021
- Blog Post
ALUMNI WORK TO REVERSE BIAS THROUGH PHILANTHROPY
development in meaningful and measurable ways. “We want companies to start recognizing that diversity is an advantage for a firm,” he adds. “The demographics of our country are changing. Businesses that are slow to understand the value of... View Details
- 29 Aug 2018
- News
The Value of Valleys
journey. Eisha Armstrong, class of 2003. I'm thinking back to 2009, very interesting time. The company that I was working for was doing a reduction in force and was part of the group who had to decide how to reduce our workforce by 25%.... View Details
- 22 Aug 2005
- Research & Ideas
Balancing the Future Against Today’s Needs
Bill George, now a professor of management practice at Harvard Business School. "Innovators need to be able to try things out, fail, correct them, and then bring them back into the organization." You really need to develop two... View Details
Keywords: by Paul Michelman
- 05 Oct 2009
- Research & Ideas
The Vanguard Corporation
of purpose and is willing to seek collaboration is likely to solve problems. Q: What are you working on now? A: My colleagues and I are "bringing society in" to Harvard by continuing to develop the Harvard Advanced Leadership... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- Web
2023 Symposium - Race, Gender & Equity
studies of men and masculinity on offshore oil platforms, the impact of racial diversity on retail bank performance, and the design and delivery of women’s leadership development programs. For the past several years, Professor Ely has... View Details
- 15 Jun 2020
- Research & Ideas
A Mass Crisis Can Overwhelm Health Care. Liberia Found a Solution.
and 350 supervisors, according to Last Mile Health’s 2017 annual report. Much of the model used for Ebola involved contactless testing for the community workers, so it eliminated some of the most dangerous risk with that virus. As a result, Liberia now has a community... View Details
- 01 Apr 2002
- News
Q&A - Mark Fields
sit at meetings, for example — whereas in other aspects of life, everybody is treated the same. How do you operate in such a different environment? I spent the first year developing a strategic operating plan for the company. For the... View Details
- 23 Aug 2010
- Research & Ideas
The Drive to Acquire’s Impact on Globalization
industries, including timber, oil, gold, silver, and titanium. [ ] Under the widely practiced international sales system, a corporation in a developed nation sells finished goods to a consumer in a less-developed nation; this is... View Details
Keywords: by Paul R. Lawrence
- 01 Apr 2001
- News
Student Conferences Tackle Business Issues
business plans before a panel of leading venture capitalists. Taking top prize was Wind & Rain R&D, a social enterprise entry that aims to foster urban development by facilitating home ownership among low-income renters. After a black-tie... View Details
- 28 Apr 2022
- Blog Post
Climate Stories Episode #4: Erika Myers, World Resources Institute Ross Center for Sustainable Cities
flourish.”2. The second major obstacle is one that’s familiar to readers of Climate Stories: locating and/or creating a green workforce to build and maintain the EV charger infrastructure. “We need concerted job training programs,” Erika... View Details
- 17 May 2004
- Research & Ideas
Why We Don’t Study Corporate Responsibility
organizations are certainly economic instruments, but they also have an immense impact on human development and the well-being of society. Sustaining research attention on both the ethical and economic responsibilities of business, and on... View Details
Keywords: by Manda Salls
- Web
Global Activities 2020-2021 - Global Activities 2021
for good in society. This report features a selection of stories that highlight the School’s influence and impact around the world during fiscal year 2021 (July 1, 2020–June 30, 2021). Africa Developing the Skills to Drive Change in... View Details
- 19 Mar 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, March 19, 2019
Accounting Review Rethinking Measurement of Pay Disparity and Its Relation to Firm Performance By: Rouen, Ethan Abstract—I develop measures of firm-level pay disparity and examine their relation to firm performance. Using comprehensive... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 28 Apr 2023
- Blog Post
Creating a Workplace That Supports Employees in Work and Life
making the application process align with our DEI objectives.” After recruitment comes retention which includes many of the suggestions we have shared above as well as coaching and promotion. Tailored coaching on developing within the... View Details
Keywords: All Industries
- 01 Sep 2024
- News
Next Level
In 2017, Sarah Bond’s boss, Phil Spencer, the head of Xbox Gaming, warned her that working in the industry would be very difficult. Not just for the usual reasons that corporate America can be tough, but also because, as a Black woman in gaming—an industry with a... View Details
- 01 Oct 2001
- Research & Ideas
Five Questions for Stuart Gilson
return the business to a sound footing. Or the resulting restructuring may severely disrupt the business. If it is necessary to layoff 20 percent of your workforce to achieve the same cost efficiency as your competitors, better to do this... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne