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  • 25 Jan 2024
  • Research & Ideas

Being a Team Player: Why College Athletes Succeed in Business

“The question is how important those networks and friendships are later in life,” Gompers says. “It's something we definitely want to explore.” There may also be implications for diversity, equity, and inclusion in corporations and... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne
  • March 2022 (Revised April 2023)
  • Case

Pittsburgh: A Successful City?

By: Karen Mills, Caroline Elkins, Vikram Gandhi, Gabriella Elanbeck and Zeke Gillman
Pittsburgh, PA, was once the crown jewel of American heavy industry. During the 19th and 20th centuries, the city was an undisputed leader in steel production, boasting some of the largest companies and wealthiest individuals in the world. Its abundance of... View Details
Keywords: Economic And Social Disparities; Economic Development; Local Economic Development; Contextual Intelligence; Contextual Knowledge; Context; City Growth; City Innovation; City Leadership; Pittsburgh; Local Government; Local Stakeholders; Business And Community; Business And Community Relations; Community Engagement; Community Relations; Cross-sector Collaboration; Innovation; Innovation Economy; Innovation Clusters; Innovation Ecosystems; Shared Prosperity; Equality Of Opportunity; Equity; Inclusion; Business And Government; Business ＆ Government Relations; Business And Government Relations; Business And Society; Neighborhoods; Race And Ethnicity; Innovation ＆ Entrepreneurship; Diversity; Ethnicity; Race; Household; Income; Economic Growth; Economic Sectors; Economics; Local Range; Urban Development; Urban Scope; City; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Government and Politics; Government Administration; Growth and Development; History; Leadership; Goals and Objectives; Philanthropy and Charitable Giving; Society; Civil Society or Community; Culture; Human Needs; Public Opinion; Public Sector; Social Issues; Poverty; Equality and Inequality; Manufacturing Industry; Steel Industry; Education Industry; Medical Devices and Supplies Industry; Technology Industry; United States; Pittsburgh; Pennsylvania
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    Rakesh Khurana

    Rakesh Khurana is the Marvin Bower Professor of Leadership Development at the Harvard Business School. He is also Professor of Sociology at Harvard University, co-Master of Cabot House at Harvard College, and the Danoff Dean of Harvard College. 

    Professor... View Details

    Keywords: executive search
    • March 2023 (Revised May 2023)
    • Case

    OneTen at Delta Air Lines: Catalyzing Family-Sustaining Careers for Black Talent (A)

    By: Linda A. Hill and Lydia Begag
    It was December 10, 2020, and Ed Bastian, the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Delta Air Lines (Delta), had just finished a meeting with Joanne Smith, Executive Vice President and Chief People Officer, and Keyra Lynn Johnson, the Chief Diversity and Inclusion Officer.... View Details
    Keywords: Recruitment; Training; Race; Equality and Inequality; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Job Design and Levels; Air Transportation Industry; United States
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    Real Effects of Relational Contracts

    By: Steven Blader, Claudine Gartenberg, Rebecca Henderson and Andrea Pratt
    How important are factors such as "firm culture" and "employee engagement" in driving firm performance? Increasing evidence from a wide range of fields suggests that productivity differs widely across firms, even after the inclusion of careful controls for factors such... View Details
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    Program Details - Doctoral

    a variety of excursions in the Boston area and Fellow-initiated community events. Program Support The program will provide Fellows with the following to enhance their summer experience; inclusive of, and not limited to: Housing. On campus... View Details
    • 2019
    • White Paper

    Impact-Weighted Financial Accounts: The Missing Piece for an Impact Economy

    By: George Serafeim, T. Robert Zochowski and Jennifer Downing
    Reimagining capitalism is an imperative. We need to create a more inclusive and sustainable form of capitalism that works for every person and the planet. Massive environmental damage, growing income and wealth disparity, stress, and depression within developed... View Details
    Keywords: Impact-Weighted Accounts; IWAI; Background; Economic Systems; Economy; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Measurement and Metrics; Financial Statements
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    • 2019
    • Working Paper

    Real Exchange Rate Behavior: New Evidence from Matched Retail Goods

    By: Alberto Cavallo, Brent Neiman and Roberto Rigobon
    We use a dataset containing daily prices for thousands of matched retail products in nine countries to study tradable-goods real exchange rates. Prices were collected from the websites of large multi-channel retailers and then carefully matched into narrowly-defined... View Details
    Keywords: Purchasing Power Parity; Online Prices; Real Exchange Rate; Macroeconomics; Currency Exchange Rate; Price; Internet and the Web
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    • 2017
    • Article

    New Venture Milestones and the First Female Board Member

    By: Alicia DeSantola, Lakshmi Ramarajan and Julie Battilana
    We explore the antecedents of the addition of the first woman to the boards of directors of entrepreneurial ventures. Building on research on resource dependency, we propose that new ventures are most likely to add the first woman to their boards at three developmental... View Details
    Keywords: Boards Of Directors; Governing and Advisory Boards; Entrepreneurship; Gender; Diversity; Technology Industry; United States
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    • 09 Jan 2024
    • In Practice

    Harnessing AI: What Businesses Need to Know in ChatGPT’s Second Year

    As a new year begins, the role of artificial intelligence (AI) and its impact on the future of work permeates nearly every workplace-related discussion, from diversity, equity, and inclusion goals and venture capital funding to strategic... View Details
    Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Information Technology
    • 14 Sep 2023
    • Research & Ideas

    Working Moms Are Mostly Thriving Again. Can We Finally Achieve Gender Parity?

    So much has changed since a groundbreaking study found that daughters of working moms often perform better in their own careers than daughters of stay-at-home moms—and are just as happy, to boot. Diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts... View Details
    Keywords: by Kara Baskin
    • Web

    Race, Gender & Equity

    Business School Educator Resources Diversity is critical to teaching and learning. Explore cases that showcase a diverse range of leaders and teaching materials to help you foster equity and inclusion in the classroom. Gender and Work... View Details
    • 31 Oct 2022
    • Research & Ideas

    Why the Largest Minority Group Faces the Most Hate—and How to Push Back

    misery of being surrounded by an ever-increasing number of “competitors.” Therefore, they theorized, whites might become more inclusive toward smaller groups they deemed less threatening. “Changes in the composition of society due to... View Details
    Keywords: by Pamela Reynolds
    • Web

    Podcasts - Managing the Future of Work

    "skills-first" builds a better workforce 15 JAN 2025 | Managing the Future of Work In taking aim at degree inflation, the corporate-led good jobs coalition looks to boost economic opportunity, address skills gaps, and create a more equitable and View Details
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    Advancing Women of Color in Leadership

    inclusion, this program emphasizes practical steps to advance women of color and enhance their leadership ability and fulfill their ambitions—while helping others do the same and leveraging the contributions made by different generational groups. You will learn how to... View Details
    • 28 Aug 2023
    • Research & Ideas

    How Workplace Wellness Programs Can Give Employees the Energy Boost They Need

    strategy to improve performance and drive bottom-line results. You Might Also Like: Your Best Employees Are Burning Out: A Framework for Retaining Talent Are Your Employees Passing Up Incentives? Try Promoting the Programs More Building an View Details
    Keywords: by Hise Gibson
    • Web

    MBA Experience | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

    President and CEO of United Way of Greater Nashville. Based in Nashville, Tennessee, the United Way of Great Nashville’s mission is to unite the community and mobilize... Three urgent challenges for leaders in financial inclusion today... View Details

      The Hidden Costs of Flexible Labor Models: How Working Multiple Jobs Affects Employees

      As operations increasingly rely upon flexible labor models — such as gig, part-time, and remote work — it has become commonplace for individuals to work multiple jobs. Across three studies, relying on a combination of... View Details

        Achieving Reliable Causal Inference with Data-Mined Variables: A Random Forest Approach to the Measurement Error Problem

        Combining machine learning with econometric analysis is becoming increasingly prevalent in both research and practice. A common empirical strategy involves the application of predictive modeling techniques to "mine" variables of interest from available data,... View Details
        • 29 Jul 2014
        • Working Paper Summaries

        Learning from the Kursk Submarine Rescue Failure: The Case for Pluralistic Risk Management

        Keywords: by Anette Mikes & Amram Migdal