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- 21 Feb 2012
- Research & Ideas
Leadership Program for Women Targets Subtle Promotion Biases
describe how previously identified "second-generation" forms of subtle gender bias have impeded women's progress. These practices and patterns, although unintentional, favor men and create structural career blocks for women. The... View Details
Keywords: by Maggie Starvish
- Web
Activities, Government & Clubs | MBA
Activities, Government & Clubs Looking to make an impact as an MBA student? Interested in forming friendships with peers who have similar interests? If so, you will find an abundance of opportunities at HBS, from student government to... View Details
- 01 Jun 2016
- News
3-Minute Briefing: Derek Bouchard-Hall (MBA 2004)
strategic form of endurance competition. It’s bit of a cliché, but the most memorable moment was at the starting line at the Sydney Olympics, as the clock beeped down to the start of the race. I always knew there was going to be something... View Details
Keywords: April White; photographed by Scott Clark
- 05 Dec 2013
- What Do You Think?
Is Walmart Defying Economic Gravity?
low-cost strategy, eliminating management choice going forward? And do such strategies have much longer lives than those associated with other forms of differentiation among offerings to customers? When does friction trump scale in the... View Details
- 01 Jun 2010
- Sharpening Your Skills
Sharpening Your Skills: Social Reporting
Nonprofit Accountability Working Paper. Nonprofit leaders face multiple, and sometimes competing, accountability demands from numerous actors, for varying purposes, and requiring differing levels of organizational response. The challenge... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
- 27 Sep 2016
- First Look
September 27, 2016
overcome the organizational blocks that impede the potential of all people who work in modern organizations. While this module is designed to be used alone, it is part of the Management Control Systems series. The series View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 29 Feb 2000
- Research & Ideas
Whence IT Value?
Another explanation is that modern IT allows companies and coalitions to explore radically different organizational forms — such as so-called virtual corporations — and build whichever View Details
Keywords: by Andrew McAfee
- 01 Apr 1999
- News
New Releases
that formed the symposium make up the bulk of The Intellectual Venture Capitalist. Coauthored by members of the HBS faculty, one chapter is devoted to each presentation. As an introduction to the writings of these eighteen faculty... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- August 2005
- Background Note
Dual Class Share Companies
By: Samuel L. Hayes III, Lynn S. Paine and Christopher Bruner
Provides a brief historical overview of dual class share companies in the United States, focusing on the New York Stock Exchange's evolving position on dual class structures since the 1920s, the impact of hostile takeovers on their use since the 1980s, and recent... View Details
Keywords: Acquisition; Debates; Capital Structure; Equity; Business History; Law; Organizational Structure; Business and Shareholder Relations; Perspective; Europe; United States
Hayes, Samuel L., III, Lynn S. Paine, and Christopher Bruner. "Dual Class Share Companies." Harvard Business School Background Note 306-032, August 2005.
- 13 Mar 2007
- First Look
First Look: March 13, 2007
has been driven by at least two factors. First, longstanding interest in what makes organizational work teams effective leads naturally to questions of how members of newly formed teams learn to work... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- Web
Questions for Evaluating Company Culture and Community - Alumni
itself. We thank the members of the African-American Student Union who were the most prominent contributors to this effort. Does your organization make demographic data publically available for all employees and by seniority? If your organization makes your federal... View Details
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Faculty Mentors | Research Associates
Faculty Mentors Research Associates (RAs) are hired as dedicated support to one or two faculty members, rather than pooled resources that may change assignments to support a variety of PIs and projects. RAs at Harvard Business School form... View Details
- 01 Feb 2002
- News
HBS Press Books in Brief
evidence that links organizational success or failure to “primal leadership.” They argue that a leader’s emotions are contagious and must resonate energy and enthusiasm if an organization is to thrive. Cultivating Communities of Practice:... View Details
- 31 Jan 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research: January 31, 2017
which finds (a) a shift in the object of observation from organizational outcomes to the detailed individual activities within them; (b) a shift from people observing the technology to technology observing people; and (c) a split in the... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 23 Aug 2010
- Research & Ideas
The Drive to Acquire’s Impact on Globalization
heart of good and wise leadership. In the following excerpt, Lawrence describes how various forms of globalization—classic trading, international sales, and transnational outsourcing—reveal examples of good, bad, and misguided leadership... View Details
Keywords: by Paul R. Lawrence
- 05 Sep 2006
- First Look
First Look: September 5, 2006
Gary Kusumi is considering. GMAC Insurance, the wholly-owned auto insurance subsidiary of General Motors, formed through the merger of two smaller insurance firms, is at a strategic cross-roads. Progressive changed the competitive... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Dec 2016
- News
The US Patent System’s Uncertain Fate
the rate of increase in patents has been far outstripped by the increase in patent litigation. And essentially all the new cases are brought by this new organizational form called the non-practicing entity,... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 01 Jun 2005
- News
Better than Cash
Somerville, Massachusetts, needed advice on how to make the nonprofit more cost-effective, he might have considered attending business school. But he didn’t have to. Harvard Business School came to him in the form of alumni who have... View Details
- Profile
Mengwen Zhao
you form effective relationships with auditors? HBS gives us the big picture for managing our career paths." She recalls an observation from a HBS career coach. "He said that the purpose of this school is not to teach you skills... View Details
- 01 Jun 1998
- News
New Releases
creative departure from the current wisdom, Bradach focuses on a powerful organizational arrangement he identifies as the "plural form"; that is, chains composed of both company-owned and franchise units. Plural View Details