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    David A. Thomas

    David Thomas is H. Naylor Fitzhugh Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School.  His research addresses issues related to executive development, cultural diversity in organizations, leadership and organizational change.  He recently served as a... View Details

    Keywords: biotechnology; consulting; consumer products; education industry; financial services; media
    • 07 Feb 2017
    • First Look

    First Look at New Research: February 7

    which deploys entry-level managers quasi-randomly across India. We find that managers deployed to more challenging contexts early in their careers experience faster View Details
    Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
    • 05 Feb 2015
    • News

    Should Harvard Business School Hit Refresh?

    • November 2015 (Revised October 2017)
    • Case

    Nestle's Creating Shared Value Strategy

    By: Michael E. Porter, Mark R. Kramer, Kerry Herman and Sarah McAra
    This case considers Nestlé’s creating shared value (CSV) strategy, which focused on the three categories of nutrition, water, and rural development. In the packaged food and beverage industry, pressure had mounted since the 1990s to improve supply chain sustainability... View Details
    Keywords: Shared Value; Health And Wellness; Nutrition; Health; Labor; Environmental Sustainability; Strategy; Operations; Food and Beverage Industry; Switzerland; Europe; Africa; Latin America; North America; Asia
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    • 2010
    • Working Paper

    Unraveling Results from Comparable Demand and Supply: An Experimental Investigation

    By: Muriel Niederle, Alvin E. Roth and M. Utku Unver
    Markets sometimes unravel, with offers becoming inefficiently early. Often this is attributed to competition arising from an imbalance of demand and supply, typically excess demand for workers. However this presents a puzzle, since unraveling can only occur when firms... View Details
    Keywords: Labor; Marketplace Matching; Quality; Competition; Balance and Stability
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    • 2009
    • Working Paper

    Unraveling Results from Comparable Demand and Supply: An Experimental Investigation

    By: Muriel Niederle, Alvin E. Roth and M. Utku Unver
    Markets sometimes unravel, with offers becoming inefficiently early. Often this is attributed to competition arising from an imbalance of demand and supply, typically excess demand for workers. However this presents a puzzle, since unraveling can only occur when firms... View Details
    Keywords: Labor; Marketplace Matching; Quality; Competition; Balance and Stability
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    • 16 Oct 2015
    • Blog Post

    HBS and the Arts

    I am what you may consider an atypical candidate at HBS; I am an art history major in pursuit of an MBA, dedicated to a career path in the arts.      My fascination with art stems from an experience I had in... View Details
    • December 2016
    • Simulation

    Venture Capital and Private Equity Game

    By: Matthew Rhodes-Kropf, Josh Lerner, G. Felda Hardymon and Nathaniel Burbank
    The Venture Capital and Private Equity Simulation enables groups of students to play the role of either an early or later stage private equity firm. Within the simulation, students raise funds, search for companies to invest in, complete deals, and manage a portfolio... View Details
    Keywords: Venture Capital; Private Equity
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    • February 2009
    • Case

    Paresh Patel: Building a Life in the Context of Global Business - October 2007

    By: Howard H. Stevenson and Shirley Spence
    This case tells the story of Paresh Patel, born in Boston to an Indian immigrant family, as he develops an entrepreneurial career, participates in the Indian diaspora, and builds a family life. It provides background on Paresh's heritage, describes his youth and... View Details
    Keywords: Diasporas; Work-Life Balance; Personal Development and Career; Entrepreneurship; Boston; Mumbai
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    • December 2014
    • Case

    Advanced Leadership Pathways: Raymond Jetson's MetroMorphosis and the Effort to Transform Baton Rouge

    By: Rosabeth Moss Kanter, Rakesh Khurana and Daniel Penrice
    Raymond Jetson, an inner-city pastor, former Louisiana state legislator, and 2010 Harvard University Advanced Leadership Fellow, has embarked on a new career as a social entrepreneur. The case charts Jetson's career in public life and the ministry, his experience as an... View Details
    Keywords: MetroMorphosis; Raymond Jetson; Advanced Leadership Initiative; ALI; Louisiana; Baton Rouge; Social Entrepreneurship; Nonprofit Organizations; Louisiana; North America; United States
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    • Career Coach

    Rich Schneider

    deep experience in new business development, marketing, life sciences/health care, and consumer goods and services. He helps individuals to develop a clear vision of their objectives for career transition in... View Details
    Keywords: Consulting; Consumer Products; Health Care; Manufacturing; Sports
    • 21 Jan 2021
    • Blog Post

    How I Used the HBS Community to Hone My Professional Goals

    I had some idea early on in my career that I wanted to get my MBA, but to be honest I did not have a plan or roadmap for when I wanted to pursue this goal. I graduated from the University of Michigan with... View Details
    • 07 Oct 2019
    • HBS Seminar

    Tristan Botelho, Yale University

    • 2014
    • Case

    Advanced Leadership Pathways: Raymond Jetson's MetroMorphosis and the Effort to Transform Baton Rouge

    By: Rosabeth M. Kanter, Rakesh Khurana and Daniel Penrice
    Raymond Jetson, an inner-city pastor, former Louisiana state legislator, and 2010 Harvard University Advanced Leadership Fellow, has embarked on a new career as a social entrepreneur. The case charts Jetson's career in public life and the ministry, his experience as an... View Details
    Keywords: Social Entrepreneurship; Nonprofit Organizations; Business and Community Relations; Problems and Challenges; Leadership; Louisiana; Baton Rouge
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    • 04 Mar 2020
    • News

    Warren Buffett has the right answer to crony capitalism: women

    • 26 Jan 2024
    • Blog Post

    HBS Alumna Fighting Cancer with a Novel Cell Therapy

    Ananya Zutshi (MS/MBA 2021) wanted a career in pharmacology biotech, but wasn’t sure if she wanted to be on the management side or scientific side. She studied biomedical engineering as an undergraduate at Duke University, where she... View Details
    • September 2019 (Revised December 2019)
    • Supplement

    Anthony Soohoo: Retrospection on Dot & Bo

    By: Thomas R. Eisenmann, Allison M. Ciechanover and George Gonzalez
    The case describes the final year of the once-promising furniture e-tailer, Dot & Bo, that included a challenging fundraising market, troubles with logistics and operations, and a team tragedy. The founder looks back at the experience and shares his learnings about... View Details
    Keywords: Startups; Furnishing; Leadership; Business Startups; Entrepreneurship; Internet and the Web; Failure; Learning; E-commerce; United States
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    • April 2021
    • Case

    Glass-Shattering Leaders: Ilene H. Lang

    By: Boris Groysberg and Colleen Ammerman
    Ilene Lang started her career in technology at a time when the tech sector was new and women had only recently entered the workplace in large numbers. Over the next thirty years, she built a career spanning large and small tech companies, leading global teams and... View Details
    Keywords: Glass Ceiling; Leadership; Gender; Power and Influence
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    • 28 Feb 2023
    • Cold Call Podcast

    Muhammad Ali: A Case Study in Purpose-Driven Decision Making

    Keywords: Re: Robert Simons; Sports

      The Implications of Working Without an Office

      In early 2020, the world began what is undoubtedly the largest work-from-home experiment in history. Now, organizations continue to wrestle with whether and how to have workers return to their offices. Business leaders need to be able to answer a number of questions... View Details