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Trends and Insights: Board Leadership Diversity and Organizational Performance - Blog: RGE Report

leadership teams attract the best talent , appealing especially to young people who want to work for companies that appreciate and respect differences. Companies that fail to diversify their boards will fall behind as consumers seek to... View Details

15 Jun 2021
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Alumni Work to Reverse Bias Through Philanthropy

changing. Businesses that are slow to understand the value of a diverse workforce through all levels of the organization will be left behind.” MORE STORIES ABOUT IMPACT: Advancing Racial Equity HBS Addresses Racial Equity The Value of Difficult Conversations View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg

15 Jun 2021
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HBS Addresses Racial Equity

color, diversifying boards, and leveraging diversity in organizations, as well as one called Thrive, which is designed to encourage career advancement for underrepresented minorities with 5 to 7 years of experience (with an emphasis on... View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie

01 Jun 1997
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Short Takes

regulatory bodies that are taken for granted in the West but are not available in emerging markets. "Companies can create value by developing these systems for themselves," notes Palepu. For example, large diversified companies doing... View Details

Keywords: Judith A. Ross

01 Jun 2001
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Group Therapy: The Role of Business Groups in Emerging Economies

implications for leaders in three distinct areas. First, he stresses, managers should not assume that conventional wisdom based on contemporary U.S. experience will transfer to developing countries unaltered. For example, highly View Details

Keywords: Peter K. Jacobs; Market Research, Photo, Translation, Veterinary and Other Services; Professional Services

18 Apr 2005
Research & Ideas

Selling Luxury to Everyone

houses—Morse noted that Estée Lauder has 400 chemists—selling products to customers who come in for services help it compete. Daniel Langer, executive director of marketing for hair products maker Bumble and Bumble, said that while many luxury goods companies have... View Details

Keywords: by Julie Jette; Consumer Products

10 Sep 2013
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First Look: September 10

blotting paper in 2009 using a grassroots marketing campaign. Identifying a 200-year-old book employed by Japanese geisha, Tsai started to diversify her product line into skin and other cosmetic products. The case ends in December 2010... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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Diversity on Teams: Our Own Harvest - Race, Gender & Equity

You’re going to have to actually make sure there is diversity in leadership, which means there’s a power structure that’s going to need to change. Brandeis Marshall Perhaps diversifying your talent pool and team isn’t an issue for your... View Details

01 May 2017
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Getting Out of Your Comfort Zone at HBS

speaking during START, ASW, Class Day) and allowed me to work behind-the-scenes on initiatives that matter most to me (mainly student advocacy work – diversifying curriculum, making the student experience more affordable, giving students... View Details

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Research Links - The Art of American Advertising

has a remarkably rich and diversified collection of trade catalogs covering a wide array of subject areas, including agriculture, textile manufacturing, hardware and machine tools, railroads, automobiles, aviation, consumer products,... View Details

30 Oct 2017
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Giving Minorities a Playbook for Career Success

institutions that are driving our economy,” Rice says. He isn’t stopping there, though, because he sees diversifying MBA programs and leading employers as critical levers in a broader effort. “Our model can move the needle on... View Details

Keywords: Constantine von Hoffman

21 Nov 2005
Research & Ideas

The Geography of Corporate Giving

will illustrate the need to geographically diversify social spending. I want to point out also that this may have social implications that have not yet been systematically explored. Given the continuing trends in large-scale mergers and... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

27 Nov 2023
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Creating Emerging Markets Sustainability Series - Opportunities for Green Entrepreneurship in the Face of Policy Inaction

Enlisting support from local communities, she developed a process to turn the weeds into a material that can be used to weave diversified products. Today, MitiMeth trains artisans in this process, providing income earning opportunities... View Details

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Modern Corporate Strategy: Revitalizing the Corporation - Course Catalog

manage a multi-business corporation?" to engender entrepreneurship and adaptability while maintaining control and realizing economies. All companies, whether large, diversified multinationals or small entrepreneurial startups, wrestle... View Details

27 Jan 2023
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Turning Up the Volume

of roughly 1,400 applicants, LEDA accepts 100 of the most promising students, with a broader goal of improving and diversifying the national pipeline for the next generation of leaders. “LEDA is very intentional about its selection... View Details

Keywords: Maureen Harmon

19 Mar 2021
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Celebrating Black History: Elevating the Voices of Our Student and Alumni Communities

(MBA 2019) Co-founders of the Black Tech Master Series & New Venture Competition Inspired by the need to diversify entrepreneurial spaces and the lack of access to resources and funding for black entrepreneurs, Kim and Tyler... View Details

01 Dec 2015
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Case Study: Bionic Banking

approach for the masses. Investment management startup Alpha Architect, cofounded by COO Patrick Cleary (MBA 2010), is considering the launch of an affordable, active robo-advisor that would seek to outperform a passive, globally View Details

22 Jul 2015
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Supporting a Return to Work for Women Execs

her teaming up with Julianne Miles, a former business executive turned psychologist, to found Women Returners. “What we also knew was that there was a lot of demand on businesses to diversify their senior management and replenish the... View Details

Keywords: Constantine von Hoffman; Goldman Sachs; Reuters; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

16 Aug 2016
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August 16, 2016

and firms outside of entertainment express interest. Marolda and Tull consider setting up Legendary Analytics as an independent consulting business. At that point Dalian Wanda, China's largest entertainment and real estate conglomerate, buys Legendary. Should Marolda... View Details