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- 01 Oct 1997
- News
High Fives
Marilyn Goldstein Fedak Chief Investment Officer Sanford C. Bernstein & Co., Inc. New York, New York In 1993, Marilyn Fedak was named chief investment officer, chairman of the U.S. Equity View Details
- 01 Dec 2022
- News
Full Court Press
as a platform to not only improve the health and wellness of one of the world’s youngest and fastest growing populations but also to create a whole new industry around the business of sports,” says Tatum. Creating an industry from scratch, though, required both capital... View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell
- 20 May 2022
- Blog Post
Nucleate Eco: Connecting Aspiring MBA Entrepreneurs with Cutting Edge Climate Research
or fees. With that, we’ve also all been in the position our cohort members are in: confused, yet curious about entrepreneurship. We’re well connected personally with the faculty members inside many of the university’s we work with, and... View Details
- 22 May 2017
- Lessons from the Classroom
A Luxury Industry Veteran Teaches the Importance of Aesthetics to Budding Business Leaders
tenure as Chairman of North America at the French luxury goods conglomerate, LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton. According to Brown, it’s important for senior executives to possess a combination of what she calls “aesthetic intelligence” and “aesthetic empathy”—good... View Details
- 01 Mar 2023
- News
Toward a Life Well Lived
algorithms—much like a dating app—to match students with interested alumni for thoughtful discussions about roughly 200 topics related to one’s personal life, family, or work. Ultimately, the goal is to connect alumni to one another and... View Details
- 15 Dec 2003
- Research & Ideas
The New Global Business Manager
quickly move to Europe?" or "Who is this key person in Europe we can transfer to Japan to drive this initiative?" So they've got to be the pollinators, the cross-fertilizers, very much in touch with their expertise and with... View Details
Keywords: by Cynthia Churchwell
- May–June 2024
- Article
Setting Gendered Expectations? Recruiter Outreach Bias in Online Tech Training Programs
By: Jacqueline N. Lane, Karim R. Lakhani and Roberto Fernandez
Competence development in digital technologies, analytics, and artificial intelligence is increasingly important to all types of organizations and their workforce. Universities and corporations are investing heavily in developing training programs, at all tenure... View Details
Lane, Jacqueline N., Karim R. Lakhani, and Roberto Fernandez. "Setting Gendered Expectations? Recruiter Outreach Bias in Online Tech Training Programs." Organization Science 35, no. 3 (May–June 2024): 911–927.
- 19 Jan 2022
- Blog Post
From Retail to HBS: How I’m Building a Career Path at the Intersection of Arts, Culture, and Business
interesting and inspiring people, it also allowed me to land my ideal summer internship on the Digital Strategy & Investments team at Sony Music Entertainment (alongside two HBS grads). Lastly, on a more View Details
- Profile
Ahmed Alimi
Advisory Services, FBN Capital, and Helios Investment Partners. "At Helios," Ahmed says, "I had a unique opportunity to work on deals as well as support value creation efforts at our portfolio companies. I worked closely... View Details
- 28 Apr 2003
- Research & Ideas
Supply Chain Risk: Deal With It
efficiency has been cast in high relief, supply chain managers realize that they can no longer focus solely on cost reduction—any calculation of a supply chain's return on investment must also take customer satisfaction into account.... View Details
Keywords: by David Stauffer
- 14 Jul 2020
- Research & Ideas
Restarting Under Uncertainty: Managerial Experiences from Around the World
proactive effort to be as effective and clear as possible in their communication to both internal and external stakeholders. Importantly, a vast majority of the initiatives that companies in our sample are implementing do not require large capital View Details
- 13 Jun 2011
- HBS Case
Mobile Banking for the Unbanked
In many developing countries it's common for a person to have a mobile phone but not a bank account. In fact, more than 1 billion people fit this description, and the number is only likely to increase. To that end, many companies are... View Details
- 04 Apr 2022
- What Do You Think?
As Disney Board Chair, What Would You Advise CEO Bob Chapek Regarding 'Don’t Say Gay'?
announced that it would not accept the donation until Disney went further to back up its commitments. Pundits, including at least one investment analyst, dubbed the effort, “a day too late.” And DeSantis began repeatedly characterizing... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 10 Oct 2011
- Research & Ideas
Retailing Revolution: Category Killers on the Brink
declined or held flat, and return on invested capital (ROIC) has suffered dramatically. This decline in ROIC has been exacerbated by the significant growth in store square footage before the recession. Retail store count exploded through... View Details
- 18 Sep 2019
- Op-Ed
WeWork—The IPO That Shouldn’t?
mission “to elevate the world’s consciousness” and his personal objective of “We are here to change the world; nothing less interests me.” Indeed, WeWork’s prospectus reads like a Marianne Williamson self-help book. The market should... View Details
- 16 Sep 2019
- Research & Ideas
Crowdsourcing Is Helping Hollywood Reduce the Risk of Movie-Making
or what their personal incentives might be for listing it. (Oftentimes by the time scripts are listed, they’ve already been sold to studios, who might want to list their own scripts in order to attract top actors and directors.) “If you... View Details
- 06 Sep 2004
- Research & Ideas
The Innovator’s Battle Plan
substantial amount of investment or even management attention. Asymmetric motivation shields companies from competitive response, because their potential challengers are just not interested in fighting. Even if they fight, their hearts... View Details
- 14 Sep 2023
- Blog Post
MBAs Accelerate Their Social Enterprise Ventures
pivot into venture capital and impact investing to ensure that communities like mine – Black, queer, and disabled – have access to capital to build products and services that include us by design. However, starting a company with an idea... View Details
- 05 Sep 2019
- Sharpening Your Skills
Making the Right Technical Hire
Mythical Person Month” OR “Nine women can’t make a baby in one month” just sayin’.) There are also many blog posts explaining why full stack engineers are unicorns. Yet, when I did my latest poll on Twitter on top hiring priorities this... View Details
- 06 Mar 2020
- Book
A Great Teacher's Lessons for Leading
know we are invested in them and care deeply about them. I’ve seen it over the years. When I am teaching executives, among whom may be 60-year-olds, and I ask them, “Write down the name or names of individuals in your career who you knew... View Details