by David A. Thomas - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Mar 2013
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Alumni News | Bookshelf

political cartoons ever sketched, by George Grosz, David Levine, Herblock, Honoré Daumier, Thomas Nast, and Ralph Steadman, among others. Be a Better Dad Today: 10 Tools Every... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne; Manufacturing; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

04 Sep 2019
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As Harvard University transforms its Allston campus into an epicenter of research and innovation, Denise Dupré and Mark Nunnelly (MBA 1984) have made a gift that both accelerates that progress and catalyzes the collaboration between HBS and the Harvard John View Details

March 2012
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Racial Diversity, Racial Asymmetries, and Team Learning Environment: Effects on Performance

By: Robin J. Ely, Irene Padavic and David A. Thomas

This paper argues that learning in cross-race interactions is critical for work teams to realize performance benefits from racial diversity but that diversity is a liability when society's negative stereotypes about racial minorities' competence inhibit such... View Details

Keywords: Groups and Teams; Performance; Learning; Diversity

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01 Jun 1997
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HBS Cyberposium Brings Online Future into Focus

people who are gaining access everyday," Davis noted, "it's making the personal computer revolution in the early 1980s look tame." Titled "The Digital Field of Dreams," Cyberposium '97 was cochaired by Mike Dodd and View Details

Keywords: Meg Gardner

04 Sep 2019
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Alumni and Faculty Books for September 2019

propose concrete ways to overcome these difficulties. Race, Work, and Leadership: New Perspectives on the Black Experience edited by Anthony J. Mayo, Thomas S. Murphy Senior Lecturer of Business... View Details

01 Jun 1997
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Competition and Strategy Unit at HBS Sets Pace In Its Field

it's Professor Michael E. Porter's seminal work on the competitive advantage of nations or Professor Cynthia A. Montgomery's recent book on corporate strategy, HBS C&S faculty are a leading voice in the strategic management arena. Most of... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young

01 Apr 2001
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New Ventures New Gains

members, including early supporter William A. Sahlman, and passed it along to entrepreneurship club members Jennifer Scott Fonstad, David M. Rosenblatt, and John N. Iannuccillo (all MBA 1997). “We were... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna and Susan Young; Martin Dubilier (MBA 1952); Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services

01 Jun 2002
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Books

and of another serious setback for further privatization of pensions in America.” When All Else Fails by David A. Moss (Harvard University Press) Although Associate Professor... View Details

Keywords: Nancy O. Perry

01 Mar 2023
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March 2023 Alumni and Faculty Books

better prepared and more resilient for success in the face of life’s uncertainties. Many Colors Make a Rainbow: Diversity & Inclusion Make Us Better Together By Doctor Daffee a.k.a David Fisher (MBA 1980)... View Details

Keywords: Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

01 Dec 2001
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September 11: A Community Reflects

difficult times. Photos by Thomas J. Fitzsimmons A Week Like No Other The memorial service came at the end of a week like no other in the School's history, as those who work and study at HBS joined the rest... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young;Deborah Blagg

01 Apr 1999
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WSA Conference Focuses on Reaching Goals

Judy Haberkorn (111th AMP), president of Public and Operator Services at Bell Atlantic, to Pamela A. Thomas-Graham (MBA '88/JD '89), a partner at McKinsey & Company, to Joan Helpern, president and CEO of Joan & View Details

Keywords: Eileen K. McCluskey

01 Dec 2002
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Think Globally, Teach Locally

was selected as one of the first faculty team members to teach in the new International Senior Managers Program (ISMP), an eight-week Executive Education course that was offered by the School in Vevey until 1983. “It was a remarkable... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna

01 Jun 2015
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Ink

Book Review: Learning from Bill, Andy, and Steve The tuxedoed trio looking out from the cover of Harvard Business School Professor David B. Yoffie’s new book on strategy can be seen as the modern-day Mount Rushmore of business. At their... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne; Apple; Microsoft; Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing; Manufacturing; Computer Systems Design and Related Services; Professional Services

01 Apr 1997
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Guitar Hero

(MBA '79) is a genuine guitar hero. Because of his managerial chops, a legendary American guitar company, once almost silenced by insolvency, has lived to play on. Founded in 1894, the Gibson Guitar Corp. had lately been singing nothing... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons

25 Feb 2020
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Teachable Moments

Edited by Julia Hanna; illustrations by Dan Bejar Tom DeLong’s love affair with teaching began at Hosford Elementary School in Portland, Oregon, with instructors like Mr. Walter Stickel and Mr. Ray Snively:... View Details

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Manuscript Collections - A Chronicle of the China Trade

including Augustine Heard & Co. Thomas Hunt & Co. papers include accounts current, bills, account stock and deliveries, invoice books, day books, sales, and letters sent, illustrating the brisk level of business conducted View Details

13 Feb 2007
First Look

First Look: February 13, 2007

divides and unite citizens in a sense of common purpose. The book offers examples of solutions to address each opportunity and concludes with a call to action. Exploring the Tail of Creativity: An Evolutionary Model of Breakthrough Invention, edited View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

01 Mar 2004
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New Horizons for Iraq

This month marks the first anniversary of the American-led invasion of Iraq. Within weeks of their initial military assault, U.S. and coalition troops triumphed over the Iraqi army and took on a new mission — rebuilding a country devastated View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; James E. Aisner; Julia Hanna; National Security and International Affairs; Government

01 Dec 2002
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HBSAAA Conference Addresses Pathways to Power

Linda Hill participated in a discussion on leadership, values, and decision-making, while their colleague David Thomas moderated a session that addressed alternative definitions of success. Panels and... View Details

01 Feb 1997
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Made, Not Born: HBS Courses and Entrepreneurial Management

Course descriptions by Elaine Gottlieb, Judith A. Ross, and John Simon (sidebars by Elaine Gottlieb) Whether they come to HBS with a business plan in mind or become... View Details

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