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- 08 Sep 2014
- Research & Ideas
The Strategic Way To Hire a Sales Team
organization (e.g., a customer service rep moved to a sales position because internal cross-functional coordination is an important sales task and the rep "knows the people and how to get things done here") A geography or territory or culture (e.g., a member... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 13 Feb 2012
- Research & Ideas
The Case Against Racial Colorblindness
mentioning race, you probably have something to hide," Norton says. The researchers repeated the experiment on a group of elementary school children. The third graders often scored higher on the guessing game than grown-ups because,... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 02 Jul 2013
- First Look
First Look: July 2
Hongyi Li, and Julie Wulf Abstract—Top management structures in large U.S. firms have changed significantly since the mid-1980s. While the size of the executive team-the group of managers reporting directly to the CEO-doubled during this... View Details
Keywords: Anna Secino
- 20 Oct 2015
- First Look
October 20, 2015
William R., and Martin Mandorff Abstract—We study the relationship between ethnicity, occupational choice, and entrepreneurship. Immigrant groups in the United States cluster in specific business sectors. For example, Koreans are 34 times... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- July 2004 (Revised October 2018)
- Case
Opium and Entrepreneurship in the Nineteenth Century
By: Geoffrey Jones, Elisabeth Koll and Alexis Gendron
This case examines the role of Jardine Matheson, a trading company founded by two Scottish merchants, in the opium trade between India and China during the nineteenth century. The two Opium Wars fought between Western powers and China, which sought to stop opium... View Details
Keywords: History; Globalized Economies and Regions; Ethnicity; Multinational Firms and Management; Groups and Teams; Trade; Social and Collaborative Networks; China; United Kingdom
Jones, Geoffrey, Elisabeth Koll, and Alexis Gendron. "Opium and Entrepreneurship in the Nineteenth Century." Harvard Business School Case 805-010, July 2004. (Revised October 2018.)
- 06 Jul 2011
- Research & Ideas
Are You a Level-Six Leader?
was sentenced to 24 years and four months in prison. Level Three: Chameleon At the next level sits Chameleons. These are the "leaders" who bend with the wind and strive to please as many people as possible at all times. In some cases this could be the View Details
Keywords: by Mitch Maidique
- 28 Aug 2012
- First Look
First Look: August 28
arrangements, the Stereotype Content Model (SCM) argues that ambivalence―perceiving many groups as either warm or competent, but not both―may help maintain socio-economic disparities. The association between stereotype ambivalence and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 13 Dec 2021
- Research & Ideas
The Unlikely Upside of Mergers: More Diverse Management Teams
marginalized racial and ethnic groups were 54 percent less likely to be promoted than whites, and women were 36 percent less likely to be promoted than men, despite diversity efforts by advocates and... View Details
Keywords: by Lane Lambert
- 21 Feb 2019
- Research & Ideas
Voter ID Laws Don't Work (But They Don't Hurt Anything, Either)
1.3-billion-observations panel. We find that fears that strict ID requirements would disenfranchise ethnic minorities and other disadvantaged populations have not materialized. We do not find any significant effect of the laws on... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- September 2021
- Case
Posse Foundation: Developing Strong Leaders from Diverse Backgrounds
By: John J-H Kim, Robin Mendelson and Julia Kelley
Founded in 1989, Posse Foundation was a nonprofit organization with a mission of developing future leaders who reflected the U.S.’s rich diversity. The organization ran a selective, localized admissions process in 10 U.S. cities to identify outstanding students with... View Details
Keywords: COVID-19 Pandemic; Education; Higher Education; Decision Making; Demographics; Diversity; Ethnicity; Income; Race; Values and Beliefs; Geography; Geographic Scope; Growth and Development; Leadership; Leading Change; Goals and Objectives; Growth and Development Strategy; Mission and Purpose; Partners and Partnerships; Social Enterprise; Nonprofit Organizations; Identity; Social Issues; Wealth and Poverty; Expansion; Education Industry; North and Central America; United States
Kim, John J-H, Robin Mendelson, and Julia Kelley. "Posse Foundation: Developing Strong Leaders from Diverse Backgrounds." Harvard Business School Case 322-016, September 2021.
- 07 Feb 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research: February 7
about government policies and consumer attitudes about the CEO’s company. We conclude by providing a roadmap for future research on this emerging phenomenon. Download working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=50763 Contextual Knowledge and View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 8 Aug 2004
- Conference Presentation
Team Learning and the Racial Diversity-Performance Link
By: R. Ely and David A. Thomas
- 17 Jul 2007
- First Look
First Look: July 17, 2007
puzzles including, most significantly, evidence of strong employment growth following adoption of dismissal protections. In light of these puzzles, we read our findings as suggestive but tentative. Ethnic Scientific Communities and... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 27 Sep 2004
- Research & Ideas
IBM Finds Profit in Diversity
understand differences among the groups and find ways to appeal to a broader set of employees and customers," according to HBS professor David A. Thomas. Since then, the number of female executives in the company has grown by 370... View Details
Keywords: by David A. Thomas
- 26 Jan 2016
- First Look
January 26, 2016
from World War II Internment Firm Trade By: Cohen, Lauren, Umit Gurun, and Christopher J. Malloy Abstract—We demonstrate that simply by using the ethnic makeup surrounding a firm’s location, we can predict, on average, which trade links... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 23 Jun 2014
- Research & Ideas
In Venture Capital, Birds of a Feather Lose Money Together
To illustrate the old adage that birds of a feather flock together, there may be no better example than the venture capital industry. A recent study finds that venture capitalists have a strong tendency to team up with other VCs whose View Details
- 14 Nov 2019
- Book
Lifting the Lid on Turkey's Hidden Business History
than existing studies because we believed that this was add greater nuance to the overall story. Although many important business leaders are discussed, we were able to devote a whole chapter to the Koç family and their business group... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 14 Jan 2002
- Research & Ideas
Countries on the Cusp: The Power of Nationalism
as the use of the symbol of the nation for a specific political, economic, or cultural purpose. It's the idea of the nation as a group of people connected to a project of some sort. Sometimes these projects may well be things that we... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 15 Jan 2013
- First Look
First Look: January 15
designers must think about how to distribute property rights, people, and activities across numerous self-governing enterprises in ways that are advantageous for the group (ecosystem) as well as for the designer's own firm or community.... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 20 Dec 2010
- Research & Ideas
New Dean Sets Five Priorities for HBS
that prides itself on diversity - more than a third of MBA students are women, a third are international, and roughly a quarter are ethnic minorities - HBS can also be a difficult place for these groups to... View Details