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  • 27 Jul 2021
  • Op-Ed

What Pirates Can Teach Us About Leadership

In the deep heat of an 18th-century summer, a crew of pirates was sailing off the Virginia coast when a lookout spotted a merchant ship to the south. Springing into action, the pirates launched an attack, rocking the merchant ship with a cascade of musket balls and... View Details
Keywords: by Francesca Gino
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Frequently Asked Questions - Doctoral

age restriction? It's never too soon to consider a career in academia—nor too late. The profile of today's doctoral students in business administration reflects a diverse cross section of society—virtually all life stages, professional experiences, nationalities, View Details

    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
    • June 2022 (Revised November 2022)
    • Case

    Larry Miller

    By: Francesca Gino, Frances X. Frei, Hise Gibson and Alicia Dadlani
    Under the leadership of Larry Miller, chairman and former president of Nike’s Air Jordan brand, annual revenues for the Jordan brand soared from $150 million to over $4 billion. But for over 40 years, Miller guarded a secret. When he was younger, he spent nearly a... View Details
    Keywords: Race; Ethnicity; Fairness; Values and Beliefs; Job Offer; Employment; Social Issues; Perspective; Personal Development and Career; Apparel and Accessories Industry; United States; Pennsylvania; Philadelphia; Portland; Oregon
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    Rock Summer Fellows - Entrepreneurship

    exchange as they race to Demo Day where teams pitch their ventures to investors and entrepreneurs. Read More Rock 100 Initiative Rock Center support for entrepreneurs extends far beyond graduation. The Rock... View Details
    • 02 Jan 2024
    • Cold Call Podcast

    Should Businesses Take a Stand on Societal Issues?

    Keywords: Re: Hubert Joly
    • January 2024
    • Case

    Deion Sanders: The Prime Effect

    By: Hise O. Gibson, Nicole Gilmore and Alicia Dadlani
    In 2023, Deion Sanders, known as “Coach Prime,” became head football coach of the University of Colorado Boulder (CU). Sanders was tasked with leading CU’s struggling football program, which had only achieved one winning season in the last 15 years, back to glory. Many... View Details
    Keywords: Leadership Style; Leading Change; Management Style; Race; Prejudice and Bias; Sports; Experience and Expertise; Sports Industry; United States; Colorado
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    • July 2020 (Revised January 2021)
    • Case

    Rosalind Fox at John Deere

    By: Anthony Mayo and Olivia Hull
    Rosalind Fox, the factory manager at John Deere’s Des Moines, Iowa plant, has improved the financial standing of the factory in the three years she’s been at its helm. But employee engagement scores—which measured employees’ satisfaction with working conditions and... View Details
    Keywords: Agribusiness; Change Management; Experience and Expertise; Talent and Talent Management; Diversity; Gender; Race; Engineering; Geographic Location; Globalized Markets and Industries; Leadership Development; Leadership Style; Leading Change; Management Style; Management Teams; Organizational Culture; Personal Development and Career; Prejudice and Bias; Power and Influence; Status and Position; Trust; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; United States
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    • 17 Dec 2018
    • Research & Ideas

    Women Receive Harsher Punishment at Work Than Men

    of the University of Texas-Austin and Amit Seru of Stanford Graduate School of Business. A spate of alleged fraud by Wells Fargo has highlighted a dirty little secret in the financial industry: Misconduct by financial advisors is... View Details
    Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Financial Services
    • 27 Jan 2020
    • Research & Ideas

    Hard Work Isn't Enough: How to Find Your Edge

    about gender and race or perceptions about age and class. Indeed, vast research shows that certain groups, such as women and African Americans,... View Details
    Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

      Walter A. Friedman

      Walter A. Friedman is Director of the Business History Initiative and Lecturer.  He edits Business History Review with Geoff Jones. He specializes in business, labor, and economic history. He is author of Fortune Tellers: The Story of America's First... View Details

      Keywords: advertising; automobiles; automotive; electrical equipment; electronics; information technology industry; marketing industry; railroad; retailing; soft drink
      • September 2019 (Revised December 2022)
      • Background Note

      African American Inequality in the United States

      By: Janice H. Hammond, A. Kamau Massey and Mayra G. Garza
      This note describes how historical and on-going policies and practices that discriminate against African Americans led to present-day inequality. Topics include slavery, segregation, Jim Crow laws, “black codes,” and policies and practices relating to criminal justice,... View Details
      Keywords: African Americans; Justice; Slavery; Discrimination; Race; Equality and Inequality; Prejudice and Bias; Policy; History; United States
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      Podcast - Business & Environment

      carbon from the atmosphere, shares his perspective on the landscape in the race to develop scalable and affordable carbon removal technologies–from engineering to financing to deployment–and how Sustaera’s... View Details
      • 21 Apr 2015
      • First Look

      First Look: April 21

      Campaign and the Upside of CEO Activism By: Chatterji, Aaron, and Michael Toffel Abstract—When Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz asked his baristas to engage customers in a discussion about View Details
      Keywords: Carmen Nobel & Sean Silverthorne
      • Research Summary

      My research draws upon social and cultural theories to address three important topics in marketing: branding strategy, organizing to deliver creative content, and cultural consumer behavior:

      1)Branding Strategy: How are iconic brands built?

      I have... View Details

      • 18 Apr 2023
      • Research & Ideas

      What Happens When Banks Ditch Coal: The Impact Is 'More Than Anyone Thought'

      Consumers who are eager to mitigate climate change can take many actions, such as reducing the number of airline flights they take or installing solar panels on their homes. But the planet is in a race against time, and individual action alone won’t help most countries... View Details
      Keywords: by Barbara DeLollis; Financial Services; Mining
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      Volunteer - Alumni

      and ethnic backgrounds. Get Involved with a Club Volunteers play a critical role in the work of regional clubs, associations, and shared interest groups. Your expertise View Details
      • 20 Apr 2011
      • Research & Ideas

      Blind Spots: We’re Not as Ethical as We Think

      race biases without knowing that you have these biases, overclaiming credit without meaning to do so, being affected by conflicts of interest, and favoring an in-group—such as universities often do when they... View Details
      Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
      • 21 Feb 2023
      • Research & Ideas

      What's Missing from the Racial Equity Dialogue?

      His research probes the ways race and racism are built into markets, business systems, and technology. Damon Phillips: Hiring people with criminal records benefits companies... View Details
      Keywords: by Danielle Kost
      • 08 May 2023
      • Research & Ideas

      How Trump’s Anti-Immigrant Rhetoric Crushed Crowdfunding for Minority Entrepreneurs

      What does fearmongering about immigration have to do with crowdfunding new ideas on Kickstarter? For Black, Asian, and Hispanic entrepreneurs, such rhetoric can undermine fundraising efforts, making it even less likely that new ideas will... View Details
      Keywords: by Scott Van Voorhis