Dominance - Publications - Faculty & Research

25 Apr 2018
Research & Ideas

We May Have Taken Too Much Credit for Easing Workplace Segregation

has indeed increased at certain workplaces, particularly ones dominated by white workers, as more minorities have been hired at these firms over time. But as Koning and Ferguson zoomed out and looked at a large number of workplaces across... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

09 Jun 2009
First Look

First Look: June 9

and professional activities of academic biomedical scientists. In qualitative and quantitative analyses, we show that scientists match to their postdoctoral mentors based on two dominant factors, geography and scientific focus. They then... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

13 Jun 2014
Op-Ed

World Cup Soccer: 770 Billion Minutes of Attention

attention is power concentrated. Football's ability to emotionally connect with audiences in huge numbers in real time has made it a lucrative business in the market for attention. Ironically, the very value created by FIFA and a handful of others who View Details

Keywords: by Thales Teixeira; Sports

12 Aug 2013
Research & Ideas

‘Hybrid’ Organizations a Difficult Bet for Entrepreneurs

her venture. "When you are in a family background and you are socialized into that environment, you adopt certain ways of thinking and behaving and internalize certain values that are dominant in your environment," says Battilana. The... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

12 Oct 1999
Research & Ideas

Throwing Your Opponent: Strategies for the Internet Age

become the dominant player on the Web, Microsoft announced that it would follow Netscape's lead in supporting all popular Internet protocols (i.e., the rules computers use to communicate with one another on the Internet), even when they... View Details

Keywords: by Daniel Penrice

10 Jul 2024
News

Next Level

Gina Joseph (GMP 29, 2020), chief strategy officer for the technology media company VentureBeat, was recently honored by the San Francisco Business Times in their “40 Under 40” issue. Joseph is thriving in the media, tech, and gaming world—all industries traditionally... View Details

Keywords: Catherine O’Neill Grace

05 May 2022
News

Like-Minded

Seki. “We want to prove that we can maximize the return by installing ESG thinking in younger companies and, hopefully, nurture global startups from Japan.” In a Japanese business culture still widely dominated by men, gender has proven... View Details

01 Jun 2014
News

Case Study: A Souped-Up Strategy

reputation-enhancing ratings on one platform. Compared to a small or midsized city, more entrants will vie for dominance in a large city. In a winner-take-all battle between five players, there's essentially a four-out-of-five chance of... View Details

01 Jun 2018
News

Up by the Roots

York City, a nonprofit composed of some of the city’s largest private firms.) As a result, she is always on the lookout for sectors that the city ought to dominate but doesn’t. Eight years ago, the sector in Gotsch’s sights was fintech—a... View Details

Keywords: Alexander Gelfand; illustrations by Dan Page

06 Apr 2016
News

Raising a Glass to Life-Long Entrepreneurship

yourself an entrepreneur? Yes. It’s really at the heart of our success. Our very harsh reality is that we are in a business that is dominated by enormous global brewing conglomerates, with some of the best managers in the world, people... View Details

01 Dec 2005
News

A Matter of Opinion

numbers and play an increasingly important role in public discourse. “According to one definitive study,” Navasky says, “in the 1980s, fifty corporations dominated more than half the information/entertainment/knowledge companies. Today,... View Details

Keywords: Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

29 Apr 2008
First Look

First Look: April 29, 2008

and even remade as movies have come to dominate mainstream media content. At media giant Sony, Ken Munekata, CEO of Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE), and Atsushi Fukuda, President of Sony Digital Entertainment (SDE), are attempting to... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

01 Dec 2003
News

The Next Big Thing

It's a case of competition and strategy on a global scale, and the stakes could hardly be higher. The prize? Leadership in the realm of life sciences, a field that experts say will shape and dominate 21st-century enterprise. What city or... View Details

Keywords: life sciences; Scientific Research and Development Services

01 Mar 2011
News

On the Outside at HBS

pressures exist for other students who are in a minority: They feel a subconscious pressure to exceed and excel every time and to prove themselves on behalf of their race, gender, or religion. Consider also the experience of a student in a section where participation... View Details

14 May 2018
Blog Post

Women Making a Comeback: Diane Flynn Reboots Promising Careers

these women current, connected, and confident to return to work or pursue new dreams." In business now for a little over three years, ReBoot Accel has shifted its dominant business model from individually-paid tuitions to corporate... View Details

01 Mar 2022
What Do You Think?

Is It Time for More Reverse Mentoring?

learn how to navigate a business world dominated by new technology. Thanks to even newer technologies that enable us to stream, store, and access everything digital, we now have at our disposal a new arsenal of techniques and... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

30 Sep 2019
Book

Book Excerpt: Why a Volume on Race, Work, and Leadership

are dominated by white men (approximately 85 percent, a number that has remained consistent for decades). "Since May 2016, the share of Americans who say race relations are getting worse increased from 38 percent to 44 percent."... View Details

Keywords: Re: Liangzong Ma

13 May 2014
Op-Ed

The Alibaba Effect

great online giants. “Alibaba's only limits are those imposed by the speed at which these enterprises continue to grow” Still largely unknown in the West, Alibaba dominates China's Internet and logistics space with over 600 million... View Details

Keywords: by Bill Kirby & Warren McFarlan; Retail

04 Mar 2014
First Look

First Look: March 4

India on firm size dynamics and reallocation of resources within industries. Following deregulation, resource misallocation declines, and the left-hand tail of the firm size distribution thickens significantly, suggesting increased entry by small firms. However, the... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

22 Feb 2011
Research & Ideas

The Most Important Management Trends of the (Still Young) Twenty-First Century

society) than any other development in the past decade. The western dominated economy and society of the past century has yielded way to a new global century, in which no one country or region enjoys an undisputed advantage. Instead, we... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

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