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- 30 Nov 2022
- Research & Ideas
Recruiters: Highlight Your Company’s Diversity, Not Just Perks and Pay
employers and policymakers do? Pacelli plans to probe further into the effectiveness of diversity, equity, and inclusion programs. For example, he’s teaming with Rennekamp and HBS Associate Professor Aiyesha Dey to ask HBS alumni to... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 24 Feb 2021
- Lessons from the Classroom
What History's Biggest Wars Teach Us About Leading in Peace
and who exhibit moral courage, than to ensure that our alumni are competent businesspeople.” About the Author Lane Lambert is a writer based in the Boston area. [Image: Shutterstock/Evgeny Freyer] Which historical events do you think... View Details
Keywords: by Lane Lambert
- 31 Mar 2011
- Research & Ideas
From SpinPop to SpinBrush: Entrepreneurial Lessons from John Osher
told the audience of HBS alumni and Executive Education participants. "He hated having to manage employees, so he built a big company with very few employees." Dr. John's was the third major venture that Osher built from the... View Details
- 16 Dec 2019
- Research & Ideas
Taking on the Taboos That Keep Women Out of India's Workforce
Hanna is an associate editor of the HBS Alumni Bulletin. [Image: Zzvet] Related Reading Gender Bias Complaints against Apple Card Signal a Dark Side to Fintech Women Pay a Higher Career Price in Today's Always-On Work Culture How Gender... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna
- 11 Apr 2022
- Research & Ideas
A World of Difference: What Keeps Companies from Becoming More Inclusive
short, intensive course for MBA students called Anatomy of a Badass, which was a primer on being unapologetically authentic at work. Here, they talk with the HBS Alumni Bulletin about understanding differences in the workplace and the... View Details
Keywords: by Jen McFarland Flint
- 10 Mar 2020
- Research & Ideas
The Little Understood Problem Confronting Diverse Workplaces
Ramarajan and Reid’s study shows. But making that effort—beginning with a clear-eyed, inward look at one’s background, identity, and place in culture—can provide the foundation for building a workplace where everyone can thrive. About the Author Julia Hanna is an... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna
- 02 Apr 2007
- Lessons from the Classroom
Making the Move to General Manager
make." Students can continue to personalize their education as much as possible by accessing a proprietary Web site called Transition to General Manager. There they read interviews on forty topical areas with roughly fifty Harvard View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 12 Jul 2004
- Research & Ideas
Enron’s Lessons for Managers
tragedy and a point of departure for thinking more carefully about the institutions humans have created to organize our economic lives, according to Salter. In a wide-ranging talk with Harvard Business School alumni on June 4, weeks... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 03 May 2010
- Research & Ideas
What Is the Future of MBA Education?
analytical knowledge to more of what we call "doing" (skills) and "being" (a sense of purpose and identity) must occur. Business schools need to think innovatively about how best to use the resources available to them. For example, there are many exciting opportunities... View Details
- 30 Jun 2003
- Research & Ideas
Are You Supporting Your B Players?
and yet pose a drag on the organization because they require constant reinforcement. So who is there to care about the B players? According to HBS professor Thomas J. DeLong, both in a reunion session for HBS alumni and in a recent... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 22 Nov 2004
- Research & Ideas
Side Effects: The Case of Propecia
the wives or barbers of balding men? All these issues and more faced Tom Casola, who in 1997 was heading the Propecia marketing effort for the drug maker Merck & Co. The case was discussed by audience members at the 5th Annual Alumni... View Details
- 16 Aug 2004
- Research & Ideas
Luxury Isn’t What It Used to Be
ongoing enticement for Birnbaum and the other alumni interviewed for this article. "Luxury goods are in essence a highly creative field," notes Thuy T. Tranthi (HBS MBA '93), president of Thomas Pink USA, the London-based... View Details
- 11 May 2020
- Op-Ed
Immigration Policies Threaten American Competitiveness
It is no secret that immigration has reshaped American innovation. Immigrants are the backbone of America’s most innovative industries, provide a quarter of our patent applications, and are numerous among our science and engineering superstars. Taken from World... View Details
Keywords: by William R. Kerr
- 23 May 2019
- Book
These Entrepreneurs Take a Pragmatic Approach to Solving Social Problems
responsibility which goes with that.” The purpose of business, Gay said, was to make “a decent profit decently.” In the 111 years since then, many HBS alumni have taken the school’s emphasis on social responsibility to heart by attempting... View Details
- 29 Apr 2008
- Research Event
Venture Capital
Date: January 9-10, 2008 Faculty Chairs: Josh Lerner, William Sahlman Faculty Summary Report: Colloquium: Venture Capital What were the overall goals of the colloquium? The VC Conference is one in a series of 14 alumni and practitioner... View Details
- 28 Mar 2004
- Research & Ideas
HBS Celebrates Social Enterprise Initiative
dramatically, particularly over the last decade. Our alumni are delighted at this increased attention by the School because it corresponds to their experience of high engagement in social sector activities subsequent to graduation. They... View Details
Keywords: by Manda Salls
- 12 Jul 2020
- Research & Ideas
Solving COVID'S Mental Health Crisis
who need them, especially among vulnerable populations. Racial inequities, laid bare by the pandemic, and social unrest provoked by recent police killings have escalated tensions. In the course of writing Problem Solving: HBS Alumni... View Details
- 08 Nov 2024
- Op-Ed
How Private Investors Can Help Solve Africa's Climate Crisis
Africa and attended an alumni event focused on climate adaptation and urban economic development. This is what we learned: Adaptation finance is real. People we talked to from organizations like the Global Green Growth Institute, African... View Details
- 05 Feb 2001
- What Do You Think?
Do MBA Programs Face “The Innovator’s Dilemma”?
students." In his words, this behavior should characterize well-respected programs. He asks, "Isn't 'adapting to change' almost a synonym for learning?" Little attention was given to the influence of alumni in shaping... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 29 May 2020
- Op-Ed
How Leaders Are Fighting Food Insecurity on Three Continents
Solving: HBS Alumni Making a Difference in the World, and more recent conversations specifically about COVID-19 impacts and responses, we’ve talked with many Harvard Business School alumni the world over.... View Details