Women - Publications - Faculty & Research

10 Aug 2023

Women's Lunch in São Paulo

Join us for a casual lunch and conversation with local HBS alumnae. This event is designed for prospective students to learn more about the MBA Program, the admissions process, and the community of women at HBS. View Details

09 Jun 2022
HBS Case

From Truck Driver to Manager: US Foods’ Novel Approach to Staff Shortages

the job,” according to Bell. The company began looking for ways to attract new demographic groups to truck driving, including women and young people. Another important move has been what the company refers to as its “grow-your-own... View Details

Keywords: by Pamela Reynolds

22 Nov 2011
First Look

First Look: November 22

PublicationsCompeting through Business Models Authors:Ramon Casadesus-Masanell and Joan E. Ricart Publication:In Handbook of Research on Competitive Strategy, edited by Giovanni Battista Dagnino. Edward Elgar Publishing, forthcoming An abstract is unavailable at this... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Dec 1997
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Multimedia Martha: Sharon Patrick Cooks Up A Winner

She's teaching domestic arts — skills that have gotten lost over the last few decades. She's extremely good at simplifying the steps required so that people can do these things despite the pressures of modern life. MSLO is a company whose top executives are View Details

12 Mar 2006
Research & Ideas

New Research Explores Multi-Sided Markets

other's participation on board the same platform in order to generate any economic value. In traditional one-sided markets, firms serve different types of customers, but they lack the interdependency: For instance, hair salons can choose to serve either men or View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Technology

25 Jan 2017
HBS Case

How Should Advertisers Respond to Consumer Demand for Whiter Skin?

case, lighter-skinned women have been favored in India’s ads. Advertisements in the 1980s told stories of dark-skinned women unable to find husbands until they applied fairness creams. Later, skin lightening... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Beauty & Cosmetics

25 Jun 2007
Research & Ideas

HBS Cases: Beauty Entrepreneur Madam Walker

prevailed through the difficulties of finding capital, and through the difficulties of her own very limited social position. In a market in which there weren't many realms where women could play, she found a way. "She lived on a... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Beauty & Cosmetics

13 Jul 2020
Research & Ideas

Merck CEO Ken Frazier Discusses a COVID Cure, Racism, and Why Leaders Need to Walk the Talk

Business School) The COVID Gender Gap: Why Fewer Women Are Dying You're Right! You Are Working Longer and Attending More Meetings Read COVID-19 coverage from Working Knowledge Neeley: The EU union has barred Americans from traveling to... View Details

Keywords: by Staff; Pharmaceutical

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Becoming an Entrepreneur - Alumni

National Business Incubation Association (NBIA) Find an incubator near you, using this tool from the NBIA. + – Organizations for Women & Multicultural Entrepreneurs Urban Entrepreneurs Network Networking group for View Details

23 Mar 2022
Blog Post

Learning Curve: The Brother-and-Sister Team Behind a New Edtech Nonprofit

Indian nonprofit devoted to supporting the millions of low-income women who toil in the country’s informal economy. Serving young people and working mothers, brother and sister each came to believe that intervening at the preschool and... View Details

06 Oct 2020
Sharpening Your Skills

18 Tips Managers Can Use to Lead Through COVID's Rising Waters

increasingly apparent across professions worldwide, for all kinds of working women as the coronavirus continues to wreak havoc in the United States and around the world. Leadership should consider childcare infrastructure at each... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

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Your Alumni Community - Alumni

interest groups. Alumnae Circles HBS Alumnae Circles are small groups of HBS alumnae who get together monthly to discuss a myriad of issues. Circles are designed to foster genuine relationships between alumnae, and give women the... View Details

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Polaroid: At The Intersection of Science & Art: Edwin H. Land and the Polaroid Corporation

Home Site map Map / Directions Search: General Information HBS Home About Annual Report Campus Commencement Dean Nohria Employment Fifty Years of Women Give News New Construction Academic Programs Doctoral Programs Executive Education MBA... View Details

14 Jul 2014
Research & Ideas

Pay Attention To Your ‘Extreme Consumers’

products. Often, she saw a big disconnect between what people said they did and what they actually did. In focus groups, for example, women would say they changed their razor blades regularly. Only when researchers visited consumers in... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

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Projects - Business History

faculty members with leaders or former leaders of businesses and NGOs. These videotaped interviews with men and women of diverse backgrounds address pivotal moments of transition in their regions. They contain compelling insights on... View Details

04 Aug 2003
Research & Ideas

Shackleton: An Entrepreneur of Survival

nature," the strengths and possibility of a given person or enterprise, leaders must also be able to see an individual or organization's weaknesses. And the case points to these aspects of Shackleton and the expedition as well. I've taught this case twice so far:... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

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Dean Nitin Nohria | About

MENA Research Center was opened in Istanbul to help the School develop and strengthen relationships with business and academic leaders in the Middle East, Turkey, North Africa, and Central Asia in support of faculty research and student programming. 2012 50 Years of... View Details

25 Apr 2024
News

Origin Stories

Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Dan Morrell: Hi, this is Dan Morrell, host of Skydeck. Where we come from and how we were raised has a profound effect on who we become. The recipients of this year’s Alumni Achievement Award grew up... View Details

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Esteves Hall | About

Esteves said. “Harvard Business School is the global leader in educating people who make a difference in the world. The men and women who graduate from its Executive Education programs have a long-lasting impact on the progress of their... View Details

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The Art of American Advertising: 1865 - 1910