Diversity Management - Publications - Faculty & Research

18 Jul 2024
Blog Post

Harvard Business School Announces Its 2024-2025 Blavatnik Fellows

immune system-driven dendritic cell therapy to combat cancer, new molecular technologies for the delivery of transdermal formulations, a lipid-targeting drug to treat cancer and neurodegenerative disorders, and AI-driven medical companions to help patients conquer... View Details

19 Jan 2021
Blog Post

2+2 Where Are They Now Spotlight: Marc Duranteau (MBA 2019)

Thales in the civil radar division. I am leading the Bid & Project Management Office that helps run operations and improve competitiveness. It allows me to interact with a wide range of people (from the entry-level workers to General... View Details

04 Jun 2018
Blog Post

How to Create a Presence Without Being Present

Strategy, HBS Career & Professional Development office. “There are so many things you can do to reach students without sending a team to us.” DeCastro and Hutchinson, with further input from Lauren Santimauro, Campus Recruiting View Details

Keywords: All Industries

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Blending Traditional Models of Philanthropy with Business | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

the organization's presence in the Middle East & North Africa. I now head up Endeavor's operations and expansion efforts in the Asia-Pacific region. In 2011, I moved to Singapore to better manage our growth in this region. It has been an... View Details

01 Jun 1998
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Wanted: Leaders for the New Millennium

MBA class profile at HBS that more closely reflects the increasingly diverse global business environment. Specifically, MBA Admissions is reaching out to women, underrepresented minorities, candidates outside the United States, and... View Details

Keywords: Cindy Olnick

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Field Course: Venture Capital Journey - Course Catalog

selection of students in the course will be intentionally diverse and include both students who came from the field as well as those who are keenly interested in the field, having had exposure during their time at HBS through RC courses... View Details

01 Oct 1996
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The Right Stuff: Getting the Word from MBA Admissions

apply so that more will be admitted, above the 25 to 30 percent that typically are found in an entering MBA class. Bulletin: Besides women, who else would you encourage to apply to HBS? Fadule: Put simply, we want smart people with the potential to lead and run View Details

01 Dec 2010
News

Additional alumni books for your consideration.

as money-market funds. Islands of Profit in a Sea of Red Ink: Why 40% of Your Business Is Unprofitable, and How to Fix It by Jonathan L.S. Byrnes (DBA ’80) (Penguin Portfolio) Given the uncomfortable truth that it’s possible, even easy, to have every View Details

Keywords: Funds, Trusts, and Other Financial Vehicles; Finance

18 Jun 2013
First Look

First Look: June 18

managers-firms with the greatest information frictions prior to the rule change. We report three changes related to compensation after 1992 for division managers. First, within firms with dispersed managers, division manager pay co-moves... View Details

Keywords: Anna Secino

25 Oct 2024
Blog Post

Harvard Business School Announces Latest RISE Fellows

from diverse backgrounds and have helped underserved communities in a variety of ways,” said Alicia Thomas, director of diversity and inclusion, MBA and Doctoral Programs. “We are excited to see how they... View Details

02 May 2000
Research & Ideas

Leading Professional Service Firms

The HBS Executive Education course Leading Professional Service Firms (LPSF) is an intensive, one-week program that focuses on management issues unique to these firms. It provides a forum for participants from around the world to apply... View Details

Keywords: Re: Jay W. Lorsch; Service; Consulting; Accounting

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Entrepreneurship Outside the Valley - Course Catalog

diverse and evolving industry structures. Understanding this structure is critical to finding and developing startup opportunities. Unlike mature economies with established sectors, emerging markets are marked by rapid changes and the... View Details

15 Jun 2021
News

The Value of Difficult Conversations

Page, director of multimedia development at HBS’s Technology Product Group, is also available to the public on the School’s website. It features the images and voices of Tulsa’s Black community, past and present. In addition, Desai taught the case as part of HBS’s... View Details

Keywords: April White; Tulsa Massacre

03 Apr 2019
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Finding Common Ground

then joined Answerthink, a West Coast consulting firm, where he continued as EVP and managing director while he earned his MBA as a Baker Scholar at HBS. Answerthink wanted Shumway to relocate to New York when he finished his MBA, but... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg

01 Mar 2018
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In My Humble Opinion: Urban Renewal

it all rolling: “Imagine a wheel. A developer is the hub where the spokes of land acquisition, design, finance, construction, marketing, sales, and building management all meet.” Site specific: “Good development evolves from sensing what... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna

01 Dec 2018
News

Alumni and Faculty Books for December 2018

include reducing stress and stigma, building a safe climate for talking about mental health issues, recognizing at-risk employees, and embracing diversity and neurodiversity. Questions for managers to ask:... View Details

10 Mar 2021
News

Action Plan: Brewing Awareness

which is the case for most developing markets, so going niche is not an especially stable model. And as your base gets larger, having a grasp of the data and understanding of consumers’ diverse preferences becomes even more important.” View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; beer; India; leadership; COVID-19; manufacturing; marketing; Beverage and Tobacco Product Manufacturing; Manufacturing

05 Sep 2012
First Look

First Look: September 5

significantly reduces dishonesty. When Power Makes Others Speechless: The Negative Impact of Leader Power on Team Performance Authors:L.P. Tost, F. Gino, and R. Larrick Publication:Academy of Management Journal (forthcoming) Abstract We... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

05 May 2003
Research & Ideas

How Bank of America Turned Branches into Service-Development Laboratories

America's Innovation & Development Team quickly realized that it would be very difficult to conduct a diverse array of experiments within the confines of a traditionally designed bank branch. Experiments require frequent changes in... View Details

Keywords: by Stefan Thomke; Banking; Financial Services

02 Sep 2008
First Look

First Look: September 3, 2008

cultivators, especially on public lands. This reduced the costs of tenure insecurity. Political constraints prevented the government from subsidizing land reforms to a greater degree. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/09-023.pdf Quality View Details