Diversity Management - Publications - Faculty & Research

21 Jul 2023
Blog Post

Malcolm McClain (MBA/MPP 2023) Named First RISE Career Fellow

well as to large community groups and their members. In his role, McClain will design capital products, and identify and negotiate agreements with capital partners who provide fairly priced funds for BrightUp’s users. He will also manage... View Details

11 Jun 2020
Blog Post

Know Your Audience - Recruiting HBS Students for Venture Capital

Director and Career Coach Katja Frey – Recruiting Relations Manager Together, Jonathan and Katja make up the Career & Professional Development team that manages relationships with venture capital firms... View Details

Keywords: Venture Capital / Private Equity

28 Mar 2018
News

Fueling the Future

she anticipated customer needs, many crews and companies requested she come back. “I felt that I changed some people’s perceptions of the fitness of a woman in such a demanding job and environment,” she says. Since those early engineering days, Kovatch has held View Details

Keywords: Jill Radsken

01 Dec 2001
News

Q&A: John Quelch

management problems that business leaders will face in the future. How do the HBS research centers in Hong Kong, Buenos Aires, and elsewhere fit into this effort? The research centers you mentioned — along with a new European Research... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg

04 Jun 2014
What Do You Think?

Does Internet Technology Threaten Brand Loyalty?

"secrets." Views referenced years ago in this column are playing out in the diverse worlds of national security, spying, and patriotism. Harlan Cleveland's words of more than 30 years ago keep coming to mind: "The... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Advertising; Consumer Products; Technology

30 Jan 2018
News

Four Alumni Named as Presidential Leadership Scholars

Four HBS alumni are among 59 individuals selected as Presidential Leadership Scholars (PLS) in the program’s fourth year. PLS brings a diverse group of leaders together to collaborate as they learn about leadership through the... View Details

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HBS - From The Dean

our programs, equipping future leaders with the judgement and skills to manage an ever more global and diverse workforce. And we must push ourselves with the same urgency we've demonstrated during the... View Details

31 Mar 2014
Research & Ideas

Encouraging Niche Content in an Ad-Driven World

Content Commercialization: Evidence from Blogs, published last year in Management Science, Zhu and coauthor Sun, of Boston University, bring an empirical approach to a question that has had many anecdotal responses but no firm results:... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Information; Publishing; Journalism & News

05 Aug 2014
News

A Diversified Portfolio

what they believed had a better than average chance of succeeding because there were women and men working together in leadership roles. This belief has since been substantiated by numerous studies showing that companies with diversity in... View Details

Keywords: Constantine von Hoffman

22 Aug 2018
Blog Post

MBA Students Reflect on Their Summer Internships

Madeline KeulenAugust 2, 2018"I’ve spent my summer as an MBA Associate at Victress Capital, an early-stage venture capital (VC) firm focused on achieving outsized returns through investing in diverse teams." Parks View Details

02 Oct 2015
News

The ‘F’ Word

whiffed management assignment, an unceremonious firing, or a failed marriage. Whatever the circumstances, one point becomes clear: The only real failure is not learning from one. Catch those stones While I have had “whoopsies” at jobs as... View Details

Keywords: Walt Disney Studios

Blog

Inside the Learning: How Faculty Prepare for Class

Managing Sales Teams and Distribution Channel, Leading in the Digital Era): I always make sure to stay in touch with practitioners and leaders, read trade magazines, news, and journals, and continue to be informed of what's going on in... View Details

05 Mar 2019
First Look

New Research and Ideas, March 5, 2019

enterprises and their capacity to pursue joint social and financial goals over time. I start by discussing how exposure to diverse organizational contexts and gender affect the founding of social enterprises before presenting the distinct... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

08 Dec 2015
Research & Ideas

You Won't Make It If You Fake It

leadership experiences before they are prepared for major leadership assignments. Through these processes, they learn about themselves and how to lead diverse people through complex challenges. Look at the sad case of Theranos CEO... View Details

Keywords: by Bill George

01 Mar 2013
News

2nd HBS Survey on US Competitiveness

our research, a diverse group of leaders stands ready to support Washington in this effort." DRIVING FORCE: The US Competitiveness Project took to the road in November with a pit stop in Detroit. Professor Jan Rivkin revs up the... View Details

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Staff Directory | Baker Library

Knowledge Dina Gerdeman Senior Editor HBS Working Knowledge Karen Golden Digital Product Manager Metadata & Knowledge Systems Elliott Hadwin Accessioning Archivist Special Collections & Archives Austin Haley Information Research... View Details

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Leading Change and Organizational Renewal | HBS Online

best practices in varying scenarios. Raymond Porch Manager of Diversity Programs at Boston Public Schools The course has given me the confidence to know that my suggestions have a solid business basis.... View Details

12 Nov 2018
Research & Ideas

'Always On' Isn't Always Best for Team Decision-Making

because they can copy the better solution. With intermittent interaction, the high performers also benefit. Seeing diverse approaches in their lower-performing peers’ solutions can spark ideas to improve their own solutions. With constant... View Details

Keywords: by Roberta Holland

25 Jul 2024
News

Mentorship Program in Singapore is Still Lighting the Way to Success

Clubs News Clubs News It’s been a decade since the HBS Club of Singapore (HBSCS) launched its signature Mentorship Program, aimed at helping local university and trade school students to prepare for life after graduation, both personally and professionally. The program... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

26 Jan 2017
News

Finding a Path out of Poverty

at the Harvard Business School’s Advanced Management Program (AMP). “For me, the AMP was about taking a pit stop on my journey to becoming a transformational leader, and my time in Boston helped me achieve that and more,” he says. “I... View Details