Diversity Management - Publications - Faculty & Research

11 May 2021
Blog Post

IPO or M&A? How Venture Capital Shapes a Startup's Future

worked closely together tend to hold on to startups longer—four and a half years, on average—before moving toward a high-profile exit. While becoming a public company can bring a startup more attention and retain the original management... View Details

Keywords: Venture Capital / Private Equity

10 Jul 2017
Blog Post

Why the MBA is Still Relevant

First, the MBA at HBS emphasises leadership, and is an incomparable immersive study into how to become a leader. Few young professionals get to sit in the chair of an executive: making difficult decisions, managing teams, and executing a... View Details

01 Sep 2016
News

Making Progress on Strategic Priorities

method courses, both immersive and extended, are offered during the second year of the program. HBS is extending its reach to new audiences through HBX, a unique online learning platform. CORe offers a primer on the fundamentals of business. HBX Courses cover critical... View Details

01 Jun 1998
News

Short Takes

explores these differences in a working paper titled "Limits to Globalization: Organizational Homogeneity and Diversity in the Semiconductor Industry." Extensive interviews with managers at nine major firms... View Details

Keywords: Orna Feldman and Caroline Chauncey

08 Jan 2007
Research & Ideas

Who Rises to Power in American Business?

the '60s and '70s are coming into positions of power. Women now represent 40 percent of MBA degree recipients, which should impact the composition of the most senior business leadership positions. A diverse perspective at the top may be a... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

02 Oct 2013
What Do You Think?

Is Leadership an Increasingly Difficult Balancing Act?

management of tensions caused by the simultaneous need for such things as short-term and long-term performance, the exploitation of existing ideas and the search for new ones, and the staffing and motivation of leadership teams with... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

14 May 2013
First Look

First Look: May 14

of investing at home than those where external managers are involved. At the same time, SWFs with external managers tend to invest in lower P/E industries, which see an increase in the P/E ratios in the year... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

04 Dec 2019
News

Skydeck Live: The Case for Funding Female Founders

the VC world, sitting on the other side of the table, that she realized the extent of the funding problem that female founders were facing. It was bizarre, Dodi thought. She knew that a diversity of views meant a higher return on... View Details

26 May 2022
News

Northern California Club Honors Noom; LGBTQ Alumni Share HBS Stories

combination of technology, psychology, and human coaching, Noom is backed by more than a decade of user research and product development. Its platform includes two core programs: Noom Weight for weight management and Noom Mood for stress... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

18 Jun 2014
Research & Ideas

Book Excerpt: ‘Collective Genius’

collaborative because innovations most often arise from the interplay of ideas that occur during the inter¬actions of people with diverse expertise, experience, or points of view. Flashes of insight may play a role, but most often they... View Details

Keywords: by Linda Hill; Entertainment & Recreation

Portrait Project

Dionne Hosten

than when they entered. It might be a home and family that I build with my husband, the Equity Research group that I'm about to join, a company I start, or perhaps something that touches far more people than any of those things. These spaces will be places where... View Details

Profile

Anthony Martore

In my Technology and Operations Management (TOM) course during the first semester, we stepped outside of the classroom and completed a two-day live simulation resembling a factory assembly line. We organized production groups of eight... View Details

11 Mar 2001
Research & Ideas

Wired and Black: Focus on Careers

New economy companies may be moving at the speed of light, but they still need managers who can get the job done, according to career development experts who spoke at the African-American Student Union conference, "The Digital... View Details

Keywords: by Carrie Levine

23 Apr 2001
Research & Ideas

The Gulf: It’s a Family Affair

of the younger generation abroad. I'm waiting to see how open the senior generation will be to these social changes. What's true in the Gulf region more than almost anywhere else in the world is that there's a huge expatriate work force View Details

Keywords: by Wendy Guild & Andrea Schulman

03 Mar 2003
Research & Ideas

The Ingredients of a Deal Disaster

challenging conditions, such as the following, are present: When cultures clash. Negotiators from diverse organizational, professional, or national cultures often bring clashing assumptions to the table. As Ming-Jer Chen, the former... View Details

Keywords: by Ron S. Fortgang, David A. Lax & James K. Sebenius

15 May 2018
First Look

New Research and Ideas, May 15, 2018

and principles—that is, by providing freedom within a galvanizing framework—leaders can equip employees to make on-the-ground decisions that are in the company’s best interests. Gulati uses businesses as diverse as Netflix, Alaska... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

01 Aug 1998
News

Spring Reunions: Milestones and Memories

the heritage my father left us," says Bertarelli, who has led the Ares-Serono Group, already strong, to even greater heights. During the last five years he has formed a management executive committee and reorganized the firm "to prepare... View Details

Keywords: Eileen K. McCluskey

01 Dec 1997
News

Growing Together

Gleason (MBA '97) is finding a way to make both a profit and a difference. Last fall, as a part of HBS associate professor Marco Iansiti's Managing Product Development course, Gleason created a model for a company that would employ... View Details

Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso and Nancy O. Perry

05 Dec 2017
Research & Ideas

What We've Learned from 101 Entrepreneurs in Emerging Markets

and Kolkata, India—where the interest of researchers, educators, and archivists has been extraordinary. Our presentations in management conferences that are interested in emerging markets have been very well attended. We’re also starting... View Details