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- 30 Apr 2021
- News
Revealing the Rules
affect some people? We can look at the numbers: A study by the Ascend Foundation found that in Silicon Valley, Asians are the racial group most likely to be hired but the least likely to be promoted from individual contributor to manager.... View Details
- 30 Sep 2009
- Research & Ideas
Harvard and HBS: The Next 100 Years
and must be a primary area of focus at HBS. In many ways, the business school is at the center of Harvard. Moving forward, focus must be placed on cultivating a faculty and student body that can react effectively to economic crises. Harvard Business School must... View Details
Keywords: Education
- 15 Mar 2017
- Blog Post
Tips on Holding Effective Company Recruiting Events
Coffee Chat, establish a setting that promotes two-way dialogue, and one that does not resemble an interview. Arm Presenters with Relevant Content Prepare presenters with company information, above and beyond what is on the website.... View Details
Keywords: All Industries
Arthur A. Kent
Kent introduced the mass production of high quality receivers. By 1926, Kent had sold more than 1 million sets, with annual sales exceeding $60 million. He was renowned for his philanthropy interests, Atwater Kent Foundation and Atwater Kent Hour, which View Details
Keywords: Fabricated Goods
- 06 Apr 2015
- Research & Ideas
After Germanwings, More Attention Needed on Employee Mental Health
stress. (The company's approaches to wellness are described in Johnson & Johnson: The Promotion of Wellness.) General Mills offers mindfulness training with on-site meditation to help employees focus as part of its programs to View Details
- 27 Dec 2015
- Research & Ideas
The Most Popular Stories and Research Papers of 2015
readers, tell us what you think were the most significant trends, ideas, or management lessons from 2015. Then look ahead to next year. How do you think the 2016 presidential election will change the American economy? Will there be breakthroughs in View Details
- 28 Jan 2015
- Research & Ideas
Ground Game, Air Wars, and Other Marketing Lessons From Presidential Elections
ads had an effect similar to field operations in that they also tended to galvanize partisan voters. Since PAC ads generally attack rivals, rather than promote candidates, the strong negative tone of these ads seemed to fly better with... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 12 Jun 2012
- First Look
First Look: June 12
response to shifting customer needs; promote transparency by providing the rationale for your pricing; and make sure that prices and the processes by which they are set meet consumers' expectations about what is fair. Read the article:... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- Web
Building a Culture of Awareness and Accountability in your Organization - Recruiting
encourages her participants to think about their various identities, which of those identities holds privilege, and which of those identities are marginalized. “Every ‘-ism’ (racism, ableism, sexism, Anti-Semitism, etc.) promotes one... View Details
- 01 Mar 2024
- News
The Exchange: Takeaways from the Takedown
Professors Eugene Soltes and Aiyesha Dey; image by John Ritter When Sam Bankman-Fried was convicted in 2023 of all seven charges against him related to the cryptocurrency exchange FTX, the jury needed less than five hours to deliberate after a months-long trial. The... View Details
- 10 Feb 2021
- Blog Post
What You Can Do to Create an Anti-Racist Organization
promotes one group having privilege and other folks being pushed away,” she said. To tackle these issues, we need to consider how to use our privilege, and be prepared to give up our privilege, in order to truly create equality. View Details
- 12 Dec 2012
- Research & Ideas
Power to the People: The Unexpected Influence of Small Coalitions
caps. "These measures were not put in place because of the concentrated lobbying power of France's consumer lending sector," Trumbull says. Instead, French politicians worked closely with industry and family groups to develop regulations that View Details
Keywords: by Kim Girard
Pete Rozelle
equal-revenue-earning teams. These changes allowed the NFL to become a profitable enterprise by promoting competition among the teams for players and among the networks and merchandisers for broadcasting and advertising rights,... View Details
Keywords: Entertainment & Broadcast Media
Earl H. Richardson
The inventor of the first electronic iron with the unique "Hotpoint" feature, Richardson is credited with laying the foundation for the billion-dollar household appliance industry. Hotpoint's irons were very successful in the early 1900s, owing in large part... View Details
Keywords: Fabricated Goods
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Financing New Ideas - Georges F. Doriot : Educating Leaders, Building Companies, Baker Library, Harvard Business School
my definition of the word—constructive. I am building men and companies." Georges F. Doriot, in "General Doriot"s Dream Factory," Fortune , August 1967 50 Doriot also championed a global community of venture capitalists by promoting... View Details
Jerry Della Femina
Della Femina was part of a new breed of executives that shook up the staid world of advertising in the late sixties. Wildly creative and eccentric, Della Femina pushed the envelope of provocative advertising throughout his career. He thrived on controversy and humor... View Details
Keywords: Services
- 11 Jun 2018
- Blog Post
Meet the 2018-2019 Blavatnik Fellows in Life Science Entrepreneurship
to work with Harvard inventors to promote the commercialization of life science technologies with significant market potential. Harvard's i-lab serves as the hub, providing fellows with space and the opportunity to join an entrepreneurial... View Details
- 06 Feb 2020
- News
HBS Alumni Join Forces on Virus Outbreak in China
local and multilateral organizations on logistics—coordinating purchase, delivery, and customs—in their effort to contain the spread of the virus. At the same time, a group led by Ray Yang (MBA 2003), Mei Zhang (MBA 1996), and Andy Lin (MBA 2003) have used the social... View Details
- 28 May 2019
- News
From Das’s Desk
will expand our collaboration with Executive Education to promote a selection of its topic-specific programs to relevant segments of the alumni community. Together we will find new ways to bring the best of HBS to you whenever you need... View Details
- 01 Jun 2001
- News
Leng Lim: The Spiritual Face of Business
(UWC) in New Mexico, a two-year high-school program that promotes international understanding among students from over eighty countries. “I met people who were very different from me, from the Soviet Union, South Africa, and Eastern... View Details