Meritocracy - Publications - Faculty & Research

10 Jun 2024
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Don’t Say ‘Elite’: Corporate Firms’ New Pitch Is Meritocracy

01 Oct 2015
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The Real Reason Men and Women Prefer Male Bosses

28 Mar 2024
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Rooms with a View

Alexander Mirza (MBA 1997) has spent two decades in the hospitality industry, opening and growing major hotel brands, including Hilton, Starwood, and Caesars, with locations around the world. And with each new project, Mirza faced the same primary challenge. “It didn’t... View Details

Keywords: April White; photos by Christina Gandolfo; Hospitality

21 Jun 2020
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Rooting out Racism

opportunity. An organization cannot be a meritocracy when the small number of black employees spend a significant percentage of their mental bandwidth wondering, “Why aren’t there more people like me? Am I being treated differently?”... View Details

01 Oct 1998
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Value Added

percent of its revenues coming from abroad. In establishing its global presence, Gupta explains, McKinsey has adopted a modus operandi to ensure that the all-important values of the organization - "a meritocracy dedicated to the highest... View Details

Keywords: James E. Aisner

01 Jun 2001
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Q&A: Donna Dubinsky

hand! Suddenly, there was this incredible tool that could help me (and others) work faster and better. How do women fare in the high-tech culture? I have never felt that being a woman has inhibited my career. I see high tech as a View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; PalmPilot; Apple; Telecommunications; Information

06 Jun 2012
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Fellowship Funder

Mencoff: A commitment to meritocracy as a core American value. Photo courtesy Samuel Mencoff “A cross between Walter Wriston and Davy Crockett” is how Sam Mencoff (MBA 1981) and his classmates used to affectionately describe HBS finance... View Details

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

01 Mar 2010
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Lords of Strategy

result is to create many of the features that one would hope for in a twenty-first-century enterprise: organizational due process that leaves most people feeling that they have been treated fairly. Democratic meritocracy open to talent... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information; Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

04 Sep 2019
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3-Minute Briefing: Dhivya Suryadevara (MBA 2003)

successful. Mary Barra is an incredible CEO. What we have is a management team that values meritocracy and diversity of thought. To me, it’s less about gender or where I’m from; it’s about bringing in diverse perspectives to make better... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna

01 Mar 2005
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Answering the Call

on the worker-as-individual with a case about a successful teams-driven organization that he teaches the day before. “A small percentage of students are intrigued by and support the complete meritocracy they see at Lincoln,” DeLong notes.... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

01 Sep 2003
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These Are the Good Old Days

actually weren’t all that good for many people,” she notes. “There is a more level playing field and meritocracy today. You don’t have to wear a three-piece suit to get the job or while you’re on the job. Diversity and individuality are... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

22 Feb 2022
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March 2022 Alumni and Faculty Books

intellectual perspectives—political science, history, philosophy, anthropology, economics, and applied mathematics—to discuss how the two most populous societies in the world have addressed the issue of building meritocracy historically,... View Details

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