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- 18 Nov 2019
- Video
Adi Godrej
Adi Godrej, Chair of the India-based consumer products Godrej Group, describes the difficulties...
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- December 2003 (Revised October 2006)
- Case
Globalizing the Cost of Capital and Capital Budgeting at AES
By: Mihir A. Desai and Douglas Kurt Schillinger
With electricity generating businesses around the world, AES Corp. is seeking a methodology for calculating the cost of capital for its various businesses and potential projects. In the past, AES used the same cost of capital for all of its capital budgeting, but the...
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Keywords:
International Finance;
Risk Management;
Globalized Firms and Management;
Cost of Capital;
Valuation;
Emerging Markets;
Foreign Direct Investment;
Capital Budgeting;
Energy Industry;
South America
Desai, Mihir A., and Douglas Kurt Schillinger. "Globalizing the Cost of Capital and Capital Budgeting at AES." Harvard Business School Case 204-109, December 2003. (Revised October 2006.)
- July 2021
- Article
Structuring Local Environments to Avoid Diversity: Anxiety Drives Whites' Geographical and Institutional Self-Segregation Preferences
By: Eric Anicich, Jon M. Jachimowicz, Merrick Osborne and L. Taylor Phillips
The current research explores how local racial diversity affects Whites’ efforts to structure their local communities to avoid incidental intergroup contact. In two experimental studies (N=509; Studies 1a-b), we consider Whites’ choices to structure a fictional,...
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Keywords:
Segregration;
Structural/institutional Racism;
Organizational Exclusion;
Diversity;
Race;
Organizations;
Local Range;
Prejudice and Bias
Anicich, Eric, Jon M. Jachimowicz, Merrick Osborne, and L. Taylor Phillips. "Structuring Local Environments to Avoid Diversity: Anxiety Drives Whites' Geographical and Institutional Self-Segregation Preferences." Art. 104117. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology 95 (July 2021).
- 02 Aug 2018
- Blog Post
Venturing into VC
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. I originally met our firm’s two General Partners (GPs), Lori...
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- Forthcoming
- Article
Group Size and Its Impact on Diversity-Related Perceptions and Hiring Decisions in Homogeneous Groups
By: Aneesh Rai, Edward H. Chang, Erika Kirgios and Katherine L. Milkman
Why do some homogeneous groups face backlash for lacking diversity, whereas others escape censure? We show that a homogeneous group’s size changes how it is perceived and whether decision makers pursue greater diversity in its ranks. We theorize that people make...
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Rai, Aneesh, Edward H. Chang, Erika Kirgios, and Katherine L. Milkman. "Group Size and Its Impact on Diversity-Related Perceptions and Hiring Decisions in Homogeneous Groups." Organization Science (forthcoming). (Pre-published online April 18, 2024.)
- February 1992 (Revised September 2019)
- Case
The House of Tata
By: James E. Austin and Ashish Nanda
The case traces the evolution of the Tata group, one of the largest and highly respected Indian business houses, from its 19th century founding and early growth in diverse industries, to its response to changes in government regulation in independent India, up to its...
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Keywords:
Indian Economy;
International Business;
Government And Business;
Government Regulation;
Synergy;
Conglomerates;
Business Conglomerates;
Developing Countries and Economies;
Business and Government Relations;
Business History;
Steel Industry;
Electronics Industry;
Chemical Industry;
Insurance Industry;
Air Transportation Industry;
India
Austin, James E., and Ashish Nanda. "The House of Tata." Harvard Business School Case 792-065, February 1992. (Revised September 2019.)
- Profile
Ahmed Eldemerdash
that HBS is the best place for me. I believe that one of the great things about this institution is the diversity of people and how that enriches the experience both in the classroom and in our social lives. What were you looking to gain...
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Technology
- 02 Aug 2022
- Blog Post
From HBS to Cutting-Edge Tech
would be a lot more effective if I were equipped with frameworks and tools from a formal business education. Why Harvard? I wanted to go to a school that prepares generalists, invites dialogue in the class, and attracts truly diverse...
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- 2017
- Performance & Appearance
How Fabulous is too Fabulous? The Masculinity Dilemmas of Daring Dressers at Work
- 27 Oct 2023
- News
Know Your HBS Staff: Jennifer Little
- 01 Jun 2015
- News
Q&A With Harvard Professor Sunil Gupta
Racial Diversity, Racial Asymmetries, and Team Learning Environment: Effects on Performance
This paper argues that learning in cross-race interactions is critical for work teams to realize performance benefits from racial diversity but that diversity is a liability when society's negative stereotypes about racial minorities' competence inhibit such...
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- September 2013
- Article
Women Rising: The Unseen Barriers
By: Herminia Ibarra, Robin Ely and Deborah Kolb
Even when CEOs make gender diversity a priority—by setting aspirational goals for the proportion of women in leadership roles, insisting on diverse slates of candidates for senior positions, and developing mentoring and training programs—they are often frustrated by a...
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Keywords:
Prejudice and Bias;
Leadership Development;
Working Conditions;
Organizational Culture;
Gender;
Diversity
Ibarra, Herminia, Robin Ely, and Deborah Kolb. "Women Rising: The Unseen Barriers." R1309C. Harvard Business Review 91, no. 9 (September 2013): 60–66.
- 26 Nov 2001
- Research & Ideas
Manager or Mentor? Why You Must Be Both
Manager as Mentor: Effectively Managing a Diverse Workforce," had employed the word "mentor" to lure Harvard managers to the early-morning session. What Thomas prefers, he explained to the group, is the more tongue-twisty...
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by Martha Lagace
- 06 Mar 2024
- News
A Peek at the MBA Experience
- Sep 09 2016
- Testimonial
Finding Common Ground Across the World
- 22 Jul 2020
- Blog Post
Is a Business School-Industry Collaboration Needed to Attract Black Talent to Campus?
Diversity and inclusion in organizations enhances various kinds of performance, from creativity to profitability. A growing body of research tells us this. So they are not just the right things to do; there is both an economic and social...
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Keywords:
All Industries
- March 1998
- Teaching Note
Personality Types: The Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (TN)
By: David A. Thomas and Emily Heaphy
Describes a class design for teaching students about the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI). The Ideal Organization exercise is the centerpiece of the class. It demonstrates that people with different cognitive types have distinct preferences for the type of...
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- 2017
- Teaching Note
Global Collaboration Simulation: Tip of the Iceberg
By: Tsedal Neeley
This Teaching Note reproduces the communication dynamics that occur during global collaborations, in which diverse work teams interact in the commonly used English business language or lingua franca.
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Neeley, Tsedal. "Global Collaboration Simulation: Tip of the Iceberg." Harvard Business Publishing Teaching Note 7102, 2017.