Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 8, 2018

corporations from 1985 to 2015. In our sample, about 20% of CEOs in the 1980s had an MBA, and throughout the 1980s and the 1990s the percentage steadily increased to 33%, where it remained during the 2000s. In another supplementary analysis, we used the rankings of finance departments in business schools.

Influence 12

Influence Education Pharmaceuticals Finance 12

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 8, 2016

based companies that they finance,” according to a paper published by the National Bureau of Economic Research. There’s a great irony when you consider that the “Big Three” cities for entrepreneurship — San Francisco/San Jose, Boston, and New York — are some of the most difficult places in the U.S.

Real Estate 8

Real Estate Transportation Price Education 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 28, 2015

Some of the most influential papers from the 1970s featured simple correlations and occasional regressions on cross-sectional data for modest samples, any of which might be rejected out of hand today. Instead of seeking management jobs at GM or Eastman Kodak or Westinghouse, MBAs from elite schools went into finance and consulting.

Management 8

Management Retail Construction Ethics 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 7, 2017

By our measures, companies that were managed for the long term added nearly 12,000 more jobs on average than their peers from 2001 to 2015. Collectively, our sample accounts for about 60%–65% of total U.S. Collectively, our sample accounts for about 60%–65% of total U.S. We calculate that U.S.

Long-term 8

Long-term EPS Short-term Management 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 4, 2015

We’ve found that CEOs of big pharmaceutical companies, for example, are more likely to have a background as company lawyers, salespeople, or finance managers, than one in medicine or pharmaceutical R&D. The other CEOs in our sample didn’t directly oversee breakthrough innovation. tax jurisdiction.

CEO 8

CEO Innovation Pharmaceuticals Merchandising 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 27, 2015

The energy, finance, and technology sectors tend to tweet using a male-biased tone of voice. Our sample population is based on companies which are listed on the NASDAQ, NYSE or FTSE 100 and have at least one active twitter account. The algorithm is able to infer gender based on language.

Company 8

Company Airlines Brand Analysis 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 23, 2016

But affiliation doesn’t guarantee enthusiasm, as this sample of survey comments reveals: “On sabbatical from the Democratic party”; “Republican, unless they keep acting like goofballs”; and “Independent (especially this year!).

Politics 8

Politics Committee Telecommunications Diversity 8