In her keynote speech, Rosabeth Moss Kanter, the Ernest L. Arbuckle Professor of Business Administration at HBS, explained the opportunities behind societal changes such as a decline in traditional families, and stressed the importance of understanding the reasons behind the changes.
Davidson hooked up with two partners (veteran journalist Sauter, now executive VP for content, and fellow banker Matthew L. Cohen, now executive VP for administration and finance).
Kathleen L. McGinn, the Cahners-Rabb Professor of Business Administration, established a set of field studies in which female second-years researched the reasons behind differing academic performances between male and female students.