Minority Communities - Publications - Faculty & Research

25 Apr 2014
News

Distributing dreams with a curatorial eye

studio Lionsgate owns a minority stake in his company. Seeing so many interesting films struggle to make it into a theater was his impetus for starting Roadside. "Hollywood is a dream factory. We're kind of the factory part of it, but you... View Details

01 Sep 2003
News

Globalization Revisited

today, Levitt’s article caused a minor sensation when it first appeared. Apart from its insightful specifics, its language (“globalization” was a novel term) and expansive vision offered a hopeful alternative to the grim reality of a... View Details

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

01 Sep 2008
News

Looking to the Majors

PAULSON: Sports is a tough business for ROI, but the returns to the community can be ample. Merritt Paulson (MBA ’00), owner of the minor league Portland Beavers Triple-A baseball team and the United Soccer... View Details

Keywords: Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Arts, Entertainment; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

01 Jun 2016
News

Escape from Alcatraz

Borg in the United States in Malden, a suburb of Boston, last year. (Matt DuPlessie [MBA 2003] is a minority owner; his company, 5 Wits, constructed some of the quests.) Boda Borg Boston is designed first and foremost to be fun—with 17... View Details

Keywords: April White

10 Feb 2022
Blog Post

African American Student Union Spotlight on HBCUs

HBCU? I chose to attend Howard University because of the sense of community that I felt upon visiting the campus. I knew the atmosphere at Howard would strengthen my sense of identity and propel me to achieve my career aspirations. At... View Details

01 Jun 1997
News

Ronald P. Mitchell

"HBS Ventures." Thanks in large part to Mitchell's efforts, revenue from these businesses, now run by hired professionals, goes straight into SA coffers rather than into individuals' hands. "This benefits the entire School community... View Details

Keywords: Judith A. Ross

22 Jul 2020
Blog Post

Why We Started the HBS Black Investment Club

Hedge funds are no different. Despite recent evidence showing hedge funds led by females or minorities performed better than their non-minority counterparts, the industry still suffers from a severe lack of diversity in ownership.... View Details

01 Oct 1996
News

Creating Miracles — Charles A. Coverdale (MBA 1971)

enroll at HBS. "With minorities now present in most professions, I see a lot of promise for white and black America to come together," he says. "I also believe it's possible to help people who are downtrodden and desperate to transform... View Details

Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso

28 Mar 2016
News

Drawing Connections Between Business and Art

as a commodity and an investment. Japanese culture has always valued art and incorporated it into nearly everything, Shibayama notes. Something as minor as the gift wrapping on a box is usually carefully considered and meticulously... View Details

Keywords: Constantine von Hoffman

24 Oct 2013
News

Engineering a More Secure World

Purdue University in the early 1970s, Harris saw lots of classmates veer down the wrong path. Seeing the high failure rate among minority students, he joined a campus group of black engineers, where, he says, "Our entire objective was to... View Details

Keywords: Francis Storrs; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

01 Oct 1999
News

New Chairman Updates Development in MBA Program

cases of minor infractions. We also have a panel of faculty, students, and staff who review cases that involve more serious infractions and determine sanctions if warranted. Finally, there is a community... View Details

01 Dec 2011
News

Alumni Book Briefs

leadership and mentoring and on achieving organization alignment, both vertically and horizontally, across the entire structure of the organization. He also gives readers a method for tracking progress—plant by plant and function by function. View Details

Keywords: Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Arts, Entertainment; Finance; Miscellaneous Manufacturing; Manufacturing

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Harvard Business School

Science, 1936. Henderson, Alexa Benson. Atlanta Life Insurance Company: Guardian of Black Economic Dignity . Tuscaloosa: The University of Alabama Press, 1990. Hill, Laura Warren, and Julia Rabig, eds. The Business of Black Power: View Details

Profile

Danelle Radney

college, Danelle returned to Target where she invented her own position as coordinator and liaison with INROADS, a national organization that prepares minority youth for corporate and community leadership.... View Details

27 Sep 2004
Research & Ideas

IBM Finds Profit in Diversity

understand differences among the groups and find ways to appeal to a broader set of employees and customers," according to HBS professor David A. Thomas. Since then, the number of female executives in the company has grown by 370 percent, ethnic View Details

Keywords: by David A. Thomas

01 Jun 2000
News

Going Public: Shari P. Hubert

successfully applying to a local community college. "I have definitely benefited from the support and advice of some wonderful mentors," Hubert continues. "Helping that woman is the closest I've come so far to repaying those who have been... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg

01 Sep 2017
News

City of Dreams

time to avoid the unfolding civil conflict. Clashes between Sri Lanka’s Sinhalese majority and Tamil minority ran from 1983 to 2009, closing down areas of the country for extended periods of time and costing an estimated 100,000 lives. By... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; photographed by Alice Carfrae; Sri Lanka; Administration of Housing Programs, Urban Planning, and Community Development; Administration of Housing Programs, Urban Planning, and Community Development; Administration of Housing Programs, Urban Planning, and Community Development; Administration of Housing Programs, Urban Planning, and Community Development

03 Jun 2021
Blog Post

HBS Pilots First Impact Investing Fund

the team presented a proposal and received permission from the school to pilot in the 2020-2021 academic year. Joined by senior lecturer EmilyMcComb and additional students in the fall, the team worked to build sourcing partnerships with View Details

06 Aug 2020
Blog Post

WHY WE STARTED THE HBS BLACK INVESTMENT CLUB