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  • January 2023
  • Article

Racial Diversity and Racial Policy Preferences: The Great Migration and Civil Rights

By: Alvaro Calderon, Vasiliki Fouka and Marco Tabellini
Between 1940 and 1970, more than 4 million African Americans moved from the South to the North of the United States, during the Second Great Migration. This same period witnessed the struggle and eventual success of the civil rights movement in ending institutionalized... View Details
Keywords: Civil Rights; Great Migration; History; Race; Rights; Prejudice and Bias; Government Legislation
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  • 06 Dec 2021
  • News

Monaco's Digital Transformation

Frédéric Genta, Minister for Digital Transformation for the principality of Monaco. Photo Courtesy Direction De La Communication When Frédéric Genta (MBA 2011) was appointed by HSH Prince Albert II of Monaco to serve as minister for Digital Transformation for the... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie
  • 14 Nov 2015
  • News

A Message to HBS Alumni in France

The following message was sent earlier today to HBS alumni in France, following the tragic events of November 13. Dear HBS Alumni and Friends, The unfolding events in Paris have shocked and saddened the world. On behalf of the Harvard Business School, we extend our... View Details
  • 24 Nov 2014
  • News

Mayor Walsh names top environmental manager

Keywords: Government
  • 01 Dec 2006
  • News

Forestalling Terror

RIVKIN: “In the private sector, this kind of change would happen over the course of a generation of management. But when it comes to national security, you can’t wait that long.” Associate Professor Jan Rivkin joined the HBS faculty in 1997 as a member of the Strategy... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons; Waleed Iskandar; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services
  • 01 Feb 2002
  • News

Web Exclusive: Behind the Scenes with Karen Tumulty

As Time magazine's national political correspondent, Karen Tumulty counts among her confidants some of the country's most powerful and influential people. But that doesn't mean she's forgotten her days at the San Antonio Light, where she started her career in... View Details
Keywords: News, Library, Internet, and Other Services; Information
  • 01 Apr 2002
  • News

"Rising to the Challenge" Program Addresses Post-9/11 Issues

"Rising to the Challenge" Program Addresses Post-9/11 Issues It was no doubt the first time in HBS history that those who gathered for a community event at Burden Auditorium were provided with lifesaving medical supplies. As they filed throug the door, each member of... View Details
Keywords: War on Terror; Ronald Levy; Health, Social Assistance
  • 16 Aug 2018
  • Blog Post

A Day in the Life as a ‘Spreadsheet Ranger’

sound of birds and the sun peering through my blinds; I soon head over to the neighborhood gym, located in the garage of the Law Enforcement quarters. 8am – Coffee is brewing at the office. My co-consultant and I have an office in the... View Details
Keywords: Nonprofit / Government
  • 08 Nov 2019
  • Blog Post

Staying Connected to the Harvard Veterans Community After HBS

to build connections with Veterans that attended the college, Harvard Kennedy School, Harvard Law School, and Harvard Medical School. It has truly made me feel like a proud member of the "One Harvard" community and that much... View Details
  • Web

2023 Symposium - Race, Gender & Equity

system Lua Kamál Yuille , Northeastern University School of Law Love, Pain, & the Rules of the Game Rosabeth Moss Kanter , Harvard Business School Toward Inclusive Entrepreneurial Ecosystems: Leading High-Impact Change 3:00 - 3:15 PM... View Details
  • 01 Jun 1998
  • News

Katharine Graham Offers Advice on Leadership

Eugene Meyer, who acquired the newspaper in 1933, Graham graduated from Vassar and the University of Chicago and cut her teeth as a journalist in San Francisco before accepting a position as a reporter at the Post in 1938. In 1940, she married Philip Graham, a Harvard... View Details
  • 22 Feb 2016
  • News

Cooking Up America’s Food Culture

Photography by Michael Paras Doug Duda (MBA 1985) cooked his way through his undergraduate degree in Miami. He cooked his way through his law degree in Boston and through his MBA at HBS. When he graduated, Duda says, “my family thought,... View Details
Keywords: April White
  • 01 Jun 2013
  • News

Revitalizing America

"near-peers," helping kids to stay in school and on track. City Year was founded by Harvard Law School graduates Alan Khazei and Michael Brown with Jennifer Eplett Reilly (MBA 1990). Similarly, health care could use paraprofessionals to... View Details
Keywords: Health, Social Assistance
  • 16 Jul 2014
  • HBS Case

Marketing Obamacare

calculators" to explain benefits of new law in person. Stressed and Strained (25%): Those who wanted healthcare, but were too overwhelmed to think about it. Strategy: Emphasize affordability and promote Enrollment Fairs to make... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Health
  • 12 Aug 2002
  • Research & Ideas

‘Let the Buyer Beware’ Doesn’t Protect Investors

regulations become protection for them against legal liability. This occurs in two ways: (1) those actions not proscribed by law are presumably legal, and ways to mislead buyers are continually being developed, and updating of View Details
Keywords: by D. Quinn Mills
  • October 2006 (Revised January 2008)
  • Case

Allianz AG: Becoming a European Company

By: Jay W. Lorsch and Alexis Chernak
Focuses on the decision made by leadership at Allianz AG, the German insurance and financial services company, to complete a cross-border merger with the Italian insurance and financial services company, RAS. Allianz, however, could not complete the cross-border merger... View Details
Keywords: Mergers and Acquisitions; Business Organization; Decision Choices and Conditions; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Governing and Advisory Boards; Laws and Statutes; European Union; Germany; Italy
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  • 31 Jul 2018
  • Working Paper Summaries

How Does Product Liability Risk Affect Innovation? Evidence from Medical Implants

Keywords: by Alberto Galasso and Hong Luo
  • 2017
  • Article

Refugees Misdirected: How Information, Misinformation and Rumors Shape Refugees’ Access to Fundamental Rights

By: Melissa Carlson, Laura Jakli and Katerina Linos
The global refugee regime represents one of the few generous commitments governments offer to outsiders. Indeed, few persons fleeing armed conflict actually claim international protection upon first arriving in Europe, even though the benefits of legal protection are... View Details
Keywords: Refugees; Knowledge Dissemination; Trust; Risk and Uncertainty; Rights; Europe
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  • November 2012 (Revised June 2013)
  • Case

The Facebook IPO Litigation

By: Lena G. Goldberg and Annelena Loeb
Despite its success in the social-networking space, Facebook Inc.'s May 2012 IPO was largely considered a failure. Facebook faced multiple lawsuits and its share price had dropped significantly. Adversaries contended that Facebook had misled investors and violated... View Details
Keywords: Social Networking; IPO; Litigation Risk; Initial Public Offering; Ethics; Lawsuits and Litigation; Failure; Consumer Products Industry; Information Technology Industry; Entertainment and Recreation Industry; United States
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  • fall 2008
  • Article

Typosquatting: Unintended Adventures in Browsing

By: Benjamin Edelman
"Typosquatting" is the practice of registering domain names, identical to or confusingly similar to trademarks and famous names, in hopes that users will accidentally request these sites—whereupon they will receive, typically, advertisements. This piece presents the... View Details
Keywords: Web; Advertising; Business Model; Lawsuits and Litigation; Profit; Practice
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