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Data - Advancing Racial Equity

report 98 11% Race / Ethnicity U.S. race/ethnicity as % of domestic students, Federal Reporting** American Indian or Alaska Native Did not report Did not report 1 0.2% 0 0% 0 0% Asian or Asian American 95 19% 155 24% 150 24% 128 22% 153 25% View Details

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HBS - The year in Review

Black Boys United Raymond J. McGuire JD/MBA 1984 President, Lazard Antonis C. Samaras MBA 1976 Member, Hellenic Parliament, Greek Prime Minister, 2012–2015 Stephen A. Schwarzman MBA 1972 chairman, CEO, and cofounder, Blackstone More on... View Details

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Mid-US - Global

Nearest has become the fastest-growing and most-awarded whiskey brand in the United States. The interview focuses on Weaver's entrepreneurial journey, leadership style, and the challenges she faced breaking into the highly regulated and... View Details

07 Jun 2023
Blog Post

My One Case: MBA Class of 2023 Looks Back

case?In Leadership and Organizational Behavior (LEAD) during my Required Curriculum (RC) year with Assistant Professor Ting Zhang. How do you see yourself applying the lessons from this case in your future endeavors?Similar to the... View Details

13 Feb 2012
Research & Ideas

The Case Against Racial Colorblindness

color of the person in the photograph—especially when paired with a black partner. Some 93 percent of participants with white partners mentioned race during the guessing game, as opposed to just 64 percent who were playing the game with... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

07 Mar 2011
Research & Ideas

Why Companies Fail—and How Their Founders Can Bounce Back

success, even though he has a .650 failure rate. But in entrepreneurial management, there's a tendency to see things in black and white, rather than looking at the whole picture. And while VCs are likely to recruit an executive with... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

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Human Behavior & Decision-Making - Faculty & Research

Anomaly launched a pair of autonomous orbital vehicles (AOVs) known as Jackals, only to see them fail within minutes of entering orbit. CEO Even Rogers and his leadership team were in a race against time. Needing flight experience before... View Details

25 Jul 2023
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Malcolm McClain (MBA/MPP 2023) Named First RISE Career Fellow

building and well-being. The fellowship’s unique model provides funding for one graduating student to join an organization dedicated to creating local financial and business opportunities. The RISE Career Fellow selects a company and partners with its View Details

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Faculty & Research - Business History

the U.S. South declared secession from the Union. The trigger for the crisis was Abraham... 20 Feb 2024 News Honoring the History of Black Americans in the Military Re: Hise Gibson Senior Lecturer Hise Gibson talks about his experience in... View Details

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Projects - Race, Gender & Equity

Projects Life & Leadership After HBS This longitudinal study of the post-MBA paths of Harvard Business School alumni examines how race, gender, and other factors shape their life and career. OneTen Harvard Business School is academic... View Details

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People - Advancing Racial Equity

Unit Head / Finance Aaron Hancock MBA 2021; Co-President, African American Student Union Caniece Haywood MBA 1992, Vice President Global Strategy Marketing Insights, Welch Allyn Linda Hill Faculty / Organizational Behavior and Chair, View Details

26 Apr 2022
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What Does Your Business Stand For? Why Building Trust Starts with Purpose

that empowerment and collaboration are not just aspirations but achieved reality. Purpose goes from being a slogan to a set of lived principles. In the video below, Starbucks CEO Kevin Johnson explains the enormous challenge he faced in 2018 when a manager called the... View Details

Keywords: by Ranjay Gulati

09 Mar 2023
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Where Will You Be in 30 Years: Behind the Scenes of the 5 Big Life Decisions Documentary

to do everything twice as well. In addition, John Rice’s (MBA 1992) experience as a Black professional led him to create Management Leadership for Tomorrow (MLT), a national non-profit organization that... View Details

25 Jun 2020
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Harvard Business School Class of 2021 Student Profiles

International Rescue Committee HBS ACTIVITIES Section A Community Values Rep, Tech Club, Harvard Innovation Labs Venture Incubation Program Merve Ciplak Merve believes the combined JD/MBA degree best positions her for leadership in a... View Details

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Finding Talent Opportunities

alumni resume databases Leadership Fellows Program Leverage the experience, energy, and analytical skills of MBAs for one year with financial support from HBS. Learn more about this opportunity for nonprofit and public-sector... View Details

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HBS - Key Metrics

/ Asian American 11% 11% 11% 10% Black / African American 5% 5% 4% 4% Hispanic / Latino / Latinx 7% 6% 6% 6% Multi-Race / Non-Hispanic 2% 2% 2% 1% Native Hawaiian / Other Pacific Islander 0% 0% 0% 0% White 74% 76% 77% 79% Did Not Report /... View Details

23 May 2018
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Carla A. Harris, MBA 1987

1999 Named Managing Director, Morgan Stanley 2000 Releases album, Carla’s First Christmas 2005 First solo concert at Carnegie Hall 2005 Releases album, Joy Is Waiting 2005 Named by Fortune to list of 50 Most Powerful Black Executives in... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young

01 Dec 2019
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Remix

also appreciated that Lumet’s decision to speak out against Simmons must have been an excruciating one. “The implications of naming him, an iconic and successful black man, are absolutely loaded for a black... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; photographed by Chris Sorensen; #MeToo; DefJam; Arts, Entertainment

13 Nov 2018
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New Research and Ideas, November 13, 2018

outsiders? We study this question in the context of the first Great Migration (1915–1930), when 1.5 million African Americans moved from the U.S. South to urban centers in the North, where 30 million Europeans had arrived since 1850. We test the hypothesis that View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

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