Black Lives Matter - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Mar 2024
News

The War Within

When the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine began in February 2022, Nataliia Zhyliak’s world was upended in a matter of days. At the time, Zhyliak, a psychologist in the western Ukrainian city of Kamianets-Podilskyi, was working at an education and rehabilitation... View Details

Keywords: Janelle Nanos; illustration by Daniel Bejar

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Social Enterprise - Faculty & Research

lives of people and their societies. Rather, some organizations would be better off measuring shorter-term outputs or individual outcomes. Funders such as foundations and impact investors are better positioned to measure systemic impacts.... View Details

30 Nov 2022
Research & Ideas

Recruiters: Highlight Your Company’s Diversity, Not Just Perks and Pay

workers living in areas where diversity issues are more salient, as measured by per-capita Black Lives Matter protests. The results were not... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

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Events - Business History

and Christina Lubinski. Oct 6 06 Oct 2025 Business History Seminar Justene Hill Edwards (University of Virginia), "Rethinking Black Entrepreneurship in the Aftermath of American Slavery" 3:30 pm - 5:00 pm. Part of the 2025 Business... View Details

09 Mar 2003
Research & Ideas

Six Keys to Building New Markets by Unleashing Disruptive Innovation

noted in The Innovator's Dilemma: When New Technologies Cause Great Firms to Fail (Harvard Business School Press, 1997), firms innovate faster than our lives change to adopt those innovations, creating opportunities for disruptive... View Details

Keywords: by Clayton M. Christensen, Michael E. Raynor & Scott D. Anthony

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... View Details

Keywords: by Ranjay Gulati

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Curriculum - Business & Environment

and be a model for future businesses. Raya Partners: Profitability and Purpose TXU (A): Powering the Largest Leveraged Buyout in History Key concepts: Corporate strategy This case is designed to support a lively discussion about the... View Details

15 Feb 2024
Blog Post

How I Spent My 2+2 Deferral: Carol Wright

the only graduate school I wanted to attend was HBS. After that, it became a matter of deciding when to apply, and once I heard about the 2+2 process, I knew that was the correct path for me. I loved that as a 2+2 admit I had the freedom... View Details

17 Feb 2022
Book

When Employees Feel a Sense of Purpose, Companies Succeed

compartmentalize their work as separate from the rest of their lives. And so, it is incumbent upon leaders to find ways to create a positive work context in which employees not only feel inspired but also feel there is a way for them to View Details

Keywords: by Ranjay Gulati

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Winners & Runners-Up | New Venture Competition

2023 Halo Braid Yinka Ogunbiyi (MBA 2023) Business Track & Crowd Favorite Winner We reduce braiding time from hours to minutes, empowering Black salon owners to double or triple their business and addressing the 8 billion hours spent... View Details

01 Mar 2024
News

Alumni and Faculty Books and Podcasts

Edited by Margie Kelley Alumni Books You Got This! A Straightforward, No-Nonsense Playbook for Crushing 130+ Workplace Challenges By Heidi Abelli (MBA 1993) Palmetto Publishing Stepping into the corporate world can feel like navigating a labyrinth, especially when... View Details

Keywords: Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

25 Apr 2024
News

Origin Stories

Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Dan Morrell: Hi, this is Dan Morrell, host of Skydeck. Where we come from and how we were raised has a profound effect on who we become. The recipients of this year’s Alumni Achievement Award grew up... View Details

01 Oct 2021
News

Fostering Diversity

training the next generation of leaders.” They appreciate how the Black Lives Matter movement has shined a light on both the overt and hidden racism in society. Victoria says,... View Details

Portrait Project

Karen Sein

I used to see the world in black and white, circumscribed by the steadfast principles my parents taught me: work hard, do good, live humbly. As I grew up, the edges of my monochromatic world peeled away,... View Details

17 Jan 2011
Research & Ideas

Being the Boss

important that you deliver on what you say you're going to do. If you tell someone [in a remote office], "By four o'clock on Wednesday afternoon you'll have X," it matters more that you actually get it [done] on time, because... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

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Advisory Board - Entrepreneurship

opportunities. He graduated from Kenyon College, has one daughter, and lives in Wellesley, MA. Marla Malcolm Beck (MBA 1998), Bluemercury Marla Malcolm Beck is the co-founder and CEO of Bluemercury Inc., a high-growth luxury beauty... View Details

11 Aug 2021
Blog Post

The Equity Network: How HBS Helped Me Launch a Tech-Enabled Social Enterprise

income, alma maters, and employers can give someone up to a 12x advantage over others in accessing opportunity. I adopted this mission during the 2020 Black Lives Matter... View Details

28 Jan 2020
Book

Advanced Leadership Requires More Than Outside-The-Box Thinking

person can do it all. What do your discussions with leaders teach us about putting together a coalition? Kanter: I urge leaders to live by the Change Agent Rule of Three. In every situation, leaders must deal with three groups of... View Details