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  • 2011
  • Article

Free to Punish? The American Dream and the Harsh Treatment of Criminals

By: Rafael Di Tella
We describe the evolution of selective aspects of punishment in the U.S. over the period 1980-2004. We note that imprisonment increased around 1980, a period that coincides with the "Reagan revolution" in economic matters. We build an economic model where beliefs about... View Details
Keywords: Crime and Corruption
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  • 2008
  • Blog

Harvard Business Online—Marketing Know:How: How Marketing the American Dream Caused Our Economic Crisis

By: John A. Quelch
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  • February 2021 (Revised February 2021)
  • Case

World of Dreams Entertainment Group: Building a Resilient Business

By: Lynda M. Applegate, Sarah Endline and Michael Norris
In 2021, Ron DeShay, former American Idol producer, is launching his new business venture: World of Dreams Entertainment Group. World of Dreams rethought the existing TV production model, giving audiences more power to directly influence the creation of shows through a... View Details
Keywords: Television Entertainment; Media; Social Issues; Sports; Business Ventures; Digital Platforms; Entertainment and Recreation Industry; United States; California; Los Angeles
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  • 2019
  • Book

Fintech, Small Business & the American Dream: How Technology Is Transforming Lending and Shaping a New Era of Small Business Opportunity

By: Karen G. Mills
Fintech, Small Business & the American Dream describes the needs of small businesses for capital and demonstrates how technology—novel data sources, artificial intelligence, machine learning—will transform the small business lending market. This market has been... View Details
Keywords: Fintech; Big Data; Data; Technology; Artificial Intelligence; Great Recession; Regulation; Innovation; Banks; Lending; Loans; Access To Capital; American Dream; Community Banking; Small Business Administration; Entrepreneur; Government; Public Policy; API; Policy Making; Small Business; Financing and Loans; Technological Innovation; Financial Crisis; Banks and Banking; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Policy; AI and Machine Learning; Analytics and Data Science; United States
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  • 13 Dec 2013
  • News

Nicaragua In Thrall Of Ortega's Canal Dream

  • 10 Jul 2018
  • Blog Post

Embracing Entrepreneurship & the Asian American Community

How I incorporated my experience in the Asian American community at HBS into co-founding Fish Sauce.  Wilson Kyi (MBA '18) graduated from the University of Southern California with a degree in Industrial and Systems Engineering and worked... View Details
  • 03 Mar 2021
  • Video

The Tulsa Massacre and the Call for Reparations: The Loss of Dreams

  • 10 Apr 2006
  • Research & Ideas

American Auto’s Troubled Road

professor Rosabeth Moss Kanter, an expert on leadership and organizations. "For most of the industrial age, we expected large employers to provide essential benefits, including healthcare after retirement. That meant we didn't have to face much public... View Details
Keywords: by Garry Emmons; Manufacturing; Transportation; Auto
  • 21 May 2019
  • Blog Post

Asian Pacific American Heritage Month at HBS

May is Asian Pacific American Heritage Month (APAHM), and in seeking to appreciate the diversity, history, and myriad experiences of the Asian Pacific Islander community, the Asian-American Business Association, in collaboration with the... View Details
  • 02 Jun 2022
  • Research & Ideas

Blissful Thinking: When It Comes to Finding Happiness, 'Your Dreams Are Liars'

2008 book, Gross National Happiness: Why Happiness Matters for America—and How We Can Get More of It. And while his next move was to run the American Enterprise Institute (AEI) think tank, he couldn’t shake the topic. It wasn’t just a... View Details
Keywords: by Dan Morrell
  • 04 May 2021
  • Blog Post

Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month at HBS

showing us Asians can be like everyone else in American pop culture: we can live zany sitcom hijinks, find love and a happily ever after, or even be world-saving superheroes – things I could have only View Details
  • 13 Dec 2017
  • News

Skydeck Live: What Really Motivates American Voters?

enough research on this. But I think—what I said is I think what voters need is they want a new—they want the American dream back. You ask people if their children's lives are going to be better than theirs,... View Details
  • Research Summary

Fintech, Small Business & the American Dream: How Technology Is Transforming Lending and Shaping a New Era of Small Business Opportunity

By: Karen Mills
Fintech, Small Business & the American Dream describes the needs of small businesses for capital and demonstrates how technology—novel data sources, artificial intelligence, machine learning—will transform the small business lending market. This market has been... View Details
  • Web

Dream Realities - The High Art of Photographic Advertising - Baker Library | Bloomberg Center

Modernist Culture in America. American Quarterly 39, no. 1 (Spring 1987): 136. http://www.adcglobal.org/adc/history/ The High Art of Photographic Advertisement Introduction The Exhibition Photography and Print Advertising Pictorial... View Details
  • 05 May 2022
  • Blog Post

Celebrating Asian American & Pacific Islander Heritage Month at HBS

May is Asian American & Pacific Islander (AAPI) Heritage Month. The Asian Affinity Business Association (AABA), in collaboration with students and organizations across campus, is proud to share and honor the stories of our community... View Details
  • 05 Apr 2018
  • News

A Philanthropic Eye Reframes African American Abstract Art

of African American artists,” she says. Over time, Joyner’s collecting has evolved to include pieces by mid-career American artists such as Mark Bradford, Glenn Ligon, Julie Mehretu, and Lorna Simpson. More... View Details
Keywords: Jill Radsken
  • Web

Souvenirs & Novelties - The Art of American Advertising

Education Alumni Baker Library Historical Collections Visual Resources More Exhibits Exhibition Gallery Research Links Site Credits The Art of American Advertising: Souvenirs & Novelties National Markets Advertising Products Trade... View Details

    Fintech, Small Business & the American Dream: How Technology Is Transforming Lending and Shaping a New Era of Small Business Opportunity

     

    Fintech, Small Business & the American Dream describes the needs of small businesses for capital and demonstrates how technology—novel data sources, artificial intelligence, machine learning—will transform the small business lending market. This market... View Details
    • 21 Apr 2003
    • Research & Ideas

    Will American Brands Be a Casualty of War?

    to recruit the best distributors, and to capture market share from weaker, local competitors. Selling the American dream has paid off handsomely. Eight of the ten most valuable brands in the world, according... View Details
    Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
    • 01 Dec 2000
    • News

    A Latin American Vision: New HBS Research Center Opens

    at HBS and at other institutions throughout the world," he stated. During the center's early planning phases, Stevenson noted, the faculty advisory group found that 144 HBS cases had already been written on Latin American companies. "So... View Details
    Keywords: Martha Lagace; Educational Support Services; Educational Services