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- 01 Mar 2021
- Research & Ideas
How Systemic Racism Can Threaten National Security
society—its state capacity—in situations that require national unity, such as wars, says Tabellini. He teamed with Nancy Qian, a professor of managerial economics at Northwestern’s Kellogg School of Management, to study volunteer military enlistment during the eight... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne
- 11 Mar 2024
- News
In Harmony
Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Hi, my name is Julia Hanna; I’m an associate editor at the HBS Alumni Bulletin. Last November I flew to Seoul, South Korea to interview Michael Kim (MBA 1990) of MBK Partners. Often referred to as one of... View Details
- 02 Mar 2021
- HBS Case
The Tulsa Massacre: Is Racial Justice Possible 100 Years Later?
descended on the Greenwood neighborhood. Shots were fired. Airplanes dropped bombs made of turpentine. Homes and business were set ablaze. The National Guard arrived and forced thousands of Black residents into detention centers, vowing... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 09 Mar 2015
- Research & Ideas
Why Entrepreneurs Should Go Work for Government
startups. And when the 2013 Boston Marathon was attacked, Weiss helped establish the One Fund within 24 hours to serve as a central pool for donations to victims. "The One Fund ended up channeling $60... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- Portrait Project
Seth Shapiro
I am always rushing. As a native New Yorker, I am pretty good at it. I can cross a street faster than most, beeline my way through a jam-packed subway, and nimbly squeeze into a closing elevator. And I never miss a train. But I was en route to the 2013 View Details
- Profile
Shawn Tuli
individually; but also, more importantly, to contribute to making the community better for everyone. This really came to light during the recent lockdown, as local law-enforcement authorities searched for one of the Boston View Details
- 01 Jun 2003
- News
Portraits from the Class of 2003
Scott St. Germain “When my children are asked, ‘So, what does your father do?’, I hope they will reply, ‘He’s the coach of my baseball team.’” Grew Up: Raynham, Massachusetts Why HBS: case method allows learning from others’ success and failure The View Details
- 24 Feb 2015
- First Look
First Look: February 24
ICSS Journal Making Boston Stronger By: Leonard, Dutch, Arnold M. Howitt, Christine M. Cole, and Philip B. Heymann Abstract—In the wake of the Boston Marathon View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- Web
Commencement 2013 Address | About
arrived on campus, it lost one of its members, a Nigerian engineer named Nkiru Amene, to an automobile accident. And in the last six weeks, you’ve lived through the Boston Marathon View Details
- Profile
Ann Chao
musicians. Together, they founded a startup, Sonation, and developed its first product: an application that allows practicing musicians to play with an orchestra "wherever and whenever they want." In the second semester of her EC year, the founders met in... View Details
- 20 May 2013
- Research & Ideas
The Long-Term Fix to US Competitiveness
collaborative," Menino said. "This approach delivered results for our city. It will also deliver results to our country." The mayor cited development of the South Boston waterfront and the creation of summer jobs for youth.... View Details
Keywords: by Stephanie Schorow & Harvard Gazette
- 01 Apr 1998
- News
Microfinance's Big Payoff: Michael Chu and ACCION International
short-term business loans to the self-employed poor. Chu, a native of China, grew up in Montevideo, Uruguay. After graduating from Dartmouth and HBS, he held senior management positions with several firms, including The Boston Consulting... View Details
- 18 Jan 2021
- Book
How Thinking Like a Startup Helps Governments Solve More Problems
Will it solve the problem?” the answer would likely be no. The best is only the best yet, so I think as possibilitists, we must beware best’s siren call. Following the [2013 Boston] marathon attacks, the decision was made to cancel that... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- Student-Profile
Sarah Wolfolds
hockey in local leagues. Cambridge and Boston are very young, outdoorsy areas so it’s easy to meet new people and get involved with activities in the area! A run around the Charles River is a quick fix to a stressful day. After HBS... View Details
- 13 Feb 2015
- News
Lessons in Perseverance
establish a third K–12 school, or instead create a university? By the time she finished the OPM program in 2001, however, a major problem had disrupted Deza’s thinking: her husband’s business had gone bankrupt and the family had to shed assets. “I returned and the... View Details
- 25 Jun 2014
- News
A Man on a Mission
of 27 marathons, including the Boston Marathon (twice), Earls has proven that he can accomplish just about anything he sets his mind to. When Earls officially retired at the end of 2005, he was director of... View Details
- 01 Jan 2007
- News
A. Malachi Mixon, III, MBA 1968
(including recent winners of the wheelchair division of the Boston Marathon who raced to victory in special chairs fabri_cated by an Invacare subsidiary), arranging for them to visit with children with... View Details
- 01 Jun 2015
- News
Learning from Global Immersion Experiences
against a backdrop of unusually sobering geopolitical events, including the attack on Charlie Hebdo headquarters in Paris and a suicide bombing at a police station in Istanbul’s historic Sultanahmet quarter, not far from the area where... View Details
- 27 Oct 2016
- News
Paying It Forward
Philippines, and West Africa, and the One Fund in Boston, following the Boston Marathon bombing—as well as funding organizations that help the poor in Kolkata. Most notably, since 2006 the Kundu Foundation... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- Web
Timeline - Race, Gender & Equity
slaves for life 1676 Bacon's Rebellion 1677 First recorded prosecution against strikers in New York City 1680 Virginia hypersurveillance law enacted: An act for preventing Negroes Insurrections 1773 Laborers protest royal taxation in the View Details