Race - Publications - Faculty & Research

25 May 2011
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Race to the Finish?

The National Research Council, an arm of the U.S National Academy of Sciences, recently added its voice to a growing chorus of calls for immediate action to cut emissions of heat-trapping gases. As it happens, the announcement came on the heels of a visit to the School... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons

2018
Race and Leadership Development

Why Are We Talking About Race at Work?

summer 1997
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An Empirical Exploration of a Technology Race

By: J. Lerner

An extensive theoretical literature examines technological competition, and in particular whether leaders maintain their standing. These models, however, have received little support. Innovation is examined in the disk drive industry, an environment particularly... View Details

Keywords: Information Technology; Learning

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01 Apr 2012
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The Driver in Ford's Amazing Race

17 Aug 2006
Working Paper Summaries

Unfinished Business: The Impact of Race on Understanding Mentoring Relationships

Keywords: by Stacy Blake-Beard, Audrey Murrell & David Thomas

10 May 2010
News

HBS Alum Joins Senate Race

24 Sep 2020
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The Race for a Vaccine

drug maker Fosun Pharma, were recruiting another 30,000 volunteers in the United States and several other countries to evaluate its own mRNA-based solution in a Phase 2/3 trial. “We’re not racing against each other,” says Bancel of the... View Details

Keywords: April White; COVID-19; Scientific Research and Development Services

August 2023
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Financing the Litigation Arms Race

By: Samuel Antill and Steven R. Grenadier

Using a dynamic real-option model of litigation, we show that the increasingly popular practice of third-party litigation financing has ambiguous implications for total ex-post litigant surplus. A defendant and a plaintiff bargain over a settlement payment. The... View Details

Keywords: Litigation Financing; Dynamic Bargaining; Real Options; Lawsuits and Litigation; Financing and Loans

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April 2003 (Revised April 2003)
Teaching Note

Formula One Motor Racing (TN)

By: Tarun Khanna

Teaching Note for (9-703-412). View Details

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Definitions for Ethnicity and Race

American Indian or Alaska Native: A person having origins in any of the original peoples of North and South America (including Central America), who maintains cultural identification through tribal affiliation or community attachment. Asian: A person having origins in... View Details

April 2020 (Revised May 2020)
Case

NTT DOCOMO's Race to 5G

By: Juan Alcácer, Horst Melcher and Akiko Kanno

The case, based on extensive interviews with NTT DOCOMO’s technology leaders, focuses on the opportunities and challenges that NTT DOCOMO faces with the launch of infrastructure and services for 5G wireless telecommunication technology. With higher data rates and... View Details

Keywords: 5G; Mobile and Wireless Technology; Product Launch; Strategic Planning; Decision Making; Strategy; Telecommunications Industry; Technology Industry

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29 May 2001
Research & Ideas

Race Does Matter in Mentoring

In a three-year research project, I studied the career trajectories of minority and white professionals at three major U.S. corporations. The story of one of the participants—Stephen Williams—sheds light on many of the differences in career advancement between whites... View Details

Keywords: by David A. Thomas

Awards

Russell Sage Foundation Presidential Authority Award: Race, Ethnicity, and Immigration Program Research Grant

By: Marco E. Tabellini

Recipient of a Russell Sage Foundation Presidential Authority Grant in the Race, Ethnicity, and Immigration Program for “From Immigrants to Americans: Race and Assimilation During the Great Migration” (with Vasiliky Fouka and Shom Mazumder) in 2017. View Details

06 Oct 2016
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Drone Racing League Signs ESPN Deal

(Sports Illustrated) (Sports Illustrated) Sports Illustrated recently profiled Nicholas Horbaczewski (MBA 2008), founder of the Drone Racing League—which just signed a ten-episode deal with ESPN. Drone View Details

2020
Presentations & Discussions

Race in the Classroom and Beyond

09 Oct 2019
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The Race for Space, and the Invasion of the Electric Scooters

June 18, 2020
Article

What CEOs Still Haven't Said about Race and Policing

By: Aaron K. Chatterji and Michael W. Toffel

While many CEOs have spoken out to share their thoughts on race and police misconduct in America, they have yet to advocate for policy solutions for police reform, focusing instead on their own corporate and personal values. But lasting change must also involve ... View Details