African Americans - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Feb 1997
News

Doing It Your Way

your own 'storefront' on the Internet." READ MORE Cynthia A. Fisher - Viacord, Inc. Shikhar Ghosh - Open Market Joyce I. Greenberg - Take Good Care Monique Maddy - African Communications Group Steven C. Walske - Parametric Technology... View Details

Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso (profiles by Linda Goodspeed, Elaine Gottlieb, Nancy O. Perry, and Judith A. Ross)

17 Nov 2022
News

Blockchain for Good

to the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington, D.C. Smith’s plan included developing an Explore Your Family History Center, which would help people explore their... View Details

Keywords: Ralph Ranalli

25 Mar 2016
News

Putting Faith in a Good Education

become an aruaba, ‘a woman who goes to work in a business suit,’ in the West African language Twi,” says Crane, founder of Edify, a nonprofit that provides micro-enterprise loans to faith-based schools in Africa and Latin America. “I’m... View Details

Keywords: Jill Radsken; Educational Support Services; Educational Services

25 May 2023
Blog Post

6 Best Practices for Creating an Inclusive and Equitable Interview Process

in various student clubs including the African American Student Union, Armed Forces Alumni Association, Asian Affinity Business Association, Black Investment Club, Latino Student Organization, PRIDE, Women... View Details

Keywords: All Industries

03 Jun 2019
Blog Post

9 Lessons from the Class of 2019

Society. This important distinction highlights the indelible impact that certain students have already made on Harvard, Harvard Business School, and/or broader communities. This year's recipients were: Amanda Tyson and Lindsey Morrow (Co-presidents of the View Details

30 Apr 2001
Research & Ideas

Entering the Age of Alliances

been collaborating for three years to increase the number of African American biologists and chemists. In 1995, they launched the UNCF Merck Science Internships. The undergraduates, doctoral students, and... View Details

Keywords: by James Austin

01 Dec 2014
News

Alumni and Faculty Books for December 2014

late 1940s is unraveling, and Murphy thinks the American foreign policy and defense establishment is directly culpable for what has happened. MetaWars: The Freedom Frontier by Jeff Norton (MBA 2003) (Orchard Books) The final book of the... View Details

02 Mar 2016
News

On Credit

brittle page from the R.G. Dun & Co. Collection provide a slow-motion close-up of a 50-plus-year span when American business expanded from small, local exchanges within a day’s horseback ride to transactions spanning multiple states and... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna

01 Sep 2013
News

Case Study: A Place at the Table

several professors who never called on a woman in class "unless it was a discussion of a 'woman's product.'" A Class of 1973 alumna recalls professors "who, in the middle of a class, would look at the women and the African View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

Web

Creating Inclusive Recruiting Events in a Time of Innovation - Recruiting

HBS resume database to identify students involved in various student clubs including the African American Student Union, Asian American Business Association, Black Investment... View Details

23 May 2018
News

Christopher B. Howard, MBA 2003

parents were both the first in their families to go to college. They met in high school, where his mother was the class valedictorian and his father was the salutatorian. “My narrative is the American narrative,” observes Howard, who... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young

01 Apr 1999
News

A Vibrant Brand

officer at Chemical Bank in New York, he began to notice a disturbing phenomenon among the media: a lack of balanced journalism relating to African Americans. The idea of starting a magazine dedicated to issues affecting young View Details

Keywords: Susan Young

13 Nov 2007
Research & Ideas

Six Steps for Reinvigorating America

It's no coincidence that the new book America the Principled is coming out just as the U.S. presidential election gets into full swing, says its author, Harvard Business School professor Rosabeth Moss Kanter. She wants us all to rethink the View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

01 Mar 2010
News

Alumni Books

of Corporate Boards Is Ruining American Business and Costing Us Trillions by John Gillespie (MBA ’83) and David Zweig (MBA ’83) (Free Press) The authors expose the flaws in the dysfunctional corporate board system: directors who are... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Finance; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

19 Jun 2020
Blog Post

Black MBA Students Pen Letters to the HBS Community: Letter 4/5

for predominantly white spaces is still not be enough to keep Black people safe – and there isn’t a job title or degree in the world that can protect Black communities from institutionalized and systemic racism. Members of the HBS African... View Details

15 Oct 2019
News

Engaging More Deeply with Business in Africa

in Johannesburg. They also drew on the vast experience of Caroline Elkins, Harvard University professor of History and African American Studies and a visiting professor at HBS, and Hakeem Belo-Osagie (MBA... View Details

03 Apr 2018
First Look

New Research and Ideas, April 3, 2018

https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/718030 Harvard Business School Case 317-082 Corey Thomas and the IPO Corey Thomas, the African American CEO of the company Rapid7, must decide if it is the right time... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

14 Jul 2020
Blog Post

Creating Inclusive Recruiting Events in a Time of Innovation

organization supports its employees. In addition, utilize filters within the HBS resume database to identify students involved in various student clubs including the African American Student Union, Asian... View Details