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  • 21 Dec 2015
  • Op-Ed

Without Immigrants, We Wouldn't Have Google

not take this attitude for granted. We should let it thrive with this generation’s outsiders, regardless of place of origin, ethnic background, religion, or gender. They can help bring a new set of perspectives and contributions that will... View Details
Keywords: by Shane Greenstein; Information Technology
  • 01 Jun 2017
  • News

Better Hiring Through Brain Science

countless studies have shown that résumé reviewers often exhibit bias—consciously or unconsciously—against women and minorities, Pymetrics’s matches arrive without any demographic data. “And there are no known gender or ethnic biases in... View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell
  • June 2009
  • Case

The Rise of President Barack Hussein Obama

By: David A. Thomas, Laura Morgan Roberts and Stephanie Creary
This case profiles President Barack Hussein Obama's rise to the presidency as an "improbable candidate." The case illustrates the ways in which he overcame criticism from those who questioned his credibility and his values, and skepticism from those who were unsure... View Details
Keywords: Ethnicity; Race; Political Elections; Leadership; Personal Development and Career; Creativity; Trust
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  • 06 Aug 2007
  • Research & Ideas

High Hills, Deep Poverty: Explaining Civil War in Nepal

progressed in different parts of one country. We could keep many things constant—the conflict's ultimate goals, the personality of the leader, the tactics, the kind of a political system they already have—and focus on the role of economic and social variables. Q: Why... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
  • December 1994 (Revised May 2008)
  • Case

Jensen Shoes: Lyndon Brooks' Story

Jane Kravitz (Caucasian female), strategic product manager, and Lyndon Brooks (African American male), a member of her staff at Jensen Shoes, a successful producer and marketer of casual, athletic, and children's footwear, are assigned to new positions and to each... View Details
Keywords: Prejudice and Bias; Ethnicity; Race Characteristics; Performance Evaluation; Gender Characteristics; Management Skills; Diversity; Apparel and Accessories Industry
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  • 2010
  • Working Paper

Will I Stay or Will I Go?: Cooperative and Competitive Effects of Workgroup Sex and Race Composition on Turnover

By: Kathleen L. McGinn and Katherine L Milkman
We develop an integrated theory of the social identity mechanisms linking workgroup sex and race composition across levels with individual turnover. Building on social identity research, we theorize that social cohesion (Tyler, 1999; Hogg and Terry, 2000) and social... View Details
Keywords: Competition; Ethnicity; Race; Groups and Teams; Identity; Resignation and Termination; Gender; Cooperation
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  • Web

IFC: Cape Town; Africa Rising - Course Catalog

meeting with and learning from leaders in politics and business from across Africa. In South Africa there will also be opportunities to discover the social and cultural landscape of Africa, including the changing role of women in the society and how the issues of View Details
  • 2020
  • Working Paper

Mortgage Prepayment, Race, and Monetary Policy

By: Kristopher Gerardi, Paul Willen and David Hao Zhang
Over the period 2005 to 2015, Black borrowers paid more than 40 basis points higher mortgage interest rates than Non-Hispanic white borrowers. We show that the main reason is that Non-Hispanic white borrowers are much more likely to exploit periods of falling interest... View Details
Keywords: Mortgages; Consumer Behavior; Race; Ethnicity; Equality and Inequality; Policy; United States
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  • 17 Sep 2020
  • Blog Post

HBS Grads Launch Cybersecurity Nonprofit to Fight Infodemic

reviewing a restaurant’s food quality, visitors can review whether the restaurant is friendly to ethnic minorities or has a gender-neutral bathroom. humanID powers GreenZone’s identity layer so that all GreenZone users remain completely... View Details
  • Web

Asian American & Pacific Islander Heritage Month | Baker Library

Business Leaders is a biographical guide of 96 Asian Americans who have had successful business careers. These life stories reflect individual triumphs as well as the trials of families and ethnic groups who have applied their skills and... View Details
  • 16 Aug 2011
  • First Look

First Look: August 16

multinational's country of origin and subsidiary's country of location increases decentralization, even after instrumenting trust using religious and ethnic similarities between the countries. Trust raises aggregate productivity through... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 28 May 2019
  • News

In My Humble Opinion: Family Dynamic

woman who is also ethnic Chinese, many in Indonesia would consider me a triple minority.” Time stamp: “I became pregnant with my fourth child after my first year at OPM. I wasn’t sure if I would come back but my husband said, ‘If you... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna; Offices of Other Holding Companies; Management
  • 23 Mar 2020
  • News

Signal Boost

being influenced by women, yet they weren’t paying attention to what women wanted.” Giving voice to those who aren’t always heard has been a hallmark of Lara’s career. Today, she works as the executive director at Lakeshore Ethnic... View Details
  • 01 Dec 2018
  • News

Democratizing Funding, Diversifying Funders

funding, Hofmann says. “We hear this a lot from founders in underserved communities. You don’t have to be networked on the West Coast to get an application to us.” Similar logic applies to racial and ethnic diversity. In May, Republic... View Details
Keywords: Sasha Issenberg
  • 07 Jun 2017
  • Research & Ideas

How an African History Scholar Became a Modern Righter of Wrongs

military conflict known as the Mau Mau Rebellion, which took place in Kenya throughout the 1950s, at the end of British colonial rule. The study revealed how the British government had secretly detained and tortured hundreds of thousands of Kikuyu people—then and now... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
  • 27 Feb 2020
  • Blog Post

Taking the LEAP into the Case Method

students to share their experience of failure, he could do the same with the class. There were more than 60 people in the LEAP class representing different ethnicities and nationalities. It was clear that every student needed to read... View Details

    David Shin

    David Shin is a doctoral student in the Organizational Behavior program jointly offered by Harvard Business School and the Department of Sociology at Harvard University. His research explores how technological innovation shapes relationships at work, particularly as it... View Details

      Peter Vundla

      Keywords: Advertising; Marketing
      • 11 Mar 2014
      • First Look

      First Look: March 11

      that can be contested in court to new applications involving herbals and synthetics, which are less contestable. Further, we study the ethnic origins of the inventors of herbal patents filed on the USPTO. For this analysis, we use View Details
      Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
      • 26 Jun 2013
      • Op-Ed

      A Roadmap for Afghanistan’s Economic Future

      nature and value of the skill sets brought by each would-be young worker. Each of these is a viable organization that needs time to develop. Another requirement for economic development is trust. But that's a rare thing among the fragmented View Details
      Keywords: by Tarun Khanna