African American - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Sep 2005
News

One-on-One with Thomas Riley

day’s press reports. I have internal meetings with my staff and then, externally, with various American interests, other embassies, Moroccan ministries, and so on. About 20 percent of my time is spent in the field visiting local Moroccan... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; Finance; Government

03 Mar 2023
Blog Post

Celebrating Socioeconomic Diversity and Inclusion at HBS (Part 2)

African American Student Union (AASU), First-Gen Club, Latino Student Organization (LASO), and PRIDE. WHAT DOES BEING FIRST-GENERATION, LOW-INCOME (FGLI) MEAN TO YOU? Sami Pal, Class of 2023 Being FGLI has... View Details

20 Dec 2022
News

Singing to the Corn

of African Americans enslaved by the Cherokee, as well as those born into unions of the two groups. The Freedmen had struggled for decades to establish their rights as Cherokee citizens, and briefly gained... View Details

22 Aug 2019
News

Catalyzing Africa’s Tech Sector

connects tech companies to African software engineers. And in this episode of Skydeck, Sulyman talks to associate editor Julia Hanna about how his work is empowering Africa—and about the journey that led him to this mission. READ MORE... View Details

10 May 2022
News

Alumni Achievement Awards 2022

an impairment test.” Alliance: “A few years ago I worked with local government and pulled in others to help revive and redesign a funeral home that’s served African Americans in North Minneapolis for the... View Details

12 Apr 2023
News

Step Change

working as an economist in the Egyptian Ministry of Finance when the Arab Spring swept through Cairo in 2011. When we met, she was executive director of the Egyptian American Enterprise Fund, a $300 million investment initiative between... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; entrepreneurship; women; venture capital; Egypt; developing economies; Finance

01 Sep 2018
News

September 2018 Alumni and Faculty Books

Forsythe stories feature a talented African American man, wrongfully imprisoned, who becomes a successful drug lord. The Carmichael stories feature two generations of Swedish immigrants in upstate New York,... View Details

22 Dec 2015
First Look

December 22, 2015

field experiment on Airbnb, we find that requests from guests with distinctively African-American names are roughly 16% less likely to be accepted than identical guests with distinctively White names. The difference persists whether the host is View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

07 Sep 2021
News

September 2021 Alumni Books

entrepreneur Amy Hilliard’s stories of success, struggle, and sustainability, to inspire you to become resilient. Hilliard offers her hard-won perspective on what it takes to “make it” in American business and in life. She talks about the... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

01 Mar 2025
News

Work of Art

with one of his young sons in tow. The boy lost interest in the art but gravitated to another child who’d also been dragged along, and the two started playing. When it was time to leave, the boys ran up to their fathers—also the only View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; photos by Chris Sorensen; Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Arts, Entertainment

01 Jun 2022
News

Empowering Entrepreneurially Minded Students

the African American Student Union hosts the annual Black New Venture Competition to help early-stage Black entrepreneurs further their business concepts. Tom Eisenmann: If you examine a sample of venture... View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie

01 Mar 2014
News

The Solution to the Global Food Crisis Just Might Come from Nigeria

roughly the size of a rugby field. The 50-year-old has been farming this small-scale way all his life, and he's been taken advantage of just about as long. The Nigerian government, long considered one of the most corrupt on the African... View Details

Keywords: Francis Storrs; John H. Davis; Michael Halse; Crop Production; Agriculture; Administration of Economic Programs; Government; Food Manufacturing; Manufacturing

02 Sep 2013
Research & Ideas

The Curse of Double-Digit Growth

Leone, which was also founded by repatriated North American freed slaves. Both countries have a small population and have suffered overlapping conflicts. "They're siblings as far as nations go, and their paths to recovery are likely... View Details

Keywords: by Kim Girard

07 Oct 2008
First Look

First Look: October 7, 2008

was going to lead MTC into the topmost ranks of global telecom, his team would have to successfully grapple with all the growing pains of managing across borders, brand names, and cultures. All against the backdrop of an unpredictable View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

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Videos - Advancing Racial Equity

year of women at the School. Lessons from AASU50 Lessons from AASU50 Tony Mayo 07 Feb 2020 Senior Lecturer Tony Mayo shares lessons learned since the 2018 commemoration of African American students attending... View Details

02 Oct 2018
First Look

New Research and Ideas, October 2, 2018

70 people) and expanded to four other states in Nigeria and five additional African countries. While both programs were making progress, challenges remained. Sanginga had originally hoped that the agripreneurs program would launch dozens... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

01 Dec 2018
News

Alumni and Faculty Books for December 2018

(MBA 1980) Crown This book is a fresh, intimate look at a series of American Presidents who took the nation into war and mobilized the country for victory. It brings us into the room as they make the most difficult decisions that face any... View Details

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BiGS Fellows | Institute for Business in Global Society

Associate Professor in the Departments of Sociology and Criminology and African American Studies, University of Iowa; Nonresident Fellow in Governance Studies at The Brookings Institution; Carr Center Fellow... View Details

24 Jul 2018
First Look

New Research and Ideas, July 24, 2018

those traditions. This book will be essential reading for academics, researchers, students, and anyone looking for a comprehensive reassessment of political economy. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=54712 July 2018 View Details