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- 29 Jan 2021
- News
Holding Business to Account
racist name was bad business. Still, FedEx did not act. Finally, in late June 2020, in the wake of Black Lives Matter protests, Boston Common and a coalition of 86 other investors—among them Native American leaders—again asked FedEx, and... View Details
- 01 Dec 2018
- News
Democratizing Funding, Diversifying Funders
“Investing in startups is risky, but it’s more productive than minimal return gambles such as lotteries, which drained some $70 billion from Main Street America’s pockets in 2014 alone,” Republic cofounder and CEO Kendrick Nguyen wrote in an inaugural manifesto. “If... View Details
Keywords: Sasha Issenberg
- 01 Mar 2018
- News
Democratizing Data to Favor Farmers
that kind of one-sided knowledge. The Farmers Business Network (FBN), cofounded by Baron, agriculture investor and entrepreneur Amol Deshpande, and several farmers, has emerged in a period of particular crisis for the American farmer.... View Details
Keywords: Sasha Issenberg
- 01 Jun 2013
- News
Minding The Gap
United States indicate that by age nine, African American and Hispanic students are 20 to 30 points below proficient cut off scores in math and reading. The high-school graduation rate in the 50 largest US cities is about 53 percent.... View Details
- 24 Sep 2019
- Research & Ideas
Do National Security Secrets Hold Back National Innovation?
over intellectual property theft and forced technology transfer, there has also been discussion in Congress about expanding secrecy orders. That proposal was strongly opposed by powerful lobbies including the American Bar Association and... View Details
Keywords: by Kristen Senz
- 20 Dec 2016
- Research & Ideas
The 10 Most Popular 'Cold Call' Podcasts
entrepreneur in the Deep South at the turn of the century, against all odds. Professor Nancy Koehn describes Walker’s inspiring real life story of making good on her own unique American dream. Cold Calling Stella McCartney Anat Keinan... View Details
Keywords: Re: Multiple Faculty
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Introducing Racial Equity Fellow Victor Ray - Blog: RGE Report
also decisions such as where to place a workplace or hospital that has potential implications for accessing jobs or healthcare. Because race shapes so many different aspects of American life, there are multiple ways organizations can end... View Details
- Web
Middle East & North Africa - Global Activities 2021
American who came to HBS with a background in education policy. The case introduced her to a business environment very different from the one she knew. In the class discussion, Tercek argued that Abi Chaker should not make any... View Details
- Web
Challenges and Opportunities in the Restaurant Industry - Course Catalog
an important source of employment: the industry is the 2nd largest private employer in the US, employing over 15 million people in 2023, with over 60% of adults and 70% of millennials in the US having worked in the restaurant industry at some point in their life and 1... View Details
- 01 Jun 2012
- News
Alumni Book Briefs
Channel by Connie Sage (University of Virginia Press) Among his many accomplishments, the late Frank Batten Sr. (MBA 1952) created the Weather Channel in 1982, which became the largest private weather company in the world and an American... View Details
- 01 Jun 2016
- News
Ask the Expert: Barreling Ahead
Point Brewing and Spirits) The rise of American craft beer is worthy of a toast: According to the Brewers Association, the industry grew 16 percent from January to June 2015 alone—marking a 122 percent increase since June 2011. The bigger... View Details
- 03 Mar 2009
- First Look
First Look: March 3, 2009
arguments used to justify a practice over time. We use rhetoric surrounding the institutionalization of total quality management (TQM) practices within the American business community as a case study to illustrate how conceptualizing... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 15 Oct 2008
- First Look
First Look: October 15, 2008
Waldfogel Publication:American Economic Review (forthcoming) Abstract Since the dawn of broadcasting, and especially in the past decade, Americans have turned their attention from local to more distant sources of news and entertainment.... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 08 Sep 2016
- News
How We Make It Work
life, so I can’t second-guess myself now, right?” I think it’s a very American struggle that Guillaume, who is French, doesn’t feel as strongly. All these articles about how money does not equal happiness that I read and find so... View Details
- 23 Oct 2019
- News
After the Storm
youngest, the blackest, the only female in so many different environments. So, for example, when I went to the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, I was a business major. And I remember being only one of less than 10 African View Details
- 13 Jul 2022
- Book
Reimagining the Economy: What Would It Take to Put People First?
long. She could not help but think the American Dream, or even just the chance to live a dignified life, was out of reach no matter how early she left for work or how late she stayed. Because she had been in charge of workers’ safety at a... View Details
Keywords: by Avery Forman
- 24 Sep 2020
- Research & Ideas
Financial Meltdowns Are More Predictable Than We Thought
passed since risky mortgage lending, excessive borrowing, and soaring housing prices collided in 2008 to trigger one of the more severe financial crises in American history. Since then, economists have been studying the factors that led... View Details
- 31 Oct 2016
- Research & Ideas
Quantitative Easing Didn’t Ease the Housing Crisis for the Neediest
$76-billion increase in consumption among American homeowners. That’s laudable. When the authors dug deeper, however, they found that while QE freed up funds for those households that were able to take advantage of dramatically lower... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 07 Jun 2004
- What Do You Think?
How Important are Big Ideas?
the question of the month in helping us sum up responses to issues surrounding big ideas. In his words, "It’s the right mix of management concepts, IT and IP—not just one of them—that probably defined the American century. Now all... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 07 Mar 2000
- Research & Ideas
Putting Health Care Consumers in the Driver’s Seat
management control and health care. Her latest book, Market-Driven Health Care, won the 1998 Book of the Year Award from the American College of Healthcare Executives. Herzlinger opened the conference by reporting on the forces driving... View Details