Minorities - Publications - Faculty & Research

04 Mar 2022
Blog Post

Celebrating Black History Month at HBS

year to design a new Harvard Business School (HBS) course, Scaling Minority Businesses, in which students learn about the unique challenges of Black-owned businesses. Students are grouped into teams and paired with one of ten Black... View Details

Portrait Project

Sadiq Gillani

millions of jobs. I have been fortunate enough to travel to almost 80 countries on 6 continents and I am passionate about enabling others to share in the beauty of travel. I believe one day minorities in the UK and the US will reach the... View Details

31 Jan 2011
Research & Ideas

Taking the Fear out of Diversity Policies

often, then, companies will adopt diversity policies more out of fear than anything else, the researchers argue. And this can lead to nonproductive situations. For example, a manager may shy away from constructively criticizing a minority... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

22 Oct 2012
Research & Ideas

Not Your Father’s State-Run Capitalism

year—Musacchio and Lazzarini make the distinction between companies that are majority-owned by government, and those in which the government has a minority position, a situation that has become increasingly more common over the past few... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

01 Feb 1998
News

Down on the Farm: Frank Burke (MBA '87)

For fans and management alike, with so much of professional sports now indistinguishable from other high-powered enterprises, where can one turn for an affordable and quality sports experience? Ask Frank Burke (MBA '87), owner of the Chattanooga Lookouts Double-A View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons

June 2016
Article

Corporate Governance and Executive Compensation for Corporate Social Responsibility

By: Bryan Hong, Zhichuan (Frank) Li and Dylan B. Minor

We link the corporate governance literature in financial economics to the agency cost perspective of corporate social responsibility (CSR) to derive theoretical predictions about the relationship between corporate governance and the existence of executive compensation... View Details

Keywords: Corporate Social Responsibility; Incentives For CSR; Non-financial Performance Measures; Agency Costs; Board Independence; Institutional Holdings; Managerial Power; Motivation and Incentives; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Executive Compensation; Corporate Governance

25 Apr 2018
Research & Ideas

We May Have Taken Too Much Credit for Easing Workplace Segregation

has indeed increased at certain workplaces, particularly ones dominated by white workers, as more minorities have been hired at these firms over time. But as Koning and Ferguson zoomed out and looked at a large number of workplaces across... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

01 Apr 2001
News

Rewriting the Script: Social Enterprise Start-ups Expand Business Plan Contest's Parameters

The story of how nonprofit start-up Montage Entertainment came about would be familiar to many past participants in the HBS Business Plan Contest. “Some friends and I were sitting in the café at Shad, discussing film and the way women and View Details

Keywords: Arts, Entertainment; Information

Portrait Project

Mina Park

I by no means had a typical, average life, and yet I still hesitate to be different. Even the slightest deviation from average discomforted me. I spent endless hours trying to fix my British English because the standard English taught in Korea is American. As such, I... View Details

Fast Answer

Workplace Diversity: Data Sources

Where can I find data on diversity in the workplace and labor markets? Resource Type Resource Description US. Government Agencies US Equal Opportunity Commission “Job Patterns For Minorities And Women In Private Industry”... View Details

04 Sep 2019
News

Giving Live Sports Another Dimension

bridge the divide between the organic feel of a live game with the instant pleasures of technology to create something unique? That’s where augmented reality comes into the picture. Say you’re watching the Erie SeaWolves, one of the first View Details

09 Jun 2003
Research & Ideas

Incentives and Operational Excellence

lives, said Narayanan. Owens & Minor allowed customers to internalize the consequences of their demand for services.— V.G. Narayanan The case of Video Vault, a small outfit in Massachusetts, was a fine example of how an operational... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

01 Dec 2002
News

MBAs by the Numbers

fall eager to hone their leadership skills, gain practical knowledge, and meet fellow students from myriad backgrounds. Meanwhile, the Class of 2002 embarked on new careers. Despite the downturn in the economy, recent graduates landed on their feet. Statistics for each... View Details

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2021 Symposium - Race, Gender & Equity

leaders’ public statements repudiating these bills, a charge led by Black business leaders; increased violence against Asian Americans, particularly older women, but also increased visibility for a minority that has long remained... View Details

01 Dec 2001
News

Kudos from the Academy

HBS faculty members and doctoral students were prominent among honorees at the Academy of Management's annual conference, held last summer in Washington, D.C. For their book Breaking Through: The Making of Minority Executives in Corporate... View Details

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

Portrait Project

Heidi von Allmen

'Be passionate. Life is an adventure—play hard! Seek your edge. Closer to fine, baby!' Aaaah, the mottos of my youth, back when I could move mountains if I wished (usually I just skied them but that's a minor detail). But now, which words... View Details

19 Nov 2014
News

Advancing opportunities for diverse professionals

Wall Street banker Sherrese Clarke Soares (MBA 2004) works with the Council for Urban Professionals to help minority professionals advance in their careers to the C-suite and corporate boards. (Published November 2014) View Details

20 Oct 2020
Blog Post

Changing the Face of Entrepreneurship and Venture Capital at Harlem Capital

entrepreneurship and investing over the next two years and beyond. The Early Days and Success of Harlem Capital The Harlem Capital story begins well before that first day on campus. In 2015, Pierre-Jacques and Tingle first joined forces at ICV Partners, a middle-market... View Details

Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Venture Capital / Private Equity

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Harvard Business School

H. King (MBA '70), who was the assistant director of HBS admissions from 1970 to 1971, served as president and executive director of COGME from 1971 to 1984. King increased corporate contributions to the program, which provided significant scholarship funding for View Details

Profile

Maren Quezada

was a new world,” Maren says. “I learned about organizations that help minorities with coaching and mentoring.” One of these, Sponsorship for Educational Opportunity (SEO), helped place Maren in an internship with Johnson & Johnson,... View Details

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