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- February 2009
- Case
Paresh Patel: Building a Life in the Context of Global Business - October 2007
By: Howard H. Stevenson and Shirley Spence
This case tells the story of Paresh Patel, born in Boston to an Indian immigrant family, as he develops an entrepreneurial career, participates in the Indian diaspora, and builds a family life. It provides background on Paresh's heritage, describes his youth and... View Details
Keywords: Diasporas; Work-Life Balance; Personal Development and Career; Entrepreneurship; Boston; Mumbai
Stevenson, Howard H., and Shirley Spence. "Paresh Patel: Building a Life in the Context of Global Business - October 2007." Harvard Business School Case 809-045, February 2009.
- 15 Dec 2023
- News
Exploring Business Opportunities in Africa; Alumni Grapple with Plastic Waste Problem
present opportunities, and I believe we need our brothers and sisters in the diaspora to help us address these challenges,” says Nwuneli. Following the webinar, the HBSAAA team says feedback from attendees was extremely positive.... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- Web
Yinka Shonibare CBE RA Wind Sculpture (SG) V 2019 | About
Asia, Africa and Europe—and of course the diaspora in the United States.” Wind Sculpture (SG) V was acquired by Harvard Business School in 2021 for the C. Ludens Ringnes Sculpture Collection. In this work, Shonibare employs Dutch wax... View Details
- 30 Apr 2013
- First Look
First Look: April 30
suggests that exclusive preferential placement disproportionately impacts traffic to top sites most likely relevant to users' requests. Download working paper: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2251294 Diasporas and Outsourcing: Evidence from... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 21 Sep 2015
- News
Funding Progress Back Home
platform that facilitates diaspora and impact investing in Africa. Formerly a portfolio manager with the World Bank, where he helped African and other emerging nations set up foreign exchange and asset management activities, Guichard... View Details
- 23 Oct 2012
- First Look
First Look: October 23
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1571921 Diasporas and Outsourcing: Evidence from oDesk and India Authors:Ejaz Ghani, William R. Kerr, and Christopher Stanton Abstract This study examines the role of the Indian View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 28 Jul 2003
- Research & Ideas
It’s India Above China in New World Order
technology lab." Tell us briefly how and why you believe Chinese and Indian émigrés have come to perpetuate such different roles. Do you see these roles changing? A: The different composition of the Chinese and Indian diasporas has... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 01 Jun 2024
- News
Outside Voices
In just 15 years, Greece managed to seesaw from one economic extreme to the other, from almost breaking the eurozone at the depth of its debt crisis to becoming one of the fastest growing economies in Europe in 2023, according to the IMF. Now wages are rebounding,... View Details
- 01 Dec 2005
- News
S.F.’s New Museum
Bradley Photo Courtesy MOAD The executive director of the Museum of the African Diaspora (MoAD), which opened in November in San Francisco, is V. Denise Bradley (MBA ’86). Bradley (right), who came to MoAD from London’s South Bank Centre... View Details
- 25 Jun 2018
- News
A Philanthropic Eye Reframes Abstract African Art
Arts philanthropist Pamela Joyner (MBA 1984) sees her own story in the African diaspora art that hangs on her walls. “I’m interested in ensuring that people like me are not erased from the narrative,” she says. Many of the artists that... View Details
- 10 Feb 2016
- News
Helping Young African MBAs Go Home
sharing information on what to expect.” YAM is an asset to companies that want to recruit from the diaspora of African talent that has gone to the US. “Now people reach out to us to recruit,” he says. “Every month we send out a... View Details
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Simone Leigh Sentinel (Mami Wata) 2020-21 | About
takes as inspiration the figure of Mami Wata, an animistic deity that is celebrated throughout Africa and the African diaspora, including the United States, the Caribbean, and Brazil. Mami Wata is expressed in unique ways and called different names in various cultures... View Details
- 19 Sep 2018
- Working Paper Summaries
From Immigrants to Americans: Race and Assimilation During the Great Migration
- 2014
- Working Paper
Savings in Transnational Households: A Field Experiment Among Migrants from El Salvador
By: Nava Ashraf, Diego Aycinena, Claudia Martinez A. and Dean Yang
While remittance flows to developing countries are very large, it is unknown whether migrants desire more control over how remittances are used. This research uses a randomized field experiment to investigate the importance of migrant control over the use of... View Details
Keywords: Migration; Remittances; Intrahousehold Allocation; Savings; Immigration; Diasporas; International Finance; El Salvador
Ashraf, Nava, Diego Aycinena, Claudia Martinez A., and Dean Yang. "Savings in Transnational Households: A Field Experiment Among Migrants from El Salvador." NBER Working Paper Series, No. 20024, March 2014. (Review of Economics and Statistics, accepted.)
- 17 Sep 2013
- First Look
First Look: September 17
Publications September 2013 Management Science Diasporas and Outsourcing: Evidence from oDesk and India By: Ghani, Ejaz, William R. Kerr, and Christopher Stanton Abstract—This study examines the role of the Indian View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 25 Jan 2016
- News
Helping Young African Managers Find Their Way Home
Consulting Group. “We are also providing support to people transitioning to the continent by introducing them to others who made the move and by sharing information on what to expect.” YAM has also proven to be an asset for companies that want to recruit from the View Details
Keywords: Constantine von Hoffman
- 20 Oct 2016
- Working Paper Summaries
Global Talent Flows
- 06 Jun 2016
- Blog Post
Meet the HBS Africa Business Club
professionals, and students, from the diaspora and the continent, for a 2-day conference focused on business opportunities in Africa and centered around a different theme every year. The conference features 20–30 dynamic panel sessions,... View Details
- 05 Jan 2017
- Working Paper Summaries
High-Skilled Migration and Agglomeration
- 06 Aug 2008
- Research & Ideas
Are the Olympics a Catalyst for China Reforms?
its diaspora in the past quarter century. Supporting the efforts of such individual change-agents is a way forward. There can be corporate bridges also, to build on these interpersonal ones. Western corporations taking the long view of... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne