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  • 2017
  • Working Paper

Diversity in Innovation

By: Paul A. Gompers and Sophie Q. Wang
In this paper we document the patterns of labor market participation by women and ethnic minorities in venture capital firms and as founders of venture capital-backed startups. We show that from 1990-2016 women have been less than 10% of the entrepreneurial and venture... View Details
Keywords: Diversity; Gender; Entrepreneurship; Venture Capital
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  • April 2025 (Revised June 2025)
  • Case

Governing Sustainability in a Shifting Context (A)

By: Lynn S. Paine and Will Hurwitz
In early 2025, boards of directors had to rethink corporate responsibility and sustainability efforts amid rapidly-shifting social, legal, regulatory, and economic forces. While just a few years earlier, calls to address racial justice and climate change reached into... View Details
Keywords: Climate Change; Corporate Governance; Diversity; Leadership; Business or Company Management; Mission and Purpose; Social Media; Race; Environmental Sustainability; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Governing and Advisory Boards; Lawfulness; Lawsuits and Litigation; Measurement and Metrics; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Business and Shareholder Relations; Social Issues; Retail Industry; Food and Beverage Industry; Banking Industry; United States
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    Louis E. Caldera

    Louis Caldera is a Senior Lecturer of Business Administration at Harvard Business School. He teaches Leadership and Corporate Accountability, a required first-year course in the MBA program. He has previously taught law school courses on corporate... View Details

    • 31 Jan 2017
    • First Look

    First Look at New Research: January 31, 2017

    capital labor pool, Hispanics have been around 2%, and African Americans have been less than 1%. This is despite the fact that all three groups have much higher representation in education programs that lead to careers in these sectors as... View Details
    Keywords: Carmen Nobel
    • 08 Aug 2023
    • Research & Ideas

    Black Employees Not Only Earn Less, But Deal with Bad Bosses and Poor Conditions

    rankings for these environmental factors with the racial makeup of various firms. When he did, Zhang found that Asian employees scored highest on work environment, followed by White and Hispanic employees, who ranked about the same,... View Details
    Keywords: by Michael Blanding
    • Web

    Great American Business Leaders of the 20th Century - Leadership

    9 million (largest number since first decade) Baby boomers age Hispanics become fastest-growing minority Population grows from 250 million to 281 million Influence: Medium-High 1900 19 Model T Plastic Safety razor Widespread use of steam... View Details
    • 31 Oct 2022
    • Research & Ideas

    Why the Largest Minority Group Faces the Most Hate—and How to Push Back

    the proportion of Asian Americans and Hispanic Americans is quickly outpacing African Americans, meaning that Asian Americans may eventually become the largest nonwhite group. “If there are political or economic incentives, the majority... View Details
    Keywords: by Pamela Reynolds
    • Web

    HBS - Key Metrics

    Gender: Female 45% 46% 46% 44% 43% International Citizenship 39% 38% 37% 33% 35% US Race / Ethnicity 1 American Indian / Alaska Native 0% 0.2% 0% 0% 0% Asian 22% 24% 24% 19% 17% Black / African American 10% 11% 12% 11% 9% Hispanic /... View Details
    • 05 Dec 2023
    • Research & Ideas

    Are Virtual Tours Still Worth It in Real Estate? Evidence from 75,000 Home Sales

    of Black and Hispanic residents, a metric they think could be important since listings in these neighborhoods tend to feature fewer photos with lower aesthetic quality and more often are handled by smaller firms. Location, location,... View Details
    Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Real Estate
    • 05 Dec 2013
    • Working Paper Summaries

    Heterogeneous Technology Diffusion and Ricardian Trade Patterns

    Keywords: by William R. Kerr
    • March 2024
    • Article

    Differences in Care Team Response to Patient Portal Messages by Patient Race and Ethnicity

    By: Mitchell Tang, Rebecca Mishuris, Lily Payvandi and Ariel Dora Stern
    Importance: The COVID-19 pandemic was associated with substantial growth in patient portal messaging. Higher message volumes have largely persisted, reflecting a new normal. Prior work has documented lower message use by patients who belong to minoritized racial... View Details
    Keywords: Health Pandemics; Technology Adoption; Prejudice and Bias; Equality and Inequality; Communication Technology; Race; Ethnicity; Health Industry
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    • 04 Mar 2024
    • Research & Ideas

    Want to Make Diversity Stick? Break the Cycle of Sameness

    number dropped to 45 percent. The researchers also found that judges were replaced by someone from the same specific demographic group. “It’s also a specific race matching—a Black judge is not more likely to be replaced by a Hispanic or... View Details
    Keywords: by Michael Blanding
    • Web

    HBS - Key Metrics

    34% US Race / Ethnicity 1 American Indian / Alaska Native 0% 0% 0% 0% Asian 24% 19% 17% 21% Black / African American 12% 11% 9% 7% Hispanic / Latino / Latinx 11% 9% 11% 8% Multi-Race / Non-Hispanic 4% 6% 5% 3% Native Hawaiian / Other... View Details
    • 30 May 2024
    • Research & Ideas

    Racial Bias Might Be Infecting Patient Portals. Can AI Help?

    to an inquiry? Researchers analyzed more than 57,000 message threads between patients and physician teams at Boston Medical Center and found that white patients were more likely to receive answers from their attending physicians, while Black and View Details
    Keywords: by Ben Rand; Health
    • Web

    Business & Environment - Faculty & Research

    launched a social media campaign; McDonald’s navigating a high-stakes lawsuit over its long-standing Hispanic scholarship program; Costco confronting a shareholder proposal questioning its diversity programs; Wells Fargo debating whether... View Details
    • Web

    Leadership - Faculty & Research

    activist launched a social media campaign; McDonald’s navigating a high-stakes lawsuit over its long-standing Hispanic scholarship program; Costco confronting a shareholder proposal questioning its diversity programs; Wells Fargo debating... View Details
    • 25 Sep 2023
    • Blog Post

    HBS Latino Student Association Spotlight: Ana Barrera (MBA 2024)

    related to MBA Admissions, alumni engagement, career development, and more to advocate for and empower the Latino community on campus and beyond. In honor of Hispanic Heritage Month, we asked LASO members to tell us about what being part... View Details
    • 22 Sep 2023
    • News

    Capital Connection

    Vernon Beckford (MBA 2013) saw the gap almost immediately. From the beginning of his career in commercial real estate finance—first at Credit Suisse and then later at CW Capital and Global Atlantic Financial Group—Beckford observed Wall Street’s obsession with... View Details
    Keywords: Margie Kelley; Real Estate
    • Web

    Social Enterprise - Faculty & Research

    McDonald’s navigating a high-stakes lawsuit over its long-standing Hispanic scholarship program; Costco confronting a shareholder proposal questioning its diversity programs; Wells Fargo debating whether or not to keep climate-related... View Details
    • 10 Apr 2023
    • News

    Leading the Way

    finance, but lacked role models to show him the way. That's when he joined ASU's Hispanic Students Business Association and met a local investment banker and entrepreneur named Gary Trujillo (MBA 1990), who became a life-changing mentor.... View Details
    Keywords: Margie Kelley