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- 01 Jun 2014
- News
3-Minute Briefing: Reza Satchu (MBA 1996)
We moved to Toronto from Mombasa, Kenya, when I was eight and my brother [Asif Satchu, MBA 1999] was six. For my parents to decide to come here and start a new life was, in many ways, THe ultimate risk. The immigrant experience is... View Details
- 15 Jun 2021
- News
Turning Point: Tell Me More
talked about their views on everything from immigration to gun control to health care to climate change. Whenever I learned something new, I wrote about it for the Boston Globe. Over the years, two things became clear to me: We have much... View Details
- 23 Mar 2020
- News
Signal Boost
inclusion in businesses and organizations in western Michigan. It sprang up in the late 1990s when the area—once largely white—began to undergo a significant demographic change. “A lot of Latino immigrants moved to areas like Holland,... View Details
- 01 Dec 2018
- News
Democratizing Funding, Diversifying Funders
companies for which it raised funds were people of color, 25 times the share backed by traditional venture capitalists. Republic now makes inclusion part of every pitch: Company listings are assigned tags such as Female Founders, Veteran Founders, and View Details
Keywords: Sasha Issenberg
- 01 Jan 2012
- News
Andrew H. Tisch, MBA 1977
paternal grandparents who immigrated from Russia to Brooklyn, where they raised Bob and Larry Tisch, the legendary duo who parlayed the purchase of a New Jersey hotel into what today is a hugely successful conglomerate, the Loews... View Details
- 02 Jun 2011
- What Do You Think?
Is it Time for a National Bankruptcy?
the form of a stock buyback.) The US government and other borrowers are beneficiaries of this phenomenon, at least for the moment. My favorite barber, an immigrant from Greece with a love for his adopted country that more than matches his... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 27 Jul 2020
- Blog Post
HBS Summer Fellows Respond to COVID-19
this crisis has only reinforced my passion and commitment to closing inequity gaps and improving access in my home state of California. My parents were small business owners - so I know how important access to capital is to immigrants who... View Details
- 01 Jun 2002
- News
Alfred L. Cheauré - A Dog's Life
For several decades, the career path of Alfred L. Cheauré (MBA '71) was fairly straightforward. A first-generation immigrant American from Germany, Cheauré grew up in New Jersey and attended the U.S. Naval Academy. He began his 27-year... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 17 Jul 2017
- Op-Ed
Op-Ed: As America Recedes from Global Leadership, Its CEOs are Stepping Up
As America recedes from global leadership under President Donald Trump’s “America First” policies, a new generation of business statesmen is stepping up to take on global issues of monumental importance: global trade, climate change, job creation, and healthy living.... View Details
Keywords: by Bill George
- 10 Jul 2018
- Blog Post
Embracing Entrepreneurship & the Asian American Community
set of challenges that deter us from embracing entrepreneurship. Even within the Asian-American community, each individual experiences different challenges based on their upbringing. Generally, though, we’re heavily influenced by our parents’ View Details
- 16 Oct 2014
- News
Innovating for International Aid
of San Francisco. Wu is currently chairman of the US Committee for Refugees and Immigrants as well as a Presidential Innovation Fellow working on the Development Innovation Ventures project at the United States Agency for International... View Details
Keywords: Constantine von Hoffman
- 01 Feb 2001
- News
The Third Force: Indispensable to Society, Nonprofits Should Redirect Oversight Efforts
because they have a long-term focus to serve long-term social problems. "We owe a lot to nonprofit organizations," she said. "The Sierra Club, for example, has been an effective voice for the environmental movement, and the International Rescue Committee is an... View Details
Keywords: Health, Social Assistance
- 01 Apr 2021
- Blog Post
An Aerospace Engineer Provides a Lift for Underrepresented Innovators and Entrepreneurs
for ways to make an impact on problems she was passionate about. As the daughter of immigrants (her father emigrated from Nigeria and her mother emigrated from Ghana) she wanted to use her skills to make an impact in the developing world.... View Details
- 13 Jul 2022
- Book
Reimagining the Economy: What Would It Take to Put People First?
transformative. “I feel like I have a superpower,” she told me. “I am my own boss. I make my own schedule. I can’t express how important this is. I now have time to take care of my son, and he is the reason I immigrated in the first... View Details
Keywords: by Avery Forman
- 12 Jul 2016
- First Look
July 12, 2016
Immigrant Entrepreneurs and the Social Safety Net By: Olds, Gareth Abstract—This paper explores the role of public health insurance in small business ownership among immigrants, a group with high rates of entrepreneurship. The Personal... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 23 Mar 2021
- Blog Post
A Lifelong Friendship: From Classmates in Cameroon to Roommates at HBS
entrepreneurial successes of Hispanic immigrants in the US. Gana: I'll have a better short-term answer after I test out management consulting this summer. As Kevin mentioned, we launched Blackminds to help share black stories - that is... View Details
- March 1998 (Revised March 1999)
- Case
Shepard Quraeshi Associates (A)
By: Lynn S. Paine and Harold F. Hogan Jr
Samina Quraeshi, principal of Boston-based Shepard Quraeshi Associates, must decide whether to take legal action against her key employees after they leave her firm to start their own, taking with them key clients and data. Quraeshi sees the situation as reflecting... View Details
Keywords: Ethnicity; Nationality; Ethics; Employees; Gender; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Immigration; Growth and Development Strategy; United States
Paine, Lynn S., and Harold F. Hogan Jr. "Shepard Quraeshi Associates (A)." Harvard Business School Case 398-112, March 1998. (Revised March 1999.)
- 06 Nov 2012
- First Look
First Look: November 6
http://www.amazon.com/Architecture-Innovation-Economics-Creative-Organizations/dp/1422143635/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1351005820&sr=1-1&keywords=The+Architecture+of+Innovation The Founders and Finance: How Hamilton, Gallatin, and Other View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 25 Aug 2022
- News
Ready for Departure
First-of-its-kind infrared proximity sensors detect the motion of a finger as it hovers over the screen; the same technology has been installed in the elevators. Passengers also have the option of registering their iris and facial biometrics with the View Details
- Web
IFC: Singapore; Shaping a Global Innovation Hub - Course Catalog
worked in practice and how will Singapore attract, retain, and develop top talent? Are its education and immigration policies sufficient to support this growth? What impact does Singapore’s geographic location have on its growth? As a... View Details