immigration - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Dec 1999
News

Q & A: Herb Kohl

As a boy growing up in Milwaukee, Herbert H. Kohl (MBA '58) spent afternoons and weekends restocking shelves in his immigrant parents' grocery store. It was good training for Kohl, who joined the family business after graduating from HBS... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young

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

17 Feb 2015
HBS Case

HBS Cases: The Battle for San Francisco

San Francisco has always been a beacon for people who want to change the world. From beat poets to hippies to gay activists, each wave of counterculture immigration has put its stamp on the city, creating a unique blend that has set it... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Technology

25 Apr 2023
Blog Post

Harvard Climate Leaders Program

whether it’s national security or immigration or healthcare, all had climate implications and required climate considerations. So, for my next role, I joined the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy and worked on a climate... View Details

20 Dec 2019
News

The 19 Musts of 2019

edited by Dan Morrell; illustrations by Chris Gash use this navigation to explore the 19 Musts MUST READ The Border by Don Winslow “The Border is a gut-punch crime novel that contrasts the desperation of illegal immigrants with the... View Details

Keywords: podcast; Arts, Entertainment

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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

01 Jan 2006
News

Sir Ronald M. Cohen, MBA 1969

When the Egyptian government forced out all Jewish inhabitants after the Suez Crisis in 1956, the Cohens left with only one suitcase apiece. His mother’s British citizenship made it possible for them to immigrate to London, where they had... View Details

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

03 May 2013
News

Looking Through Glass, Historically

produced a number of tableware and specialty items as well as art-glass, on which artists—most of them immigrants from central Europe—did painting and engraving. Westmoreland was the country's leading glass-decorating house for more than... View Details

Keywords: Visual arts; crafts; glass making; Miscellaneous Manufacturing; Manufacturing

October 2014
Case

Teckentrup: A Door to Managing Difference

By: Clayton Rose, Jerome Lenhardt and Daniela Beyersdorfer

For Kai Teckentrup, the owner and co-CEO of the German "Mittelstand" door manufacturer Teckentrup, balancing competitive pressures, demographic realities and values were at the heart of the diversity program that he had started and championed at the company. Beyond... View Details

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11 Sep 2007
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First Look: September 11, 2007

service program called Unis-Cite, in which youth, particularly from the disadvantaged immigrant population, volunteered nine months of their time to work on community projects. Based in Paris, France, Unis-Cite had begun to expand to... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

10 Oct 2019
Blog Post

Coming Out at Business School

positive attitude towards gay people – even our extended family in Moscow supports anti-LGBT measures. Immigrant families like mine typically need to conform and adapt to survive in a new society, so I didn’t make waves, especially with... View Details

01 Oct 2002
News

What's Cookin'

simple: “We try to challenge workers with new responsibilities and reward them with increased pay,” he says, telling the story of an immigrant worker who started as one of Pasta Cuisine's dishwashers (“dirty, hot work,” Garner adds) and... View Details

Keywords: Hanna, Julia

29 Jan 2013
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First Look: Jan. 29

resolution settings. It is believed that by making people more aware of their failure to notice and punish indirect unethical behavior, others can create a world where the use of intermediation will no longer provide harm doers an easy escape from public awareness.... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

23 Jun 2016
Op-Ed

Brexit: Should Britain Stay or Go?

of stopping immigration seemed to be leading inexorably into a Leave vote before the murder last week of the young Member of Parliament Jo Cox by a man who gave his name to the court as “Death to traitors, freedom for Britain.” Brexit is... View Details

Keywords: by Geoffrey G. Jones & Dante Roscini

10 Aug 2011
Research & Ideas

HBS Faculty Views on Debt Crisis

research and development. We need a better educated and trained workforce. We need talented immigrants to work their magic in the economy. We need to use existing government and private dollars to fix infrastructure and create... View Details

Keywords: by Staff

01 Jun 2012
News

Made in the USA

Asadero, a tangy, yellow cheese used in many Mexican dishes, are just 2 of more than 35 varieties of ethnic cheeses produced today at Specialty Cheese’s three rural Wisconsin plants. Soft and hard cheeses that appeal to the palates of View Details

Keywords: Blagg, Deborah; cheese; lobster fishing; Fishing, Hunting and Trapping; Agriculture; Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management; Food Manufacturing; Manufacturing

23 Oct 2018
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New Research and Ideas, October 23, 2018

individual passengers’ connection times, the system also produces quantile forecasts for the number of passengers arriving at the immigration and security areas. Academic/Practical relevance: Airports and airlines have been challenged to... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

27 Aug 2013
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First Look: August 27

help explain all three facts. We then exploit a natural experiment in the expiration in legislation surrounding the H-1B visa cap for high-skilled immigrant workers to study how these costs affect firms' responses to policy changes. We... View Details