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  • 29 Aug 2024
  • News

A Kick Start for Latin American Startups

When Monica Saggioro Leal (MBA 2018) and her business partner, Lara Lemann, started MAYA Capital, a tech-focused, Brazilian VC firm launched in 2018, they wanted to take a hands-on approach with their startup investments in their first 12 months. They wanted to support... View Details
  • 2022
  • White Paper

The American Opportunity Index: A Corporate Scorecard of Worker Advancement

By: Matt Sigelman, Joseph Fuller, Nik Dawson and Gad Levanon
The American Opportunity Index: A Corporate Scorecard of Worker Advancement is a new effort to give companies and other stakeholders a set of robust tools that measure how well major employers are doing in fostering economic mobility for workers and how they could do... View Details
Keywords: Upward Mobility; Career Advancement; Personal Development and Career; Compensation and Benefits; Employees; Wages; Human Capital; Recruitment
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  • April 2013 (Revised June 2016)
  • Case

AIG and the American Taxpayers (A)

By: Karthik Ramanna and Matthew Shaffer
Explores the decision faced by AIG's board on whether to join shareholder and ex-CEO Maurice Greenberg's lawsuit against the U.S. government. The suit, argued by super-lawyer David Boies (of Bush v. Gore and California Gay Marriage fame), claims that in September 2008... View Details
Keywords: Property Rights; Financial Institutions; Financial Markets; Financial Crisis; Property; Insurance Industry; United States
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  • September 2022
  • Technical Note

Addressing Social Determinants of Health in the American Landscape

By: Susanna Gallani and Jacob Riegler
Social determinants of health (SDOH) have gained significant attention in recent years. A growing body of research shows that a person’s health is influenced by a large number of non-genetic factors, most of which operate outside the realm of health care and are... View Details
Keywords: Socioeconomic Determinants Of Health; Social Determinants Of Health; Population Health; Health; Health Care and Treatment; Social Issues; Insurance Industry; Insurance Industry; Insurance Industry; United States
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  • 16 May 2023
  • Blog Post

Celebrating Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month at HBS (part 2)

and diversity of the AAPI experience and inspire hope for a world of empathy, compassion, and courage. Iris Yu (MBA 2023) My family story is one of many variations on the theme of the American Dream. My... View Details
  • 08 Jul 2015
  • What Do You Think?

Do Americans Work Too Much and Think About Work Too Little?

Summing Up Is Our Thinking About Work Outmoded? In spite of contrary evidence, there is still a popular belief that working more hours produces more results. People too often assume that being "at work" is equivalent to "work." View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett; Financial Services
  • January 2008 (Revised September 2009)
  • Case

Financing American Housing Construction in the Aftermath of War

By: David Moss and Cole Bolton
At the start of WWI, the United States faced a significant housing shortage. Public officials feared the spread of disease—and even communism—in the nation's cramped urban centers where vacancy rates held near zero and families often "doubled up" in single-housing... View Details
Keywords: Central Banking; Bonds; Mortgages; Government Legislation; Business History; Housing; Banking Industry; United States
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  • 07 Mar 2017
  • News

Hospitals could bear the financial brunt of the American Health Care Act

  • 08 Mar 2017
  • Op-Ed

Op-Ed: Can the Proposed American Health Care Act Improve on 'Obamacare'?

their patient populations need, and workers and families can have the freedom and flexibility to make their own health care choices." This statement speaks to a strong attachment to personal freedom and choice in View Details
Keywords: by John Quelch, Dr. Gordon Moore, and Emily Boudreau
  • 31 Mar 2023
  • Research & Ideas

Can a ‘Basic Bundle’ of Health Insurance Cure Coverage Gaps and Spur Innovation?

purchases. This approach would not only insure more people, but could lead to more innovative, less costly approaches to generating medical breakthroughs, the team says. Chandra, who is the Henry and Allison McCance View Details
Keywords: by Kasandra Brabaw; Insurance; Insurance
  • Web

American Business History Records | Baker Library

American Business History Records Business Manuscripts Special Collections & Archives holds nearly 1,600 collections of original records that document the growth of American business and the development of... View Details
  • Web

Jewish American Heritage Month | Baker Library

Philanthropy Baker Library’s special collections include the papers of numerous Jewish American businesspeople and families who were greatly involved in philanthropic affairs in the 19th and 20th centuries.... View Details
  • 19 Feb 2025
  • Blog Post

Meet the HBS African American Student Union Leadership

Founded in 1968 by five Black students at Harvard Business School, the African American Student Union (AASU) is a vibrant and inclusive community for all Black students at HBS, embracing diverse backgrounds, intersectionalities, View Details
  • 05 May 2022
  • Blog Post

Celebrating Asian American & Pacific Islander Heritage Month at HBS

longer the butt of a joke. It wasn’t something I was hiding. Rather, it was an important aspect of myself that I embraced and was invested in learning more. Being Asian American continues to be a point of pride for me today. It’s how I... View Details
  • 04 Apr 2023
  • Blog Post

African American Student Union Spotlight on Tech

The HBS African American Student Union (AASU) strives to be an extended family for its members from the moment they decide to attend HBS, through the transition to second year, and beyond graduation. Here we... View Details
  • Web

Great American Business Leaders of the 20th Century - Leadership

1898–1932 James F. Lincoln Lincoln Electric Company, 1928–1954 Leroy A. Lincoln Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, 1936–1951 Carl H. Lindner, Jr. American Financial Group, 1958–Present James J. Ling... View Details
  • 1997
  • Book

Finding Time: How Corporations, Individuals, and Families Can Benefit from New Work Practices

By: Leslie Perlow
Why do Americans work so hard? Are the long hours spent at work really necessary to increase organizational productivity? Perlow documents the work life of employees who assume that for their own success and the success of their organization they must put in extended... View Details
Keywords: Time Management; Working Conditions; Work-Life Balance; Performance Productivity
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  • 03 Mar 2020
  • News

Can This Man Change the American Diet?

average American consuming 3.1 servings of meat daily, Muir (MBA 2004) realized that food was a place he could make a difference. In 2008 he started Clover Food Lab with the goal of making vegetables irresistible for people who love to... View Details
Keywords: Agriculture
  • 03 Sep 2020
  • Op-Ed

Why American Health Care Needs Its Own SEC

services of unknown quality. The lack of transparency protects providers and insurers from needing to compete on the price and quality of their services. Lack of competition, in turn, inflates the cost and probably also diminishes the... View Details
Keywords: by Regina E. Herzlinger; Health
  • Web

Site Credits - The Art of American Advertising

Education Alumni Baker Library Historical Collections Visual Resources More Exhibits Exhibition Gallery Research Links Site Credits The Art of American Advertising 1865 - 1910 Research Links Bibliography Site Credits CURATOR: Melissa... View Details