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- 06 May 2021
- HBS Case
How Four Women Made Miami More Equitable for Startups
exclusion." But there were problems. The racial divide and income disparities in this highly segregated region left many women and people of color with few ways to find resources and support. This was... View Details
Keywords: by Carolyn DiPaolo
- 06 Sep 2019
- Blog Post
The Business of Medicine: MD/MBA Students Having an Impact
the health, educational, and racial disparities exacerbated by poverty. “All the things you don’t associate with a Harvard Med student, I have seen and lived through,” he says, telling of close family... View Details
- 01 Jun 2023
- News
Research Brief: The Best Medicine
population that lacks representation, according to the coauthors’ findings. The study suggests a downward cycle, with widespread implications for racial disparity in health outcomes. “If you are... View Details
- Portrait Project
Matthew Naunheim
hand. I, too, have begun to leave scars on the people and things I care about. In health care, the wounds are many, and they need fixing: An elderly Haitian immigrant without insurance. A smoker with throat cancer who refuses to quit. A country that permits View Details
- 03 Jun 2021
- Blog Post
HBS Pilots First Impact Investing Fund
racial disparities in the US. Racial injustice has historically presented itself in many forms—including practices such as slavery, redlining, white-only or white-preferred... View Details
- Web
Tools & Resources | Institute for Business in Global Society
their historical roots and socioeconomic impacts. The report discusses how these disparities affect education, labor markets, and government policies, and suggests approaches for businesses to address these issues. CEO roadmap for... View Details
- 27 Oct 2021
- Blog Post
HBS Impact Investing Fund Course: An Experiential Education in Social Financing
capital given the history of racial disparities in the U.S. To address this growing inequality, the fund aims to invest patient, flexible capital ($25,000 - $50,000) with the goal of scaling BIPOC-led and... View Details
- 06 Sep 2024
- Blog Post
Harvard Business School Announces 2024 Goldsmith Fellows
training, and college and career prep programs. Over the past two years, she also worked as an investment associate at ICA Fund, a nonprofit venture capital fund that uses investments to address the gender and racial wealth gap. She said,... View Details
- 15 Jun 2021
- News
Alumni Work to Reverse Bias Through Philanthropy
The high-profile deaths last year of Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor, Tony McDade, and George Floyd were not the first tragic outcomes of racial injustice in the United States to send shock waves across the globe. But in their wake—and in... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
- 09 Jan 2020
- News
Advancing Change
institutional change should be the responsibility of aspiring and accomplished leaders everywhere,” says Kanter. Why do we need advanced leaders now? Problems like climate change, racial and gender disparity, health issues, and... View Details
- 19 Aug 2021
- News
A Letter to My White Friends and Colleagues
Help the Black Community. And in this episode of Skydeck, Rogers and I talk about the makings of America's racial wealth gap, why he thinks it is a root cause of the nation's racial crisis, and the tangible... View Details
- Web
Inequality in the Digital Age: A Conversation with Mahzarin Banaji - Blog: RGE Report
be free. And yet our history is in opposition to that value.’ When Myrdal wrote the book, he didn't call it, ‘the race problem in America.’ He called it An American Dilemma , and the dilemma was that people in the 1930s and ’40s were dealing with a View Details
- 19 Jan 2021
- In Practice
Leadership Advice for Biden: Restore a Sense of Calm
chain partners. This should help small business and stimulate increased consumer spending on local services. Innovation is a Biden theme, one of the pillars of his campaign, which he also applied to addressing racial View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 04 Jun 2024
- Blog Post
Finding Alignment to Make Impact: Layla Ramirez (MBA 2017)
John Rice (MBA 1992) that fights racial and economic disparities by empowering a new generation of diverse leaders. Engaging with MLT fellows broadened Ramirez’s exposure to corporate opportunities and... View Details
- 01 Jun 1998
- News
Diversity and Community
of their own significant involvement with those programs. Robert Haas (MBA '68) of Levi Strauss: ending racial discrimination in the community is a business imperative. (photograph by Jamie Tanaka) Robert Haas (MBA '68) of Levi Strauss:... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 02 Nov 2020
- Blog Post
WE RISE
in the first quarter of 2019 were women. The disparate impacts of the pandemic and the protests following the killing of George Floyd have focused national attention on the need for increased racial... View Details
- 04 Jun 2024
- Blog Post
Finding Alignment to Make Impact: Layla Ramirez (MBA 2017)
John Rice (MBA 1992) that fights racial and economic disparities by empowering a new generation of diverse leaders. Engaging with MLT fellows broadened Ramirez’s exposure to corporate opportunities and... View Details
Keywords: All Industries
- 06 Aug 2013
- First Look
First Look: August 6
Costs of Racial 'Color Blindness' By: Norton, Michael I., and Evan P. Apfelbaum Abstract—The article looks at research on people's attitudes and behaviors with respect to noticing and referring to a person's race. It explains the 2013... View Details
Keywords: Anna Secino
- 16 Dec 2020
- Blog Post
Faculty Books Published in 2020
chapter studies how experimental policy design can be a cost-effective way to attain program goals. The last chapter examines geographic disparities in innovation, joblessness, and technological dynamism and studies how reallocation of... View Details
Keywords: All Industries
- 20 Jun 2019
- News
Reframing Modern Art
for this picture that she was making. So, the Orsay president actually called the Louvre president by her own account at this opening event, and they discussed it and they decided, okay, let's move away from the racialized term négresse... View Details