• 28 Apr 2014
• Working Paper Summaries

Payout Policy

Keywords: by Joan Farre-Mensa, Roni Michaely & Martin C. Schmalz

• 02 Mar 2021
• HBS Case

The Tulsa Massacre: Is Racial Justice Possible 100 Years Later?

that this multimedia case becomes the way the Tulsa Massacre is taught everywhere in the world,” says Desai, “and it becomes a launching pad for people to begin having conversations around race and... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

• 18 Apr 2023
• Research & Ideas

The Best Person to Lead Your Company Doesn't Work There—Yet

cumulative 22 percent and an annualized 5 percent, the authors note. And CEOs of PE-funded companies receive lucrative incentives that can include up to 10 percent of equity upside, a way to take a cut of... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Financial Services

• 02 Jul 2018
• Research & Ideas

Corporate Tax Cuts Don't Increase Middle Class Incomes

discrimination; and pay increases for CEOs has far outpaced gains for the regular worker. Added to that is what the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development calls “the View Details

Keywords: by Roberta Holland

• 18 Nov 2022
• HBS Case

What Does It Take to Safeguard a Legacy in Asset Management?

in a business environment awakening to equity and inclusion. One of the first Black portfolio managers, Eddie Brown, founded the eponymous firm in 1983. It was only the second Black-founded investment firm in the US. Its performance in... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Financial Services

• Web

Leadership Initiative - Leadership

the Boss,” which is based on the book Becoming a Manager, was selected as one of the most influential and innovative articles from HBR’s first century. Her books and articles have been translated into... View Details

• 22 Feb 2018
• Book

The New History of American Capitalism

scholars studying racialization as an enduring American strategy for the coercion and control of labor, particularly African American labor. Race and capitalism is an expanding... View Details

Keywords: Manufacturing

• 08 Sep 2014
• Research & Ideas

The Strategic Way To Hire a Sales Team

organization (e.g., a customer service rep moved to a sales position because internal cross-functional coordination is an important sales task and the rep "knows the people and how to get things done... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

• 17 Oct 2018
• Research & Ideas

Pro Basketball Coaches Display Racial Bias When Selecting Lineups

players tend to be the same race.” The data does show that those preferences generally go away after three years, as a coach has repeated contact with a player. That effect, however, only applies to that particular player, and not to... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Sports

• 01 Sep 2023
• News

Wheel Change

In April, Miami’s iconic Ocean Drive hosted the first of four 2023 NCL Cup races between the NCL’s Denver Disruptors and Miami Nights, as well as eight private teams—all competing for a year-end purse of $1... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; cycling; entrepreneurship; leadership; Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries

• 25 Jun 2007
• Research & Ideas

HBS Cases: Beauty Entrepreneur Madam Walker

As the daughter of newly freed slaves on a Louisiana plantation, Sarah Breedlove's prospects at birth in 1867 foretold grinding poverty and toil. Over time, she graduated from the cotton fields to the washtub, marrying at the age of 14... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Beauty & Cosmetics

• 21 Dec 2011
• Research & Ideas

The Most Common Strategy Mistakes

somehow you can achieve better results. This is a hard race to win. So many managers confuse operational effectiveness with strategy. Another common mistake is confusing marketing with strategy. It's natural for strategy to arise from a... View Details

Keywords: by Joan Magretta

• Web

Entrepreneurship - Faculty & Research

of space. In March 2024, just two years after the company was founded, True Anomaly launched a pair of autonomous orbital vehicles (AOVs) known as Jackals, only to see them fail within minutes of entering orbit. CEO Even Rogers and his... View Details