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- October 2019
- Case
Harlem Capital: Changing the Face of Entrepreneurship (A)
By: George Serafeim
Jarrid Tingle and Henri Pierre-Jacques had spent the summer between their first and second years of their Harvard Business School MBA program fund raising for their start-up venture capital (VC) firm, Harlem Capital Partners. Harlem Capital was founded upon the... View Details
Keywords: Impact Investing; Gender Bias; Gender Inequality; Minority Representation; Entrepreneurial Finance; Investment Management; Investing; Inequality; Race And Ethnicity; Black Entrepreneurs; Black Inventors; Black Leadership; Venture Investing; Fund Raising; Venture Capital; Entrepreneurship; Diversity; Gender; Race; Equality and Inequality; Equity; Mission and Purpose; Investment Funds; Financial Services Industry; United States
Serafeim, George, and David Freiberg. "Harlem Capital: Changing the Face of Entrepreneurship (A)." Harvard Business School Case 120-040, October 2019.
- November 2017 (Revised September 2020)
- Supplement
Miami's Tech Future (C): Reaching Another Miami
The effects of Miami’s startup scene have not reached many “left-behind” lower-income Black communities, which are disproportionately affected by problems such as segregation and racial discrimination, lack of transportation access, crime, education quality, government... View Details
Keywords: Technology; Change; Transformation; Progress; Scaling; Startup; Community Engagement; Community Impact; Community Relations; Future; Income Inequality; Business; Change Management; Business Startups; Information Technology; Diversity; Race; Equality and Inequality; Social Issues; Business and Community Relations; Miami; Florida
Kanter, Rosabeth Moss. "Miami's Tech Future (C): Reaching Another Miami." Harvard Business School Supplement 318-035, November 2017. (Revised September 2020.)
- 01 Jun 2001
- News
Christina Ehrenberg: The Examined Life
Goldman Sachs in asset management with a biotech focus. Of her HBS experience, Ehrenberg says, “Unlike the rote, top-down German education system, here you are an equal partner in ongoing learning and discussion. HBS has made me more... View Details
- Profile
Alex Nelson
match the right skills with the right roles." "The flip side of that," Alex says, "is more personal. We all have the potential to do many things well — but that doesn't mean we'd find them equally satisfying. It's not... View Details
- 07 Nov 2024
- Blog Post
Exploring California’s Climate Frontier: E&E Club’s Bay Area Trek
companies; the group also met Stanford students and alumni equally passionate about the climate crisis. This experience underscored the potential for collaboration across institutions and regions, reminding us that the scale of the... View Details
- Web
Business at the Base of the Pyramid - Course Catalog
generating commercial returns equal to or greater than conventional businesses. This success has drawn the attention of large multinational corporations, looking at the base of the pyramid for the growth that has become ever more... View Details
- 20 Sep 2011
- News
A Taxing Question
percent administrative charge.” “At the same time, Congress should end the current deferral system for foreign-source income earned by US corporations in countries with effective tax rates under 20 percent. Instead, that income would be taxed every year in the US at a... View Details
- 23 Feb 2004
- Research & Ideas
It’s Back to Business-Basics for Nonprofits
everything is not equally worth doing.— Jeff Bradach Bradach said when he moved from the classroom to consulting he was surprised to find so many nonprofits lacking a basic business theory to run their organizations. The philosophies of... View Details
Keywords: by Manda Salls
- 18 Sep 2006
- Research & Ideas
When Words Get in the Way: The Failure of Fiscal Language
in search of concepts that provide the illusion of meaning where none exists." To see their point, consider your FICA contributions. The government calls them "taxes," but it (or you) could equally well call them... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna
- 14 Mar 2023
- Blog Post
How Inclusive Managers Create Glass-Shattering Organizations
think it just produces an enormous amount of stress.” Steps toward gender equality In Glass Half-Broken, Ammerman and Groysberg recommend a series of best practices along seven critical dimensions to organizations that want to work toward... View Details
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Brighton Mudzingwa
in emerging markets, primarily Africa. To "fill the gaps I see in Africa," Brighton concluded he needed an MBA. "It's not just about raising capital," he says. "It's equally important to focus on the ecosystem,... View Details
Keywords: Financial Services
- 01 Dec 2017
- News
Enhancing Students’ Cultural Intelligence
travel stores to help the airline enhance customer satisfaction—provided insight on Mexico’s travel industry and, equally important, a new perspective on teamwork. “There were no designated leaders in the teams we were assigned to in... View Details
- 01 Dec 1997
- News
Arthur Rock (MBA '51)
microprocessors. Equally important, the idea of stock options for employees and the use of venture capital financing became a standard part of the nascent high-technology industry. As one of the founding fathers of venture capital - and... View Details
- April 2020 (Revised July 2020)
- Case
Unrest in Chile
By: Vincent Pons, William Mullins, John Masko, Annelena Lobb and Rafael Di Tella
In 2020, Chileans would head to the ballot box to decide their country’s future. Many international observers credited Chile’s decades of neoliberal governance with turning the country into Latin America’s “Tiger,” a prosperous, diversified economy on its way to... View Details
Keywords: Developing Countries and Economies; Macroeconomics; Economy; Political Elections; Public Opinion; Social Issues; Equality and Inequality; System Shocks; Chile; Latin America
Pons, Vincent, William Mullins, John Masko, Annelena Lobb, and Rafael Di Tella. "Unrest in Chile." Harvard Business School Case 720-033, April 2020. (Revised July 2020.)
- January 31, 2022
- Article
Who Pays Tolls at Work and Who Cruises on an Open Highway?
By: Siri Chilazi, D. Kolb, Kathleen L. McGinn and Jessica L. Porter
As organizations continue to navigate a changed world amidst the Covid-19 pandemic and the reverberations of the Black Lives Matter movement, many of the issues that affect underrepresented groups in organizations, including women of all different races and... View Details
Keywords: Organizational Change and Adaptation; Opportunities; Equality and Inequality; Social Issues
Chilazi, Siri, D. Kolb, Kathleen L. McGinn, and Jessica L. Porter. "Who Pays Tolls at Work and Who Cruises on an Open Highway?" Harvard Business Review (website) (January 31, 2022).
- 18 May 2016
- News
What Does the American Dream Mean in Today’s America?
ultimately, the United States. “Emigrating from Iran and Greece at a young age, I have seen firsthand the opportunities this country affords,” Navab writes. “While I will always maintain and be proud of my Iranian-Hellenic heritage, I am View Details
- 10 Oct 2007
- Research & Ideas
“Blank” Inside: Branding Ingredients
ingredient is central to the functional performance of the final product. Think Shimano gear systems on performance bicycles or Monsanto's Nutrasweet, added to Equal sweetener. 3. The final products are not well-branded themselves, either... View Details
- 01 Dec 2004
- News
Himalayan Journey
Thanks to a special permit, we had the rare privilege of entering the sacred Taktshang Monastery (“Tiger’s Nest”), built on the side of a cliff almost 3,000 feet above the Paro Valley floor. Those in the group who chose not to hike had the View Details
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Amy Sennett
again.” “One of the remarkable things about HBS,” says Amy, “is that we sit in classrooms with people from the U.S., the Middle East, Europe, South America, Asia – all over the world. It’s a place where all voices are heard equally – an... View Details
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PRIDE | MBA
advocate for our members in conversations about diversity, equity, and inclusion in the wider HBS community. We believe that by promoting understanding of the queer experience, we will increase acceptance and advance our equality as... View Details