Black - Publications - Faculty & Research

22 Feb 2019
News

Empowering a New Generation of Business Leaders

before guests were treated to a private tour of the massive media production facilities. Jaqueline Burgos (MBA 2014) opened the chat by introducing Professor McGee, a media industry expert and entrepreneur who was named one of the 50 most powerful African Americans in... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley; Arts, Entertainment

01 Dec 2015
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Case Study: Bionic Banking

—Allegra Jordan (MBA 1995) Let’s separate the “black box” from the “client interface.” The black box seems at present to be an index fund allocation algorithm. Nothing special here—the robo-interface is essentially a web-based interface.... View Details

10 Mar 2021
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New Releases: Alumni and Faculty Books, Podcasts

Alumni Books Intelligence Isn’t Enough: A Black Professional’s Guide to Thriving in the Workplace By Carice Anderson (MBA 2006) Jonathan Ball Publishers Professional development manager, coach, and consultant Carice Anderson shares her... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley; Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

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Dean Srikant Datar’s 2023 Commencement Remarks | About

join the biotechnology firm Vertex, where she led teams to make innovative medicines that treat chronic diseases like cystic fibrosis. Amid a busy career, Depelsha McGruder acted courageously to launch Moms of Black Boys United to... View Details

16 Oct 2012
First Look

First Look: October 16

purchased by an employee. Subanalyses tracked beverage purchases, including calories and price per beverage. Results: Employees self-identified as white (73%); black (10%); Latino (7%); and Asian (10%). Compared to white employees, Latino... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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Speculation and Credit - Coin and Conscience – Baker Library | Bloomberg Center, Historical Collections

her footman. 54 La Baisse. Out of Luck. En Baja view image Hand-colored lithograph by Régnier and Bettanier, after Philippe Jacques Linder. Paris, Dusacq & Cie. [last half of 19th century]. 30 x 22.4 cm CD f22 xxx The same woman as in 53, wearing a View Details

01 Dec 2022
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Flying High

sleek black paint job and just 16 hand-stitched leather seats. Its routes run from private terminals, often at smaller metropolitan airports—such as Van Nuys in Los Angeles and Farnborough near London—to vacation destinations including... View Details

Keywords: April White; aviation; airlines; entrepreneurship; leadership; innovation; Air Transportation; Transportation

22 Feb 2022
News

Turning Point: Ready or Not

was so lost in the black hole of Zoom meetings and other pandemic-related frustrations that it was easy to forget the necessity of showing unqualified love, concern, and attention—the sort of care I remember receiving from my grandmother.... View Details

Keywords: reflection; life experience; leadership

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A Message from Dean Srikant Datar | About

rethinking how we calculate financial aid for MBA students whose family earnings or ongoing family support might necessitate additional assistance, to partnering with entities like the Executive Leadership Council to increase the number of successful View Details

12 Oct 2017
Blog Post

Why I Spent this Summer Coding

route, but working with contractors can be a black hole of time and capital. In contrast, technical founders can enhance velocity, an important attribute of successful startups, and accelerate attaining product-market fit (which is... View Details

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Harvard and the Legacy of Slavery | About

Glass’s active promulgation of segregationist policies, including poll taxes and literacy requirements that prevented many thousands of Black citizens from voting, that led us to rename the House that bore his name as Cash House. What... View Details

01 Sep 2020
News

Road Work

become a bigger authority and voice to drive change in our community,” says Sean. “In many ways, COVID revealed fundamental weaknesses in the US economy and our politics, as evidenced by the Black Lives Matter movement,” adds Kenny. “Now... View Details

Keywords: banking; LatinX; small businesses; COVID-19; Finance

12 Feb 2019
First Look

New Research and Ideas, February 12, 2019

study this question in the context of the first Great Migration (1915–1930), when 1.5 million African Americans moved from the U.S. South to urban centers in the North, where 30 million Europeans had arrived since 1850. We test the hypothesis that View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

15 Sep 2016
News

The Burning Man Project

Sunday. And it's the culmination of the party, and the celebration, and the shared ethos of giving and taking responsibility. Black Rock city is a 24-hour city. So you could say you could start at 12:01 AM. All over, there is music. There... View Details

20 Dec 2016
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December 20, 2016

high-skilled migration. We highlight some key recent findings and outline major gaps that we hope will be tackled in the near future. Download working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=51997 Henry Kissinger: Negotiating View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

01 Sep 2024
News

Next Level

In 2017, Sarah Bond’s boss, Phil Spencer, the head of Xbox Gaming, warned her that working in the industry would be very difficult. Not just for the usual reasons that corporate America can be tough, but also because, as a Black woman in gaming—an industry with a... View Details

Keywords: Maggie Mertens; photos by Cameron Karsten; Amusement, Gambling, and Recreation Industries; Arts, Entertainment

01 Dec 2020
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New Releases: Alumni and Faculty Books

often-overlooked role of Black women in the social, political, psychological, and economic history of the United States, A Blessing offers a playbook for Black teams to find innovative ways to support one... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

15 Sep 2020
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How To Make Diversity a Reality

private equity when I was an undergrad. I didn't learn anything about private equity until I became an investment banker. You've got to start going out on college campuses where there are lots of minority kids. So whether that be historically View Details

29 Jan 2019
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Gloria Steinem and Diane Paulus Take Center Stage

are looking forward to when there is a play produced about her creative life!” HBSA of Nigeria Celebrates Star Leaders at Black Tie Gala Close to 300 guests, including many HBS and Harvard alumni as well as top business leaders, converged... View Details