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- February 2008 (Revised August 2008)
- Background Note
Note on the Law of Sexual Harassment
By: Lynn Sharp Paine and Lara Adamsons
This note provides an introduction to the law of sexual harassment. It has three parts. Part One describes the laws on harassment in the United States. Part Two explores controversial and emerging aspects of the American legal framework. Part Three gives a brief... View Details
Keywords: Social Issues; Laws and Statutes; Policy; Gender; Asia; Latin America; United States; Europe
Paine, Lynn Sharp, and Lara Adamsons. "Note on the Law of Sexual Harassment." Harvard Business School Background Note 308-096, February 2008. (Revised August 2008.)
- August 2003
- Case
BRAC
By: John A. Quelch
BRAC is the world's largest NGO and has over the past 20 years experienced tremendous rates of growth. The case looks at diversity within the organization and the aspects of management that have made the organization so successful. View Details
- 22 Nov 2021
- News
Becoming a Leader When Everything Is Shifting
- 02 Nov 2021
- News
The Road to Racial Equity
John Rice (MBA 1992) John Rice (MBA 1992) In late October, Willy Walker (MBA 1995) hosted John Rice (MBA 1992) as a guest on the Walker Webcast interview series to talk about family, the lived reality of racism, and how to drive diversity efforts deeper within an... View Details
- 18 Nov 2020
- News
WeWork Cofounder Miguel McKelvey: Blind Spots in Leadership
- 05 Oct 2020
- News
How Businesses Can Recruit and Develop More Young People of Color
- 08 Jan 2019
- News
Raising Prospects for Female Funders
Maria Eugenia Giron (MBA 1992) is an entrepreneur and investor in the luxury goods industry, based in Madrid. She’s a cofounder of Rising Tide Europe, a women’s angel investing group that is part of an international movement to provide investing, learning, and... View Details
- 01 Mar 2016
- News
Art Collecting’s New Egalitarianism
+ ONLINE web-only content Art collecting is no longer only the province of pricey auction houses. “You don’t need millions of dollars to do what I do,” says Marc Weidner (MBA 2007), a director at Lazard whose 15-year-old personal collection focuses on Art Nouveau... View Details
- 10 Dec 2015
- News
The Most Powerful Woman in Chinese Entertainment
The Hollywood Reporter scored the first interview with Zhang Wei (MBA 1999), president of the Alibaba Group’s new film division. In a Q&A, Zhang, whom the publication calls “most powerful woman in Chinese entertainment,” shared her vision for turning Alibaba into, in... View Details
- 03 Oct 2014
- News
andBeyond’s CEO Joss Kent on the Luxury Safari Industry
- 02 Dec 2013
- News
Do-It-Yourself Dinners Inspired a Booming Business
- 01 Feb 2002
- News
Springboard Boosts Funding Prospects for Women Entrepreneurs
According to a recent study by the venture capital research firm VentureOne, even in average economic times, women CEOs typically receive just 6 percent of the $69 billion available in venture capital in the United States. In an effort to improve the odds, women... View Details
- 01 Sep 2004
- News
Clay Christensen (MBA 1979)
Clayton M. Christensen is the Robert and Jane Cizik Professor of Business Administration at HBS, where he holds a joint appointment in the Technology and Operations Management and General Management units. He is the author or coauthor of the best-selling books The... View Details
- 01 Mar 2004
- News
Safari Beauty
The natural beauty that we saw on the safari portion of the trip — both plant and animal — were truly spectacular. In the Ngorongoro crater, Serengeti, and Lake Manyara regions, we drove around in vans that had pop-up roofs so that we could stand and get an... View Details
- 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 Apr 2002
- News
Student Conferences Spark Discussion, Promote Interaction
Beginning in late January, the School's student clubs host a series of annual conferences that explore a wide variety of specialized business issues. Organized and staffed by hundreds of hardworking HBS student volunteers, the conferences bring in provocative speakers... View Details
- 2020
- Working Paper
Mortgage Prepayment, Race, and Monetary Policy
By: Kristopher Gerardi, Paul Willen and David Hao Zhang
Over the period 2005 to 2015, Black borrowers paid more than 40 basis points higher mortgage interest rates than Non-Hispanic white borrowers. We show that the main reason is that Non-Hispanic white borrowers are much more likely to exploit periods of falling interest... View Details
Keywords: Mortgages; Consumer Behavior; Race; Ethnicity; Equality and Inequality; Policy; United States
Gerardi, Kristopher, Paul Willen, and David Hao Zhang. "Mortgage Prepayment, Race, and Monetary Policy." Working Paper, September 2020.
- September 2013
- Article
Great Leaders Who Make the Mix Work
By: Boris Groysberg and Katherine Connolly
Business leaders send a powerful message when they make a commitment to diversity that goes beyond rhetoric. But what motivates them to do so, and how do they actually create inclusive cultures? To find out, the authors interviewed 24 CEOs whose firms were known for... View Details
Keywords: Leadership Development; Working Conditions; Leading Change; Management Practices and Processes; Organizational Culture; Diversity; Gender
Groysberg, Boris, and Katherine Connolly. "Great Leaders Who Make the Mix Work." Harvard Business Review 91, no. 9 (September 2013): 68–76.
- April 1993
- Case
Sumiko Ito
By: David A. Thomas
Describes the life and career of the first Japanese female investment banker at Nomura Securities, Sumiko Ito, who later became a partner at Alex Brown, a U.S. investment bank. Organized around the major life events and career transitions Ms. Ito experienced. Set in... View Details
Keywords: Investment Banking; Personal Development and Career; Gender; Diversity; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Banking Industry; Financial Services Industry; Japan; England; United States
Thomas, David A. "Sumiko Ito." Harvard Business School Case 493-011, April 1993.
- 07 Aug 2018
- News
DreamBox Learning Breaks New Ground
A recent article in Fast Company details the $130 million fundraising round by educational technology company, DreamBox Learning, and profiles the company’s president and CEO, Jessie Woolley-Wilson (MBA 1990). Woolley-Wilson traces her background—her immigrant father’s... View Details