Black - Publications - Faculty & Research

03 Jun 2021
Blog Post

HBS Pilots First Impact Investing Fund

Reserve Bank of Boston found the average net worth of a white family was $250,000, compared with $2,700 for "Other Hispanic" and $8 for Black (source: Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, The Color of Wealth, 2015). To address growing... View Details

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Finalists | New Venture Competition

Braid Yinka Ogunbiyi (MBA 2023) We reduce braiding time from hours to minutes, empowering Black salon owners to double or triple their business, and addressing the 8 billion hours spent braiding hair each year. Pathways Vasilis Mantzios... View Details

01 Mar 2011
News

Alumni Books

transplant, or a joint replacement in the United States, here's the key to getting the very best medical care: be a straight, white, middle-class male. White, a pioneering black surgeon, and his coauthor make sense of the unconscious bias... View Details

01 Sep 2006
News

Down the Memory Chute

prepared for our special event. Dressed in black tie and tux and carrying a flaming paper torch, we raced to the chute, this time with bogus papers. There was, as always, the usual throng cheering our action. We deposited the papers and... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons

03 Apr 2006
What Do You Think?

Has Globalization Reached Its Peak?

performing outsourced tasks sending much of their work abroad, enabling them to "further outsource non-strategic work so as to concentrate on strategic issues that their audiences (the U.S. firms) would be more interested in." Gregory View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

18 Jun 2001
Lessons from the Classroom

Why Leaders Need Great Books

"I sold funeral insurance to North Carolina black people. I myself am not black. Like everybody else who was alive fifty-nine years ago, I was so young then, you know? I still feel bad about what went on. My wife says: telling... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

04 Apr 2019
Blog Post

Finding Your Creative Outlet on Campus

stories of people on-campus: from a married couple that applied and got accepted at the same time, to RCs who found unexpected love in their first semester. The second episode, Black@HBS, shares insights on what it’s like to be black... View Details

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Clarence Kennedy and the Art of Photography | Baker Library

friendship with Land implanted [both] artistic ambitions and the artistically trained at Polaroid from very early on.” (9) Previous Chapter: Research in Black and White Next Chapter: Ansel Adams and Polaroid R&D Smith College Bulletin,... View Details

02 Nov 2015
News

Making Higher Ed Accessible to Africans

to run and build his own company nagged at Royster and, after a short stint in broadband, he started to develop the concept of an online university focused on the needs of African-American students. “I partnered with a black college in... View Details

Keywords: Jill Radsken

26 Jan 2015
News

The Ingredients for Success

cost of her much-smaller condo in Los Angeles. Markowitz, now 39, believes she’s found her true passion as NOCHI’s executive director. “I’m attracted to creative people,” she says. “I think sequentially and logically. I’m bottom-line driven, View Details

Keywords: Tyler Bridges; Food Services and Drinking Places; Hospitality; Educational Services

31 Aug 2017
Blog Post

Why I Spent This Summer Coding

"faster" 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... View Details

Keywords: Technology

17 Nov 2022
News

Blockchain for Good

opened in 2016, and as leader of its Community Curation outreach program, Dyer spoke to Black leaders and community members, who enthusiastically embraced the project. “The immense joy I felt, from everyone I spoke to, had a lasting... View Details

Keywords: Ralph Ranalli

01 Jun 2022
News

Eyes in the Skies

aircrafts, vessels, and buildings; and translate a visual image (e.g., a pile of black rocks) into a number on a spreadsheet (e.g., tons of coal ready for shipment). And because they run not only on BlackSky’s terrestrial computers but... View Details

Keywords: Alexander Gelfand

01 Jun 2022
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Empowering Entrepreneurially Minded Students

the African American Student Union hosts the annual Black New Venture Competition to help early-stage Black entrepreneurs further their business concepts. Tom Eisenmann: If you examine a sample of venture... View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie

06 Jan 2021
News

A Message from Dean Srikant Datar

additional assistance, to partnering with entities like the Executive Leadership Council to increase the number of successful Black executives. As I think about the Dean's Anti-Racism Task Force: [It] has resulted in the racial equity... View Details

01 Sep 2009
News

E Ink’s Wild Ride

hair, each containing positively charged white particles and negatively charged black particles suspended in clear fluid. To form an E Ink electronic display, the ink is printed onto a sheet of plastic film that is laminated to a layer of... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; e-books; e-reading; News, Library, Internet, and Other Services; Information; Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing; Manufacturing

29 Jan 2019
News

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

Keywords: Margie Kelley

25 May 2023
Blog Post

Interview Strategies to Connect with a Wider Range of Candidates

in various student clubs including the African American Student Union, Armed Forces Alumni Association, Asian Affinity Business Association, Black Investment Club, Latino Student Organization, PRIDE, Women in Investing Club, and the... View Details

Keywords: All Industries

16 Jun 2023
Blog Post

Improve Decision-Making in Hiring: Common Pitfalls and How to Avoid Them

perspectives. Additional Resources Read the articles below for more resources on how to tackle unconscious bias in your recruiting process and in the workplace. How to Reduce Personal Bias When Hiring The Most Creative Teams Have a Specific Type of Cultural Diversity 6... View Details