Black Lives Matter - Publications - Faculty & Research

15 Oct 2020
Blog Post

Celebrating Latinx Heritage Month at HBS

laughter and joy as well as anxiety and uncertainty. While the global pandemic has upended our lives at HBS, it has also reinforced the strength and resiliency of the LASO familia. LASO has been challenged to rethink hosting key events... View Details

01 Apr 2021
Blog Post

An Aerospace Engineer Provides a Lift for Underrepresented Innovators and Entrepreneurs

Try as she might, Toyin Shodiya (MS/MBA: Engineering Sciences 2022) was just not interested in biology. As a high school student living in the suburbs of Washington, D.C., her lack of interest in the subject did not go unnoticed by her AP... View Details

01 Sep 2023
News

Bless this Stress

mortal in search of strategies to live better and longer. Instead of a magic hammer, the actor relies on guidance from a series of experts like Akinola, an organizational psychologist and Columbia Business School professor. She’s here to... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services

19 Dec 2023
Research & Ideas

$15 Billion in Five Years: What Data Tells Us About MacKenzie Scott’s Philanthropy

educational institutions and nonprofits, based on our research parameters. Many of the largest grants went to the foundations or fundraising arms of historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) and Hispanic-serving... View Details

Keywords: by Matthew Lee, Brian Trelstad, and Ethan Tran

23 Dec 2008
First Look

First Look: December 23, 2008

happiness gains above those that were already in place once the 1960s' standard of living had been achieved. However in the poorest half of nations we cannot reject the null hypothesis that the happiness gains they have experienced from... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

20 Apr 2023
Blog Post

Tackle the First 90 Days of Your Next Role: A 5 Step Process for Success on the Job

have everything you need to succeed by following HBS Career Coach Matt Spielman’s five steps to success on the job in the first 90 days. Why the First 90 Days Matters In his work educating companies about successful onboarding, Spielman... View Details

26 Apr 2024
HBS Case

Deion Sanders' Prime Lessons for Leading a Team to Victory

literally is no book. He keeps you on the edge of your seat.” For the annual Black & Gold Day Spring Football Game in April 2023, despite snow, a sellout crowd filled the stands for a game broadcast live... View Details

Keywords: by Avery Forman; Sports

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Placement - Doctoral

Glaeser , and Adi Sunderam Karen Shen Business Economics, 2021 Placement: Research Improving People’s Lives (RIPL), Economist (2021-2022); Johns Hopkins University, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Assistant Professor (2022)... View Details

09 Nov 2023
HBS Case

What Will It Take to Confront the Invisible Mental Health Crisis in Business?

goal, this would still be a front-and-center issue, because this has such an impact on employees and their lives during their eight hours. Baskin: What can businesses learn from the recent cases you’ve written? Cohen: The main takeaways... View Details

Keywords: by Kara Baskin; Health

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Great American Business Leaders of the 20th Century - Leadership

Herman Miller, 1980–1987 Edward DeBartolo Edward J. DeBartolo Corporation, 1948–1994 Arthur J. Decio Skyline Corporation, 1959–1998 Alonzo G. Decker, Jr. Black & Decker Corporation, 1964–1975 Robert F. Dee SmithKline Corporation,... View Details

23 Jan 2024
Research & Ideas

How to Keep Employees Productive: Support Caregivers

senior executives being the big sponsors of caregiving benefits is because they’ve lived it,” Fuller says, offering a seven-point plan for managers who want to follow suit. The case for supporting caregivers Three out of four US workers... View Details

Keywords: by Kara Baskin

02 Apr 2024
What Do You Think?

What's Enough to Make Us Happy?

who fail to have this conversation with ourselves run the risk of chasing and acquiring things that are never enough. These matters are highly personal. I like to think that how we make decisions on these View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

17 Aug 2020
Research & Ideas

What the Stockdale Paradox Tells Us About Crisis Leadership

of extreme economic, political, social, and meteorological instability. The Black Lives Matter protests that began in the United States in late May and spread worldwide have... View Details

Keywords: by Boris Groysberg and Robin Abrahams

11 Jun 2024
In Practice

The Harvard Business School Faculty Summer Reader 2024

As the vacation season looms, Harvard Business School faculty members share recommendations for a little light reading. Spoiler alert: Lessons in Chemistry tops two of their beach-read lists. For those whose brains can’t—or won’t—turn off, HBS faculty also suggest some... View Details

Keywords: by Avery Forman

27 Feb 2024
Research & Ideas

Why Companies Should Share Their DEI Data (Even When It’s Unflattering)

Lives Matter movement in 2020, consumers report being four times as likely to buy from companies that speak out against racism, according to Edelman research. Almost 90 percent of consumers say they expect... View Details

Keywords: by Shalene Gupta

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Giving - Alumni

Giving Giving Why Give? Because the world needs leadership now more than ever Your Gift Matters $250 $500 $1,000 $5,000 Other Give View my giving history Hide my giving history We would welcome your support this year, . According to our... View Details

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Social Progress Index - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

progress. Why Social Progress Matters (2016 Skoll World Forum) Publications & Resources Median Household Income and Social Progress by State The Social Progress Index 2018 Social Progress Index: Executive Summary 2017 Social Progress... View Details

03 Oct 2023
Research Event

Build the Life You Want: Arthur Brooks and Oprah Winfrey Share Happiness Tips

live a full and engaged life. And I learned that one of the most important things that everybody is looking for is to be validated, to be seen, and to know that they matter. And that no matter who you are,... View Details

Keywords: by HBS Staff

27 Nov 2023
Research & Ideas

Voting Democrat or Republican? The Critical Childhood Influence That's Tough to Shake

lived in counties where voter registration favored either Republicans or Democrats leaned toward the majority party at the time of their first election. In fact, where people grow up makes their politics 40-50 percent more similar to... View Details

Keywords: by Ben Rand

13 Jul 2016
HBS Case

How Uber, Airbnb, and Etsy Attracted Their First 1,000 Customers

Teixeira. “If you don’t have customers, there is nothing to scale.” Ride-sharing app Uber pursued a similar strategy. Rather than starting out with Uber Pool or Uber X, in which drivers use their own cars, the company started with black... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Retail; Service; Transportation

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