Why German Businesses Support, Train, and Hire Syrian Refugees
Germany took in a million Syrian refugees in 2015, buoyed by the knowledge that these people could contribute strongly to the country’s economy. But has it worked out as successfully as hoped? Harvard...
4 Apr 201716min
Cost-cutting Leads to Turbulence in the Airline Industry
Is it possible to retain brand value after cutting costs and services dramatically just to stay alive? The airline industry has struggled with this question for decades in the face of economic downtur...
21 Mar 201715min
IDEO Is Changing the Way Managers Think About Thinking
IDEO’s human-centered design thinking is a systematic process used to help create new products and services. And, the best part? They are open about the process and how to adopt it. Harvard Business S...
3 Mar 201718min
Black Business Leaders Series: Franklin Leonard, “Black List” Mastermind
Using crowdsourcing to develop an annual list of Hollywood’s hottest unproduced screenplays, Harvard graduate Franklin Leonard took the negative term “black list” and turned it into a coveted place to...
22 Feb 201722min
Black Business Leaders Series: A Remarkable Legacy of Firsts, Maggie Lena Walker
Growing up in the heart of the Confederacy, Maggie Lena Walker started work as a laundress at age nine. At the urging of her mother and mentors, she turned to education, and used it to propel her life...
15 Feb 201727min
Black Business Leaders Series: Putting Diversity to Work
In theory, most companies would love to diversify their workforce. In practice, hiring specifically to increase diversity can cause a variety of cultural problems within an organization. Harvard Busin...
26 Jan 201719min
Black Business Leaders Series: The Entrepreneurship Behind Ebony Magazine
For more than seven decades, Ebony Magazine has chronicled the most important African-American issues, personalities, and interests of its time, including operating essentially as the journal of recor...
26 Jan 201717min
Can Wynton Marsalis and Lincoln Center Save Jazz Music?
Research says that people imprint on music in their dating years, and carry those tastes with them through the rest of their lives. Lately, this has spelled trouble for jazz music, which is failing to...
18 Jan 201715min
