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From Immigrants to Americans: Race and Assimilation During the Great Migration
By: Vasiliki Fouka, Soumyajit Mazumder and Marco Tabellini
How does the arrival of a new minority group affect the social acceptance and outcomes of existing minorities? We study this question in the context of the First Great Migration. Between 1915 and 1930, 1.5 million African Americans moved from the U.S. South to Northern...
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Fouka, Vasiliki, Soumyajit Mazumder, and Marco Tabellini. "From Immigrants to Americans: Race and Assimilation During the Great Migration." Review of Economic Studies 89, no. 2 (March 2022): 811–842. (Also appears in VoxEU, The New York Times, Broadstreet, the Skepticast, and Oxford University Press Blog.)
- 06 Nov 2006
- Research & Ideas
How South Africa Challenges Our Thinking on FDI
skills learned in parts of South Africa would be applicable to other parts of Africa. But South African firms have also come up with new products within sub-Saharan Africa outside of South Africa. For...
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by Martha Lagace
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Africa - Global
Africa Research Center in Johannesburg, South Africa in 2017 followed by an office in Lagos, Nigeria in 2019, and an office in Nairobi, Kenya in 2022. This center plays an important role in helping HBS develop and strengthen relationships with business and academic...
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About - Global
activities across Mid-US region. 2019 Senior Researcher hired in Lagos to provide research support for the Africa Research Center and growing faculty interest in the region. 2017 Africa Research Center opens in Johannesburg, to provide support for activities across...
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Food & Agriculture - Business & Environment
experiencing more extreme temperatures, increasing droughts and floods, more violent storms, and new plant diseases and insect pests. The United Nations forecasts that by 2050 the world’s population will grow by more than two billion people, mostly in View Details
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Named Fellowship Funds - Alumni
Africa Business Club Fellowship was established through the generosity of the Africa Business Club at HBS. This fellowship will support students who are committed to making a difference in Africa through entrepreneurship. Dedicated to increasing the awareness of...
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Business History - Faculty & Research
after the End of the Royal African Company MonopolyBy: Anne Ruderman and Marlous van Waijenburg Summer 2023 | Article | Business History Review The revocation of the Royal African Company's monopoly in 1698...
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- 14 Sep 2023
- Blog Post
MBAs Accelerate Their Social Enterprise Ventures
migrant communities. Among these, African migrants emerged as the most suitable target audience due to their disproportionate payment fees (exceeding 10% in some cases) and...
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- 15 Dec 2023
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Exploring Business Opportunities in Africa; Alumni Grapple with Plastic Waste Problem
well as Ace Foods, which sells African spices. She is also the founder of African Food Changemakers and an expert on African agriculture and nutrition, entrepreneurship, social...
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Margie Kelley
- 01 Dec 2022
- News
Full Court Press
matched in ambition by its goals, which include nothing less than creating an economic growth engine that can support the world’s youngest and fastest-growing continental population, says Mark Tatum (MBA 1998), the NBA’s deputy commissioner and COO. “We want the first...
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Dan Morrell
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Dean Nitin Nohria | About
conduct new research, convene thought leaders, and undertake initiatives to advance African American business leaders. November 2017 Pagliuca Harvard Life Lab The Pagliuca Harvard Life Lab is a shared laboratory space for high-potential...
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- 24 Apr 2014
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A World of Reading
partnership with USAID and private funders, and is now in Kenya, Tanzania, and six other sub-Saharan African countries, where it makes thousands of books available via download to Africa’s cell-phone...
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- 01 Dec 1998
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Africa's Way
Each day the global economy becomes more and more like an African weaving - dozens of different, colorful, and previously isolated threads woven together, gradually becoming more tightly intertwined. Africa, newly rising from years of...
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Susan Young and Garry Emmons
- 18 Jan 2017
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HBS Gains New Insight Into Africa
politically, and economically diverse countries, Africa has become a dynamic frontier for business and entrepreneurship. In response to HBS faculty, student, and alumni interest, the School is broadening its work focused on Africa by convening thought leaders,...
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- 01 Aug 1998
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South Africa Conference Preview
South Africa, with its rich mineral resources, strong economy, and recently lifted trade barriers, is playing a critical role in helping sub-Saharan Africa boost its economic status. The evolution of this important country, current reform...
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- 01 Dec 2010
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Iron Lady
OTEH: “Local and international investors need to understand that things have changed” in Nigeria. On the fiftieth anniversary of Nigeria’s independence, one key player who wants to see the oil-rich country truly fulfill its promise is Arunma Oteh (MBA ’90). A former...
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Finance
- 16 Dec 2015
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What Happens When Zambian Schoolgirls Receive Negotiation Training
Girls Arise, an innovative negotiation skills training program designed specifically to help Sub-Saharan African women communicate effectively in high-pressure situations with complex power dynamics. “It is,...
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Re: Kathleen L. McGinn
- 01 Jun 1999
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Conference Brings Global Perspective to Cape Town
thoughtful and entertaining talk on "Prospects for Stability in Sub-Saharan Africa." Slabbert, one of the architects of the first democratic elections in South Africa in 1994, is a former leader of the opposition in the old South View Details
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Susan Young
- 01 Oct 2013
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Banking on Africa's Future
chemical engineering from MIT and a JD from Harvard Law School. His résumé also includes stints at Disney and the Texas Pacific Group. With some $2 billion invested in more than 30 countries, mostly in sub-Saharan Africa, Helios's focus...
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Philipp Schäelli
worked in Pakistan, Chile and China before school, I wanted to go back to another developing market to broaden my understanding for the world. Nigeria for me was the most exciting place to go as it is the fastest growing and largest economy on the View Details