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From the Dean - Annual Report 2014
in April and as part of a broader University-wide effort, we launched The Harvard Business School Campaign. Our goals for fundraising and, equally important, for alumni engagement are ambitious, as we view our aspiration as no less than...
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- 06 Sep 2013
- News
More Seats at the Table
youngest person as well. That didn't sit well with her for several reasons. While equality was one of them, improving companies was another. So two years ago she started Trewstar, with one goal in mind: getting experienced and...
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- 01 Mar 2006
- News
A New Path for Alumnae
important to maintain existing ties with those who value your professional skills, but it is equally necessary to build new network connections. In Charting Your Course we talk about developing a strategic plan for reentry in the next...
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- March 2012
- Article
The Incentive Bubble
By: Mihir Desai
The past three decades have seen American capitalism quietly transformed by a single, powerful idea—that financial markets are a suitable tool for measuring performance and structuring compensation. Stock instruments for managers, high-powered incentive contracts for...
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Economic Systems;
Financial Markets;
Executive Compensation;
Motivation and Incentives;
Corporate Governance;
Equality and Inequality;
Human Capital;
United States
Desai, Mihir. "The Incentive Bubble." Harvard Business Review 90, no. 3 (March 2012).
- 06 Aug 2008
- Research & Ideas
Are the Olympics a Catalyst for China Reforms?
With China hosting the Summer Olympic Games starting this week, some reformers see an opportunity to use the world stage as a platform to pressure the country's leadership into expanding social freedoms. Judging by recent news, they don't...
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by Sean Silverthorne
- 15 Jun 2021
- News
Alumni Work to Reverse Bias Through Philanthropy
outreach and social justice advocacy, justice system reform, and education parity. Its past campaign, the Take Action Initiative, raised $400,000 for The Bail Project, the Black AIDS Institute, the Equal...
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Deborah Blagg
- 07 Jun 2016
- Op-Ed
Can Brand Trump Win a Presidency?
than prospective, divisive rather than inclusive. It works mostly for older white men who are no longer enjoying the inside track in a more equal society. The Trump campaign m.o. is reminiscent of the description of Ed King's successful...
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Creating Inclusive Recruiting Events in a Time of Innovation - Recruiting
their own implicit biases can make a significant impact on how candidates are evaluated. Recruiting events are a different but equally important evaluation tool used in the hiring process and naming bias and actively addressing it is...
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- 09 Dec 2014
- First Look
First Look: December 9
Publications December 2014 Academy of Management Journal Harnessing Productive Tensions in Hybrid Organizations: The Case of Work Integration Social Enterprises By: Battilana, Julie, Metin Sengul, Anne-claire Pache, and Jacob Model...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 22 Aug 2011
- Research & Ideas
Getting to Eureka!: How Companies Can Promote Creativity
creative edge, says Assistant Professor Roy Y.J. Chua. "Creativity is not always about coming up with something that is totally new—most often it is about connecting ideas to create something different," says Chua. "If you have a multicultural View Details
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by Michael Blanding
- 19 Nov 2014
- News
The Power of Yes
money to good use: Dichter would simply open his wallet. At the time, Dichter was director of business development at Acumen Fund, a nonprofit global venture fund that invests in early-stage companies to solve issues stemming from poverty. (“Using the tools of business...
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Julia Hanna
- Web
The Softer Side of Business at HBS - MBA
Sciences Partners & Families Peek SVMP Social Enterprise Student Life Student Loans Student Profile Sustainability Video Blog Industries Industries Architecture Construction Consulting Consumer Packaged Goods Education Energy Engineering...
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- 27 Oct 2016
- News
Paying It Forward
chains as well as small retailers on four continents. “People find us—despite very little marketing outside the United States—because everyone has the same problem,” says Kundu. “I see that we’re having an impact. What we are doing is becoming the standard for retail...
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Margie Kelley
- 05 Mar 2021
- Blog Post
Intensive Bootcamp Kicked my Entrepreneurship Goals Into Gear
boring sparkling water, I chose to challenge myself and instead recruit a team to work on my idea. I ended up working with Mariah Wood, Nicole Delany and Carlton Burrell, fellow classmates who were equally passionate about the idea of...
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- 2022
- Case
Marathon Petroleum and Southwest Detroit: The Intersection of Community and Environment
By: Andrew J. Hoffman
Environmental racism describes the unequal burden of environmental hazards placed on disadvantaged communities through systems, policies, and practices. In such a situation, these people disproportionately live close to sources of toxic waste-what are referred to as...
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Environmental Regulation;
Pollutants;
Pollution;
Equality and Inequality;
Social Issues;
Poverty;
Race;
Health Disorders;
Ethics
Hoffman, Andrew J. "Marathon Petroleum and Southwest Detroit: The Intersection of Community and Environment." William Davidson Institute Case 2-652-482, 2022.
- 27 Feb 2006
- Research & Ideas
Corporate Values and Employee Cynicism
implying a core value of equality—an absence of hierarchy. As another example, discussing diversity, one employee made a leap to broader ideals of equality and treating employees like family: Read the story of the company, it's . . ....
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by Martha Lagace
- 01 Jun 2018
- News
From Das’s Desk
presentations are a major focus of reunions, where attendees have an opportunity to hear from our faculty members on a wide range of current, cutting-edge topics. However, the social component of reunions is View Details
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Das Narayandas
- February 9, 2016
- Article
How a 10-Year-Old Boy Gave 13,000 Young Adults the Chance to Get Ahead
Keywords:
Opportunities;
Nonprofit Organizations;
Poverty;
Equality and Inequality;
Competency and Skills;
Income
Chertavian, Gerald. "How a 10-Year-Old Boy Gave 13,000 Young Adults the Chance to Get Ahead." Forbes Grads of Life (February 9, 2016).
- 05 Nov 2013
- First Look
First Look: November 5
Incentive Plan By: Chung, Doug J., Thomas Steenburgh, and K. Sudhir Abstract—No abstract available. Publisher's link:http://www.europeanfinancialreview.com/ August 2013 Journal of Financial Economics Acquirer-Target Social Ties and Merger...
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Sean Silverthorne
- September 2020
- Teaching Note
Miami's Tech Future (C): Reaching Another Miami
By: Rosabeth Moss Kanter and Joyce J. Kim
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...
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Keywords:
Technology;
Change;
Transformation;
Progress;
Community;
Scaling;
Income Inequality;
Racism;
Community Impact;
Community Relations;
Change Management;
Business Startups;
Information Technology;
Diversity;
Race;
Equality and Inequality;
Social Issues;
Business and Community Relations;
Miami;
Florida