Social Equality - Publications - Faculty & Research

06 Nov 2012
Op-Ed

Stop Talking About the Weather and Do Something: Three Ways to Finance Sustainable Cities

The wrath of Hurricane Sandy has illuminated a fundamental question: How do we ensure that our cities are resilient in the face of inevitable future disasters? A destroyed city is not a sustainable city. I'm making the case that it's time to stop complaining about... View Details

Keywords: by John Macomber; Construction; Real Estate; Energy; Utilities

20 Jan 2010
First Look

First Look: Jan. 20

paper explores the influence of social categories on the perceived trade-off between relatively bad but equal distribution of resources between two parties and profit maximizing, yet asymmetric, payoffs.... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

03 Jun 2008
First Look

First Look: June 3, 2008

require construction of broader coalitions of policymakers, place more constraints on executive decision making, and have more competitive selection processes. As a result, there are stronger political motivations for Vietnamese leaders to provide View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

July 2021
Supplement

Trouble at Basecamp: Managing Politics, Polarization, and Conflict in the Workplace (B)

By: Nour Kteily, Deepak Malhotra and David Lane

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17 Jan 2017
Research & Ideas

Can China Maintain Its Economic Power?

in social structure, in economic strategy, and in government" A: You could see the social fabric wearing thin in a number of places over the past several years. The fact that so many factory workers had... View Details

Keywords: by Deborah Blagg

15 May 2012
First Look

First Look: May 15

and Josh Lerner Abstract An abstract is unavailable at this time. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/12-099.pdf Why Do We Redistribute So Much but Tag So Little? The Principle of Equal Sacrifice and Optimal Taxation... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

16 Jul 2014
HBS Case

Marketing Obamacare

variety of ways to reach each group, including billboards, print advertisements, radio, TV, online, and social media, tailoring the message to the medium. For the "cautious optimist" group, which included a number of Latinos,... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Health

01 Feb 2008
What Do You Think?

How Sustainable Is Sustainability in a For-Profit Organization?

history of these entities.... When it is monetized" (whether by competition or government) "the for-profit enterprise will select the lowest price alternative." But Allen Howlett expressed reservations about this approach, saying, "To do nothing... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett

20 Feb 2013
Research & Ideas

Big Deal: Reflections on the Megamerger of American and US Airways

filed for bankruptcy protection in November 2011. For the smaller US Airways, it was a chance to bulk up to compete on an equal footing with the big domestic carriers on the tarmac, United and Delta. In their articles below, Harvard... View Details

Keywords: Re: Rosabeth M. Kanter & Stuart C. Gilson; Air Transportation

15 Jun 2016
Research & Ideas

These VC Partners May Make Your Firm Less Innovative

company, judged by the amount and frequency of funding. The same way a teacher may lavish more attention on a favorite student, the researchers found that VC firms also tended to pick favorites, which did better overall; their competitors were 55 percent less likely to... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Financial Services; Banking

16 Mar 2022
Blog Post

Taking Your Shot in the Sports Industry with Adam Laitsas (MBA 2016), SVP, Head of Marketing for Madison Square Garden Sports

Three months into his new role as SVP, Head of Marketing at Madison Square Garden Sports (MSG), Adam Laitsas (MBA 2016) looked out from his office onto a place that is equal parts inspiring and familiar. For three years, Laitsas regularly... View Details

10 Jan 2020
Blog Post

PRIDE in the HBS Community

PRIDE is HBS's home for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and questioning MBA students and their partners. PRIDE builds community through dedicated social and advocacy programming, and in doing so create a supportive environment... View Details

21 Mar 2017
First Look

First Look at New Research, March 21

assignment frictions, which appear to be more severe in lower-income regions. The productivity loss generated by inefficient assignment is equal to 13% of the productivity gap between high- and low-income countries in our sample. Download... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Mar 2016
First Look

March 1, 2016

Enforcement: Evidence from Two Field Experiments By: Luo, Hong, and Julie Holland Mortimer Abstract—Effective dispute resolution is important for reducing private and social costs. We study how resolution responds to changes in price and... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

28 Sep 2009
Research & Ideas

Improving Accountability at the World Bank

accountability at the project and policy levels since the early 1990s, particularly through the establishment and enforcement of social and environmental safeguards and complaint and response mechanisms. But there remain major shortfalls.... View Details

Keywords: by Alnoor Ebrahim

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Michael R. Bloomberg

cultural issues put his abundant management skills on display. He would win re-election twice and serve until 2013, equaling the longest-serving mayoralties of Fiorello LaGuardia, Robert Wagner and Ed Koch. During his administration, his... View Details

14 Jan 2015
Research & Ideas

Thriving in the Turbulence of Emerging Markets

are doing projects together with the United Nations, with the Ministry of Interior and the Ministry of Family and education. Joint projects are doing even better advocacy and helping social change as well as supporting the NGOs in the... View Details

Keywords: by Geoffrey Jones; Manufacturing; Auto

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Make clear where we stand and where we aim to go. - Advancing Racial Equity

for HBS itself to attract the most promising talent and have its greatest impact, we cannot tolerate social systems and structures that hold back individuals because of their race. Racism is a direct contradiction to our mission.... View Details

15 Sep 2003
Lessons from the Classroom

HBS Cases: Developing the Courage to Act

for developing cases.) The best cases describe real, not fictitious, organizations and real business issues. Within the business school, cases had become the dominant mode of instruction by the mid 1930s, and acceptance was equally swift... View Details

Keywords: by David A. Garvin

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Winners & Success Stories | New Venture Competition

the process of creating and evaluating new business and social impact ventures. Winners & Runners-Up Finalists 2024 Winners Play Video duration: 1:31 2024 New Venture Competition Winner, Business Track: Crop Diagnostix Crop Diagnostix is... View Details

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