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- 01 Sep 2012
- News
Hierarchy's Last Stand
underperform and be overcompensated. A caricature, but sadly still true: consider the enormous pay packages for CEOs in companies that lose money. Shareholder protests (such as those in the United Kingdom), voting against compensation... View Details
- 14 Oct 2020
- News
Sewn with Love
In the midst of a global pandemic and widespread protests against racial injustice, the fashion industry can seem pretty frivolous. Fashion-industry leader Kikka Hanazawa (MBA 2002), CEO of VPL, a women’s underwear and athleisure company,... View Details
Keywords: Maureen Harmon
- 19 Jun 2012
- First Look
First Look: June 19
met to debate how to engage the unprecedented protests against Vladimir Putin's corrupt government, which had erupted in Russia in response to alleged fraud in the recent parliamentary elections. A notable figure in the View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 14 Dec 2022
- Blog Post
Creating Emerging Markets Sustainability Series - Reducing Plastic Pollution on a Global Scale
economic decisions play a significant role towards enacting system-wide change. “What is happening today is really interesting: we are all worried about the plastic in the oceans. We’ve got many options –we can protest or do a number of... View Details
- Web
Contemporary Black Artists at Harvard Business School | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School
Panthers protesting in the late 1960s. In the artist’s words, “The textured diamond pattern reverberates from the center of the painting to the edge portraying the journey of experience from enslavement and rebellion to View Details
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Timeline - Race, Gender & Equity
slaves for life 1676 Bacon's Rebellion 1677 First recorded prosecution against strikers in New York City 1680 Virginia hypersurveillance law enacted: An act for preventing Negroes Insurrections 1773 Laborers protest royal taxation in the... View Details
- 01 Dec 2022
- News
In My Humble Opinion: Natural Fit
I sent out a ‘Happy Pride Month’ email with a little history about its connection to the Stonewall riots and the courage of the protesters and wrote, ‘We are an organization built on courage and inclusivity. Let’s celebrate that.’ I can’t... View Details
- 04 Aug 2020
- News
How Business Can Advance Racial Equity
Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes In mid-June, weeks after protests against racial injustice spread globally, the Leadership Now Project—founded in 2017 by HBS alumni to fix American democracy—released the... View Details
- 01 Mar 2012
- News
Capitalism’s New Agenda
protesters are saying as well. Many of them are upset because they are young, without jobs, and well aware that their future is uncertain. Rather than dismiss the protesters for not being able to understand... View Details
- 25 Aug 2010
- News
Classroom Hijinks: Games, Parties, Pranks, and Celebrations
1985F, 1989A, and 2008J), to protest a professor’s behavior (see 1992C and 2000D), and to just have fun. But when pranks involved rivalry between sections, things could get out of hand. See the episode described under 1992D, which made... View Details
- 03 Apr 2006
- What Do You Think?
Has Globalization Reached Its Peak?
and corporations. This is a far cry from the claims of the protesters at the World Trade Organization summits. Is it possible that globalization will be the catalyst that speeds up a process by which the poor get richer instead of poorer... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 24 May 2004
- Research & Ideas
The Watsons: IBM’s Troubled Legacy
humor in the idea of the man they labeled "a dirty Talmud Jew," lodged a protest with the State Department, and refused to participate in the festivities. The IBM is not merely an organization of men; it is an institution that... View Details
Keywords: by Richard S. Tedlow
- 01 Jun 2015
- News
Learning from Global Immersion Experiences
Campaign for Harvard Kennedy School, was so pleased with the innovative course that he doubled his commitment. Mayo notes another unexpected incident during the stay—a labor protest that, in part, targeted President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s... View Details
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Institutions, Macroeconomics, and the Global Economy - Course Catalog
in politics and policies is a crucial aspect in taking informed managerial decisions. Adverse macroeconomic and political phenomena can have a catastrophic impact on firm performance: witness the strong companies destroyed by the Mexican tequila crisis and those... View Details
- 01 Sep 2016
- News
The Taxi Wars of Jakarta
transit drivers assembled to block one of Jakarta’s busiest thoroughfares. Convoys of taxis and microbuses—a cross between a bus and a taxi—parked as many as seven rows deep on normally bustling boulevards. Aerial footage showed View Details
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2021 Symposium - Race, Gender & Equity
strikingly come to the fore this past year, here in the US and across the world. We have been alternately devastated and heartened by what we’ve seen: civil protests over the repeated, now increasingly publicized police killings of Black... View Details
- 25 Aug 2017
- Op-Ed
Op-Ed: After Charlottesville, Where Does a CEO's Responsibility Lie?
business leaders. Those who had until then been willing to either support Trump or at least mute their criticisms clearly felt that his responses to the protests and violence made that stance no longer sustainable. For example,... View Details
Keywords: by Gautam Mukunda
- 15 Jun 2020
- Blog Post
Black MBA Students Pen Letters to the HBS Community: Letter 1/5
storm government buildings protesting minor inconveniences and now I watch as Black Americans are peppered with rubber bullets and tear gas for marching for their lives in the midst of a deadly pandemic. 5. I am angry that so many of you... View Details
- 29 Jul 2014
- First Look
First Look: July 29
Eurasia In the fall of 2013, the people of Ukraine disagreed passionately whether their country should intensify ties with the European Union or Russia. After President Yanukovych rejected the free trade agreement with the EU in November, thousands of Ukrainians... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 20 May 2019
- Research & Ideas
Activist CEOs Are Rising Up—and Their Customers Are Listening
When former Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz announced earlier this year he was thinking about running for president of the United States, it wasn’t a new idea. Past CEOs seeking the White House have included Carly Fiorina, Ross Perot, Herman Cain, Steve Forbes, Mitt... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding