Disparities - Publications - Faculty & Research

27 Sep 2018
Research & Ideas

Religion in the Workplace: What Managers Need to Know

you have to wear that cross around your neck?’ Being aware that disparate treatment itself is discrimination is something a lot of companies haven’t caught up with today,” van Bever says. The courts have found that companies don’t have to... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Food & Beverage; Apparel & Accessories

09 Dec 2014
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Does Management Matter in Schools?

Keywords: by Nicholas Bloom, Renata Lemos, Raffaella Sadun & John Van Reenen; Education

July 2022
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The Developmental Origins and Behavioral Consequences of Attributions for Inequality

By: Antonya Marie Gonzalez, Lucia Macchia and Ashley V. Whillans

Attributions, or lay explanations for inequality, have been linked to inequality-relevant behavior. In adults and children, attributing inequality to an individual rather than contextual or structural causes is linked to greater support for economic inequality and less... View Details

Keywords: Equality and Inequality; Behavior; Perception

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17 Jan 2018
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If the CEO’s High Salary Isn't Justified to Employees, Firm Performance May Suffer

kutaytanir It’s no surprise that business executives make more money than lower-level employees. But when that pay disparity between a CEO and the average worker is perceived as unfair, the result may be more than unhappy workers: A... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

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Human Behavior & Decision-Making - Faculty & Research

New Framework for Reducing Healthcare Disparities By: Susanna Gallani , Mary Lynch Witkowski, Lidia M. V. R. Moura and Katie Sonnefeldt July 3, 2025 | Article | Harvard Business Review Digital Articles Despite decades of initiatives to... View Details

28 Feb 2022
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How Racial Bias Taints Customer Service: Evidence from 6,000 Hotels

terms of business outcomes, they're not developing the best customer relationships they could.” Companies that fix disparities in their service delivery are likely to boost customer satisfaction and loyalty, say Feldberg and Kim in the... View Details

Keywords: by Pamela Reynolds

20 Jan 2012
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Income Inequality and Social Preferences for Redistribution and Compensation Differentials

Keywords: by William R. Kerr

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Impact Investing | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

impact investing has emerged as a new, fast-growing category of private investing, so too has the awareness of the stark disparity between access to capital among small business owners. The course will help students understand why certain... View Details

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Mid-US - Global

Brown communities, aiming for a $300 million impact on racial health disparities over the next decade. Key themes include a late-career transition to entrepreneurship, leveraging relationships, team building, and scaling a mission-driven... View Details

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Entrepreneurship - Faculty & Research

Salikova considered scaling opportunities for the foundation, which provided educational opportunities for children from rural regions of Kazakhstan. Established by Kazakhstani businessman and philanthropist Aidyn Rakhimbayev, IQanat sought to address the stark View Details

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By: Ethan C. Rouen

Relying on empirical archival methodologies—as well as techniques in data science—to develop and structure new sources of data by which to approach questions of looming disclosure changes, Professor Rouen has focused on one of the Securities and Exchange Commission’s... View Details

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Health Care - Faculty & Research

Antoinette Schoar. "Revenue Collapses and the Consumption of Small Business Owners in the COVID-19 Pandemic." Art. 104079. Journal of Financial Economics 170 (August 2025). A New Framework for Reducing Healthcare Disparities By: Susanna... View Details

18 Jun 2024
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What Your Non-Binary Employees Need to Do Their Best Work

preferences contribute to disparities in the workplace. Ultimately, this study aims to extend this line of research to include non-binary individuals, revealing how their beliefs and preferences compare and providing insights for managers... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

05 Dec 2022
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5 Companies Where Employees Move Up the Ladder Fast

more likely to advance and succeed than employees working at others, leading to some startling disparities between companies ranked in the top 50 versus those ranked in the bottom 50: Some employees are waiting longer for promotions.... View Details

Keywords: by Pamela Reynolds

30 May 2024
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Racial Bias Might Be Infecting Patient Portals. Can AI Help?

convenience and speed. The report’s conclusion invites further study. Explanations for the disparities that the authors document range from differences in the types of questions or requests made by patients in the messages, the syntax of... View Details

Keywords: by Ben Rand; Health

01 Jan 2007
News

Jaime Augusto Zobel de Ayala, MBA 1987

explains. At least once a month Zobel gathers the CEOs of Ayala's disparate businesses for informal brainstorming sessions. "We're constantly looking for synergies. There's excitement in collectively creating something bigger than what... View Details

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What Can You Do to Foster Gender Equity?

are especially effective at encouraging change. Avoid being complacent. Even the organizations most dedicated to diversity, equity, and inclusion still have some work to do. Be on the lookout for gender disparities in how employees are... View Details

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Leadership - Faculty & Research

CEO Aliya Salikova considered scaling opportunities for the foundation, which provided educational opportunities for children from rural regions of Kazakhstan. Established by Kazakhstani businessman and philanthropist Aidyn Rakhimbayev, IQanat sought to address the... View Details

11 Apr 2023
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Is Amazon a Retailer, a Tech Firm, or a Media Company? How AI Can Help Investors Decide

health care, utilities, energy, real estate, and technology by as much as 2.5 percentage points on an annualized basis. The TOPICS method uses sophisticated financial models to spot hidden similarities in risk and return profiles among seemingly View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost; Consumer Products; Real Estate; Financial Services; Retail

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Research Resources - Doctoral

include, but are not limited to data sourcing and purchasing, locating data, finding articles, managing citations, creating charts and graphs for papers or presentations, utilizing Baker Library’s databases, diving deeply into Excel’s functionality (including creating... View Details

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