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  • 16 Aug 2016
  • First Look

August 16, 2016

frictions play a first-order role in determining market prices. Download working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=49425 Popular Acceptance of Inequality Due to Brute Luck and Support for Classical Benefit-Based... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 30 Nov 2011
  • Research & Ideas

Only Capitalists Can Save Capitalism

If capitalism was a stock, the market would appear rather bearish on its future. Bank failures, economic crises, and middle-class riots across the globe appear symptomatic of large systemic weaknesses in the market system, highlighted by the 2008 global financial... View Details
Keywords: by Maggie Starvish
  • 10 Apr 2025
  • Blog Post

IFC India 2025: SELCO - Decentralized Renewable Energy to Develop While Decarbonizing

systems. For example, the roti making machine has been able to quadruple the monthly income of women devoted to this economic activity from 500 INR to 2,000 INR all while consuming one twentieth of the energy that was required... View Details
  • 30 Jan 2018
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January 30, 2018

vehicles increase vehicle utilization and provide greater mobility with a fraction of the number of cars currently on the road? How will oil companies react to falling oil demand caused by the increased adoption of electric vehicles? What are the View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 03 Oct 2013
  • Research & Ideas

Lehman Brothers Plus Five: Have We Learned from Our Mistakes?

with a healthier and more robust financial system. arthur Segel It seems remarkable that we have progressed as far as we have since the crash in 2008. Stocks, which had fallen 59 percent by March 2009, have all but regained full value. Consumer debt as a percentage of... View Details
Keywords: Re: Multiple Faculty; Banking; Financial Services; Construction; Real Estate
  • 02 Apr 2010
  • What Do You Think?

Why Are Fewer and Fewer U.S. Employees Satisfied With Their Jobs?

effects on productivity, (5) Job design that allows employees to have control over their work is conducive to lower stress levels and better health outcomes (for example, the higher one rises in an organization, the lower the risk of cardiovascular problems), and (6)... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
  • 05 Dec 2005
  • What Do You Think?

Is Growth Good?

violence of all sorts is poverty—not absolute poverty, but inequality between the classes. If growth brings more economic equality into a society, then yes, growth is good." Pruthul Patel writes, "Growth is life. Without growth... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
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The Harvard Business School Faculty Summer Reader 2025 | Working Knowledge

a non-fiction sociological report about the social structure of Jackson Hole, Wyoming, an area with the highest income disparities in America. For those without a palace in the mountains, the book offers a vicarious glimpse of the... View Details
  • 22 May 2018
  • First Look

New Research and Ideas, May 22, 2018

Murphy, and Jorg L. Spenkuch Abstract—We develop a model of intergenerational resource transmission that emphasizes the link between cross-sectional inequality and intergenerational mobility. By drawing on first principles of human... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 01 Aug 2018
  • What Do You Think?

Are Free Trade and Free Markets Quaint Ideas From the Past?

pressures from globalization have very different outcomes in terms of, say, income and wage inequality.” This suggests, he continued, that domestic social and political choices and the public policy mix are all important. “Rather than... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
  • 10 Mar 2015
  • Research & Ideas

The Surprising Winners and Losers in the Retail Revolution

characterized mid-twentieth-century America was essential to supermarket success. However, the supermarket sweet spot in the middle of the income distribution has been shrinking for decades. As income View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Retail
  • 21 Nov 2017
  • First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, November 21, 2017

that a sizable decline in mortgage payments (up to 50%) induces a significant increase in car purchases (up to 35%). This effect is attenuated by voluntary deleveraging. Borrowers with lower incomes and housing wealth have significantly... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 24 Feb 2009
  • First Look

First Look: February 24, 2009

which the instruments of accountability are at least as likely to reproduce relationships of inequality as they are to overturn them. Deterring Online Advertising Fraud Through Optimal Payment in Arrears Author:Benjamin Edelman... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 01 Dec 2008
  • News

Business at the Summit

wealth inequality in the United States in recent decades, Summers said that in any society, equitable income distribution goes to the heart of a society’s legitimacy, fairness, and opportunity for its... View Details
Keywords: leadership; alumni events; Centennial; Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services; Finance; Management
  • 16 Dec 2014
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First Look: December 16

Evidence from Randomized Survey Experiments By: Kuziemko, Ilyana, Michael I. Norton, Emmanuel Saez, and Stefanie Stantcheva Abstract—We analyze randomized online survey experiments providing interactive, customized information on U.S. View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 19 May 2015
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First Look: May 19

  Cases & Course Materials Harvard Business School Case 715-023 Governing the 'Chinese Dream': Corruption, Inequality and the Rule of Law Xi Jinping assumed his position as head of China's fifth generation of leaders in 2012. Xi was... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • September 2020 (Revised September 2021)
  • Supplement

Student Success at Georgia State University (B)

By: Michael W. Toffel, Robin Mendelson and Julia Kelley
This is a supplement to the Student Success at Georgia State University (A) case. The (B) case includes the results of a randomized control trial that Georgia State conducted to test education technology start-up AdmitHub’s chatbot solution as a strategy for improving... View Details
Keywords: Education; Higher Education; Learning; Curriculum and Courses; Demographics; Diversity; Ethnicity; Income; Race; Values and Beliefs; Leadership; Goals and Objectives; Measurement and Metrics; Operations; Organizations; Mission and Purpose; Organizational Culture; Outcome or Result; Performance; Performance Effectiveness; Performance Evaluation; Performance Improvement; Planning; Strategic Planning; Social Enterprise; Nonprofit Organizations; Social Issues; Wealth and Poverty; Equality and Inequality; Information Technology; Digital Platforms; Education Industry; Atlanta
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  • March 2022 (Revised April 2023)
  • Case

Pittsburgh: A Successful City?

By: Karen Mills, Caroline Elkins, Vikram Gandhi, Gabriella Elanbeck and Zeke Gillman
Pittsburgh, PA, was once the crown jewel of American heavy industry. During the 19th and 20th centuries, the city was an undisputed leader in steel production, boasting some of the largest companies and wealthiest individuals in the world. Its abundance of... View Details
Keywords: Economic And Social Disparities; Economic Development; Local Economic Development; Contextual Intelligence; Contextual Knowledge; Context; City Growth; City Innovation; City Leadership; Pittsburgh; Local Government; Local Stakeholders; Business And Community; Business And Community Relations; Community Engagement; Community Relations; Cross-sector Collaboration; Innovation; Innovation Economy; Innovation Clusters; Innovation Ecosystems; Shared Prosperity; Equality Of Opportunity; Equity; Inclusion; Business And Government; Business ＆ Government Relations; Business And Government Relations; Business And Society; Neighborhoods; Race And Ethnicity; Innovation ＆ Entrepreneurship; Diversity; Ethnicity; Race; Household; Income; Economic Growth; Economic Sectors; Economics; Local Range; Urban Development; Urban Scope; City; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Government and Politics; Government Administration; Growth and Development; History; Leadership; Goals and Objectives; Philanthropy and Charitable Giving; Society; Civil Society or Community; Culture; Human Needs; Public Opinion; Public Sector; Social Issues; Poverty; Equality and Inequality; Manufacturing Industry; Steel Industry; Education Industry; Medical Devices and Supplies Industry; Technology Industry; United States; Pittsburgh; Pennsylvania
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  • 17 Jan 2017
  • Research & Ideas

Can China Maintain Its Economic Power?

by the state, it tends to go to state-owned enterprises. That is a big problem for a lot of privately owned businesses and has created the shadow banking sector. Q: What is your view of the wide income disparity in China today? A: Even... View Details
Keywords: by Deborah Blagg
  • 15 Jun 2021
  • News

HBS Addresses Racial Equity

of our Managing Diversity Speaker Series. For students, we are providing more content in the MBA Program around diversity, equity, and inclusion. We’re creating pre-matriculation materials for incoming MBA students and will introduce a... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie