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- 09 Aug 2021
- Research & Ideas
OneTen: Creating a New Pathway for Black Talent
not the case in other parts of the world. In some countries, mostly in northern Europe, people’s economic fates aren’t tied to those of their parents’ so directly. Supporting skills-based education A high-quality education and resources lay the groundwork for View Details
- 23 Jun 2008
- Research & Ideas
Innovative Ways to Encourage Personal Savings
whether it is in prize-linked or collectible savings. On the sociological end, our research with U.S. savings bonds has been eye-opening. It reveals an old-fashioned impulse lives on: to save on behalf of others. Savings bonds help View Details
- 13 Apr 2021
- Book
How Inclusive Managers Create Glass-Shattering Organizations
self-confidence. Add in a devastating pandemic that has forced many mothers to scale back professional duties to support children at home, and deeply embedded stereotypes about women as caregivers and men as breadwinners start to... View Details
Keywords: by Kristen Senz
- 01 May 2019
- What Do You Think?
What Should the Leadership of YouTube Do?
and motion pictures. However, instead of a rating board, I'd let the users of YouTube determine the ratings. I'd want YouTube to develop a system for age-checking so that children were not exposed to (XXX) content rated that way. Of... View Details
- 13 Sep 2006
- Op-Ed
Rising CEO Pay: What Directors Should Do
compensation committee wants to admit that its CEO is below the median. In fact, most want to place their CEO in the upper quartile. As a result, CEOs are like the children of Lake Wobegon—all are above average. Another upward pressure... View Details
Keywords: by Jay W. Lorsch
- 13 Feb 2006
- Research & Ideas
The Hidden Market for Babies
and children are sold via fertility clinics, sperm banks, women selling their eggs, surrogates, and adoption services. We don't couch these transactions in terms of profit-making businesses. Orphans aren't sold—they are... View Details
- 23 Mar 2016
- Research & Ideas
Researchers Prove C-Suite Gender Gap—but Can’t Explain It
sciences); family background (e.g. birth order and where the executive grew up); career (including years of labor market experience and number of days unemployed); and current family status (e.g. marital status and number of children at... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 28 Feb 2012
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 28
are publicly observable. To the best of our knowledge, however, this behavioral regularity has not been systematically explored as a potential solution to social dilemmas. This paper takes a step in that direction. We report data on the self-control decisions of View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 31 Jul 2012
- First Look
First Look: July 31
Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/13-004.pdf Children Develop a Veil of Fairness Authors:A., N. Montinari Shaw, M. Piovesan, K.R. Olson, F. Gino, and M.I. Norton Abstract Previous research suggests that View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 20 Jan 2015
- First Look
First Look: January 20
to have higher academic achievement and experience greater acceptance by their peers in adolescence. Despite this positive influence on educational outcomes, it is still unclear why some children are more prosocial than others in school.... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 19 May 2003
- Lessons from the Classroom
Business Plan Winner Targets India Dropouts
meet the cash flow crunch that prevents children from staying in school past Class V, and vocational education to ensure that the formal education they receive is complemented with more immediately income-generating skills. Our program is... View Details
- 01 Jun 2021
- What Do You Think?
Are Employers Ready for a Flood of 'New' Talent Seeking Work?
the United States, for example, millions of women left the labor force during the first two months of the pandemic. According to a study by McKinsey and Leanin.org, female workforce participation dropped to its lowest level in 32 years. Most left involuntarily to care... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 25 Mar 2014
- Research & Ideas
Book Excerpt: ‘Can China Lead?’
day in the Soviet Union (Chiang Ching-kuo) and Germany (Chiang Wei-kuo and Tai An-kuo). Times change. Today there is no shortage of American families who send their children to China. As Chinese universities increase their international... View Details
- 13 Jul 2011
- Research & Ideas
Experimental Researcher Helps Improve Health Care in Zambia
received nothing. To uncover the effect of disagreements between spouses about the number of children to have—women generally want fewer than men—half of the women chosen to receive vouchers got them without their husbands present, and... View Details
- 08 Dec 2003
- Research & Ideas
Why Europe Lags in Pharmaceuticals and Biotech
'86). She is global marketing director at Baxter Healthcare. She recalled that while living in the United Kingdom, her children started a lemonade stand but few potential customers even gave it a second glance. In the U.S., she said, you... View Details
- 21 Dec 2010
- First Look
First Look: December 21
paper: http://www.people.hbs.edu/ffoley/BFSWIPO.pdf Luck or Cheating? A Field Experiment on Honesty with Children Authors:Alessandro Bucciol and Marco Piovesan Publication:Journal of Economic Psychology (forthcoming) Abstract We run an... View Details
- 17 Nov 2003
- Research & Ideas
The Business of Babies
it is in other markets." We're not talking about demand for potato chips. This is the kind of demand that becomes an obsession.— Debora Spar There are both low- and high-tech supplies of children, Spar continued. With ten million AIDS orphans in Africa and more... View Details
- 19 Dec 2017
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, December 19, 2017
https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/717052-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 518-006 Sampark Foundation: Transforming Primary Education in India Founders Vineet and Anupama Nayar had rapidly scaled their foundation to reach 3 million primary school View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 19 May 2009
- First Look
First Look: May 19, 2009
partnership in rural northern Minnesota between 14 different organizations, which worked together through an advisory board, governing board, and leadership team in order to deliver coordinated early childhood services to young children... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 02 Sep 2014
- Research & Ideas
Food Stamp Entrepreneurs: How Public Assistance Enables Business Bootstrapping
Gareth Olds grew up toeing the poverty line. For years his parents struggled to support three children in Anchorage, Alaska, where food costs run high. His stepfather held down a steady but low-paying job as a dental assistant, and his... View Details