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- August 2023
- Article
Status and Mortality: Is There a Whitehall Effect in the United States?
By: Tom Nicholas
The influential Whitehall studies found that top-ranking civil servants in Britain experienced lower mortality than civil servants below them in the organizational hierarchy due to differential exposure to workplace stress. I test for a Whitehall effect in the United... View Details
Nicholas, Tom. "Status and Mortality: Is There a Whitehall Effect in the United States?" Economic History Review 76, no. 3 (August 2023): 1191–1230.
- Article
How Do Fairness Definitions Fare? Examining Public Attitudes Towards Algorithmic Definitions of Fairness
By: Nripsuta Saxena, Karen Huang, Evan DeFilippis, Goran Radanovic, David C. Parkes and Yang Liu
What is the best way to define algorithmic fairness? While many definitions of fairness have been proposed in the computer science literature, there is no clear agreement over a particular definition. In this work, we investigate ordinary people’s perceptions of three... View Details
Saxena, Nripsuta, Karen Huang, Evan DeFilippis, Goran Radanovic, David C. Parkes, and Yang Liu. "How Do Fairness Definitions Fare? Examining Public Attitudes Towards Algorithmic Definitions of Fairness." Proceedings of the AAAI/ACM Conference on Artificial Intelligence, Ethics, and Society (2019).
- September 2007
- Case
Still Leading (B5): General Claudia Kennedy—In Command of Life
By: Rosabeth Moss Kanter and Lance P. Pierce
Describes the transition issues for General Kennedy after she left the army and tried to apply her leadership to social causes. View Details
Keywords: Transition; Problems and Challenges; Social Issues; Personal Development and Career; Leadership; Public Administration Industry
Kanter, Rosabeth Moss, and Lance P. Pierce. "Still Leading (B5): General Claudia Kennedy—In Command of Life." Harvard Business School Case 308-037, September 2007.
- June 2007 (Revised February 2008)
- Teaching Note
Aid, Debt Relief, and Trade: An Agenda for Fighting World Poverty (TN) (A) and (B)
By: Laura Alfaro, Eric D. Werker and Renee Kim
- June 2003
- Case
Booker T. Washington High School
By: Rosabeth M. Kanter and Michelle Heskett
For over a decade, Principal Elsie Bailey has led a turnaround of this inner-city high school in Memphis. Although she's made progress, some problems have arisen for this "school of last resort" that deals with some of the more difficult student populations, and... View Details
- February 1991 (Revised March 1993)
- Supplement
USSR--1990, Supplement
Provides an update of key social, political, and economic outcomes in the Soviet Union over the period April 1990 to February 1991. View Details
Keywords: Social Issues; Outcome or Result; Government and Politics; Economy; Transition; Soviet Union
Emmons, Willis M., III. "USSR--1990, Supplement." Harvard Business School Supplement 391-161, February 1991. (Revised March 1993.)
- 01 Jun 2001
- News
HBS Alumni Association Board of Directors: President's Report
The last few months have been exciting ones at the School. We have witnessed the announcement of a new Harvard president, sponsored another dynamic Global Alumni Conference, welcomed club officers along with current and emeriti board members for their annual meetings,... View Details
- 01 Feb 2001
- News
Happy Campers: HBS Student Auction Helps Local Kids
At a "Christmas in July" auction held last summer, the January Cohort of the Class of 2001 raised just over $15,000 to benefit the Cambridge Camping Association (CCA), a 106-year-old organization dedicated to helping low-income, minority, and at-risk children to attend... View Details
- Web
2018 Symposium - Race, Gender & Equity
Her book The Games Black Girls Play: Learning the Ropes from Double-Dutch to Hip-Hop published by NYU Press won of the 2007 Alan Merriam Book Prize awarded by The Society for Ethnomusicology, which contributed to the emergence of black... View Details
- February 2025
- Case
Doing Business in Kigali, Rwanda
By: Andy Zelleke, Martin A. Sinozich, Julianne Bliss and Choetsow Tenzin
Rwanda’s transformation from a post-genocide recovery effort to one of Africa’s fastest-growing economies presents a compelling case for investors and business leaders. With an ambitious Vision 2050 strategy, Kigali has emerged as a regional hub for trade, innovation,... View Details
- January 2023
- Supplement
Apple: Privacy vs. Safety (B)
By: Henry McGee, Nien-hê Hsieh and Christian Godwin
In 2020, as the COVID-19 pandemic swept across the globe, Apple and Google partnered to develop a contact tracing application that would collect information about users infected with the disease and notify those who they had been in contact with. While Apple/Google’s... View Details
Keywords: Iphone; Encryption; Data Privacy; Customers; Customer Focus and Relationships; Decision Making; Ethics; Values and Beliefs; Globalized Firms and Management; Government and Politics; Health; Health Pandemics; Leadership; Markets; Safety; Social Issues; Information Technology; Telecommunications Industry; Technology Industry; Consumer Products Industry; Electronics Industry; Health Industry; United States; Europe
McGee, Henry, Nien-hê Hsieh, and Christian Godwin. "Apple: Privacy vs. Safety (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 323-066, January 2023.
- March 2020
- Teaching Note
onefinestay: Building a Luxury Experience in the Sharing Economy
By: Jill Avery and Anat Keinan
onefinestay was a two-sided marketplace that offered high-end home rentals to travelers who sought a more authentic and local experience than a typical upscale hotel might provide. After five years of rapid growth, it was time to do a comprehensive analysis of the... View Details
Keywords: Two-sided Marketplace; Two-sided Market; Hospitality Industry; Hotels; Luxury Brand; Sharing Economy; Startup; Scaling; Growth; Customer Segmentation; Brand Positioning; Marketing; Marketing Strategy; Brands and Branding; Luxury; Entrepreneurship; Business Startups; Business Model; Venture Capital; Customers; Segmentation; Growth and Development Strategy; Travel Industry; Tourism Industry; Accommodations Industry; United Kingdom; London; Europe
- 11 Feb 2019
- Research & Ideas
The Business of Saving the Planet
"The fact that the benefits of addressing the problem of climate change almost certainly outweigh the costs ... does not make concerted global action to address the problem easy." —Climate Change in 2018: Implications for Business If there is one positive... View Details
- 24 Jun 2019
- Blog Post
Chloe Ho, MBA 2019: Data-Driven and In Demand
larger existential implications. “As this field continues to involve, there are broader implications on data ownership and governance, notions of personal privacy and ethics, and on the evolution of man-machine interactions and interfaces,” says Ho. “We as a View Details
Keywords: Technology
- Profile
Frank Mycroft
discover life, how would that change societies on earth?" One obstacle, Frank found, is technology. "We're limited by our ability to engineer advanced telescopes and spaceships, tools that can give us more data. Without those,... View Details
- 01 Jun 2008
- News
Where Are They Now?
transitioning early I could build a new career and contribute to society on a wider scale,” he observes, describing his decision to retire in 2003 at age 55. He resolved to work in areas and on issues that inspired “as much passion and... View Details
- 01 Mar 2006
- News
End of Campaign Celebrated
decisions “have made your businesses, your organizations, and your communities better,” said Spangler, who thanked those present on behalf of HBS for their contributions to society as well as to the School. Leadership and Corporate... View Details
- 01 Sep 2005
- News
Make Plans for Washington GLF
of the public and private realms and their impact on financial markets, innovation and technology, executive compensation, and society as a whole. Faculty-led sessions will delve into four key areas: Innovation, Technology, and... View Details
- 24 Jul 2019
- Blog Post
Data-Driven and in Demand
larger existential implications. “As this field continues to involve, there are broader implications on data ownership and governance, notions of personal privacy and ethics, and on the evolution of man-machine interactions and interfaces,” says Ho. “We as a View Details
- 2013
- Working Paper
Testing Coleman's Social-Norm Enforcement Mechanism: Evidence from Wikipedia
By: Mikolaj J. Piskorski and Andreea Gorbatai
Since Durkheim, sociologists have believed that dense network structures lead to fewer norm violations. Coleman (1990) proposed one mechanism generating this relationship and argued that dense networks provide an opportunity structure to reward those who punish norm... View Details
Keywords: Governance Compliance; Governance Controls; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Information Publishing; Social and Collaborative Networks; Social Issues; Societal Protocols
Piskorski, Mikolaj J., and Andreea Gorbatai. "Testing Coleman's Social-Norm Enforcement Mechanism: Evidence from Wikipedia." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 11-055, December 2010. (Revised September 2011, March 2013.)