Economic And Social Disparities - Publications - Faculty & Research

17 Jun 2021
News

Investing in a Post-COVID World; Exploring the Pandemic’s Impact on Gender Equity

March, the news was grim. The significant economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic stretched the global gap by an entire generation. “Last year, we were a mere 99.5 years from real gender equity,” says Heather Stark (MBA 1999). “Now, one... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

01 Dec 2010
News

Eight Join HBS Faculty

decision-making, social influence, and ethics. Gino’s work has been published in a number of journals and featured in the New York Times, Newsweek, View Details

01 Jun 2013
News

Five Bright Ideas

learn (or review) and then points to what the student should next master to proceed most efficiently to his or her knowledge goal. FAST FACT: Knewton was named a 2011 Technology Pioneer by the World Economic... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools

26 Sep 2019
Research & Ideas

What Can the World’s Largest Refugee Camp Teach Us About the Meaning of Work?

intersection of economics and social behavior in developing countries. Rather than wait for government policymakers to decide how to accommodate View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost

April 2010
Teaching Note

IBM: The Corporate Service Corps (TN)

By: Christopher Marquis, Alison Comings and Bobbi Thomason

Teaching Note for [409106]. View Details

Keywords: Service Operations; Employees; Partners and Partnerships; Non-Governmental Organizations; Developing Countries and Economies; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Programs; Global Strategy; Computer Industry; Information Technology Industry; Ghana; Tanzania; Romania; Philippines; Viet Nam

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29 Jul 2002
Research & Ideas

Get Off the Dime!

articles had been sent to the execs about the good and the bad aspects of the existing systems. A small team of people had focused carefully on the economic analysis, looking closely at our current software... View Details

Keywords: by John P. Kotter & Dan S. Cohen

24 Apr 2012
First Look

First Look: April 24

PublicationsBarriers to Household Risk Management: Evidence from India Authors:Shawn A. Cole, Xavier Giné, Jeremy Tobacman, Petia Topalova, Robert M. Townsend, and James Vickery Publication:American View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

Fast Answer

Scaling Minority Businesses (SMB)

Where can I get started with research for my project assignment? Research Task Suggested Resources Consumer & Business Demographics United States Census Bureau - Demographic characteristics, total population, social, View Details

13 Dec 2011
First Look

First Look: Dec. 13

Power: Norway and International Cartels and Trusts, 1919-1939 Authors:Pal Thonstad Sandvik and Espen Storli Publication:Scandinavian Economic... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Dec 2010
News

Additional alumni books for your consideration.

Profiting from the World’s Economic Crisis: Finding Investment Opportunities by Tracking Global Market Trends by Bud Conrad (MBA ’71) (Wiley) Conrad predicts a rough road ahead, due to economic imbalances... View Details

Keywords: Funds, Trusts, and Other Financial Vehicles; Funds, Trusts, and Other Financial Vehicles

30 May 2000
Research & Ideas

Market Makers Bid for Success

not work, because those parties will fight the market too much. We've now moved into upward and downward auctions and other kinds of exchange mechanisms for different economic... View Details

Keywords: by Staff; Web Services; Technology

14 Nov 2006
First Look

First Look: November 14, 2006

depended on a more dynamic development of the entire regional economy. On his own initiative, in 1997, Groot launched a private sector-driven effort to enhance the economic development in central Germany, the region located around... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

Portrait Project

Monica Haugen

I still constantly look around and think, "I am so different from these people." Although I crossed no ocean to get here, it feels as though I crossed something even bigger - a social View Details

19 Jun 2018
Research Event

Has Environmental Sustainability Lost its Relevance?

entity that can effectively lobby to pass such policy. It’s time to revisit the assumption, one speaker argued, that sustainability can be reconciled with economic growth. "What’s the use of a zero-waste View Details

Keywords: by Geoffrey G. Jones; Energy

18 Aug 2021
News

Alumni on the Black Lives Matter Movement

2021 AUGUST 12 Edwards Lifesciences Corporation recently announced that it has established a $100 million Social Impact Investment Fund “aimed at advancing racial equity through economic development,... View Details

07 Sep 2007
What Do You Think?

Are Elite Business Schools Fostering the Deprofessionalization of Management?

capitalism"? The effect on the elite business school was, in Khurana's view, substantial. The forces described above have led to the hiring of faculty well-trained in economics and math, ready to do... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett

01 Dec 2006
News

Entrepreneurial Unit Travels to China

changes in the Chinese economic and social system, and to see how entrepreneurship is being facilitated to play a role in this,” said Senior... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools

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2019 Symposium - Race, Gender & Equity

she earned a double major in Psychology and Economics and served as a two-time co-captain of the Varsity Tennis Team (1990); an M.B.A. from the Harvard Business School (1994);... View Details

March 2014
Teaching Note

Uptake of Rapid Diagnostic Tests: A Development Challenge

By: Nava Ashraf, Andrew Boozary and Kristin Johnson

Keywords: Developing Countries and Economies; Health Pandemics; Technology; Health Care and Treatment; Policy; Behavior; Prejudice and Bias; Zambia