Economic And Social Disparities - Publications - Faculty & Research

03 Apr 2006
What Do You Think?

Has Globalization Reached Its Peak?

cautionary note: ". . . the elephant in the room is the assumption of the availability and cost of petroleum . . . the economics of globalization will change dramatically in the decades ahead."... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

01 Jun 2011
News

Alumni Books

strategies, virtual workplaces, results-only work environments, babies at work programs, and on-ramp and off-ramp opportunities. Get the Job You Really Want by James Caan (AMP 164, 2003) (Portfolio) To land... View Details

Keywords: National Security and International Affairs; National Security and International Affairs; National Security and International Affairs; National Security and International Affairs; National Security and International Affairs

31 Jan 2017
First Look

First Look at New Research: January 31, 2017

link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=52164 forthcoming Explorations in Economic History Prizes, Patents and the Search for Longitude By: Burton, M. Diane, and... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

01 Jun 2017
News

@Soldiers Field

Understanding how the brain’s cognitive system relates to social and economic phenomena—including financial markets—was the focus of an April workshop on Belief Formation View Details

17 Nov 2014
Lessons from the Classroom

Managing the Family Business: Are Optimists or Pessimists Better Leaders?

motivate people to take action-different actions, but at least action. Are You A Pessimist? If you're a pessimist, you tend to focus on safety and security. Pessimism drives you to seek and find safe havens,... View Details

22 Feb 2022
News

The Well-Healed Athlete

neuroscience research and social justice and economic inequality initiatives, among other areas. To establish the Alliance’s research agenda, Wu... View Details

Keywords: April White; Health and Personal Care Stores; Health and Personal Care Stores

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The new industrial state? | Institute for Business in Global Society

series. These conversations delve into the complexities of U.S. industrial policy, offering diverse perspectives on the challenges and opportunities including insights on advancing national economic... View Details

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2018 Symposium - Race, Gender & Equity

Director of The Center for Urban Entrepreneurship & Economic Development. Dr. Robinson is a passionate advocate for social entrepreneurship, inclusive innovation and View Details

01 Sep 2012
News

What’s the Big Idea?

customers, the depletion of natural resources vital to their businesses, the viability of key suppliers, and the economic distress of the communities in which they produce and... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons;Julia Hanna;Roger Thompson; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools

01 Aug 2002
News

HBS Business Plan Contest Keeps Entrepreneurial Spirit Alive

FishLogic's Javier Segovia, Patrick George, Benjamin Vigoda, and Gonçal Pagan: producing programmable signal-processing chips that cost less and work faster. Lucas Klein, Matthew Mugo Fields, View Details

25 Apr 2014
News

Raising the bar for financial literacy

Nan Morrison (MBA 1987) is intent on making children financially and economically literate. As CEO of the Council for Economic Education (CEE), a New York–based national... View Details

18 Nov 2020
News

Networking Goes Truly Global; Confronting Institutional Racism with Case Method Webinar

to recent political and economic shifts or part of a deeper social and cultural history? What can be done to address this crisis in our criminal... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

2007
Chapter

The Complete Business of Serving the Poor: Insights from Unilever's Project Shakti in India

By: V. Kasturi Rangan, Dalip Sehgal and Rohithari Rajan

Keywords: Multinational Firms and Management; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Social Entrepreneurship; Poverty; Developing Countries and Economies; India

Citation

01 Mar 2008
News

“A National System of Income Supplementation”

and economic inequality http://historymatters.gmu.edu/d/6545/. The so-called Kerner Report, warning that the United States was in danger of becoming two “separate but unequal” societies, recommended federal... View Details

Keywords: Educational Support Services; Educational Services

01 Dec 2022
News

Contributing to a Better Future

shift the narrative of how people view HBS’s approach to the topic of business in society. “There’s significant cutting-edge work happening at the School in terms of how businesses interact with climate change, social inequality, View Details

Keywords: April White

01 Feb 2001
News

Porter Appointed to University Professorship

social issues, from the economic development of U.S. inner cities to environmental concerns. Michael E. Porter (MBA '71), the C. Roland Christensen Professor of Business Administration, whose prodigious... View Details

Keywords: Doug Gavel; University Professorship; C. Roland Christensen; Sumner H. Slichter

22 Dec 2003
Research & Ideas

Why Negotiation is Like Jazz

The Pattern While certain improvisations are more common in some types of negotiations than others, there is no ideal form. Try to guide your negotiation toward the improvisational pattern that best fits its unique economic View Details

Keywords: by Kathleen L. McGinn

19 Jul 2011
First Look

First Look: July 19

Read the paper: http://www.people.hbs.edu/lcohen/pdffiles/pomalco.pdf Achieving Sustainability Through Integrated Reporting Authors:Robert G. Eccles and Daniela Saltzman Publication:Stanford Social... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Feb 2001
News

Books

economics are different, and all the wheels must turn a lot faster, but the problems of leadership, organization, and change are similar to those we have experienced for... View Details

Keywords: books; research; Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

08 Nov 2011
First Look

First Look: Nov. 8

Dynamics of Warmth and Competence Judgments, and Their Outcomes in Organizations Authors:Amy J.C. Cuddy, Peter Glick, and Anna Beninger Publication:Research in Organizational... View Details