Equality and Inequality - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Apr 2002
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Pamela Thomas Graham

professor who takes on unsolved murders and issues of race with equal aplomb. Thomas-Graham admits that progress on her third Ivy League mystery (set at Princeton) has been slow. "My husband View Details

Keywords: Amusement, Gambling, and Recreation Industries; Amusement, Gambling, and Recreation Industries

01 Apr 1997
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Manager's Notebook

predictable pattern of changing the criteria by which they make their choices of which products and services to buy. "Once the technology has overshot the market, consumers look to reliability," says Christensen. "When several products... View Details

Keywords: Judith Ross

01 Mar 2024
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What is Web3?

Web3, a new era of the internet, uses blockchains, tokens, and wallets (tools for storing and managing digital assets) to facilitate a wide range of services and functionalities, including the transfer of assets from person-to-person. It represents a paradigm shift... View Details

01 Dec 2018
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Ready, Set, Launch

outset, then they waste important resources trying to sell it, says Professor Tom Eisenmann, faculty co-chair of the Arthur Rock Center for Entrepreneurship. “It takes a lot of time, time equals money, the money runs out, View Details

01 Jan 2011
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Robert Kraft, MBA 1965

in a tight-knit family, the son of a deeply spiritual man who was a philanthropist. "My father was a man of great integrity who was very well-respected in our community," says Kraft, noting that his mother, a homemaker, doled out discipline View Details

01 Mar 2017
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Ask the Expert: Capital Architect

Brunell spent five years helping Vietnam transition to a market economy, instituting government transparency measures and a national competitiveness index. (© Whitehotpix/ZUMAPRESS.com) David Brunell (MBA 1962) is a master at making... View Details

01 Dec 2004
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Himalayan Journey

Visions of Bhutan: October 2004 Bhutan photo gallery Prayer flags fluttering gently in the wind; crystalline alpine air; monks’ robes in glowing red; and everywhere warm faces, people smiling, children waving. This is the remote Himalayan... View Details

Keywords: Janet Sanders; Hospitality

01 Dec 2018
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What a Difference a Community Can Make

As chair of The Harvard Business School Campaign, I am honored to have worked with all of you and thrilled that our collective efforts have been so successful to create a solid financial foundation for Harvard Business School’s future.... View Details

Keywords: John B. Hess (MBA 1977), Chair, The HBS Campaign

01 Dec 2020
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Advance Racial Equity in the Office

don’t even realize it’s happening, Rice says, but it means that people of color can’t compete on equal footing for career mobility. Doing nothing to fix systemic disadvantages is “fundamentally racist, not to mention cancerous to our... View Details

04 Sep 2019
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Research Brief: Ending the Legacy of Poverty

Scott Duke Kominers (photo by Evgenia Eliseeva) Scott Duke Kominers (photo by Evgenia Eliseeva) Income inequality over multiple generations is not just the result of wealthy families passing down money—it’s how those families spend their... View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Myers; Educational Services

31 Oct 2018
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Pitching In for Female Leaders

positions. “Those of us who are very passionate about achieving gender equality know that empowering women is only part of the solution. And true parity can only be reached if those decision-makers at the... View Details

01 Sep 2003
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Dean Clark Reflects on the School’s Key Initiatives

remarkable. We then work equally hard to make sure the students we want can come to Soldiers Field. The prospect of graduating with high levels of debt can narrow our applicant pool and restrict the career... View Details

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

15 Nov 2024
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Driving Change

come through understanding differences and finding common ground on resource allocation, particularly in areas affecting work-life balance and career advancement. Financial View Details

16 Nov 2021
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Getting Back Together for Global Networking Night; Healthcare Conference Draws New Interest

venture/philanthropy in biotech, the future of telehealth in disease management, overcoming inequality in the US health care system, and a conversation about how one startup—Denali Therapeutics—became a $6.4... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

15 Apr 2017
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Bringing Markets to Myanmar

final package of specific recommendations. In March, they turned it over on schedule to the new government. Just a month or two later, Aung San Suu Kyi's new government announced the formation of a new presidential council with equal... View Details

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

15 Jun 2021
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Alumni Work to Reverse Bias Through Philanthropy

hard—urgent calls for a long-overdue racial reckoning are inspiring innovative approaches to exposing and ending structural inequities in business and society. Two new ventures... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg

01 Dec 2010
News

Ilene Lang

Lang Related Links “It Pays to Hire Women in Countries That Won’t”: New research by HBS associate professor Jordan Siegel finds that multinational companies can spin gender bias into gold by recruiting and hiring well-educated female... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; interview; News, Library, Internet, and Other Services; News, Library, Internet, and Other Services; News, Library, Internet, and Other Services; News, Library, Internet, and Other Services

01 Mar 2004
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The Business of Babies

said Spar. Pricing inequities (90 percent of couples conceive for free), inconsistent insurance coverage for fertility treatments, and ambiguous legislation around property and... View Details