Gender Pay Gap - Publications - Faculty & Research

14 Mar 2017
First Look

First Look at New Research, March 14

friends’ purchasing. Third, they looked at whether liking affects things other than purchasing (for example, whether it can persuade people to engage in healthful behaviors). And fourth, they tested whether boosting likes by paying to... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

19 Oct 2022
Op-Ed

Cofounder Courtship: How to Find the Right Mate—for Your Startup

a few types of candidates. The same holds for co-founders. You may have to test a few potential cofounder candidates before inking a cofounder agreement. Try to meet at least a half-dozen people who may solve for the gaps you are hoping... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Austin

22 Nov 2011
First Look

First Look: November 22

close with an attempt to identify strategies to close the gap between the unethical people we are and the ethical people that we strive to be. Publisher's Link: http://www.taylorandfrancis.com/books/details/9780415873246/ Working... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

31 Jan 2017
First Look

First Look at New Research: January 31, 2017

although they received significantly lower levels of labor income than their native born counterparts. Overall, the contribution of foreign born inventors to U.S. innovation was substantial, but we also find evidence of an immigrant inventor wage View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

16 Feb 2010
Research & Ideas

The Outside-In Approach to Customer Service

is what business is about. Much to my surprise, I found that this was the exception rather than the rule for most businesses. “As I delved deeper into companies seeking to become more customer-centric, the biggest gap I discovered was the... View Details

Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert; Consumer Products

10 May 2010
Research & Ideas

What Top Scholars Say About Leadership

to deliver—is glaring. In part, I think this gap has grown because leadership is such a complex phenomenon. It's a phenomenon partly rooted in psychology with respect to the sense of identity that leaders have. It is rooted in sociology... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Education

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Social Enterprise - Faculty & Research

corporate agendas nowadays, public reactions to firms' ESG performance remain under-studied. This paper fills this gap by investigating whether the public picks up firms' ESG performance changes timely and, if not, how long it takes. I... View Details

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Diversity and Inclusion - Christensen Center for Teaching & Learning

female and/or minority protagonists For example, only using a case with a female protagonist to discuss gender discrimination at work or work/life challenges, which may signal that these issues are relevant only to women or minorities... View Details

25 Sep 2023
Blog Post

HBS Latino Student Association Spotlight: Ana Barrera (MBA 2024)

led me to my pre-MBA career roles at Morgan Stanley and Harlem Capital, in which I worked on talented, diverse teams helping close the funding gap for underrepresented founders. Additionally, I care deeply about building a strong... View Details

30 Jul 2018
Research & Ideas

Why Ethical People Become Unethical Negotiators

deliberate on important decisions. Masking the gender of applicants for tech jobs before deciding whether they should be interviewed can remove bias from the process. And when selecting employees for a task, managers should compare two or... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

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Global Opportunity Fellowship GO: AFRICA - Alumni

amounts are designed to bridge the gap between the recipient’s salary and $130,000 USD, with a maximum award of up to $50,000 USD per year. For example, if recipient’s salary is $95,000 USD, the GO Fellowship may be up to $35,000 USD. MBA... View Details

06 Jan 2020
Research & Ideas

Motivate Your High Performers to Share Their Knowledge

Sometimes a little push like that is all employees need to get out of a rut. About the Author Michael Blanding is a writer based in Boston. [Image: Mark Kostich] Related Reading Ignore This Advice at Your Own Peril Knowledge Transfer: You Can't Learn Surgery By... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

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Winners & Runners-Up | New Venture Competition

Runner-Up & Crowd Favorite Pioneering Bridging gaps in medical equipment access by enabling sharing and redistribution through an asset-light model sustainable biopolymer production. Business Track, 2024 Crop Diagnostix Brandon Chi (MBA... View Details

06 Oct 2020
Sharpening Your Skills

18 Tips Managers Can Use to Lead Through COVID's Rising Waters

claiming an unexpected career toll among scientific researchers, and particularly on women, new research shows. If you are female, have young children, or work in a lab, you are more likely to feel the career-crunching effects dealt by the pandemic. A well-documented... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

28 Jan 2020
Book

Advanced Leadership Requires More Than Outside-The-Box Thinking

innovative new products and services, new commercial ventures, or new approaches that create social impact. These are also the kinds of problems rising leaders care about: climate change, race and gender inequities, education shortfalls,... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

11 Aug 2008
Research & Ideas

Strategy Execution and the Balanced Scorecard

recently become sensitive to a gap in our strategy map/BSC framework by not paying sufficient attention to enterprise risk management (ERM). Obviously, many large financial institutions, despite having risk... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

08 May 2023
Research & Ideas

How Trump’s Anti-Immigrant Rhetoric Crushed Crowdfunding for Minority Entrepreneurs

but that gap triples during periods of high public anxiety over immigration in the United States. “When there is the greatest anxiety, we see this funding shortfall.” Banks have historically rejected loan applications from Black, Asian,... View Details

Keywords: by Scott Van Voorhis

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The 20th Century Zeitgeist - Leadership

Majority "Me" generation Focus on training and fitness Income gap widens dramatically AIDS Influence: High 90 1990 s Internet "irrational exuberance" Antigovernment sentiment: Waco standoff; Oklahoma City bombing Influence: Medium-Low... View Details

30 Aug 2018
Blog Post

My Difficult Decision to Leave Google for HBS

get accepted into HBS and decided to attend. Even though I was already on a great track and well-compensated at Google, I determined that attending would be a long-term investment that would likely pay off during the twilight of my... View Details

03 Jun 2022
Research & Ideas

In a Work-from-Anywhere World, How Remote Will Workers Go?

protect the rights and well-being of remote employees can further foster the work-from-anywhere movement.” 3. Incentivize people to move to lower-profile areas. Not everyone wants to take out a massive mortgage or pay exorbitant rent to... View Details

Keywords: by Kara Baskin

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