Economic And Social Disparities - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Mar 2009
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The Case for Studying Financial History

HISTORY LESSONS: Ferguson shares his views on the global financial crisis with an attentive crowd at the Harvard Book Store in Cambridge. Professor Niall Ferguson, born in Glasgow and educated at Oxford and... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; federal bailouts; Administration of Economic Programs; Administration of Economic Programs; Administration of Economic Programs

01 Dec 2022
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The State of Play

If the category of offerings known as “immersive experiences” were a soup, it would probably have to be a gumbo—a saucy and colorful assemblage of potentially disparate things. View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries

01 Jun 2006
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Managing Family Assets

encourage bad behavior. Another part may be that the transfer of knowledge somehow implies the transfer of power, and many people don’t like to give up power. How do you get disparate family members to agree... View Details

Keywords: Lewis I. Rice; Funds, Trusts, and Other Financial Vehicles; Funds, Trusts, and Other Financial Vehicles; Funds, Trusts, and Other Financial Vehicles

01 Sep 2012
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Alumni Books

Angst, Awareness, Action by Jay P. Desai (AMP 180, 2011) (Pearson) Accountability, the bedrock of governance, is under siege in India. Widespread unaccountability is preventing the country from unlocking its full economic View Details

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

01 Dec 2007
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A Call to Innovation

“wicked problems” will throw off an enormous amount of social and economic value, such as the start of new businesses and advances in fundamental... View Details

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

08 Oct 2020
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JPMorgan Chase Commits $30 Billion to Advance Racial Equity

Jamie Dimon (MBA 1982) Jamie Dimon (MBA 1982) This week, JP Morgan Chase announced that it would commit “an additional $30 billion over the next five years to provide economic opportunity to underserved communities, especially the Black... View Details

01 Mar 2009
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Damon Silvers

representing a large part of what remains of the American industrial economy. Should these companies file for Chapter 11 and fail to get financing, there could be a loss of several million jobs. But the threat is far worse than those... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; Administration of Economic Programs; Administration of Economic Programs; Administration of Economic Programs; Administration of Economic Programs; Administration of Economic Programs

01 Dec 2007
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How Business Schools Lost Their Way

more clearly than ever, the task these academics were setting for themselves of educating and socializing business school students as genuine professionals would not be easy to accomplish. The Fall of... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; Abraham Zaleznik; Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services

01 Sep 2009
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Home Sweet Home

those communities. “This is not just a matter of social equity,” Terwilliger stated. “The shortage of workforce housing is compromising the economic well-being of our cities.” View Details

Keywords: Administration of Housing Programs, Urban Planning, and Community Development; Administration of Housing Programs, Urban Planning, and Community Development; Administration of Housing Programs, Urban Planning, and Community Development; Administration of Housing Programs, Urban Planning, and Community Development

01 Mar 2014
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The Solution to the Global Food Crisis Just Might Come from Nigeria

vision," they say, "is to be the preferred provider of food for West Africans." Ndidi and Mezuo, both children of university professors, approach the ambitious challenge with a combination of academic rigor View Details

Keywords: Francis Storrs; John H. Davis; Michael Halse; Administration of Economic Programs; Administration of Economic Programs; Administration of Economic Programs; Administration of Economic Programs; Administration of Economic Programs; Administration of Economic Programs

01 Oct 2001
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Porter Directs New Institute at HBS

foster the integration of competition and corporate strategy with economic policy and social development in ways that not only advance theory but... View Details

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

17 Nov 2015
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Carbon Neutral

revenue for economic assistance and conversion to cleaner energy. While the group hasn’t attached an exact figure to the amount of the tax, they estimate that it should start between $30 View Details

Keywords: Michael Blanding

01 Jun 2010
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$how Me the Money

should avoid any semblance of tax evasion or illicit activity, says Baker. He points to the goals of GFI’s Task Force on Financial Integrity & Economic Development (TFFIED), a global coalition of civil society organizations View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; Administration of Economic Programs; Administration of Economic Programs; Administration of Economic Programs; Administration of Economic Programs; Administration of Economic Programs; Administration of Economic Programs; Administration of Economic Programs; Administration of Economic Programs

01 Dec 2022
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I Gave at the Office

degree in psychology, which informed his interest in the motivations around good deeds. Given their respective backgrounds in economics and social psychology, Exley View Details

Keywords: Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations; Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations

01 Dec 1998
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New Senior Executive Programme Strengthens African Managerial Leadership

One key to becoming more integrated into the global marketplace will be southern Africa's ability to respond to the radical economic and social changes taking place in its own... View Details

03 Apr 2019
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Finding Common Ground

increased focus on initiatives that instill confidence and dignity,” Shumway reports. All Ideas on the Table Implementing a long-planned succession strategy, Shumway stepped away from his CEO role at Cicero in 2017 View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg

24 Apr 2014
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Recasting environmentalism as a smart financial investment

Conservancy (TNC), the world’s largest environmental organization. He is leading TNC as it changes society’s mindset around the importance of healthy natural systems and demonstrates nature’s value as the foundation of our well-being... View Details

01 Oct 2000
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John C. Sawhill Remembered

John Sawhill, a senior lecturer at HBS and president and CEO of The Nature Conservancy, died of complications from diabetes in May at the age of 63. Sawhill, whose research focused on the nonprofit sector,... View Details

01 Jun 2009
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Donors Invest in Students’ Future

BARCOTT: Pledges to pay back donors in “service and deeds.” I am here tonight to thank all the donors who believe in the promise that the students in this room represent,” Rye Barcott (MBA ’09) told the nearly 550 people gathered in early... View Details