Filter Results:
(487)
Show Results For
- All HBS Web
(1,638)
- News (626)
- Research (487)
- Events (1)
- Multimedia (78)
- Faculty Publications (276)
Show Results For
- All HBS Web
(1,638)
- News (626)
- Research (487)
- Events (1)
- Multimedia (78)
- Faculty Publications (276)
Sort by
- 13 Apr 2016
- Research Event
What Does 'Diversity' Really Mean?
Holmes said. Data compiled by Google, Yahoo, Twitter, and Pinterest in 2014 showed that the number of female workers at those companies was typically 30 percent or less of the staff and that the number of black and Hispanic employees was... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 22 Aug 2012
- Research & Ideas
Advertising: It’s Not ‘Mad Men’ Anymore
with his latest brilliant inspiration. For decades, advertising agencies have thrived on, and in some ways fostered, the idea of advertising as a creative black box. “I think the story here is how the industry has evolved and adapted”... View Details
- 03 Apr 2006
- What Do You Think?
Has Globalization Reached Its Peak?
performing outsourced tasks sending much of their work abroad, enabling them to "further outsource non-strategic work so as to concentrate on strategic issues that their audiences (the U.S. firms) would be more interested in." Gregory View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 18 Jun 2001
- Lessons from the Classroom
Why Leaders Need Great Books
"I sold funeral insurance to North Carolina black people. I myself am not black. Like everybody else who was alive fifty-nine years ago, I was so young then, you know? I still feel bad about what went on. My wife says: telling... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 06 Feb 2007
- First Look
First Look: February 6, 2007
Relationships Authors:Robin Ely and Laura Morgan Roberts Publication:In Diversity at Work, edited by Arthur P. Brief. Cambridge University Press, forthcoming Abstract No abstract available. Exploring Black Greek Letter Organizations... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 06 Aug 2024
- Op-Ed
What the World Could Learn from America's Immigration Backlash—100 Years Ago
mobs rose up against migrants from other parts of Africa in March 2023, a few weeks after President Kais Saied delivered an inflammatory speech blaming the Black foreign-born population for bringing crime to the country and changing its... View Details
Keywords: by Marco Tabellini
- 25 Apr 2018
- Research & Ideas
We May Have Taken Too Much Credit for Easing Workplace Segregation
“Having segregated workplaces reduces our exposure to other races. That’s not good.” “If these occupations, like cleaning workers, used to exist within a single firm, you had Hispanics, whites, and blacks all working for the same... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 08 Jan 2016
- Research & Ideas
Is it Worth a Pay Cut to Work for a Great Manager (Like Bill Belichick)?
findings, Kahn argues that hiring great managers is truly a bargain, both for the organization and for individual players. And yes, it can be a smart move to take a pay cut to work under a great leader. The career of Bill Belichick represents a notable example. Other... View Details
- 13 Sep 2011
- First Look
First Look: September 13
W. Dunn, Dana R. Carney, and Dan Ariely Publication:Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes (forthcoming) Abstract We predicted that able-bodied individuals and white Americans would have a difficult time saying no to persuasive appeals offered by disabled... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 12 Feb 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, February 12, 2019
study this question in the context of the first Great Migration (1915–1930), when 1.5 million African Americans moved from the U.S. South to urban centers in the North, where 30 million Europeans had arrived since 1850. We test the hypothesis that View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 29 Jun 2017
- Research & Ideas
Why Uber Is Worth Saving and How To Do It
trying to go around all of the rules is not a particularly good idea.” The resignation last week of Uber co-founder and CEO Travis Kalanick is the latest black eye for the company, which has stepped on many toes during its rise from... View Details
- 22 Oct 2012
- Research & Ideas
Not Your Father’s State-Run Capitalism
enterprises” Never mind whether this was ever truly so black and white—Western countries certainly had their share of state-owned businesses back in the 1970s—but what is clear is that times have changed. Liberalization of markets in many... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 17 Oct 2011
- Research & Ideas
How ‘Hybrid’ Nonprofits Can Stay on Mission
For those who like to view things in black and white, it's tempting to divide the working world into two camps. There is the for-profit sector, primarily driven by the prospect of financial success. And then there's the not-for-profit... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 17 Sep 2024
- HBS Case
The Climate Targets Leaders Need to Know as Regulations Loom
partnered on the research with Willy Shih, the Robert and Jane Cizik Professor of Management Practice at HBS; and former HBS research associates Kelsey Carter and Stephanie van Sice. In March, Toffel launched an HBS Online course called Business and Climate Change with... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne
- 15 Jan 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, January 15, 2019
goods? If so, why? I study these questions in the context of the first wave of the Great Migration (1915–1930), when more than 1.5 million African Americans moved from the South to the North of the United States. Black inflows and the... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 07 Oct 2024
- Research & Ideas
Election 2024: Why Demographics Won't Predict the Next President
have had very distinct voting patterns over the decades. Black Americans, for instance, have traditionally voted overwhelmingly for Democrats, while rural and working-class white Americans have increasingly thrown their support to... View Details
Keywords: by Jay Fitzgerald
- 20 Dec 2016
- First Look
December 20, 2016
high-skilled migration. We highlight some key recent findings and outline major gaps that we hope will be tackled in the near future. Download working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=51997 Henry Kissinger: Negotiating View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 17 Dec 2020
- Research & Ideas
The 10 Most Popular Stories of 2020
about the most interesting business trends of the year, and your predictions for 2021. Top 10 most popular stories Merck CEO Ken Frazier Discusses a COVID Cure, Racism, and Why Leaders Need to Walk the Talk Ken Frazier, one of only four View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 28 Aug 2012
- First Look
First Look: August 28
selection, and athletic participation. Two initial studies, utilizing explicit and implicit measures, captured the stereotype content of different racial groups: the Asian stereotype was seen as more feminine whereas the Black stereotype... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 08 Jan 2014
- What Do You Think?
Do Productivity Increases Contribute to Social Inequality?
natural state which a country must get to, to move to the next level " Ken Black commented: "Of course productivity contributes to social inequality, but there are a lot of non-productive people in various positions doing very... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett