Inequality - Publications - Faculty & Research

05 May 2022
HBS Case

College Degrees: The Job Requirement Companies Seek, but Don't Really Need

retention practices, notes that the new HBS note comes at a time of ongoing racial reckoning sparked by the police killing of George Floyd, whose death two years ago shined a light on numerous inequities faced by Black Americans,... View Details

Keywords: by Jay Fitzgerald

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Topics - HBS Working Knowledge

(6) Entertainment (21) Entrepreneurship (290) Environmental Accounting (8) Environmental Sustainability (180) Equality and Inequality (44) Equity (25) Ethics (172) Ethnicity (8) Executive Compensation (13) Executive Education (11)... View Details

18 Jun 2020
Research & Ideas

What Is an "Essential" Purchase for a Low-Income Family?

Do lower-income families need and deserve access to fewer things than everyone else? As a society, we seem to think so, revealing a "grim double standard," finds a study published this month, Inequality in Socially Permissible Consumption. It was written by... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne

08 Oct 2018
Research & Ideas

Knowing What Your Boss Earns Can Make You Work Harder

leave the company. The researchers made other discoveries as well, which might have something to say about wage inequality and widening pay gaps in corporations. The findings suggest: “Female employees may be able to tolerate being paid... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne

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Blog | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

explore... Addressing Inequities in Education: SE Summer Fellow Amal Tariq (MBA 2025) Amal Tariq 22 Jul 2024 The HBS Summer Fellows Program enables students to apply their classroom training as they explore... Advancing Health Equity: SE... View Details

10 May 2021
Research & Ideas

Who Has Potential? For Many White Men, It’s Often Other White Men

impact and to have that impact recognized and rewarded.” "If a manager delivering feedback has already written the employee off, the employee is likely to sense that." Breaking the inequity cycle requires leaders to see talent as... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

16 Mar 2021
Blog Post

2+2 Where Are They Now Spotlight: Smitha Das (MBA 2018)

in this moment, when the pandemic has exposed and deepened the fragility and structural inequity of our systems, I’m inspired that the CIB could contribute to a more equitable economic recovery. What advice do you have for prospects... View Details

10 Dec 2014
Research & Ideas

Minimum Wage Debate Is Really About Social Values

those decisions. Q: What part does the minimum wage debate play in larger policy discussion about income inequality? A: We know that income inequality has been rising dramatically over the past several decades. If rising View Details

Keywords: by April White; Retail; Manufacturing

15 Oct 2020
Research & Ideas

IT Job Wages Are No Longer 'Exceptional'

should at least partially explain rising wage inequality in the United States—a widely documented fact—we find evidence to the contrary,” the authors write. The paper, Digital Labor Market Inequality and the... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Information Technology

25 Jul 2023
Blog Post

Malcolm McClain (MBA/MPP 2023) Named First RISE Career Fellow

helping to shape the future growth of our company, as we focus on wealth-building to dramatically uplift Black and Brown communities and address racial inequities in America.” “Through the RISE Career Fellow program, and with exceptional... View Details

28 Mar 2024
News

Rooms with a View

Mirza notes—and provide them with opportunities to develop and advance. Bringing greater equality to the hospitality industry is one of Mirza’s guiding principles: “Our industry is probably the most egregious example of inequality there... View Details

Keywords: April White; photos by Christina Gandolfo; Hospitality

21 Feb 2023
Research & Ideas

What's Missing from the Racial Equity Dialogue?

the lives of White people worse. Often, research on racial discrimination and inequality is framed in a way that considers how it impacts those harmed most. But, in my own research, I often ask how racism harms those at the bottom of the... View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost

07 May 2014
What Do You Think?

How Should Wealth Be Redistributed?

prosperity for everyone." David Wittenberg added, "Experience shows that income inequality need not lead to disaster, provided that there are fair means for the poor to achieve their aspirations." Donna succinctly asked,... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

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Hospital Performance, the Local Economy, and the Local Workforce: Findings from a U.S. National Longitudinal Study

Background: Pay-for-performance is an increasingly popular approach to improving health care quality, and the US government will soon implement pay-for-performance in hospitals nationwide. Yet hospital capacity to perform (and improve performance) likely depends on... View Details

Keywords: Health Care and Treatment; Performance; Health Industry; United States

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09 Apr 2018
Sharpening Your Skills

The Dark Side of Performance Bonuses

salaries? Researchers present evidence that workers dislike inequality in equity compensation more than salary compensation because of the perceived scarcity of equity. Subjectivity in Tournaments: Implicit Rewards and Penalties and... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

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Faculty & Research - Business History

After the murder of senior generals in the Indonesian army by elements of the country's communist party in 1965, General Suharto orchestrated the mass killing of some half a million leftists and fellow travelers. But his ambitions spanned far beyond perpetrating a...... View Details

27 Apr 2023
Cold Call Podcast

Equity Bank CEO James Mwangi: Transforming Lives with Access to Credit

Keywords: Re: Caroline M. Elkins; Banking; Financial Services

02 Jan 2024
Cold Call Podcast

Should Businesses Take a Stand on Societal Issues?

Keywords: Re: Hubert Joly

28 Feb 2023
Cold Call Podcast

Muhammad Ali: A Case Study in Purpose-Driven Decision Making

Keywords: Re: Robert Simons; Sports

August 2018
Case

Christine Lagarde

By: Julie Battilana, Carin-Isabel Knoop, Vanessa Ampelas and Noemie Assenat

For a modular presentation of the same material, please see “Christine Lagarde (A): A French Prime Minister Calls” (HBS No. 419-017), “Christine Lagarde (B): Being a Public Servant” (HBS No. 419-018), and “Christine Lagarde (C): Managing the IMF” (HBS No. 419-019).... View Details

Keywords: Change; Personal Development and Career; Power and Influence; Leadership; Gender; Leading Change

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