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- 12 Mar 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, March 12, 2019
states were able to build with religion have generated long-term repercussions. Fatefully, both state policies that seek to facilitate equality through the recognition of religious difference and state... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 2023
- Working Paper
Digital Lending and Financial Well-Being: Through the Lens of Mobile Phone Data
By: AJ Chen, Omri Even-Tov, Jung Koo Kang and Regina Wittenberg-Moerman
To mitigate information asymmetry about borrowers in developing economies, digital lenders utilize machine-learning algorithms and nontraditional data from borrowers’ mobile devices. Consequently, digital lenders have managed to expand access to credit for millions of... View Details
Keywords: Borrowing and Debt; Credit; AI and Machine Learning; Welfare; Well-being; Developing Countries and Economies; Equality and Inequality
Chen, AJ, Omri Even-Tov, Jung Koo Kang, and Regina Wittenberg-Moerman. "Digital Lending and Financial Well-Being: Through the Lens of Mobile Phone Data." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 23-076, April 2023. (Revised November 2023. SSRN Working Paper Series, November 2023)
- 11 Sep 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, September 11, 2018
August 2018 Journal of Accounting Research Virtual Issue on Empirical Management Accounting Research By: Abernethy, Margaret, and Dennis Campbell Abstract—No abstract available. Publisher's link:... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 26 Feb 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, February 26, 2019
Soltes, Eugene F. Abstract— Regulators have long been aware that differential access to information can undermine the efficiency and fairness of financial markets. In an effort to place investors on equal... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 19 Dec 2017
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, December 19, 2017
forthcoming Economic Journal (Royal Economic Society) Increasing the Electoral Participation of Immigrants: Experimental Evidence from France By: Pons, Vincent, and Guillaume Liegey Abstract—Improving the political participation of... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 28 Aug 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, August 28, 2018
implications for pay inequality and pay transparency Download working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=54750 Digitizing Disclosure: The Case of Restaurant Hygiene Scores By: Dai, Weijia... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 22 Jan 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, January 22, 2019
2019 New York: PublicAffairs Creative Construction: The DNA of Sustained Innovation By: Pisano, Gary P. Abstract— Creative Construction tackles the myth that larger enterprises are inherently incapable of transformative innovation and are... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- Web
Power and Influence for Positive Impact | HBS Online
Power Explain how power hierarchies develop and perpetuate themselves and understand and apply organizational and cultural strategies for... View Details
- 04 Jan 2012
- What Do You Think?
Income Inequality: What’s the Right Amount?
of government in promoting it. It would be hard to find anyone arguing for the extremes of complete equality (everyone with the same income or wealth) or inequality (with all the income View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 01 Sep 2016
- News
Why We Do—or Don’t—Donate Time and Money
What is the role of volunteerism and other charitable giving in the United States? About one in four adults volunteer every year. About one in two adults give more than $25 to charity every year. The estimated combined value of their... View Details
Keywords: April White
- December 2014
- Teaching Note
Rick's Dilemma
By: Arthur I Segel and Ben Eppler
This is a teaching note designed to accompany the case "Rick's Dilemma." View Details
Erin Shirtz
Erin Shirtz is a doctoral student in the Organizational Behavior program jointly offered by Harvard Business School and the Department of Sociology at Harvard University. Her research broadly examines... View Details
- 10 May 2021
- Research & Ideas
Who Has Potential? For Many White Men, It’s Often Other White Men
equal opportunities to thrive and succeed.” Breaking the sameness cycle One troubling pattern Ely has observed in many organizations struggling to retain white women and... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 2025
- Working Paper
Who Values Democracy?
By: Max Miller
This paper examines the conventional view that redistribution is central to the democratization process using data from stock markets. Consistent with this view, democratizations have a large, negative impact on asset valuations driven by a rise in redistribution risk.... View Details
Keywords: Government and Politics; Risk and Uncertainty; Financial Crisis; Macroeconomics; Financial Markets; Valuation
Miller, Max. "Who Values Democracy?" Working Paper, February 2025. (Revise and Resubmit, Journal of Political Economy.)
- 2025
- Working Paper
Global Evidence on Gender Gaps and Generative AI
By: Nicholas G. Otis, Solène Delecourt, Katelynn Cranney and Rembrand Koning
Generative AI has the potential to transform productivity and reduce inequality, but only if adopted broadly. In this paper, we show that recently identified gender gaps in generative AI use are nearly universal. Synthesizing data from 18 studies covering more than... View Details
Otis, Nicholas G., Solène Delecourt, Katelynn Cranney, and Rembrand Koning. "Global Evidence on Gender Gaps and Generative AI." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 25-023, October 2024. (Revised January 2025.)
- 16 Jul 2020
- Research & Ideas
Restaurant Revolution: How the Industry Is Fighting to Stay Alive
It’s never been easy to make money in the restaurant industry. A highly fragmented sector dominated by 70 percent independent owners and operators, the average restaurant’s annual revenue hovers around $1 million View Details
- 23 Sep 2015
- Research & Ideas
Men Want Powerful Jobs More Than Women Do
terms of their current positions, there were no significant differences between men and women among the newly-minted MBA grads. And men and women chose View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- Web
Develop and disseminate research and course material on advancing racial equity in business. - Advancing Racial Equity
support, HBS will take four steps to encourage new research and course development. First, we will empower the Racial Equity Initiative to serve as a hub for HBS faculty and doctoral students, visiting... View Details
- 25 May 2016
- Research & Ideas
How Consumers and Businesses are Reshaping Public Health
those already sick, mobile health adds equally important benefits. From remote monitoring to in-body sensors, mobile health innovations enable patients to spend fewer expensive and less than pleasant days in... View Details
Lumumba B. Seegars
Lumumba Seegars is an Assistant Professor of Business Administration in the Organizational Behavior Unit at Harvard Business School. He teaches the Leadership and Organizational Behavior course (LEAD) in the MBA Required Curriculum.
Professor Seegars... View Details