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  • 13 Jul 2022
  • Book

Reimagining the Economy: What Would It Take to Put People First?

What if the way we work could be a catalyst for solving huge problems like inequality and climate change? In the new book Democratize Work: The Case for Reorganizing the Economy, Harvard Business School Professor Julie Battilana and a... View Details
Keywords: by Avery Forman
  • 03 Oct 2013
  • Research & Ideas

Lehman Brothers Plus Five: Have We Learned from Our Mistakes?

recovery by far (by at least 16 months), and we are still shy of our predownturn employment peak by 1.5 million. The levels of inequality in our country are the worst since 1929, and some indicators suggest a lot worse than even then.... View Details
Keywords: Re: Multiple Faculty; Banking; Financial Services; Construction; Real Estate
  • 19 Jan 2021
  • In Practice

Leadership Advice for Biden: Restore a Sense of Calm

the world into a multidimensional crisis. We are not only facing a health crisis, but economic and social crises, too, characterized by rising inequalities on top of an environmental crisis. A common root of these multiple crises can be... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
  • 2022
  • Case

Marathon Petroleum and Southwest Detroit: The Intersection of Community and Environment

By: Andrew J. Hoffman
Environmental racism describes the unequal burden of environmental hazards placed on disadvantaged communities through systems, policies, and practices. In such a situation, these people disproportionately live close to sources of toxic waste-what are referred to as... View Details
Keywords: Environmental Regulation; Pollutants; Pollution; Equality and Inequality; Social Issues; Poverty; Race; Health Disorders; Ethics
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  • 31 Oct 2017
  • Op-Ed

Op-Ed: In Tackling #MeToo, Don’t Ignore Micro-Insults That Harm Women’s Careers

inequity inevitable. For example, an often-cited research finding is that woman can be viewed as competent or as likeable–but not both. True or not, believing it increases FOSO, as competent women face pressures, depending on their life... View Details
Keywords: by Rosabeth Moss Kanter
  • July 2021
  • Supplement

Trouble at Basecamp: Managing Politics, Polarization, and Conflict in the Workplace (B)

By: Nour Kteily, Deepak Malhotra and David Lane
Supplement to the (A) case View Details
Keywords: Change; Communication; Diversity; Fairness; Values and Beliefs; Governance; Employees; Working Conditions; Leading Change; Leadership Style; Mission and Purpose; Organizational Culture; Work-Life Balance; Labor and Management Relations; Conflict and Resolution; Identity; Social Issues; Equality and Inequality; Technology Platform; Information Technology Industry; United States
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  • 05 Oct 2016
  • What Do You Think?

Can the US Economy Regain the Growth and Prosperity of the Past?

productivity requires a large middle class that can afford to consume what is being produced. Solve the economic inequality problem, and we will solve the slow growth problem as well as a lot of other societal problems.” Gamaliel Pascual... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
  • 07 Jan 2015
  • What Do You Think?

SUMMING UP: What Are the Limits On Workplace Transparency?

needs to be known by members of an organization? What are the limits on transparency in the workplace? What do you think? To read more: David Card, Alexandre Mas, Enrico Moreti, and Emmanuel Saez, Inequality at Work: The Effect of Peer... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
  • 02 Apr 2010
  • What Do You Think?

Why Are Fewer and Fewer U.S. Employees Satisfied With Their Jobs?

effects on productivity, (5) Job design that allows employees to have control over their work is conducive to lower stress levels and better health outcomes (for example, the higher one rises in an organization, the lower the risk of cardiovascular problems), and (6)... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
  • 05 Dec 2005
  • What Do You Think?

Is Growth Good?

violence of all sorts is poverty—not absolute poverty, but inequality between the classes. If growth brings more economic equality into a society, then yes, growth is good." Pruthul Patel writes, "Growth is life. Without growth... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
  • 14 Oct 2014
  • First Look

First Look: October 14

public and government skepticism of the still nascent and highly volatile nonprofit sector? Would Teach For China be able to sustainably scale its model to truly end educational inequality in China? Purchase this case:... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 08 Sep 2009
  • Research & Ideas

The Height Tax, and Other New Ways to Think about Taxation

poor if not balanced with other changes to the system. Will the trend toward these taxes continue, or will dissatisfaction with income inequality force a reversal? On the research side, let me note three developments: First, powerful... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
  • 28 Oct 2008
  • First Look

First Look: October 28, 2008

Monetary Economics (forthcoming) Abstract Has greater turbulence among firms fueled rising wage instability in the U.S.? Gottschalk and Moffitt [1994] find that rising earnings instability was responsible for one-third to one-half of the rise in wage View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • June–July 2014
  • Article

Language as a Lightning Rod: Power Contests, Emotion Regulation, and Subgroup Dynamics in Global Teams

By: Pamela J. Hinds, Tsedal Neeley and Catherine Durnell Cramton
Through an ethnographic study comprised of interviews with and observations of 96 globally distributed members in six software development teams, we propose a model that captures how asymmetries in language fluency contribute to an us vs. them dynamic so common in... View Details
Keywords: Equality and Inequality; Communication Intention and Meaning; Groups and Teams; Applications and Software; Emotions; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Power and Influence; Information Technology Industry
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  • 20 Jun 2017
  • First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, June 20

instrumental variables approach exploiting an historical shift in innovation activity during World War II to show that this relationship could be causal. Finally, we document a U-shaped relationship between top income inequality and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 17 Jan 2017
  • Research & Ideas

Can China Maintain Its Economic Power?

farmers in the country’s poorer provinces can achieve a standard of living equal to a high-tech worker in Hangzhou—is a daunting task. This increasing unease about economic inequality and instability is causing the wealthiest Chinese to... View Details
Keywords: by Deborah Blagg
  • 04 Sep 2018
  • First Look

New Research and Ideas, September 4, 2018

trade to non-NAFTA partners grew by 195%. Critics of NAFTA claimed that it had contributed to a loss of manufacturing jobs to Mexico, increased inequality in all countries, and undercut environmental laws. Those who supported NAFTA,... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 29 May 2018
  • First Look

New Research and Ideas, May 29, 2018

hyper-connected global economy—ongoing recovery from the global financial crisis, the rise of emerging economies, deeper cross-border integration, technological change, and growing wealth and income inequality within countries. These... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 10 Mar 2015
  • Research & Ideas

The Surprising Winners and Losers in the Retail Revolution

characterized mid-twentieth-century America was essential to supermarket success. However, the supermarket sweet spot in the middle of the income distribution has been shrinking for decades. As income inequality accelerates, the ability... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Retail
  • 16 Dec 2014
  • First Look

First Look: December 16

growth, and the estate tax. The treatment has large effects on views about inequality but only slightly moves tax and transfer policy preferences. An exception is the estate tax-informing respondents of the small share of decedents who... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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