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July/September 2005
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Le consensus de Paris: la France et les règles de la finance mondiale

This article is about the institutional foundations of the globalization of finance. These institutional foundations are both informal and formal. Until the 1980s the formal rules of the international financial architecture – most consequentially in the European Union... View Details

Keywords: Policy; International Finance; Globalization; France; European Union

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2021
Working Paper

Bollywood, Skin Color and Sexism: The Role of the Film Industry in Emboldening and Contesting Stereotypes in India after Independence

By: Sudev Sheth, Geoffrey Jones and Morgan Spencer

This working paper examines the social impact of the film industry in India during the first four decades after Indian Independence in 1947. It shows that Bollywood, the mainstream cinema in India and the counterpart in scale to Hollywood in the United States, shared... View Details

Keywords: Film Industry; Bollywood; Tamil Cinema; Male Gaze; Social Impact; Stereotypes; Oral History; Film Entertainment; Gender; Race; Personal Characteristics; Prejudice and Bias; Business History; Motion Pictures and Video Industry; India

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08 Aug 2023
Research & Ideas

Black Employees Not Only Earn Less, But Deal with Bad Bosses and Poor Conditions

that perpetuate the privileges of certain racial groups. “A lot of hiring comes through referrals, and people’s networks tend to be pretty racially segregated. So it’s possible that referrals will reinforce some of these disparities,”... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

19 Jun 2014
Working Paper Summaries

Wisdom or Madness? Comparing Crowds with Expert Evaluation in Funding the Arts

Keywords: by Ethan R. Mollick & Ramana Nanda

27 Feb 2013
Working Paper Summaries

In Strange Company: The Puzzle of Private Investment in State-Controlled Firms

Keywords: by Mariana Pargendler, Aldo Musacchio & Sergio G. Lazzarini; Banking; Financial Services

11 Jun 2024
In Practice

The Harvard Business School Faculty Summer Reader 2024

As the vacation season looms, Harvard Business School faculty members share recommendations for a little light reading. Spoiler alert: Lessons in Chemistry tops two of their beach-read lists. For those whose brains can’t—or won’t—turn off, HBS faculty also suggest some... View Details

Keywords: by Avery Forman

29 Nov 2022
Research & Ideas

How Much More Would Holiday Shoppers Pay to Wear Something Rare?

for the privilege of owning the hard-to-get red item—or how much less for the more plentiful black. They found that doubling inventory of an item reduces the willingness to pay by as much as 7 to 15 percent. “That’s one of the fundamental... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Retail

21 Nov 2023
Op-Ed

The Beauty Industry: Products for a Healthy Glow or a Compact for Harm?

In my recently published book Deeply Responsible Business, I write about business leaders since the 19th century who have acted responsibly, often by putting the welfare of their communities above the idea of maximizing profits. I make a sharp distinction between... View Details

Keywords: by Geoffrey Jones; Beauty & Cosmetics

01 May 2024
What Do You Think?

Have You Had Enough?

a reflection of the policy that everyone at Harvard Business School—students and instructors alike—teaches. That’s how we all learn, for life. It has been a privilege and an honor to conduct a monthly conversation with readers of Working... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

03 Oct 2023
Research Event

Build the Life You Want: Arthur Brooks and Oprah Winfrey Share Happiness Tips

But a lot of these people have to go off and study and be successful. So I want to I want to wrap this up. And if Arthur, if you don't mind, I want to take the privilege of asking Oprah one last question, which is, you have this audience... View Details

Keywords: by HBS Staff

19 Sep 2023
Research & Ideas

What Chandrayaan-3 Says About India's Entrepreneurial Approach to Space

now, I put the student intellectually on the spot and encourage each to think proactively of how they can be problem-solvers living in constraints, rather than more passive recipients of policy largess. Those of us with the privilege of... View Details

Keywords: by Clea Simon, Harvard Gazette; Aerospace

10 Apr 2014
Research & Ideas

John Kotter’s Plan to Accelerate Your Business

A mindset of "you get to" rather than "you have to." With this approach, which emphasizes to workers the privilege of working with great people on important work, "you don't ask anyone to do anything," Kotter says. Historically, people... View Details

Keywords: by Kim Girard

23 May 2012
Research & Ideas

Five Ways to Make Your Company More Innovative

developed an innovation fair in which every unit could show off its most promising new concepts. I was privileged to judge the first one with the then CEO, where we gave an award to the legal department for its ethics program, featuring a... View Details

Keywords: by Garry Emmons, Julia Hanna & Roger Thompson

20 Oct 2008
Research & Ideas

The Seven Things That Surprise New CEOs

incentives are disproportionately tied to stock price. Surprise Seven: You Are Still Only Human Warning signs: You give interviews about you rather than about the company. Your lifestyle is more lavish or privileged than that of other top... View Details

Keywords: by Michael E. Porter, Jay W. Lorsch & Nitin Nohria

29 Aug 2022
Op-Ed

Income Inequality Is Rising. Are We Even Measuring It Correctly?

Exeter Business School. You Might Also Like: More Proof That Money Can Buy Happiness (or a Life with Less Stress) The Pursuit of Passion Propagates Privilege Of Learning and Forgetting: Centrism, Populism, and the Legitimacy Crisis of... View Details

Keywords: by Jon M. Jachimowicz, Kristin Blesch, and Oliver P. Hauser

21 Feb 2005
Op-Ed

Is Business Management a Profession?

today. Meanwhile, from society's point of view, meanwhile, professional closure offers distinct benefits when the privilege of closure is granted in return for the commitments that true professionals make to serve the public good and to... View Details

Keywords: by Rakesh Khurana, Nitin Nohria & Daniel Penrice

01 Feb 2021
What Do You Think?

Has the New Economy Finally Arrived?

educating first generation college students and moving away from prioritizing candidates coming from more privileged backgrounds.” Measurement was on the minds of several respondents. Steve Hopkins said that diversity “needs to be an... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

18 Aug 2003
Research & Ideas

How New Managers Become Great Managers

self-development. In the course of my work, I have had the privilege of developing teaching materials about many experienced leaders and their career development. This chapter builds on stories from some of the talented managers I've... View Details

Keywords: by Linda Hill

15 Jun 2007
Research & Ideas

Remembering Alfred Chandler

longer visited HBS with regularity as he was retired from a long life as a prolific academic and professor. I had the privilege of being present at a ceremony honoring Al Chandler after he donated his personal papers to Baker Library. It... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

09 Aug 2021
Research & Ideas

OneTen: Creating a New Pathway for Black Talent

often reflect privilege more than capability. Or as Rometty succinctly put it: “It’s not a lack of talent, it’s a lack of access.” OneTen’s approach is not about making exceptions or lowering standards; it’s about confronting deeply... View Details

Keywords: by Rawi E. Abdelal, Katherine Connolly Baden, and Boris Groysberg

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