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  • 2017
  • Article

Handgun Waiting Periods Reduce Gun Deaths

By: Michael Luca, Deepak Malhotra and Christopher Poliquin
Handgun waiting periods are laws that impose a delay between the initiation of a purchase and final acquisition of a firearm. We show that waiting periods, which create a “cooling off” period among buyers, significantly reduce the incidence of gun violence. We estimate... View Details
Keywords: Gun Policy; Gun Violence; Waiting Period; Injury Prevention; Policy; Safety; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; United States
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  • September 2019 (Revised January 2020)
  • Case

Gun Safety in America: Three Leaders Propose Innovative Solutions

By: Rosabeth Moss Kanter and Joseph Paul
Gun violence was a significant problem in America. Three Harvard Advanced Leadership Initiative Fellows Christy Wood, Russell Sternlicht, and Gareth Glaser each decided to do something about gun safety. They each used their professional and leadership experience to... View Details
Keywords: Gun Violence; Guns; Advanced Leadership; Advanced Leadership Initiative; Innovation; Innovation ＆ Entrepreneurship; Social Change; Social Responsibility; Leadership; Change Management; Experience and Expertise; Social Entrepreneurship; Values and Beliefs; Policy; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Leading Change; Non-Governmental Organizations; Social Issues; Innovation and Invention; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; United States
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  • 01 Mar 2021
  • Research & Ideas

How Systemic Racism Can Threaten National Security

Systemic racism and discrimination in small communities can undermine a country’s ability to defend itself during conflicts, creating a national security risk, new research says. Marco Tabellini, an assistant professor of business administration at Harvard Business... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne
  • 04 Jun 2018
  • What Do You Think?

Are There Conditions Under Which Directors Should Consider Hiring a CEO Fired Elsewhere for Inappropriate Behavior?

track5 How Does a Board Introduce to the Organization a CEO Fired Elsewhere for Inappropriate Behavior? The question of conditions under which a board might hire a CEO fired elsewhere for inappropriate behavior, the subject of this month’s column, produced cogent... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
  • 21 Aug 2017
  • News

Why CEOs Can’t Stay Silent in the Wake of Events Like Charlottesville

  • 08 Aug 2011
  • News

Economics Journal: Women in Local Politics Offer Biggest Benefit

  • 02 Oct 2019
  • What Do You Think?

What Grade Would You Give Walmart CEO Doug McMillon?

Andrei Stanescu SUMMING UP Was Walmart’s Leadership Sufficiently Proactive in Meeting Broader Corporate Responsibilities? Several times as many respondents to this month’s column gave CEO Doug McMillon high marks as opposed to low marks for leading Walmart to stop... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett; Retail
  • 25 Jan 2020
  • News

HBS Online Will Keep Changing the Game. Here’s How

  • 24 Jan 2020
  • News

Lawmakers Weighing Options on Handgun Waiting Period

  • May 2024
  • Article

Threat Perceptions, Loyalties and Attitudes Towards Peace: The Effects of Civilian Victimization among Syrian Refugees in Turkey

By: Kristin Fabbe, Chad Hazlett and Tolga Sinmazdemir
For refugees who have fled civil conflict, do experiences of victimization by one armed group push them to support the opposing armed groups? Or, does victimization cause refugees to revoke their support for all armed groups, whatever side they are on, and call instead... View Details
Keywords: Refugees; War; Attitudes; Perception
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  • 23 Mar 2011
  • News

The tipping point

  • 11 Oct 2017
  • Working Paper Summaries

Crime and Violence: Desensitization in Victims to Watching Criminal Events

Keywords: by Rafael Di Tella, Lucia Freira, Ramiro H. Gálvez, Ernesto Schargrodsky, Diego Shalom, and Mariano Sigman
  • 28 Aug 2020
  • Video

Peter Vundla

Peter Vundla, who co-founded the first Black-owned advertising agency HerdBuoys in South Africa in 1991, was prominent in building post-apartheid South Afrca, including working on for developing the South African flag, the first democratic ballot paper, and the logo... View Details
  • 09 Jan 2013
  • News

Why women should have more political power

  • 19 Mar 2021
  • Video

Managing Diversity: The Tulsa Massacre and the Call for Reparations Case Discussion

  • December 2000 (Revised May 2002)
  • Case

Reverend Jeffrey Brown: Cops, Kids and Ministers

By: Kathleen L. McGinn and Alexis Lefort
Introduces Reverend Jeffrey Brown, one of the cofounders of the Ten Point Coalition in Boston, Mass. The Ten Point Coalition, a group of ministers that worked to change the dynamics between the Boston Police Department and the kids on the street, was instrumental in... View Details
Keywords: Change; Civil Society or Community; Alliances; Interpersonal Communication; Power and Influence; Law Enforcement; City; Boston
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  • 16 May 2019
  • News

To Improve Food Inspections, Change the Way They’re Scheduled

  • 29 Jun 2020
  • News

Why Rosabeth Moss Kanter Want Us To ‘Think Outside the Building’

  • 03 Mar 2021
  • Video

The Tulsa Massacre and the Call for Reparations: What Could Have Been

  • 28 Sep 2023
  • Blog Post

HBS Latino Student Association Spotlight: Jeffrey Arango (MBA 2025)

first time at the White House complex, I looked up at the East Wing, and the vivid images came rushing to my head. I pictured my parents fleeing the violence in Colombia and the stark contrast of Treasury’s polished steps with the worn,... View Details