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  • 07 Jan 2016
  • Blog Post

Is HBS Too Big?

and especially the first semester, that is the size of your HBS world. The other 850 students are there. They are equally (almost) as cool and interesting as your section mates and you have the chance to meet them if you want, but in... View Details
  • Article

Mission-Driven Governance

By: Raymond Fisman, Rakesh Khurana and Edward Martenson

The purpose of this paper is to provide a useful, easily applied theory of governance performance. The existing model is fundamentally adversarial, rooted in the paradigm of principal-agent conflict. At its base is an image of governance as a never-ending struggle... View Details

Keywords: Corporate Governance; Governing and Advisory Boards; Knowledge Management; Standards; Mission and Purpose; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Performance Effectiveness; Performance Evaluation
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  • 11 Apr 2011
  • Lessons from the Classroom

Teaching a ‘Lean Startup’ Strategy

doing that, and waste a lot of money on sales and marketing trying to sell that wrong product," says Tom Eisenmann, a professor in the Entrepreneurial Management Unit at Harvard Business School. "It takes a lot of time, time View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Technology; Computer
  • 07 Apr 2015
  • News

Warrior Spirit

week, coupled with the very real risk (in Sityodtong’s mind, at least) that he would fail to successfully complete his MBA. But his mother convinced him to take out loans, and was equally determined that her younger son should continue... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna; Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Arts, Entertainment; Amusement, Gambling, and Recreation Industries; Arts, Entertainment; Technical and Trade Schools; Educational Services
  • 01 Oct 1999
  • News

Eight Among Many: Alfred A. Checchi

people's needs." Checchi cites his experience with struggling Northwest Airlines, which he and business partner Gary Wilson purchased in 1989, as the equal of any public-sector challenge. With multiple public and private constituencies,... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
  • 20 Apr 2021
  • Book

A Simple Question That Can Guide Companies to Epic Success

It’s simple: They create the most value, says Harvard Business School Professor Felix Oberholzer-Gee. In almost every segment of the economy, the very best companies lead their peers by wide margins. They take share by building on proven ideas and expanding in markets... View Details
Keywords: by Danielle Kost
  • Profile

Philippe Rival

spades! I have pulled similar stunts for the Normandy Bridge in northern France, the Sydney Harbour Bridge in Australia, and the Rion Antirion Bridge in Greece; all are equally stunning structures. Who is one person from your life that... View Details
  • 13 Dec 2021
  • Research & Ideas

The Unlikely Upside of Mergers: More Diverse Management Teams

forthcoming issue of American Journal of Sociology. Why M&A prompts promotions Zhang analyzed 37,343 mergers and acquisitions that occurred between 1971 and 2015, using data from the federal Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.... View Details
Keywords: by Lane Lambert
  • 15 Jul 2019
  • Book

Many Executives Are Afraid of Finance. Here's How They Can Gain Confidence

serves as the basis of the terminal value), capital expenditures will just equal depreciation, indicating no growth in assets. In effect, understating capital intensity inflates values. Reprinted by permission of Harvard Business Review... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
  • May 2022 (Revised June 2024)
  • Case

LOOP: Driving Change in Auto Insurance Pricing

By: Elie Ofek and Alicia Dadlani
John Henry and Carey Anne Nadeau, co-founders and co-CEOs of LOOP, an insurtech startup based in Austin, Texas, were on a mission to modernize the archaic $250 billion automobile insurance market. They sought to create equitably priced insurance by eliminating pricing... View Details
Keywords: AI and Machine Learning; Technological Innovation; Equality and Inequality; Prejudice and Bias; Growth and Development Strategy; Customer Relationship Management; Price; Insurance Industry; Financial Services Industry
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  • 2021
  • Working Paper

Racial Inequality in Organizations: A Systems Psychodynamic Perspective

By: Sanaz Mobasseri, William Kahn and Robin Ely
This paper uses systems psychodynamic concepts to develop a theory about the persistence of racial inequality in U.S. companies, treating White men as the dominant group and Black people as an illustrative subordinate group. We theorize that this persistence is rooted... View Details
Keywords: Systems Psychodynamics; Organizational Inequality; Masculinity; Equality and Inequality; Race; Gender; Identity; Power and Influence
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  • Web

Our Mission & Team | Institute for Business in Global Society

issues over his career. He led Open For Business, where he worked with business leaders and activists to collectively advocate for LGBT+ equality in challenging regions. He has also worked on developing new approaches for companies to... View Details
  • 07 May 2024
  • Blog Post

Opportunity to Offset Travel Emissions with Carbon Credits that Meet HBS Criteria

credits sold by projects that reduce GHG in the atmosphere and may also provide other societal benefits in areas such as equity and health. Not all carbon credits used for offsetting are created equal - project quality varies, with some... View Details
  • 2018
  • Working Paper

Corporate Tax Cuts Increase Income Inequality

By: Suresh Nallareddy, Ethan Rouen and Juan Carlos Suárez Serrato
This paper studies the effects of corporate tax changes on income inequality. Using state corporate tax rate changes as a setting, we show that cutting state corporate tax rates leads to increases in income inequality. This result is robust to using regression and... View Details
Keywords: Business Ventures; Taxation; Income; Equality and Inequality; United States
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  • 02 Mar 2021
  • HBS Case

The Tulsa Massacre: Is Racial Justice Possible 100 Years Later?

area. When residents tried to flee burning buildings, they were shot and killed in the street. An estimated 300 people died, 1,000 families lost their homes, and $1.8 million in property was destroyed, equal to $26.1 million today. The... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
  • 25 Apr 2011
  • Research & Ideas

What CEOs Do, and How They Can Do it Better

studied had little idea of how they could make their time more productive. Sadun hopes that the information will be equally helpful for boards in evaluating the performance of their CEOs. "It's a way to monitor where the efforts of... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
  • 03 Dec 2020
  • Research & Ideas

Cut Payroll Costs with Transparency, Fairness, and Compassion

making it about yourself. Communicate the message directly and stress that this is about a global situation rather than the person’s performance. She adds that while it is good to offer assistance to terminated employees, it is equally... View Details
Keywords: by Boris Groysberg and Sarah Abbott
  • February 2024
  • Article

Representation and Extrapolation: Evidence from Clinical Trials

By: Marcella Alsan, Maya Durvasula, Harsh Gupta, Joshua Schwartzstein and Heidi L. Williams
This article examines the consequences and causes of low enrollment of Black patients in clinical trials. We develop a simple model of similarity-based extrapolation that predicts that evidence is more relevant for decision-making by physicians and patients when it... View Details
Keywords: Representation; Racial Disparity; Health Testing and Trials; Race; Equality and Inequality; Innovation and Invention; Pharmaceutical Industry
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  • February 13, 2023
  • Editorial

The Secret Tax on Women’s Time

By: Lauren C. Howe, Lindsay B. Howe and Ashley V. Whillans
When studies revealed the so-called pink tax, showing in 2015 that personal hygiene products “for her” cost 13% more than similar products for men, it caused outrage and action. The irony that women, despite generally having fewer financial resources than men, are... View Details
Keywords: Gender; Equality and Inequality; Work-Life Balance
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  • 02 Dec 2010
  • What Do You Think?

Making Right Choices: Art or Science?

"A delayed decision, no matter the greatness of it, loses its sheen." The importance of all of these questions and response is framed by C. J. Cullinane when he says, "choice equals freedom." Is choosing more than an... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett