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  • April 2021 (Revised December 2022)
  • Case

Capitalism, Slavery, and Reparations

By: Sophus A. Reinert and Cary Williams
The birth of “Modern Economic Growth” constituted a watershed in human history, allowing societies to escape the Malthusian impasse and permanently raise living standards. While the new growth regime had lifted billions of people out of extreme poverty over the last... View Details
Keywords: Reparations; Living Standards; Poverty; Social Issues; Economic Growth; Equality and Inequality; Globalized Economies and Regions; Human Needs
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  • 18 May 2016
  • Research & Ideas

Unethical Amnesia: Why We Tend to Forget Our Own Bad Behavior

Participants who had read stories in the first person had a harder time remembering the cheating narrative than the non-cheating narrative. But those who read stories in the third person remembered their stories equally well, regardless... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
  • Research Summary

Hybrid organizing

By: Julie Battilana

While historically the commercial and social sectors have evolved on fairly separate tracks, over the last 30 years we have witnessed a blurring of the boundaries between these two sectors. In an effort to account for this transition, Professor Battilana’s second... View Details

  • 26 Jun 2017
  • Research & Ideas

How Cellophane Changed the Way We Shop for Food

first turns brown, consumers have been conditioned to believe that red equals fresh. “One of the problems that food retailers faced was the discoloration of meat once packed for self-service,” Hisano explains in her paper. “Meat packers... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Food & Beverage; Retail; Advertising
  • November 2022 (Revised October 2024)
  • Case

'A Marshall Plan for Africa': James Mwangi and Equity Group Holdings

By: Caroline M. Elkins, Debora L. Spar, Zeke Gillman and Julia M. Comeau
Financial Inclusion. Dignity. Trust. These were the core principles driving James Mwangi’s transformation of Equity Building Society, insolvent in 1991, into what is, today, Equity Group Holdings, East and Central Africa’s largest retail banking institution. Raised in... View Details
Keywords: Income Inequality; Micro Finance; Microcredit; Microfinance; Banks and Banking; Equality and Inequality; Mission and Purpose; Business Model; Social Entrepreneurship; Banking Industry; Financial Services Industry; Africa; Kenya
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  • Web

Charts & Statistics - Leadership

Medium-High 60 1960 s 19 Civil rights movement gain strength Antiwar sentiment divides electorate FDA approves oral contraceptive pill Influence: High 70 1970 s 19 National Organization for Women mobilizes for Equal Rights Amendment Roe... View Details
  • January–February 2018
  • Article

Inclusive Growth: Profitable Strategies for Tackling Poverty and Inequality

By: Robert S. Kaplan, George Serafeim and Eduardo Tugendhat
More than a billion people in the developing world remain in extreme poverty and outside the formal economy. Traditional CSR programs have done little to alleviate the situation and rarely produce transformative change.
Instead of trying to fix local problems,... View Details
Keywords: Inclusive Growth; Sustainability; Social Impact; Business Strategy; Shared Value; Impact Investing; Inequality; Corporate Governance; Balanced Scorecard; Strategy Execution; Economic Growth; Developing Countries and Economies; Poverty; Equality and Inequality; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Strategy; Investment
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  • 01 Oct 2014
  • What Do You Think?

Is Too Much Focus a Problem?

"fail to consider or know how to recognize what is outside their industry that is impacting their business (such as) customers who are buying their goods but don't fit the target profile, or alternative (product) uses Focus has a counterpart which is View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
  • 01 Aug 1998
  • News

High Honors

insurance conglomerate. He left a legacy of openness to new technologies, a commitment to employee training, and a collaborative style of leadership that had transformed the company. His success at USAA followed an equally impressive and... View Details
  • 15 Oct 2001
  • Research & Ideas

What You Don’t Know About Making Decisions

to lowering credit card fees, and Golub unexpectedly proposed raising fees instead. "I don't think he meant it seriously, " says the manager. "But he certainly taught us how to think about fees." The level of listening is an View Details
Keywords: by David A. Garvin & Michael A. Roberto
  • 07 Feb 2019
  • Book

How Big Companies Can Outrun Disruption

is prepared for the fact that with all the great things like tolerance for failure and so forth, there is an equally important set of behaviors required that may be a lot less pleasant for some people. Lagace: Why do many companies not... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
  • 01 Oct 1997
  • News

Graduate's Gift Honors HBS Friend

who in addition to his role with the HADC had served as Midwest chair of the Congress of Racial Equality (C.O.R.E.) before coming to HBS, said that initially he believed he would not get a fair shake as a black person at a predominantly... View Details
Keywords: Nancy O. Perry
  • 13 Apr 2021
  • Book

How Inclusive Managers Create Glass-Shattering Organizations

call,” says Ammerman, “that's perceived very differently than when your male colleague’s child runs in during his Zoom call. I think it just produces an enormous amount of stress.” Steps toward gender equality In Glass Half-Broken,... View Details
Keywords: by Kristen Senz
  • 29 Nov 2017
  • Research & Ideas

How to Succeed in Business (According to a 15th Century Trade Merchant)

Cotrugli gives equal due to the importance of luck and boldness. A merchant also must be canny, but not overly so: “The shrewdness of the merchant, or his cunning, must be employed in moderation: he should neither hurt others nor allow... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna
  • 26 May 2003
  • Research & Ideas

When Silence Spells Trouble at Work

failed to create a compelling vision, and the company continued with no clear direction. Pressure For Unanimity This meeting shows how the pressure for unanimity can prevent employees of roughly equal grade and status—even top... View Details
Keywords: by Leslie A. Perlow
  • Web

National Markets - The Art of American Advertising

Art of “Posting” Brand Name Management A Marketing Revolution “The dramatic expansions in population, wealth, income, and territory that characterized the United States in the nineteenth century paralleled equally dramatic expansions in... View Details
  • 02 Jul 2013
  • First Look

First Look: July 2

  Publications 2006 pub Matching Firms, Managers, and Incentives By: Bandiera, Oriana, Luigi Guiso, Andrea Prat, and Raffaella Sadun Abstract—We exploit a unique combination of administrative sources and survey data to study the match between firms and managers. The... View Details
Keywords: Anna Secino
  • 01 Oct 1996
  • News

Mastering the Competition — Michael E. Porter (MBA 1971)

about changing both how people think and how they behave," says Porter. "I'm pleased when my work is used by other academicians. But I feel equally satisfied when people tell me my ideas made a difference in their companies or countries."... View Details
Keywords: James E. Aisner
  • 06 Nov 2018
  • Research & Ideas

8 Ways to Make Olympic Stadiums Useful After the Games End

Beijing National Stadium, also called the "Bird's Nest," has been in use since the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games. (bingdian) Few sporting events can equal the pageantry, scale, and drama of the Olympic Games. When an Olympic host... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Sports
  • 04 Mar 2020
  • Research & Ideas

How Schmoozing with the Boss Helps Men Get Promoted

that bring more women into the social fold. That would give all workers an equal shot at the informal face time that can impact their careers. “Just being aware of this issue is step one for both employees and organizations,” Cullen says.... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman