equality - Publications - Faculty & Research

April 2021 (Revised April 2022)
Case

OneTen: One Million Opportunities in Ten Years

In the wake of George Floyd's killing in May 2020, and widespread protests for social justice in the United States, OneTen was formed by a coalition of 40 large companies to provide one million jobs for African-Americans in 10 years. The case describes the background... View Details

Keywords: Labor Market; COVID-19 Pandemic; Diversity; Race; Jobs and Positions; Opportunities; Social Issues; Employment; Equality and Inequality; Equity; United States

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Educators

Purchase

10 Jan 2018
Blog Post

EXPERTS SHARE 5 TIPS TO BECOME A BETTER MANAGER

management process–and the one most often neglected–is reflection. Whether you've experienced a huge success or a resounding failure, it is equally important to look back and identify what factors contributed to that result. As professor... View Details

Keywords: All Industries

23 Oct 2019
News

Training Principals to Build Great Schools

Picture two schools with the same demographics—rural middle schools, for example, that serve equally high-need populations. Both use the same state-mandated curriculum taught by certified teachers. Why is one school thriving while the... View Details

Keywords: University Collaborations

27 Aug 2007
Op-Ed

Mattel: Getting a Toy Recall Right

should survive. The CEO knows that Mattel's brand trust—built up over 62 years—is at stake, just ahead of the holiday selling season. And with 80 percent of U.S. toys sourced from China, other U.S. toy marketers are under equal scrutiny;... View Details

Keywords: by John Quelch; Consumer Products

12 Apr 2017
Blog Post

2+2er Pursues HBS/HKS Joint Degree

six-figure debt burden left me feeling uneasy. Shortly thereafter, I learned that HBS has an incredibly generous and equitable financial aid program. They operate under the assumption that all the students they admit are equally... View Details

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HBS - From The Dean

ideas. Equally important as the aspirations are the engines that will help us achieve them. The first of these is racial equity, diversity, and inclusion. We have to work harder to attract diverse talent to the School and help every... View Details

01 Sep 2015
News

Feedback

members, step four was “alumni advocating for change filed a lawsuit.” I like to sit here and smile appreciatively about the gallant alumni who fought for equal treatment. Or—as so often happens—was it alumnae who took action, while the... View Details

28 Feb 2011
News

Rebooting the Human Condition

equally at home negotiating with Mexican guerrillas and sailing the world's oceans (with genomics guru Venter, among others). From 1988 to 1993, Enriquez served as CEO of Mexico City's for-profit urban development agency. Later, as an HBS... View Details

Keywords: Health, Social Assistance; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

Portrait Project

Emily Love

As a little girl, I wanted to... stand on my toes and twirl in the lights I still do. be a southern lady like my Alabama grandmothers, who greeted strangers and the garden club with equal graciousness I still do. be an astronaut so I... View Details

22 Apr 2016
Blog Post

Working With Organizations That Recruit at HBS: An Interview with Mary-Kate Johnson

equally appealing and prestigious. When an organization takes the time to connect with the student one-on-one, have a contact call them to answer their questions, learn more about where they came from, send a hand written note thanking... View Details

Keywords: Consumer Products / Retail

31 Oct 2018
News

Pitching In for Female Leaders

positions. “Those of us who are very passionate about achieving gender equality know that empowering women is only part of the solution. And true parity can only be reached if those decision-makers at the top also buy in and understand... View Details

01 Jun 2007
News

34,000 Pages and Counting

is Class Notes. Divided into three chronological versions whose total quarterly page count is equal to an issue of Vogue, Class Notes require not only editing skill but a sense of humor, diplomacy, and grace under deadline pressure.... View Details

Keywords: class notes; Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services

08 Jan 2014
What Do You Think?

Do Productivity Increases Contribute to Social Inequality?

Summing Up Does Social Equality Improve Productivity? Inequality in our society is an important and growing issue. It prompted a debate among respondents to this month's column about the causes, specifically the role played by innovation... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

2009
Working Paper

Farsighted House Allocation

By: Bettina-Elisabeth Klaus, Flip Klijn and Markus Walzl

In this note we study von Neumann-Morgenstern farsightedly stable sets for Shapley and Scarf (1974) housing markets. Kawasaki (2008) shows that the set of competitive allocations coincides with the unique von Neumann-Morgenstern stable set based on a farsighted version... View Details

Keywords: Microeconomics; Housing; Resource Allocation; Mathematical Methods; Competitive Strategy; Equality and Inequality

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Read Now

01 Dec 1997
News

1997 Placement Data Reflect January Cohort's Success

indicated little or no difference between the two cohorts as they made the transition from student to working MBA. On average, the 245 members of the January cohort reported equal satisfaction with their job offers, received the same... View Details

05 Jun 2014
Blog Post

Learning to fail at HBS

I am equally nervous as I am excited about the challenges of working in an emerging market, but I truly believe that without a little pain and discomfort there can be no growth. With that, I will stop, because, honestly, I don’t know what... View Details

Keywords: Consulting; Consumer Products / Retail

01 Mar 2019
News

In Character: A Case Discussion Drama

wants to cash out in a few years to achieve better work-life balance. Milan, the workhorse, hopes to carry the family legacy forward. And whatever the outcome, Danijela, the unofficial family mediator, expects her ownership stake will be recognized as View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna

01 Apr 2000
News

Time to Vote in University Elections

Sales Operations Manager, BellSouth Business. Atlanta, GA. Eva M. Plaza, AB '80 cum laude; JD '84, Boalt Hall School of Law, University of California, Berkeley. Assistant Secretary for Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity, Department of... View Details

01 Dec 2006
News

HBS Honors Four Alumni

“What is wisdom?” With Burden Hall packed with an audience of first-year MBA students, the honorees at the September event rose to the challenge and did not disappoint with their responses to that and other related questions. Couching their remarks in View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

27 Mar 2012
News

One School at a Time

which provides the school’s building rent-free, is currently funding an expansion that promises to more than double ASMS’s physical space. A 2007 Intel School of Distinction finalist, ASMS concentrates on math and science but its comprehensive curriculum places an... View Details

Keywords: Elementary and Secondary Schools; Educational Services

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