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  • November 2006 (Revised August 2009)
  • Case

Malaysia: Halfway to 2020

By: Richard H.K. Vietor
This country case on Malaysia extends forward by seven years the case “Malaysia: Capital and Control” (702-040). It is based on Malaysia's ninth plan, which took effect in 2006. The ninth plan proposed five thrusts—moving the economy to higher value-added goods and... View Details
Keywords: Developing Countries and Economies; Growth and Development Strategy; Strategic Planning; Welfare; Equality and Inequality; Malaysia
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  • April 1993
  • Supplement

Prodigy Services Company (B)

By: Lynn S. Paine
Describes the actions taken by Prodigy executives. View Details
Keywords: Communication Intention and Meaning; Conflict Management; Status and Position; Equality and Inequality
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  • 01 Dec 2020
  • What Do You Think?

How Can We Get Companies to Invest More in Low-Wage Workers?

economic equality fosters economic growth, primarily by encouraging consumption among people who spend a lot and invest modestly. For example, the study concludes that the US pays handsomely for the low growth that comes with income and... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
  • Student-Profile

Celia Stafford

broad level, I’m interested in how to make processes more efficient and people happier,” she says. “Healthcare is an ideal arena from a modeling standpoint because there are so many nonlinear feedbacks.” She has found HBS to be an equally... View Details
  • Web

Sharing a Strategic Perspective | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

it comes to the potential for partnerships with the private sector,” says Miles. “You absolutely need to have that wider view, but the practical tools and strategy to execute a vision are equally important. SPNM provides both sides of the... View Details
  • 01 Jun 1998
  • News

Mark Tatum

policy. The Class of 2000 will be the first to reap the benefits of the SA's hard work: prospective employers will be prohibited from asking students to disclose their grades. Equally satisfying for Tatum was the creation of the... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young; photograph by Webb Chappell
  • 01 Sep 2004
  • News

Survey Spotlights HBS Experience

percent credited the School for preparing them to make decisions with incomplete information, and an equal percentage also reported that HBS prepared them to address complex problems. Other valued skills included developing... View Details
Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services
  • 01 Jun 2021
  • What Do You Think?

Are Employers Ready for a Flood of 'New' Talent Seeking Work?

show COVID-19’s impact on women’s employment,” March 8, 2021, McKinsey, mckinsey.com. Summing up last month's column CEO activism triggered a debate among those responding to last month’s column, with about equal support against and in... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
  • September 2021
  • Article

Shaking Things Up: Disruptive Events and Inequality

By: Letian Zhang
This paper develops a theory of how disruptive events could reduce racial and gender inequality in organizations. Despite pressure from regulators and advocates, racial and gender inequality in the workplace remains high. I theorize that because such inequality is... View Details
Keywords: Inequality; Equality and Inequality; Diversity; Race; Gender; Restructuring; Mergers and Acquisitions; Disruption
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  • 2020
  • Working Paper

Mortgage Prepayment, Race, and Monetary Policy

By: Kristopher Gerardi, Paul Willen and David Hao Zhang
Over the period 2005 to 2015, Black borrowers paid more than 40 basis points higher mortgage interest rates than Non-Hispanic white borrowers. We show that the main reason is that Non-Hispanic white borrowers are much more likely to exploit periods of falling interest... View Details
Keywords: Mortgages; Consumer Behavior; Race; Ethnicity; Equality and Inequality; Policy; United States
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  • 19 Jul 2019
  • Blog Post

Meet PRIDE, the student association for LGBTQ+ MBAs at Harvard Business School

understanding of the queer experience, we will increase acceptance and advance our equality as business leaders. Opportunities for Employers Pride promotes an environment for its members to become tomorrow’s LGBTQ+ leaders. The club seeks... View Details
Keywords: All Industries
  • Portrait Project

Mike Lynch

rattle of heavy machine-gun fire, the thick stench of gunpowder, sand, and sweat. Distant battlefields taught me a difficult lesson: Life is indeed wild, and equally as precious. On September 16th, 2006 at a dirty, long-forgotten... View Details
  • 01 Mar 2017
  • News

Constant Inspiration

being a student at HBS—the cases, the campus, my classmates,” recalls Guidera. “But my post-HBS experience has been equally meaningful. I’ve moved around a lot, and the HBS and Harvard networks have been such a great source of friendships... View Details
  • 10 Jan 2017
  • News

A Voice for Women Leaders

minister; a number of the women have come to power as legacy leaders after their husbands or fathers have been assassinated, or been in office. Obviously in countries like the Nordic countries, where you have far more equal systems, if... View Details
  • 01 Dec 2003
  • News

Christine Fairchild to Head External Relations

equal measures on the capital campaign and the entire External Relations organization.” Melnick first came to HBS as a research associate in 1986. He joined the Financial Office in 1992 as assistant director of financial management. He... View Details
Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services
  • 07 Sep 2021
  • News

One Degree of Difference

two-thirds of American workers. It’s a particularly expensive practice for employers, who pay up to 30 percent more to hire graduates for middle-skills work even when individuals without degrees perform equally or nearly as well,... View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; Ambulatory Health Care Services; Health, Social Assistance
  • 23 May 2018
  • News

John A. Paulson, MBA 1980

a kid, the family would trick-or-treat for UNICEF instead of candy. “I believe that education is the great equalizer and creates a path to equal opportunity,” adds Paulson, who received a fellowship to... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
  • 01 Apr 1997
  • News

How Green Is the Valley: HBS Students Explore Booming California Industries

equally interested and perhaps equally inexperienced in high technology, are carrying such enthusiasm even further. Rather than wait for Silicon Valley to come to the School, two student organizations - the... View Details
Keywords: Daniel Penrice
  • April 2021 (Revised January 2022)
  • Case

SA Taxi: A Vehicle for Empowerment? (A)

By: Nien-he Hsieh, Dilyana Karadzhova Botha and F. Christopher Eaglin
SA Taxi was a vertically integrated business that operated in South Africa’s distinctive taxi industry. Despite being plagued by violence, informal structures, unsafe road practices and lack of government support, the taxi industry had grown to become South Africa’s... View Details
Keywords: Corporate Accountability; Ownership; Ownership Stake; Business and Stakeholder Relations; Equality and Inequality; Race; Situation or Environment; Transportation Industry; South Africa; Africa
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  • 21 Jul 2014
  • Research & Ideas

Is a Gap in Small-Business Credit Holding Back the American Economy?

financial reform legislation, the gap in small business credit data was recognized and a specific provision was included to allow for more credible monitoring for small business access to bank credit. Section 1071 of the Dodd-Frank Act amended the View Details
Keywords: by Karen Mills; Manufacturing