social class - Publications - Faculty & Research

05 Dec 2016
Blog Post

5 Pieces of Advice for Applying to HBS

barrier for anyone to attend business school and they ensure that no student is required to take on too much debt. HBS wants everyone who is admitted to be able to come and therefore the aid is awarded solely based on financial need. Nearly 50% of the View Details

30 Apr 2007
Research & Ideas

All Eyes on Slovakia’s Flat Tax

the concept has yet to gain ground in the U.S. or in Western Europe; the middle class simply doesn't want it. As economist Joseph Schumpeter said, "The spirit of a people, its cultural level, its social... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

15 Jun 2021
News

The Path Ahead

has taken the lead in coordinating and sharing case leads, and we saw remarkable progress this past year in the Required Curriculum of the MBA Program. COVID-19 has changed the way we operate in both business and social settings. What (if... View Details

05 Jun 2015
Blog Post

The HBS Investment

the experience, academics and social life came up and the rest of the panel and myself were able to address them as normal. However, one prospective student raised his hand and asked an unusual question towards the end of the panel:... View Details

01 Nov 2018
Blog Post

Finding the Confidence to Apply to HBS

admitted. For the Class of 2020, GMAT scores range from 610 to 800. HBS evaluates candidates holistically going well beyond standardized tests, so do not let this stop you from applying. Being your authentic self is much more important... View Details

01 Dec 1997
News

New Releases

Bartlett, MBA Class of 1966 Professor of Business Administration, and London Business School professor Sumantra Ghoshal describe an emerging kind of corporate form and management philosophy that is likely to serve as the paradigm for the... View Details

Keywords: Robert Binstock

12 Sep 2024
Blog Post

Amager Bakke: I Like This Waste Incinerator in My Backyard!

student essays that highlight their reflections. As part of our Immersive Field Course at the Harvard Business School, our class had the chance to visit Amager Bakke, a waste-to-power site in Copenhagen that safely and responsibly turns... View Details

08 Mar 2019
Blog Post

“There’s no quick shortcut to success:” Zorpads takes off

a social media presence. Those weren't the only connections they used in building the business. The pair tapped into their networks to try and land a spot on the hit television show, Shark Tank. They got the idea from pitching their... View Details

14 Mar 2023
Blog Post

How Inclusive Managers Create Glass-Shattering Organizations

panels, and evaluate candidates as a group against a set of defined criteria. Integration. Create opportunities for people to work toward shared goals with people who are different from them. Discourage exclusionary social activities, and... View Details

14 Jan 2015
Research & Ideas

Thriving in the Turbulence of Emerging Markets

"Nobody outside India understands what that means instead of going to a dealer and taking a vehicle and going home, you had to make a booking, and your turn would come probably after ten years," said Bajaj. At one point the Bajaj two-wheeler became so intricately... View Details

Keywords: by Geoffrey Jones; Manufacturing; Auto

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Global Activities 2020-2021 - Global Activities 2021

Address the Refugee Crisis A paper written by Swedish student Lovisa “Lisa” Tengberg (MBA 2020) for the spring 2020 elective Social Entrepreneurship and Systems Change was selected for development as a case study. “Just Arrived:... View Details

19 Aug 2021
News

A Letter to My White Friends and Colleagues

prosper. We know that many white banks, for example, the Bank of Italy, they were the beneficiary of the federal government after the Second World War saying that, "We want to create a middle class in America." You know, Daniel, and prior... View Details

19 Jun 2018
News

Pittsburgh Alumni Annual Meeting Features PPG’s McGarry

the social ROI of their services. “We’re helping one of our new clients to quantify the benefit it produces for its stakeholders, which will help in both management and marketing,” Chussil says, noting that the current projects are... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

19 Jan 2022
In Practice

7 Trends to Watch in 2022

for consumers. So it’s also likely that NFTs will help (finally!) take crypto mainstream. Scott Duke Kominers is the MBA Class of 1960 Associate Professor of Business Administration. Robert S. Huckman: Flexibility in health care could... View Details

Keywords: by HBS News

16 Apr 2001
Research & Ideas

Brand Power from Wedgwood to Dell: Part One

changing social hierarchy and Wedgwood's bringing what had been the trappings of a small minority, the aristocracy, to the growing middling classes at a moment when Britain was industrializing. From a... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

01 Sep 2020
Blog Post

6 Ways to Support COVID-Weary Employees

to contagious presenteeism: Remove financial incentives for it by providing paid sick leave, audit work designs for features that evoke undue pressure for attendance, and champion an organizational culture that fosters pro-health attitudes. Show gratitude and... View Details

Keywords: All Industries

01 Jun 2002
News

Profile: The Invisible Hand - Robert Massie and God's Green Earth

Will the real Robert Kinloch Massie (DBA '89) please stand up? Priest. Politician. University lecturer. Medical marvel. Social activist. Prize-winning historian. Environmentalist. Executive. While Bob Massie is justified in rising to... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; management; ethics

01 Jun 2011
News

Mr. Start-Up

online travel guide business, he joined the Internet search giant as director of product management. He was the driving force behind the February 2011 launch of Social Search, which incorporates content shared or created on View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg; News, Library, Internet, and Other Services; Information

01 May 2018
First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, May 1, 2018

behavior and explore how they make a negotiator particularly vulnerable to ethical fading, resulting in subsequent unethical behavior. We discuss several opportunities for future research in the negotiation discipline and other disciplines that draw on motivated View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

29 Jan 2021
Blog Post

My HBS Student Loan Story: John Cortines (MBA 2015)

about their loan repayment journeys John Cortines Class: MBA 2015 Industry: Non-profit Could you please share a little bit about your upbringing? I was raised in an upper-middle class home in North Dallas. My dad is an engineer and spent... View Details

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