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Development Economics (33) Diasporas (3) Disruption (22) Disruptive Innovation (27) Distribution Channels (20) Distribution (45) Diversification (1) Diversity (248) Duopoly and Oligopoly (2) Early Childhood Education (2) Earnings... View Details

08 Nov 2022
Research & Ideas

How Centuries of Restrictions on Women Shed Light on Today's Abortion Debate

exhibited stronger anti-abortion attitudes. A larger sample of almost 700,000 women showed that women from historically pastoral ethnic groups faced more mobility restrictions. Among almost 100,000 women in Africa, those who descend from... View Details

Keywords: by Kara Baskin

08 May 2023
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How Trump’s Anti-Immigrant Rhetoric Crushed Crowdfunding for Minority Entrepreneurs

the sharpest pullback in support from financial backers on Kickstarter during the 2016 election cycle, while Chinese ethnic creators in the US faced a harder time meeting their financing goals during “episodes of Asian hate,” including... View Details

Keywords: by Scott Van Voorhis

23 Feb 2010
First Look

First Look: Feb. 23

Business School Centennial Colloquium, this edited volume brings together the most important scholars from fields as diverse as psychology, sociology, economics, and history to shape the academic discipline of leadership. Book: View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

15 Dec 2003
Research & Ideas

Women Leaders and Organizational Change

research, have you encountered an organization that has been successful in making changes that have expanded leadership opportunities for women of all classes and ethnic backgrounds? A: Only a few. The example we give of Dewey and Levin... View Details

Keywords: by Mallory Stark

09 Aug 2021
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OneTen: Creating a New Pathway for Black Talent

talent pipelines to help companies diversify their workforces. Even though a culture of “sameness” has become a competitive liability, many firms have struggled to hire and keep employees from ethnic minorities. “A lot of CEOs have come... View Details

Keywords: by Rawi E. Abdelal, Katherine Connolly Baden, and Boris Groysberg

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Events - Business History

discussion brought together a diverse group of experts to examine relations between firms, governments, and global governance frameworks in historical perspective. Panelists addressed questions about the ways companies have interacted... View Details

12 Oct 2022
Research & Ideas

When Design Enables Discrimination: Learning from Anti-Asian Bias on Airbnb

belonging to a certain ethnicity to isolate distinctively Asian names. Because most guests leave reviews, the researchers say they can accurately reflect the number of bookings a host is getting. The researchers then compared the change... View Details

Keywords: by Pamela Reynolds; Technology; Travel

March 2020 (Revised August 2020)
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Culture at Google

By: Nien-hê Hsieh, Amy Klopfenstein and Sarah Mehta

Beginning in 2017, technology (tech) company Google faced a series of employee-relations issues that threatened its unique culture of innovation and open communication. Issues included protests surrounding Google’s contracts with the U.S. government, restrictions of... View Details

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Research - Race, Gender & Equity

Faculty & Research Research June 2025 Accounting, Organizations and Society Gender Diversity Performance and Voluntary Disclosure: Mind the (Gender Pay) Gap By: June Huang and Shirley Lu We study whether voluntary gender View Details

01 Jun 2001
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Richard Pechter: Learning New Lessons

national training program geared toward recent college graduates. He was eventually placed as a mathematics teacher at Jersey City, New Jersey’s Liberty High, an ethnically diverse high school for students... View Details

Keywords: Lory Hough; Elementary and Secondary Schools; Educational Services

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Fundraising - Alumni

alignment with the School’s commitment to advancing racial equity , we are actively seeking alumni volunteers who represent the full range of racial and ethnic backgrounds; diversity of gender, region, and... View Details

25 Aug 2022
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Up on the Corner

unsuccessful) plans to redevelop Union Square and other parts of Southwest Baltimore, Dlodlo began by asking residents what they wanted and needed. Everything about Madikizela, from the incorporation of culturally diverse retail to the... View Details

Keywords: Alexander Gelfand; photographed by Melissa Golden; Real Estate

September 2020 (Revised September 2021)
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Student Success at Georgia State University (A)

By: Michael W. Toffel, Robin Mendelson and Julia Kelley

Georgia State University had developed a reputation for driving student success by nearly doubling its graduation rate for students of all racial, ethnic, and socioeconomic backgrounds. It did so while growing its student body and the proportion of Black/African... View Details

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11 Oct 2022
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Shrinking the Racial Wealth Gap, One Mortgage at a Time

mortgage originations from 2012 to 2018 for loan performance data. They further parsed findings using US Census data and ZIP codes to match loan officers, mortgages, specific lenders, and applicants. The researchers matched first and last names and geographic data to... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Financial Services

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2024 Reunion Presentations - Alumni

open new pathways, forge new coalitions, and find sources of personal nurturance. Professor Rosabeth Kanter will outline five tactics for coping, transcending, and contributing to solutions to respond to health and wealth gaps, ethnic... View Details

23 Jun 2014
Research & Ideas

In Venture Capital, Birds of a Feather Lose Money Together

To illustrate the old adage that birds of a feather flock together, there may be no better example than the venture capital industry. A recent study finds that venture capitalists have a strong tendency to team up with other VCs whose View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Financial Services

21 Mar 2012
Op-Ed

Finding the Right Jeremy Lin Storyline

around his identity. Is he an underdog or is he privileged? Does he fit in with the NBA or doesn't he? Here are some of the stories we miss in the storylines we do embrace. The Basketball is Black Story: If the story is one of ethnic... View Details

Keywords: by Lakshmi Ramarajan; Entertainment & Recreation

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Class Profile | MBA

Class Profile A truly diverse student body — in experience, nationality, interests, and ambitions — is the foundation of the Harvard Business School experience. Play A Mosaic of Perspectives video Play Video duration: 1:27 Indeed, a View Details

30 Jun 2020
What Do You Think?

Is a Business School-Industry Collaboration Needed to Attract Black Talent to Campus?

diverse talent to business school, we must demonstrate in both deed and word that business on a wide scale is a powerful change agent and that the avenue to being part of that change is through a business school education.” The following... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Education

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