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  • 08 Feb 2021
  • Book

How to Make the World Better, Not Perfect

wisdom, rather than my influence about their admission decision, I’m probably more useful to them after schools have made their decisions,” he notes. While Bazerman knew his actions weren’t going to resolve the broader, complicated racial View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
  • Profile

Kiran Gandhi

probing questions to advance our ideas forward. How do your HBS ambitions fit into the big picture of the world beyond? I am most passionate about eliminating gender inequality in the media. My goal is to use music as a medium to... View Details
Keywords: Entertainment/Media
  • Profile

Sergio Velasquez-Terjesen

Australia, but he seized an opportunity to change the culture of ConocoPhillips itself, becoming the co-founder of the company's first LGBT employee group. Over the course of four years, Sergio and his colleagues moved ConocoPhillips'... View Details
Keywords: Manufacturing/Energy; Consulting
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By: Matthew C. Weinzierl

My academic research centers on uncovering and closing gaps between the theory and reality of tax policy. My main contribution has been to identify and address a mismatch between the goals for taxation typically assumed in theory and the goals the public and... View Details

  • 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.... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
  • 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... View Details
Keywords: by Leslie A. Perlow
  • Web

Sexual Harassment & Other Sexual Misconduct | About

University program. Sexual harassment, including sexual violence, is a form of sex discrimination in that it denies an individual equal access to the University’s programs or activities.” Harvard’s policies are “designed to ensure a safe... View Details
  • Web

Sustainable Business Strategy Course | HBS Online

can be a catalyst for system-level change in the face of significant global issues, such as climate change and income inequality Examine the broader environmental, political, View Details
  • 01 Jan 2002
  • News

Egon P.S. Zehnder (MBA '56)

Zehnder utters these words with considerable passion, since he created the unique corporate culture in which these qualities are so fundamental. In 1976, as Egon Zehnder International continued to grow and prosper, he decided to give up... View Details
  • Web

Charts & Statistics - Leadership

restrictions Increase in divorce rates Influence: Medium-Low 30 1930 s 19 Westward migration of midwestern farmers and laborers for employment and better climate Massive dust storms uproot millions Smallest... View Details
  • Profile

Emily Schlichting

"I started assessing what my life would be like as a sick person. And I realized that if I didn't maintain health insurance now, I never would – I wouldn't be able to get it in the future. Fortunately, the Affordable Care Act (ACA)... View Details
Keywords: Healthcare/Biotech; Nonprofit/Government/Education
  • 12 Oct 2022
  • Research & Ideas

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

post-doctoral researcher at the Université Paris-Dauphine, and Michelangelo Rossi, assistant professor at Télécom Paris. In a political environment where racial injustice draws plenty of attention from all sides, companies that want to... View Details
Keywords: by Pamela Reynolds; Technology; Travel
  • 2023
  • Article

Bridging the Gap with the ‘New’ Economic History of Africa

By: Ewout Frankema and Marlous van Waijenburg
This review article seeks to build bridges between mainstream African history and the more historically oriented branch of the ‘new’ economic history of Africa. We survey four central topics of the new economic history of Africa—growth, trade, labor, and inequality—and... View Details
Keywords: Economic Growth; Trade; Labor; Equality and Inequality; Development Economics; History; Africa
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  • March 2022
  • Teaching Note

Inclusive Innovation at Mass General Brigham

By: Katherine Coffman and Olivia Hull
Teaching Note for HBS Case No. 921-006, “Inclusive Innovation at Mass General Brigham." This case invites students to explore the individual and structural factors that lead to an under-representation of women in male-dominated domains, and to think critically about... View Details
Keywords: Inclusion; Gender Gap; Gender Inclusivity; Gender; Equality and Inequality; Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques
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  • 01 Oct 1997
  • News

Graduate's Gift Honors HBS Friend

In a spontaneous act of friendship, Nathaniel de Rothschild (MBA '71) recently made a generous gift to the School in the name of his longtime friend and HBS classmate Franklin R. Anderson (MBA '71). To give special recognition to the gift... View Details
Keywords: Nancy O. Perry
  • 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 View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
  • December 2004
  • Supplement

Basic Statistics from the World Bank's World Development Indicators, 2004

By: David A. Moss, Sarah A. Brennan and Peter Epstein
Provides basic economic and social indicators for 145 countries, drawn from the World Bank's World Development Indicators (2004). The data include: population, land area, GNP per capita, real GDP growth, life expectancy, adult illiteracy, fertility rate, access to... View Details
Keywords: Equality and Inequality; Wealth and Poverty; Standards; Economics; Society
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  • February 2016
  • Article

Unearned Status Gain: Evidence from a Global Language Mandate

By: Tsedal Neeley and Tracy Dumas
Theories of status rarely address unearned status gain—an unexpected and unsolicited increase in relative standing, prestige, or worth, attained not through individual effort or achievement, but from a shift in organizationally valued characteristics. We build theory... View Details
Keywords: Status and Position; Equality and Inequality; Spoken Communication; Organizations; Japan; United States
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Teaching Quantitative Material - Christensen Center for Teaching & Learning

sometimes save time. However, be aware that not every expert is equally adept at explaining the intuition behind the mechanics, and in some cases they may offer comments that are technically impressive but... View Details
  • 07 Jul 2003
  • What Do You Think?

Can We Have Too Much Productivity Improvement?

as the result of exporting jobs to China, India, and other developing economies. Still others argued that the issue relates to end objectives, not the means, of achieving greater productivity. Jim Noon characterized the first point of... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett