Equality and Inequality - Publications - Faculty & Research

14 Aug 2007
First Look

First Look: August 14, 2007

Beers at the Millennium Harvard Business School Case 706-518 At the time of the millennium, diamond demand was threatened by an increasing awareness among jewelry customers that diamond production and trading in some countries was being... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

28 May 2013
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First Look: May 28

Categorization of Black-White Biracials By: Ho, Arnold K., Jim Sidanius, Amy J.C. Cuddy, and Mahzarin R. Banaji Abstract—Individuals who qualify equally for membership in more than one racial group are not... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

30 Aug 2016
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August 30, 2016

amount of debt is analyzed and compared to a simple deficit rule that limits the maximum amount of deficit per period. Whereas the deficit rule does not perform well, the debt rule yields welfare gains virtually View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

09 Jan 2006
What Do You Think?

Should More Transparency Extend to Education for Management?

apparently equal applicants." Anshu Vats expressed his enthusiasm by commenting, "If revealing the students' grades leads to an increasingly competitive classroom, great! Welcome to the meritocracy." Others were more... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Education

23 Jul 2014
Lessons from the Classroom

Innovation Is Magic. Really

When business executives create innovative products or services, they often look to impress their customers by delivering an experience more meaningful, more delightful, than possibly expected. A true "wow!" moment. And Harvard Business... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Consumer Products

01 Mar 2008
News

“A National System of Income Supplementation”

and economic inequality http://historymatters.gmu.edu/d/6545/. The so-called Kerner Report, warning that the United States was in danger of becoming two “separate but unequal” societies, recommended federal... View Details

Keywords: Educational Support Services; Educational Services

18 Aug 2014
News

Closing the Education Gap

their names, and there were kids who actually couldn’t. One child, who was almost four, kept saying his name was Corky, which it wasn’t. These are children who have been paid so little attention that they don’t even know their names.”... View Details

Keywords: Jill Radsken

08 Oct 2019
Blog Post

Balancing Act: Kate Eberle Walker’s Action Plan for C-suite Diversity

gender diversity because she personally understood the difficulties women faced in business. Now she’s heard from her employees that the company should also focus on racial diversity. Black and Latinx employees are well represented in... View Details

Keywords: Entrepreneurship

30 Nov 2011
Research & Ideas

Only Capitalists Can Save Capitalism

If capitalism was a stock, the market would appear rather bearish on its future. Bank failures, economic crises, and middle-class riots across the globe appear symptomatic of large systemic weaknesses in the market system, highlighted by... View Details

Keywords: by Maggie Starvish

16 Mar 2022
Blog Post

Taking Your Shot in the Sports Industry with Adam Laitsas (MBA 2016), SVP, Head of Marketing for Madison Square Garden Sports

Three months into his new role as SVP, Head of Marketing at Madison Square Garden Sports (MSG), Adam Laitsas (MBA 2016) looked out from his office onto a place that is equal parts inspiring and familiar. For... View Details

14 Apr 2016
Blog Post

What I Learned at SVMP

expertise. Getting to know then other participants was extremely valuable since each of us brought a unique perspective to the classroom. Finally, it was fun! For every minute of studying and reading there was an View Details

05 Aug 2002
Research & Ideas

Are Consumers the Cure for Broken Health Insurance?

contributions increased by more than $20 billion. Fidelity also found higher participation rates in smaller plans and roughly equal savings rates between active highly paid employees View Details

Keywords: by Regina E. Herzlinger

14 May 2008
Research & Ideas

Getting Down to the Business of Creativity

pointillist painter, and it's easy to imagine Bill Gates or Oprah Winfrey humming the same tune. But if creativity is integral to business, and to entrepreneurship in particular, how exactly does it occur?... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Retail; Apparel & Accessories; Fashion; Entertainment & Recreation

15 Sep 2003
Lessons from the Classroom

HBS Cases: Developing the Courage to Act

for developing cases.) The best cases describe real, not fictitious, organizations and real business issues. Within the business school, cases had become the dominant mode of instruction by the mid 1930s, View Details

Keywords: by David A. Garvin

13 Aug 2024
Blog Post

Leading With Curiosity: Mayowa Kuyoro (MBA 2015)

Mayowa Kuyoro (MBA 2015) grew up in Nigeria and currently lives and works there. Nigeria is her home. Yet, an important part of her story resides outside of the Continent, and... View Details

Keywords: All Industries

10 Feb 2021
Blog Post

What You Can Do to Create an Anti-Racist Organization

leader, speaker, educator, and teaching artist, Manso-Brown educates individuals and groups on social injustice and creating equality through... View Details

24 Jul 2014
Blog Post

Create a Content Marketing Strategy for your Talent Acquisitions Team

program and are building out a social media presence to support your branding efforts. But what strategy has been put in place to leverage that social media presence to attract the right talent? Creating a content marketing strategy for... View Details

07 Aug 2019
Research & Ideas

Big Infrastructure May Not Always Produce Big Benefits

Governments and policymakers often assume that infrastructure development is key to jumpstarting economic growth for citizens, an “If we build it they will come” chain reaction of new jobs, more efficient transportation, View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Construction

21 Aug 2012
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First Look: August 21

PublicationsThe Size and Composition of Corporate Headquarters in Multinational Companies: Empirical Evidence Authors:David Collis, David Young, and Michael Goold Publication:Journal of International... View Details