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- 1998
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Pursuing Value: The Information Reporting Gap in the Italian Capital Markets
By: Robert G. Eccles Jr. and Luca Lupone
- 25 Feb 2015
- News
Why the Gap Between Worker Pay and Productivity Is So Problematic
- 1993
- Chapter
Regulating the International Trade in Hazardous Pesticides: Closing the Accountability Gap
By: L. S. Paine
Keywords:
Trade;
Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms;
Corporate Accountability;
Chemical Industry;
Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry
Paine, L. S. "Regulating the International Trade in Hazardous Pesticides: Closing the Accountability Gap." In Ethical Theory and Business. 4th ed. Edited by Norman E. Bowie and Tom L. Beauchamp, 547–556. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall, 1993. (Reprinted in The International Library of Management, Ethics in Business and Economics, vol. 2, edited by Thomas Donaldson and Thomas W. Dunfee. Aldershot, England: Dartmouth Publishing Company, Ltd., 1996.)
- September 2010 (Revised March 2013)
- Case
Capital for Enterprise Limited (CfEL): Bridging the SME Early-Stage Finance Gap
By: Josh Lerner, Eli Talmor, Ananth Vyas Bhimavarapu and Thibaud Simphal
The CEO of the company set up to manage a British government effort to promote the venture capital industry considers the progress made to date, as well as how the program can be adjusted.
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Keywords:
Entrepreneurship;
Venture Capital;
Financing and Loans;
Business and Government Relations;
Financial Services Industry;
Public Administration Industry;
United Kingdom
Lerner, Josh, Eli Talmor, Ananth Vyas Bhimavarapu, and Thibaud Simphal. "Capital for Enterprise Limited (CfEL): Bridging the SME Early-Stage Finance Gap." Harvard Business School Case 811-027, September 2010. (Revised March 2013.)
- 1998
- Other Unpublished Work
Pursuing Value: The Information Reporting Gap in the U.S. Capital Markets
By: Robert G. Eccles Jr. and Harold D. Kahn
- 1998
- Other Unpublished Work
Pursuing Value: The Information Reporting Gap in the Swiss Capital Markets
By: Robert G. Eccles Jr. and Peter F. Weibel
- 16 Jan 2014
- News
How to close the gender gap at work? Strike a pose
- November 2021 (Revised March 2022)
- Case
Pacesetters
By: Jeffrey J. Bussgang and Mel Martin
City Sealcoating CEO Keith Chaney had just publicly called out the Boston Chamber of Commerce for their slow progress on their supplier diversity program, Pacesetters. Established in 2018 by regional business leaders, Pacesetters was supposed to facilitate...
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Keywords:
Racial Wealth Gap;
Procurement;
Suppliers;
Diversity;
Programs;
Small Business;
Restructuring;
Contracts;
United States;
Boston
Bussgang, Jeffrey J., and Mel Martin. "Pacesetters." Harvard Business School Case 322-019, November 2021. (Revised March 2022.)
- 31 Mar 2023
- Research & Ideas
Can a ‘Basic Bundle’ of Health Insurance Cure Coverage Gaps and Spur Innovation?
By the early 1980s, several high-income countries—including Switzerland, the United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, and New Zealand—had universal health insurance covering 100 percent of the population. Meanwhile, 40 years later, the United States continues to lag behind,...
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- 2022
- Working Paper
Credit and the Family: The Economic Consequences of Closing the Credit Gap of U.S. Couples
By: Olivia S. Kim
Closing disparities in credit access between spouses can help reduce consumption inequality in the household. The 2013 reversal of the Truth-in-Lending Act increased the borrowing capacity of secondary earners in equitable-distribution states but not in...
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Keywords:
Household;
Credit;
Equality and Inequality;
Income;
Policy;
Family and Family Relationships
Kim, Olivia S. "Credit and the Family: The Economic Consequences of Closing the Credit Gap of U.S. Couples." Working Paper, December 2022.
- 2021
- Working Paper
A (Dynamic) Investigation of Stereotypes, Belief-Updating, and Behavior
By: Katherine B. Coffman, Paola Ugalde Araya and Basit Zafar
Many decisions—such as what educational or career path to pursue—are dynamic in nature, with individuals receiving feedback at one point in time and making decisions later. Using a controlled experiment, with two sessions one week apart, we analyze the dynamic effects...
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Keywords:
Feedback;
Beliefs;
Stereotypes;
Self-assessment;
Gender Gap;
Performance;
Perception;
Gender;
Decision Making;
Behavior
Coffman, Katherine B., Paola Ugalde Araya, and Basit Zafar. "A (Dynamic) Investigation of Stereotypes, Belief-Updating, and Behavior." NBER Working Paper Series, No. 29382, October 2021.
- 2014
- Report
Managing the Talent Pipeline: A New Approach to Closing the Skills Gap
By: Joseph B. Fuller, Robert G. Sheets and Jason A. Tyszko
Fuller, Joseph B., Robert G. Sheets, and Jason A. Tyszko. "Managing the Talent Pipeline: A New Approach to Closing the Skills Gap." Report, U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation, 2014.
- 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...
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- April 2018
- Article
We Ask Men to Win & Women Not to Lose: Closing the Gender Gap in Startup Funding
By: Dana Kanze, Laura Huang, Mark Conley and E. Tory Higgins
Male entrepreneurs are known to raise higher levels of funding than their female counterparts, but the underlying mechanism for this funding disparity remains contested. Drawing upon Regulatory Focus Theory, we propose that the gap originates with a gender bias in the...
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Kanze, Dana, Laura Huang, Mark Conley, and E. Tory Higgins. "We Ask Men to Win & Women Not to Lose: Closing the Gender Gap in Startup Funding." Academy of Management Journal 61, no. 2 (April 2018): 586–614.
- October 2022
- Case
Ceibal: Sustaining and Scaling Educational Innovation in Uruguay
By: John J-H Kim, Michael Chu and Mariana Cal
Ceibal was founded in 2007 in Uruguay, as an initiative to reduce the digital gap in the country. After playing an important role providing a smooth transition to remote learning during COVID, Ceibal in 2022 must now determine the best way to fulfill its mission to "be...
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Keywords:
Digital Gap;
COVID-19 Pandemic;
Education;
Teaching;
Digital Platforms;
Technology Adoption;
Technological Innovation;
Social Issues;
Transformation;
Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact;
Mission and Purpose;
Education Industry;
Latin America;
South America;
Uruguay
Kim, John J-H, Michael Chu, and Mariana Cal. "Ceibal: Sustaining and Scaling Educational Innovation in Uruguay." Harvard Business School Case 323-034, October 2022.
- March 2021 (Revised October 2021)
- Case
Aligning Mission and Margin at Southern Bancorp
By: Rebecca M. Henderson, Brian Trelstad and Eren Kuzucu
In October 2020, after spending almost a decade to turnaround Southern Bancorp, an Arkansan bank founded with the mission to provide financial services to rural, underserved communities, CEO Darrin Williams is wondering how Southern Bancorp should continue to grow....
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Keywords:
Racial Wealth Gap;
Banks and Banking;
Growth and Development;
Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact;
Mission and Purpose;
Going Public;
Investment Return;
Social Issues;
Wealth and Poverty;
Banking Industry;
Financial Services Industry;
United States;
Arkansas
Henderson, Rebecca M., Brian Trelstad, and Eren Kuzucu. "Aligning Mission and Margin at Southern Bancorp." Harvard Business School Case 321-099, March 2021. (Revised October 2021.)
- Nov 2014
- Report
Managing the Talent Pipeline: A New Approach to Closing the Skills Gap
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation recommends a new demand-driven approach—talent pipeline management—to close the skills gap. Extending lessons learned from innovations in supply chain management, this paper calls for employers to play a new and expanded...
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- Web
Diversity & Entrepreneurship: Race & Gender Gaps Persist - Race, Gender & Equity
Pathways to Inclusive Entrepreneurship Diversity & Entrepreneurship: Race & Gender Gaps Persist Entrepreneurship is the path of choice for many Harvard Business School alumni. Drawing on the most recent Life & Leadership data , this...
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