Race And Ethnicity - Publications - Faculty & Research

21 Feb 2020
News

Leading Race Work at HBS: From the Back Yard to the Front Lawn

April 5, 2011
Article

A Bond Backfire After Racing to Buy Long-term Treasuries and Sell Tax-exempt Funds

By: Robert C. Pozen and Theresa Hamacher

Keywords: Revenue; Taxation

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Nominal versus Indexed Debt: A Quantitative Horse Race (joint with Fabio Kanczuk)

By: Laura Alfaro

There are different arguments in favor and against nominal and indexed debt which broadly include the incentive to default through inflation versus hedging against unforeseen shocks. We model these arguments and calibrate the model to assess the quantitative importance... View Details

July 2022 (Revised March 2023)
Case

The LEGO Group: Builders of a More Diverse and Inclusive Tomorrow

By: Elie Ofek and Sarah Mehta

This case explores how the LEGO Group’s diversity and inclusion efforts from 2008 to 2022. View Details

Keywords: Race; Inclusion; Equity; Demographics; Age; Diversity; Ethnicity; Gender; Entertainment and Recreation Industry; Europe; Denmark; United States

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11 Jun 2015
News

U.S. Losing the Race to Raise Work Force Skills

30 Mar 2015
News

What The Starbucks' Race Campaign Says About Corporate Activism

02 Jun 2016
News

Some Airbnb Users Claim Hosts Rejected Them Over Race

June 2023
Simulation

Artea Dashboard and Targeting Policy Evaluation

By: Ayelet Israeli and Eva Ascarza

Companies deploy A/B experiments to gain valuable insights about their customers in order to answer strategic business problems. In marketing, A/B tests are often used to evaluate marketing interventions intended to generate incremental outcomes for the firm. The Artea... View Details

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1999
Chapter

Theory for Practice: Making Sense of Race Relations in Organizations

By: D. A. Thomas and Karen Proudford

Keywords: Organizational Culture; Race

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05 Oct 2018
News

Why the Global Race for Talent Is in High Gear

February 2018 (Revised April 2018)
Case

Omar Simmons: Franchising and Private Equity

By: Steven Rogers and Alyssa Haywoode

Omar Simmons, managing director of a private equity fund that owns 53 Planet Fitness Health Clubs, has to choose: continue in private equity or shift his career to managing and growing the health clubs. An African-American graduate of Princeton University and Harvard... View Details

Keywords: Diversity Characteristics; Ethnicity Characteristics; Health Club Franchises; African-american Entrepreneurs; Finance; Private Equity; Decisions; Entrepreneurship; Motivation and Incentives; Personal Development and Career; Franchise Ownership; Consulting Industry; Boston

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25 Jul 2010
News

Sherrod fallout twists White House message from rah-rah to race

Article

The Intensity of Ethnic Affiliation: A Study in the Sociology of Hispanic Consumption

By: Rohit Deshpandé, Wayne D. Hoyer and Naveen Donthu

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19 Oct 2020
Video

Professor Jim Cash: Why it’s hard to talk about race

27 Jul 2021
News

Senate’s Semiconductor Aid May Be Opening Bid in Global Race

29 Oct 2010
Research & Ideas

Will I Stay or Will I Go? How Gender and Race Affect Turnover at ‘Up-or-Out’ Organizations

Date of Event: May 10, 2010 Speakers: Kathleen McGinn Gender and racial inequalities continue to persist at "up-or- out" knowledge organizations such as law firms, making it difficult for women and... View Details

Keywords: Re: Kathleen L. McGinn; Legal Services