Diversity - Publications - Faculty & Research

January 2011
Article

Building a Better America—One Wealth Quintile at a Time

Disagreements about the optimal level of wealth inequality underlie policy debates ranging from taxation to welfare. We attempt to insert the desires of "regular" Americans into these debates, by asking a nationally representative online panel to estimate the current... View Details

Keywords: Taxation; Policy; Perspective; Wealth; Equality and Inequality; Income; Demography; Debates; Welfare; Diversity; Philanthropy and Charitable Giving; United States

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Redefining Productivity in the Value Chain - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

intensity Improving employee health and safety Enhancing the productivity and wages of lower income employees Recruiting that represents the diversity of customers and the communities where a company operates More about the value chain View Details

09 Dec 2013
Research & Ideas

Cultural Disharmony Undermines Workplace Creativity

In today's global work environment, it's a given that companies need culturally diverse teams to succeed. Both scientific studies and common sense tell us that having people with different viewpoints onboard increases the creativity that... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

22 Feb 2023
Blog Post

Meet the Disability Advocacy and Affinity Group (DAAG)

and job opportunities with leading companies. My disability advocacy stems from my time at Cornell University, where I was recognized as a Truman Scholar for my work on disability initiatives with students on campus, youth across the world, and the US Senate. I started... View Details

09 Mar 2023
Blog Post

Where Will You Be in 30 Years: Behind the Scenes of the 5 Big Life Decisions Documentary

to do everything twice as well. In addition, John Rice’s (MBA 1992) experience as a Black professional led him to create Management Leadership for Tomorrow (MLT), a national non-profit organization that fights racial and economic disparities by empowering a new... View Details

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Online Business Essential Courses | HBS Online

real-world examples and experience Harvard Business School’s signature case method. Business leaders will share challenges they’ve faced. As the story unfolds, you’ll leverage course concepts, vital tools and frameworks, and the diversity... View Details

22 Feb 2022
Research & Ideas

Lack of Female Scientists Means Fewer Medical Treatments for Women

Women are more likely to invent medical treatments for endometriosis, cervical cancer, and other female conditions, but the dearth of women scientists limits the potential for such life-saving innovations. Female research teams are 35 percent more likely than male... View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz

09 Oct 2001
Research & Ideas

Driven: How Human Nature Shapes Organizations

moves along well in a group or intergroup context when the participants are diverse enough to trigger the curiosity itch, but not so different as to be threatening. What constitutes "too much" View Details

Keywords: by Paul Lawrence & Nitin Nohria

17 Oct 2018
Research & Ideas

Pro Basketball Coaches Display Racial Bias When Selecting Lineups

same race” Extrapolating from his research, Zhang says it’s not enough to put together diverse teams in order to reduce bias. Regularly working with people of other races does not guarantee that managers will treat those who look... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Sports

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News - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

Military Providers Course. The new IPU brings together a diverse team. November 2019 Media Mention Value-Based Care in Low and Middle Income Nations Value-Based Care in Low and Middle Income Nations The concept of value-based health care... View Details

24 Nov 2015
Blog Post

What is an HBS MyTake?

and the friendships they’ve formed at HBS. Each year we bring together over 900 diverse people from all over the world – all of whom are invested in becoming leaders and making some kind of difference in the world. During their time at... View Details

03 Jun 2022
Research & Ideas

In a Work-from-Anywhere World, How Remote Will Workers Go?

hiring net, Choudhury points out. “There was a recent report that the diversity of [Twitter’s] workforce has gone up because of work-from-anywhere. If a company allows working from anywhere, then you can hire from anywhere,” he says.... View Details

Keywords: by Kara Baskin

12 Sep 2022
Research & Ideas

When Experts Play It Too Safe: Innovation Lessons from a NASA Experiment

of whether managers should aim to deliberately increase the diversity of their evaluator pools,” the researchers write. Experts prefer feasible robot designs To test how open experts are to unique ideas, the researchers worked with NASA... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Aerospace

13 Nov 2020
Blog Post

Take a Seat in the Case Method Classroom

maker. No simple solutions exist– yet through the process of exchanging diverse perspectives, countering and defending ideas, and building on each other’s thoughts, you become adept at analyzing issues, exercising judgment, and making... View Details

09 Nov 2016
Op-Ed

6 Lessons from Donald Trump's Winning Marketing Manual

good old days really existed and they voted to bring them back. Pursue forgotten consumers. Most financial firms chase the same high net worth prospects, ignoring or at best taking for granted millions of modestly prosperous people. Trump turned the Democrats'... View Details

Keywords: by John A. Quelch

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Participation - Christensen Center for Teaching & Learning

Teaching by the Case Method Participation Preparing to Teach Leading in the Classroom Pre-Class Arrival Diversity and Inclusion Openings Cold Calling Questioning, Listening & Responding Transitions Closings Timing Participation Engagement... View Details

02 Jun 2021
News

A Rare Find in Health Care: A Simple Solution to Racial Inequity

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HBS - Financials | Supplemental Financial Information

costs, compared with 50 percent in the prior year. The change in salaries and benefits was attributable to both an increase in full-time equivalent (FTE) faculty and staff and rate increases. Expanding the size and diversity of the... View Details

16 May 2024
News

On the Job

Achievement Award are no different. One spent a summer during college doing hard labor in a lumber mill. Another pumped gas and washed windshields as a teenager. Across a diversity of experiences, one thing is clear: Work does much more... View Details

Keywords: first job; leadership; life experience; career lessons; Finance; Oil and Gas Extraction; Mining; Retail Trade

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Projects - Business History

faculty members with leaders or former leaders of businesses and NGOs. These videotaped interviews with men and women of diverse backgrounds address pivotal moments of transition in their regions. They contain compelling insights on... View Details

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