Perceptions Of Inequality - Publications - Faculty & Research

07 Sep 2021
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Embracing Activism for Social Change

“We spoke to folks in California and Texas, asking questions about coalition building, data collection, evaluation, stakeholder management, and community engagement,” she says. “This was at a time when COVID-19 was exposing a big range of... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg

01 Oct 2021
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Tulsa Massacre Case Fosters Timely Conversations

case raises the question of how to address historic injustices. Ratajczak steered the conversation away from past harms to the Black community to current issues that stem from them. He wondered how payments could address modern View Details

08 Jan 2020
Research & Ideas

NFL Head Coaches Are Getting Younger. What Can Organizations Learn?

these examples that can be applied to all fields. The NFL continues to be a source of insights for managers and organizations in all fields. Recently, for example, there is a perception among observers that... View Details

Keywords: by Boris Groysberg, Evan M.S. Hecht, and Abhijit Naik; Sports

25 Apr 2014
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Investing in Innovation

alumni Inform, identify, and engage the next generation of HBS leaders Strengthen the perception of HBS and business in the world Engage with and support the University in new... View Details

Keywords: HBS Fund; Educational Services

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Harvard Business School

Organization of a Bank; a Study of Selected New Banks R. Roosevelt Thomas Jr. (DBA) 1974 The Management of the Liberal Arts College: A Case Study Rudolph Winston Jr. (DBA) 1975... View Details

01 Jun 2000
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Going Public: Raymond M. Jefferson

and fund-raising projects. Outside Harvard, he visits with amputees and trauma victims and is working on a national awareness campaign with Easter Seals to educate amputees regarding the availability of aesthetic, upper-limb prostheses.... View Details

Keywords: Mary Ellen Gardner

15 Jun 2021
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Action Plan: Come as You Are

ROM’s 13 million objects, from a bust of Cleopatra VII to Chinese Yuan dynasty murals to Benjamin West’s The Death of General Wolfe. Art, he says, can nudge viewers toward View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; museums; art; cognition; diversity; Museums, Historical Sites, and Similar Institutions; Arts, Entertainment

03 Apr 2017
What Do You Think?

How About Investing in Human Infrastructure?

Sitaraman, The Crisis of the Middle-Class Constitution: Why Economic Inequality Threatens Our Republic (New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2017) ORIGINAL COLUMN: There is increasing talk about stimulating $1... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Construction

01 Mar 2014
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Research Brief: Better to Be Safe with a Sorry

"Never apologize, mister," John Wayne's character famously said in She Wore a Yellow Ribbon. "It's a sign of weakness." And while previous academic research has similarly concluded that apologizing during negotiations hurts View Details

Keywords: Morrell, Daniel; Information

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2021 Symposium - Race, Gender & Equity

thoughtful practitioners committed to addressing how gender, race, class, and other axes of dominance and oppression reproduce structural inequalities in organizations. To this end, we are excited to bring... View Details

19 Aug 2013
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Bees Make a Sweet Deal for African Farmers

one million individuals by 2020. Says Keshavjee, "I'd like to play my small part in reducing the inequalities of income on this new-frontier continent. I'd like to inspire youthful entrepreneurs and the... View Details

Keywords: Agriculture; Finance; Health, Social Assistance; Management

September 2020 (Revised September 2021)
Supplement

Student Success at Georgia State University (B)

By: Michael W. Toffel, Robin Mendelson and Julia Kelley

This is a supplement to the Student Success at Georgia State University (A) case. The (B) case includes the results of a randomized control trial that Georgia State conducted to test education technology start-up AdmitHub’s chatbot solution as a strategy for improving... View Details

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10 Oct 2017
First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, October 10, 2017

Abstract—We investigate how the scientific community's perception of a scientist's prior work changes when one of his articles is retracted. Relative to non-retracted control... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Dec 2008
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Back to the Future

since 2000: “A belief in easy answers; a disagreement over the basic nature of the energy problems and the roles of various actors; sharp shifts in perceptions View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; Transportation Equipment Manufacturing; Manufacturing; Oil and Gas Extraction; Mining

01 Mar 2025
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Alumni and Faculty Books

Edited by Margie Kelley Borders and the Self By Chinwe Ajena-Sagna (MBA 2003) Masobe Books “Who are you?” Every border tells a story. Every story has its origins. Tracing a cultural lineage from the beginnings of Igbo history in the ninth... View Details

01 Oct 1997
News

Short Takes

to several common organizational problems. For example, they examine how a majority group's perception that a minority group or individual is performing poorly can mushroom into a self-fulfilling cycle of... View Details

01 Oct 2001
Research & Ideas

Five Questions for James Austin

by the two organizations discovering, incrementally, opportunities for mutually beneficial value creation. The closer collaboration is fostered by a perception of shared objectives and values and a growing... View Details

Keywords: by Carla Tishler

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2019 Symposium - Race, Gender & Equity

understanding of systemic inequities and to equip them to create an equitable society rather than accept the status quo. She received her BA from Mount Holyoke College, where she was inducted into Phi Beta... View Details

18 Nov 2010
Research & Ideas

GM’s IPO: Back to the Future

alter significantly how people think about the company, its products, and the brand. US consumers have not had a high-quality perception of GM brands over the past few decades. Although driven in part by the... View Details

Keywords: by Staff; Auto

25 Oct 2004
Research & Ideas

Planning for Surprises

perceptions that we bring to most issues. We always have our own views. But the key issue here is the difference between hypotheses and assumptions. In practice it is difficult to assume complete ignorance. But it is essential to try to... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

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