Equal Access - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Mar 2024
News

What is Web3?

Web3, a new era of the internet, uses blockchains, tokens, and wallets (tools for storing and managing digital assets) to facilitate a wide range of services and functionalities, including the transfer of assets from person-to-person. It represents a paradigm shift... View Details

Portrait Project

Anita Lynch

profitably provide investment education and less costly access to financial services. I believe it is possible to create a private equity fund dedicated to serving entrepreneurs from underprivileged backgrounds and providing both the... View Details

01 Apr 2000
News

Strike Up the Broad(band)

users. Furthermore, they suggest that users may become so enamored of the technology that their contact with friends and family is diminished. On a societal level, note Bradley and Bane, "broadband may prove to be a leveler, providing View Details

12 Nov 2014
Op-Ed

A Challenge to the New Congress: Pass Housing Finance Reform

fumbled near the goal line. In May, the Senate Banking Committee approved the legislation on a 13-9 vote, but could not garner sufficient support from either side of the aisle to warrant consideration from the full Senate. For many Democrats, the legislation did not go... View Details

Keywords: by Nicolas Retsinas & Rob Couch; Construction; Real Estate

01 Jun 2001
News

On the Inside

States from Taiwan as an eight-year-old speaking no English, the New York Times (February 26, 2001) reported. “I was very lucky to grow up in a family that believed in hard work and education,” said Chao, who favors outreach and access... View Details

Keywords: Government

Student-Profile

Celia Stafford

broad level, I’m interested in how to make processes more efficient and people happier,” she says. “Healthcare is an ideal arena from a modeling standpoint because there are so many nonlinear feedbacks.” She has found HBS to be an equally... View Details

22 Jun 2021
Blog Post

Why Many Businesses Are Becoming More Vocal In Support of LGBTQ Rights

businesses the chance to partner with state and national equality organizations that can bring their own resources to bear. Through these partnerships, businesses gain access to economic impact studies,... View Details

Keywords: All Industries

28 May 2007
Research & Ideas

How Property Ownership Changes Your World View

What happens when a person owns property? Aside from the well-established financial benefits of equity and potential access to credit, there is the equally strong pull of the American Dream and everything it... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna

13 Aug 2021
Blog Post

Exploring Racial Justice with the Scaling Minority Businesses Course

George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and countless others, I felt my own unlearning journey had been accelerated, and I wanted to better understand why there are barriers that prevent marginalized communities from equitably accessing the tools... View Details

01 Dec 2018
News

Lighting the Way

transcend a corporate environment that fails to offer every employee equal access to opportunities for growth. An organization’s strength is its diversity, and managers who recognize this are better... View Details

14 Mar 2023
Blog Post

How Inclusive Managers Create Glass-Shattering Organizations

think it just produces an enormous amount of stress.” Steps toward gender equality In Glass Half-Broken, Ammerman and Groysberg recommend a series of best practices along seven critical dimensions to organizations that want to work toward... View Details

01 Oct 2020
What Do You Think?

Are CEOs the Wrong Leaders for Stakeholder Capitalism?

place responsibility for such things as the rule of law, property rights, the environment, and the more equal distribution of wealth in the hands of those guiding for-profit public corporations. That’s the role of public servants. As he... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

17 Dec 2001
Research & Ideas

Enterprising Women

While many characteristics that mark a successful entrepreneur are gender blind, being a woman does make a difference, and recognizing and utilizing those differences is an equally important quality to cultivate when building a new... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna

29 Aug 2024
Blog Post

Leni Peterson R. (MS/MBA 2023): Solving Big Problems Through Entrepreneurship

Without water, companies cannot operate. Water is not only a key indicator of climate change, but also a major factor behind supply chain disruptions. Poor water access can exacerbate health and political crises through flooding,... View Details

17 Oct 2007
Research & Ideas

Why Global Brands Work

appeal. Think Coca-Cola and Disney. 2. A focus on a single product category. Think Nokia and Intel. 3. The company name is the brand name. All marketing dollars are concentrated on that one brand. Think GE and IBM. 4. Access to the global... View Details

Keywords: by John A. Quelch; Auto

Web

Women Are Avoiding AI. Will Their Careers Suffer? | Working Knowledge

predominantly from men, does that cause these tools to potentially respond differently or be biased in ways that could have long-term effects?” Koning asks. How to encourage widespread use Koning recommends that companies go beyond providing View Details

Profile

Dan Vallone

School, I was primarily interested in finance—that’s why I did my summer internship in investment banking. My larger ambition was to help underserved and underbanked communities gain greater access to capital. My firm was great—a... View Details

Keywords: Financial Services; Nonprofit / Government

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Strategic Financial Analysis Online Course | HBS Online

intermediate-level course that requires participants to have a preliminary understanding of finance and accounting as well as access to and experience with Microsoft Excel. 5-7 hrs Module 1 Identifying Strategic Drivers of Performance... View Details

16 Jan 2025
Blog Post

Alumni Career Journey: Sophie Levin (MS/MBA 2022) - How Risk Can Be the Key to a Sustainable Future

What were you doing prior to HBS? What made you decide to go to HBS? Before HBS, I worked at Tesla as a design engineer and project manager. I had the opportunity to work on groundbreaking products alongside some of the smartest and most resilient people in the world.... View Details

22 Dec 2022
News

LGBTQ+ Alumni Forums Expand; 2023 Alumni New Venture Competition Is Underway

Everybody is equally committed and they show up. The hallmark of forum is confidentiality, so over time, people begin to feel safe to share." Donaher says despite being completely virtual, both original LGBTQ+ Forums are "incredibly... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

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