Financial Inclusion - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Oct 2021
News

Fostering Diversity

loans, came to HBS after working in development at the World Bank. “The School absolutely transformed my life,” he says. Over the years, Ben and Victoria Feder have supported three key priorities at the School: the HBS Fund, the Gender Initiative, and work on issues of... View Details

16 Dec 2019
Research & Ideas

Taking on the Taboos That Keep Women Out of India's Workforce

the government work program, with women’s labor force participation rising in the private sector. In addition to increasing financial inclusion and autonomy among women, Rigol and her coauthors found that... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna

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Attract additional Black talent to all parts of the HBS community. - Advancing Racial Equity

history by increasing the diversity of our faculty; becoming a home for scholars of race, diversity, inclusion, and inequality; developing and supporting diverse students in doctoral programs at and beyond HBS; and actively creating an equitable and View Details

30 Jul 2001
What Do You Think?

What’s the Future of Corporate Governance?

adaptability of the organization over time. As he put it, "By focusing too strongly on financial records (and audit committee work), we lose sight of the fact that departments like operations and human resources are very important... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

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2022 Reunion Presentations - Alumni

and is well worth the effort. Slides Predicting Market Bubbles and Financial Crises Professor Robin Greenwood + More Info – Less Info Over the past decade, researchers at Harvard Business School, through the Behavioral Finance and View Details

14 Sep 2023
Blog Post

MBAs Accelerate Their Social Enterprise Ventures

are designed by or center people with disabilities. With 1 in 4 Americans living with disabilities, it’s imperative that all companies center product inclusion at the beginning of the product development cycle. Rea Savla: Solara, my... View Details

17 Aug 2010
First Look

First Look: August 17

data with firm-level financial data, we find evidence that differs from prior literature. Instead of reducing expenditures to boost earnings, soup manufacturers roughly double the frequency and change the mix of marketing promotions... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

29 Feb 2024
Blog Post

African American Student Union Spotlight on Social Enterprise

by co-directing and moderating the fintech and financial inclusion panel for the 2024 Africa Business Conference. With my co-director, we drafted the objectives and summary of the panel based on trends in... View Details

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Events - Private Capital Project

Corporate Responsibility Engagement at JPMorgan Chase), Clark Binkley (Managing Director at International Forestry Investment Advisors), Ratnika Prasad (Director at the Environmental Defense Fund), John Gilbert (Executive Vice President and Chief View Details

14 Mar 2024
Blog Post

IFC India: SELCO - Last Mile Solar Powered Energy for Rural India

juicer (top left), roti rolling machine (top right), sewing machine (bottom left), and pottery making machine (bottom right). Core to SELCO’s mission is also inclusion of underserved or disabled folks. Many of these machines decrease... View Details

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Faculty - Race, Gender & Equity

Assistant Professor of Business Administration in the Negotiation, Organizations & Markets Unit at Harvard Business School. He teaches Inclusion in the MBA required curriculum and Negotiations in the MBA elective... Katherine B. Coffman... View Details

12 Feb 2020
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Trying Out New Career Options with SIPs (Short Intensive Programs)

social innovation, as the delivery system for critical goods and services at scale, as the stewards of our cultural heritage, and as advocates for a more just and inclusive society. This SIP will take a closer look at how to be an... View Details

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Judges - Alumni

Business Products and Services (B2B), Financial Services Verticals B2B Payments, Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning, Industrials, Space Technology Area(s) of Expertise B2B, Board Roles, Building a Team, Co-Founder Dynamics,... View Details

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General Management Awards & Honors - Faculty & Research

2020. Gerald C. Chertavian : Named a Glassdoor Employee’s Choice Top CEO at an SMB in 2021. Vikram Gandhi : Winner of the 2021 Teaching Recognition Award for Excellence in Sustainable Finance Education from the Financial Times and the... View Details

01 Dec 2022
News

Future Vision

our touchpoint for measuring progress in this crucial area. We’ve pursued action in a number of areas. Our focus in the MBA program is improving affordability and access. In August, we announced further investments in financial aid that... View Details

Keywords: Brian Kenny; Educational Support Services; Educational Services

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Research - Race, Gender & Equity

financially and in kind in exchange for equity,... November 2023 Teaching Material Inclusion and Diversity at Mars Petcare By: Katherine Coffman , Jillian J. Jordan and Emma Ronzetti Teaching Note for HBS... View Details

06 May 2021
HBS Case

How Four Women Made Miami More Equitable for Startups

creating an inclusive entrepreneurial ecosystem can be seen through the stories of four women—two of them Black, one Latinx, and one white—who launched new enterprises in Miami with an eye to diversifying tech jobs in the future.... View Details

Keywords: by Carolyn DiPaolo

23 Jun 2023
News

Highlights from the Spring 2023 Alumni Board Meeting

Alumni Board members on campus for their annual spring meeting // Credit: Panfoto Hard work, with humility for humanity, is the spirit that animates Harvard Business School's MBA program today, Matt Weinzierl, Senior Associate Dean and Chair of the MBA Program, told... View Details

12 Oct 2022
Research & Ideas

When Design Enables Discrimination: Learning from Anti-Asian Bias on Airbnb

bookings drop by an estimated 12 percent in the time period studied compared to white, Black, or Hispanic hosts—just one way that Asians experienced broad discrimination after the pandemic’s origins in China were politicized, finds a new working paper coauthored by... View Details

Keywords: by Pamela Reynolds; Technology; Travel

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Strategy Awards & Honors - Faculty & Research

Organizational Adoption: Discovering New Uses for Existing Innovations." Frank Nagle : "Jack of All Trades and Master of Knowledge: The Role of Generalists in Novel Knowledge Integration" with Florenta Teodoridis (Strategic Management Journal, January 2020) was... View Details

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