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- 06 Aug 2021
- Blog Post
Socioeconomic Inclusion at HBS: Alexis Jackson (MBA 2021)
partnered with HBS administration to advance racial equity and diversity; efforts that laid the groundwork for the HBS Anti-Racism Task Force and the Racial Equity Action Plan. Jackson joined the task force,... View Details
- 17 Feb 2015
- HBS Case
HBS Cases: The Battle for San Francisco
celebrate. The influx of wealthier professionals has driven up housing costs, increased the pace of gentrification, and threatened the city's rich racial and socioeconomic diversity. Tensions came to a head in December 2013, when a group... View Details
- 15 Nov 2024
- News
Driving Change
Speaking to nearly 700 alumni at the Women’s Leadership Summit last week, HBS Professor Robin Ely addressed both current and emerging challenges facing women in leadership roles, while emphasizing the critical importance of continued progress. “Today, we face a fresh... View Details
- 09 Apr 2014
- Research & Ideas
A Playbook for Small-Business Job Creation
to capital, which was a primary focus of hers at the SBA. Spreading The Wealth Having spent over 25 years in private equity and venture capital firms before becoming SBA Administrator, Mills has perspective on challenges and opportunities... View Details
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Harvard and the Legacy of Slavery | About
England economy, and powerfully shaped Harvard University. Harvard leaders, faculty, staff, and benefactors enslaved people, some of whom labored at the University; accrued wealth through the slave trade and slave labor; and defended the... View Details
- 13 Sep 2004
- Research & Ideas
Cash and the Woman-Owned Business
However, there is also considerable good news. More women are on career paths with high earnings potential today than ever before.7 They have yet to close the earnings gap completely, but their increasing capacity to create View Details
- 22 Feb 2022
- News
A Focus on Latinx Entrepreneurs
indicates that the number of Latinx businesses getting started is astounding,” says Perez. He adds that, according to the report, the Latinx community is among the most entrepreneurial segments of the US population, starting more businesses per capita than any other... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie
- 18 Sep 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, September 18, 2018
“second HQ” in India to exemplify our core proposition. Download working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=54978 The Impact of Penalties for Wrong Answers on the Gender Gap in Test Scores By: Coffman, Katherine B.,... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- Profile
Marie Kyle
investing. But I had gaps to fill in my education, in understanding finance and entrepreneurship. With my MBA, I want to take a chance to learn more about investment I could get behind." With innovation in mind, Marie came to... View Details
- 09 Dec 2021
- News
Higher Returns
ESG. Environmental, Social, and Governance. And Steel wasn’t just hearing it, he was seeing it. At some point, it felt like he would see a new story every day about companies that were grappling with climate change, racial justice, or... View Details
- 17 Jun 2021
- News
Investing in a Post-COVID World; Exploring the Pandemic’s Impact on Gender Equity
Thematically, the conference aimed to explore the major challenges of angel investing, managing and growing through a pandemic, as well as expanding opportunity for diverse founders and funders, confronting racial justice, and harnessing... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 24 Mar 2021
- News
Clubs Reaffirm Equity in Community Partners Work; Alumni Angels Invest in Member Education
Clubs News Clubs News Community Partners Lean In to Racial Equity Each year, hundreds of HBS alumni volunteer with their local alumni clubs and associations to offer pro-bono consulting to nonprofits in their communities. This year, the... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 23 Aug 2010
- Research & Ideas
The Drive to Acquire’s Impact on Globalization
of mercantilist system was, with a short time lag, a winner for all Japanese citizens, who were all able to raise their living standards; the income gap between the upper and lower quintiles was actually reduced to only 3.4 percent, the... View Details
Keywords: by Paul R. Lawrence
- 08 Jan 2014
- What Do You Think?
Do Productivity Increases Contribute to Social Inequality?
2013. Studies documented increases in the gap (or in a few studies, the opposite view) between rich and poor. Headlines, at least in the United States, typically focused on the share of wealth and income... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 19 Jan 2021
- In Practice
Leadership Advice for Biden: Restore a Sense of Calm
unemployed, and demands for police reform and racial justice. But in the wake of one of the most tumultuous presidential elections in US history—marked by outgoing President Donald Trump claiming the election was stolen, deadly violence... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 01 Oct 2002
- News
Faculty Research Symposium
nonprofits to the managerial emphasison unregulated pro forma earnings, to teamwork in health-care organizations. Synopses of three of the presentations follow. Pay Check: Equity-Based Compensation and Incentives In 2000, CEOs were earning, by some measures, 458 times... View Details
- 01 Dec 2019
- News
What’s Behind the Explosive Growth of Sustainable Investing?
skills for our students. We’re fully convinced this is going to be fundamental mainstream investing in 20 years. Vikram Gandhi: One key driver is investor demand.If you look at the big pools of capital—family offices, pension plans, insurance companies, sovereign View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint
- 02 Jan 2018
- Op-Ed
'Dear Working Knowledge'--Our Favorite Reader Comments of the Year
the lessons of the past are being used to educate the business leaders of the future. Why Employers Favor Men Ruth comments: The race factor is important to be considered. In Latin America I have seen quite often that white men prefer to hire white women than men... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Mar 2014
- News
Faculty and Alumni Books for March 2014
He demonstrates capitalism's ability to create wealth for societies through innovation but cautions that global capitalism's history has been associated with enormous divergence in the wealth of the... View Details