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  • 2016
  • Working Paper

Meet the Oligarchs: Business Legitimacy, State Capacity and Taxation

By: Rafael Di Tella, Juan Dubra and Alejandro Lagomarsino
We analyze the role of people’s beliefs about the rich in the determination of public policy in the context of a randomized online survey experiment. A question we study is the desirability of government-private sector meetings, a variable we argue is connected to... View Details
Keywords: Business Legitimacy; State Capacity; Meetings; Taxes; Top 1%; Regulation; Prejudice and Bias; Values and Beliefs; Taxation; Business and Government Relations
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  • 2025
  • Working Paper

Tax Elasticities of Top Donors: Evidence from Family Foundations

By: Simon Essig Aberg
High net-worth donors who give through a family foundation or donor-advised fund constitute the fastest growing segment of charitable giving in the United States. Using a novel database of foundation tax filings, I document facts about top donors, estimate how they... View Details
Keywords: Philanthropy and Charitable Giving; Taxation; Motivation and Incentives
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  • 17 Dec 2015
  • News

Don't Focus on Hiring a Superstar. Just Avoid Toxic Workers

  • 2021
  • Working Paper

Employee Ownership and Wealth Inequality: A Path to Reducing Wealth Concentration

By: Thomas Dudley and Ethan Rouen
This paper examines the impact of an economy-wide shift to broad-based employee ownership on wealth concentration in the United States. Relying on government data, we show that if all private firms became 30% employee-owned, the wealth distribution would be profoundly... View Details
Keywords: Wealth Inequality; Employee Ownership; Wealth; Equality and Inequality; Analysis; United States
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  • May 13, 2021
  • Article

The Big Benefits of Employee Ownership

By: Thomas Dudley and Ethan Rouen
Wealth inequality in the U.S. has been increasing for decades: The richest 1% own a majority of all business wealth, and the top 10% own more than 90%. Companies, which have played a vital role in the growth in inequality can also play one in reducing it. One place to... View Details
Keywords: Wealth; Equality and Inequality; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Employee Ownership; United States
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    John P. Kotter

    John P. Kotter is internationally known and widely regarded as the foremost speaker on the topics of Leadership and Change.  His is the premier voice on how the best organizations actually achieve successful transformations. The Konosuke... View Details

    • Article

    (Mis)perceptions of Inequality

    By: Oliver P. Hauser and Michael I. Norton
    Inequality is arguably the defining societal issue of the 21st century. The debate over “who gets what’ underlies policy debates ranging from taxation to health care to wages and permeates society at all levels, attracting increasing interest from policymakers,... View Details
    Keywords: Equality and Inequality; Wealth and Poverty; Perception; Society; Policy
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    2023 Reunion Presentations - Alumni

    might do to help? Participants will leave this session with a better understanding of the obstacles at play and some strategies they can employ to build organizations where top talent of any gender can thrive. Reskilling the Workforce... View Details
    • 10 May 2020
    • Blog Post

    Let’s Hear it For the Moms – The Incredible Balancing Act of Student Mothers

    family-starting years, the demographics are slowly shifting. This year, HBS has more student moms than ever before. We now comprise 1% of the student body. When classmates found out I was pregnant, the first question would invariably be,... View Details
    • Portrait Project

    Joshua Jarrett

    I want to always remember the number 6.65 million. That's the number of people in the world who will make less than each of the Harvard Business School graduates this year. $25,000 a year is enough to put you in the top View Details
    • Web

    Career Journey | MBA

    Coaches 150 Career Programs 882 Hiring Organizations Career Statistics More Career Statistics Summer experiences and post-HBS career paths are top of mind for many of our students, and understanding the career choices of recent HBS... View Details
    • 06 Aug 2020
    • Blog Post

    WHY WE STARTED THE HBS BLACK INVESTMENT CLUB

    decades.* Despite increased attention in recent years, the fact remains that Black founders receive a mere 1% of VC funding. For Black women, the numbers are even worse. One reason for this is that general partners at venture capital... View Details
    Keywords: All Industries
    • Fast Answer

    Sustainability Resources for HBS MBAs

    Compiled by HBS Business and Environment Initiative and Katie Kross, this list is included as a part of the Sustainability research guide via Baker Library's website.   Section Resources Top News sources (subscription... View Details
    • 08 Nov 2024
    • Blog Post

    Harvard Business School’s Armed Forces Alumni Association

    Lee (MBA 2025), Chief Financial Officer "Throughout my time in the military and now at HBS, I’ve come to realize that the legacy I leave behind depends on the impact I have on others. As a female veteran—representing just 1% of our... View Details
    • 22 Jul 2020
    • Blog Post

    Why We Started the HBS Black Investment Club

    decades.* Despite increased attention in recent years, the fact remains that Black founders receive a mere 1% of VC funding. For Black women, the numbers are even worse. One reason for this is that general partners at venture capital... View Details
    • 24 Apr 2025
    • Blog Post

    Elevating Women at HBS: Signature Initiatives of the Women’s Student Association

    hosted six panel sessions covering topics such as “The Invisible Load on Women” and “Fertility: What’s New in FemTech.” Our third annual pitch competition featured five finalists who pitched to venture investors Ascendo Ventures, Kaya Venures, Vestigo Ventures, and... View Details
    • 04 Aug 2009
    • First Look

    First Look: August 4

    outsourcing and movement of labor, with its social welfare offerings. Reforms implemented during the past two decades drove down unemployment, promoted new company formation, and put the country at or near the top of international polls... View Details
    Keywords: Martha Lagace
    • 20 Dec 2016
    • First Look

    December 20, 2016

    to State capacity. Survey respondents primed with negative views about business leaders want fewer meetings as well as higher taxes for the top 1% and more regulation. We also study how these effects change... View Details
    Keywords: Carmen Nobel
    • 09 May 2017
    • First Look

    New Research and Ideas, May 9

    sovereign default induced by legal rulings in the case of Republic of Argentina v. NML Capital. We find that a 10% increase in the probability of default causes a 6% decline in the value of Argentine equities and a 1% depreciation of a... View Details
    Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
    • 29 Aug 2017
    • First Look

    First Look at New Research and Ideas, August 29

    level of economic inequality within Western societies is at its highest in almost a century; in the U.S., for example, inequality is at its highest peak since before the Great Depression (3–5). Furthermore, the incomes of the top View Details
    Keywords: Sean Silverthorne