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Attract additional Black talent to all parts of the HBS community. - Advancing Racial Equity
inclusion, and inequality increases HBS’s capabilities to contribute to racial equity in organizations and society. We start by acknowledging that throughout our history, Black scholars have been severely underrepresented among HBS...
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- 28 Mar 2024
- Blog Post
IFC India: RMZ EcoWorld
for most Indian consumers. Other site visits during our trip highlighted the income inequality and poverty that, while improving, continues to be prominent in India. This makes it difficult to justify...
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- 25 Aug 2022
- News
Up on the Corner
It’s a drab gray morning in April, and real estate developer Nadine Ngouabe Dlodlo (MBA 2008) is standing at the corner of West Baltimore and South Calhoun Streets in Baltimore’s historic Union Square district. Behind her, a chain-link fence decorated with a small...
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- 24 Oct 2017
- Research & Ideas
Tax Reform is on the Front Burner Again. Here’s Why You Should Care
this is a really important point that we haven't hit on. The backdrop of the income inequality debate is the shadow over the whole debate. I'm sympathetic to the concerns in the View Details
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by Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Mar 2012
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Capitalism’s New Agenda
of the World Bank’s scenario for global economic progress out to 2030. While cheered by the prospect of continued economic growth that is expected to triple the middle class from 400 million to 1.2 billion people, the business leaders were disturbed by the growing...
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- 01 Sep 2014
- News
Faculty Q&A: Cents and Sensibilities
you might say—about the mechanical effects of an economic policy. We are not very good at thinking about the broader value judgments underneath those decisions. What part does the minimum wage debate play in larger policy discussion about View Details
- 01 Jun 2008
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incomes either among countries or within them. Inequalities of income and power emerge as a major societal issue alongside poverty, and the book develops alternative societal...
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- 13 Sep 2006
- Op-Ed
Rising CEO Pay: What Directors Should Do
increase in pay of senior executives and superstars in other fields has been a major source of the rising inequality of wages in the United States. Rising income inequality is...
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by Jay W. Lorsch
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Caste and Entrepreneurship in India
By: Lakshmi Iyer, Tarun Khanna and Ashutosh Varshney
It is now widely accepted that the lower castes have risen in Indian politics. Has there been a corresponding change in the economy? Using comprehensive data on enterprise ownership from the Economic Censuses of 1990, 1998, and 2005, we document substantial caste...
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Iyer, Lakshmi, Tarun Khanna, and Ashutosh Varshney. "Caste and Entrepreneurship in India." Economic & Political Weekly 48, no. 6 (February 9, 2013): 52–60.
- 04 Sep 2019
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Research Brief: Ending the Legacy of Poverty
Scott Duke Kominers (photo by Evgenia Eliseeva) Scott Duke Kominers (photo by Evgenia Eliseeva) Income inequality over multiple generations is not just the result of wealthy families passing down money—it’s...
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- 15 Feb 2012
- Op-Ed
Occupy Wall Street Protestors Have a Point
would triple the middle class from 400 million to 1.2 billion people, these business leaders were concerned about the growing inequality of income within many nations, across nations, and across regions....
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- 11 Oct 2022
- Research & Ideas
Shrinking the Racial Wealth Gap, One Mortgage at a Time
needed in the application process, but sometimes also in pushing for consideration and approval. A loan officer’s role may be especially critical for applicants who may not tick all the conventional boxes, like having a robust credit score, proof of assets, and...
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A Year Up: How a Pioneering Program Teaches Young Adults Real Skills for Real Jobs--With Real Success
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Personal Development and Career;
Training;
Equality and Inequality;
Income;
Competency and Skills
Chertavian, Gerald. A Year Up: How a Pioneering Program Teaches Young Adults Real Skills for Real Jobs--With Real Success. Viking Press, 2012.
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Persistence, Progress & Pride: How Leaders Can Support LGBTQ+ Organizational Culture - Blog: RaGE Report
RaGE Report RaGE Report Ideas for Those Outraged by Inequality Filter Results Arrow Down Arrow Up Read posts from Author HBS Staff Industries Industries Education Filters Read posts from Author HBS Staff Industries Industries Education 20...
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census data commodities disposable income employment gender health health statistics household income income inequality labor macroeconomic data...
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- 24 Apr 2014
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For African farmers looking to escape poverty, honey brings sweet success
for exemplary service, Keshavjee says, “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 creation of...
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- March 2012 (Revised April 2012)
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The Korean Model of Shared Growth, 1960-1990
By: Aldo Musacchio, Rafael Di Tella and Jonathan Schlefer
Musacchio, Aldo, Rafael Di Tella, and Jonathan Schlefer. "The Korean Model of Shared Growth, 1960-1990." Harvard Business School Case 712-052, March 2012. (Revised April 2012.)
- 26 Mar 2008
- First Look
First Look: March 26, 2008
balance between capitalism and democracy, the book includes chapters on the theory and history of these systems that challenge the assumption that their spread will bring about a convergence of incomes either among countries or within...
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Martha Lagace
- 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...
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- 01 Mar 2008
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An American Odyssey
known as ‘reparations,’ ” he explains. “But I approach this with realistic expectations as policy analysis, not a cause. I’m attempting to correctly understand chronic racial inequality by putting it in a historical context and...
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