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- 01 Dec 2020
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Find Your Maximum Sustainable Goodness
and map those across organizations and interests. Venture outside your tribe. Giving time or money in service of those who share a common trait or identity with us—whether religion, ethnicity, nationality, or even alumni status—can exacerbate View Details
- 23 Dec 2009
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In the Zone
While a number of organizations work to address the inequities that exist in America’s public schools, one in particular has caught the eye of President Obama. And with good reason: the Harlem Children’s Zone (HCZ), recently featured on...
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- 01 Sep 2016
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Why We Do—or Don’t—Donate Time and Money
time, we don’t necessarily expect them to volunteer less. A really common anecdote you hear is that everyone is expected to volunteer at their child’s school, say two hours a month. In my new work, I’m asking whether this is because people are more View Details
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April White
- 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 social enterprises.” Keshavjee...
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- 18 Aug 2014
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Closing the Education Gap
Anne Dias Griffin (MBA 1997) “Everyone deserves a fair start regardless of their zip code,” says Anne Dias Griffin (MBA 1997). Reforming that start is what motivates her. “The effects of income disparity start early in our society, and education is the best way we can...
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Jill Radsken
- 15 Jun 2021
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Alumni Work to Reverse Bias Through Philanthropy
hard—urgent calls for a long-overdue racial reckoning are inspiring innovative approaches to exposing and ending structural inequities in business and society. Two new ventures led by HBS alumni are leveraging the power of philanthropy in...
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Deborah Blagg
- 09 Mar 2021
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Community Colleges as Engines of Economic Opportunity
also engines of economic competitiveness in their regions. See more from the online-only March Alumni Bulletin Impact section’s exploration of how business and school leaders are addressing inequities in education. BRIDGING THE GAP See...
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Jennifer Gillespie
- 01 Dec 2020
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The Camel and the Unicorn
children for modern American startup success—lost $10 billion between January and October of 2020. There’s also been huge social and political pushback against some of the tech giants, who are under fire for exacerbating issues of View Details
- 01 Sep 2018
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September 2018 Alumni and Faculty Books
question of how the inflow of foreign workers affects native employment and earnings; they also explore effects on innovation and productivity, wage inequality across skill groups, the behavior of multinational firms, firm-level dynamics...
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- 01 Dec 2012
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From Where We Stand
results and more effective solutions to complex problems. Catalyst research shows that men who have had women mentors are more aware of workplace inequities and can become stronger leaders themselves by developing inclusive leadership...
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- 01 Dec 2008
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Business at the Summit
wealth inequality in the United States in recent decades, Summers said that in any society, equitable income distribution goes to the heart of a society’s legitimacy, fairness, and opportunity for its citizens. In the United States, he...
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- 01 Mar 2004
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The Business of Babies
said Spar. Pricing inequities (90 percent of couples conceive for free), inconsistent insurance coverage for fertility treatments, and ambiguous legislation around property and privacy rights all create a unique market environment. Until...
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- 01 Dec 2022
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December 2022 Alumni and Faculty Books and Podcasts
killing of Native American children in compulsory “residential schools” designed to destroy their culture, and the incarceration of Japanese Americans, you are not alone. The seeds of today’s inequalities were sown in events in the past...
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- 01 Dec 2018
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Trade Off
trade and capital flows created a world that looked in many ways like ours. Yet even in the early 20th century, there remained tensions of increasing inequality and wage competition in a context of ruthless international rivalry....
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- 01 Dec 2016
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Alumni Leading Change
specialized content. “The College Board recognizes that there has been inequity in students’ access to college preparation,” says Khan. “By making world-class college prep available free online, we have a real shot at leveling the playing...
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- 01 Mar 2008
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India's Chidambaram Says Nation Is "Poor Rich"
poverty by the country’s growing economy, Palaniappan Chidambaram (MBA ’68), India’s finance minister, predicted in a speech at HBS in October. However, India remains a land of vexing contrasts and contradictions, with enormous inequities...
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- 01 Mar 2023
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An Investment in Tomorrow's Leaders
Understanding that for many prospective students the greatest barriers to attending graduate school are financial, HBS is taking proactive steps to make the MBA Program more affordable. The School has held tuition flat for the past five years, and in August 2022...
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Jennifer Gillespie
- 15 Jun 2021
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The Value of Difficult Conversations
Great Conversation In the virtual classroom, Ratajczak steered the conversation away from past harms to the Black community to the current issues that stem from them. He wondered how payments could address modern inequities and if such...
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- 01 Jun 2006
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The Baby Business
who can’t do it are at a real disadvantage, especially if they’re poor. We have to decide whether that’s an inequity that we as a society should accept. You’ve written about the business of stem cells, which is also emotion-driven to a...
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- 18 Aug 2021
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Alumni on the Black Lives Matter Movement
something lasting,” said Josh Kraft, who is president of Kraft Family Philanthropies. The fund has raised nearly $30 million to support community groups and coalitions that fight racism and racial inequity in Massachusetts. Among its core...
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