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      • 23 Feb 2021
      • Cold Call Podcast

      Examining Race and Mass Incarceration in the United States

      The late 20th century saw dramatic growth in incarceration rates in the United States. Of the more than 2.3 million people in US prisons, jails, and detention centers in 2020, 60 percent were Black or Latinx. Harvard Business School assistant professor Reshmaan Hussam probes the assumptions underlying the current prison system, with its huge racial disparities, and considers what could be done to address the crisis of the American criminal justice system in her case, “Race and Mass Incarceration in the United States.”  Open for comment; 0 Comment(s) posted.

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      • 16 Nov 2016
      • Research & Ideas

      Turning One Thousand Customers into One Million

      by Thales S. Teixeira and Michael Blanding

      In the second part of a series on growing startups, Thales S. Teixeira explains how Uber, Etsy, and Airbnb climbed from one thousand customers to one million. Open for comment; Comment(s) posted.

      • 14 Dec 2015
      • Research & Ideas

      Airbnb Hosts Discriminate Against African-American Guests

      by Carmen Nobel

      Experimental research by Ben Edelman, Michael Luca, and Daniel Svirsky revealed widespread discrimination against African-American guests on Airbnb. Now the researchers have created an online tool to mitigate it. Open for comment; Comment(s) posted.

      • 21 Oct 2015
      • Research & Ideas

      How to Predict if a New Business Idea is Any Good

      by Michael Blanding

      Professor Pian Shu tackles one of the most difficult questions in the startup world: How can you tell if a new business will succeed? Open for comment; Comment(s) posted.

      • 24 Jan 2011
      • HBS Case

      Terror at the Taj

      by Julia Hanna

      Under terrorist attack, employees of the Taj Mahal Palace and Tower bravely stayed at their posts to help guests. A look at the hotel's customer-centered culture and value system. Open for comment; 0 Comment(s) posted.

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