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How to Narrow the Digital Divide in U.S. Health Care
Innovation Digital ArticleSix ways academia and industry can work together to build a more equitable system. -
Research: How Socioeconomic Status Impacts the Way We Network
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleThe pandemic is putting the differences into stark relief. -
America’s Vanishing Middle Class: A Tale of Two Economies
Economics Digital ArticleThe US economy today borders on schizophrenic. To be sure, we are seeing signs of positive momentum. The last three months have delivered almost 250,000 new jobs per month on average. Great news, but at the same time, unemployment is growing and now exceeds nine percent. Both consumer confidence and small business confidence is higher […] -
China's Smaller Cities Are Home to Growing Middle Class
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Finding Middle Ground
Leadership & Managing People Magazine ArticleNew takes on the class divide, from "Bridging the Divide: Working-Class Culture in a Middle-Class Society," by Jack Metzgar; "Fight Like Hell: The Untold... -
Research: A Growth Mindset Can Boost Support for Increasing the Minimum Wage
Global Business Digital ArticleIn 10 studies with over 3,000 participants in the U.S. and India, participants with a growth mindset supported increasing low-wage workers' compensation... -
Why the Global 1% and the Asian Middle Class Have Gained the Most from Globalization
Economics Digital ArticleThe fundamental paradox of reduced inequality. -
Why Employers Should Fund Debt-Free Education Programs
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleTraditional tuition-reimbursement policies often don't work for the employees who could benefit the most - hurting employers and employees alike. -
J.C. Penney's Real Problem: The Shrinking Middle Class
Finance & Accounting Digital ArticleDoes our increasingly hourglass-shaped economy leave the retailer doomed? -
Why Your Organization Should Use Salary Benchmarking
Compensation and benefits Digital ArticleMarket data can drive fairer compensation and boost employee retention. -
Larry Summers on What Business Can Do to Save the Middle Class
Economics Digital ArticleCompanies should care about “inclusive prosperity.” -
The Creator Economy Needs a Middle Class
Global Business Digital ArticleTen policies platforms like YouTube and TikTok can adopt to spread the wealth. -
Research: How Subtle Class Cues Can Backfire on Your Resume
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleIt can hurt elite women and lower-class applicants alike. -
How Biden Won Back (Enough of) the White Working Class
Sales & Marketing Digital ArticleHe showed up, talked about jobs, and treated voters with respect. -
Do Your DE&I Efforts Consider Age, Class, and Lived Experience?
Organizational Development Digital ArticleIncluding these lenses alongside race, ethnicity, and gender can help your organization move toward more meaningful change. -
Business Leaders Have Abandoned the Middle Class
Business and society Digital ArticlePoliticians aren’t the only ones to blame for Brexit. -
How U.S. Government Agencies Can Fix Their Customer-Service Problem
Government Digital ArticleThree ways federal, state, and local governments can improve the accessibility and reach of their services. -
America's Long and Productive History of Class Warfare
Organizational Development Digital ArticleA trip back in time to 1884. -
What So Many People Don't Get About the U.S. Working Class
Global Business Digital ArticleThe reasons for Trump's win are obvious, if you know where to look. -
What Trump’s Campaign Speeches Show About His Lasting Appeal to the White Working Class
Business communication ResearchThe idea of “friends and foes” is central to his communication.
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Sabka Saath, Sabka Vikas: Building an Inclusive Labor Force?
Management Case Study8.95View Details This case aims to provide a deep understanding of two important dimensions of Indian society, which are instrumental in determining most socioeconomic... -
Bias Interrupted: Creating Inclusion for Real and for Good
A cutting-edge, relentless, objective approach to inclusion. Companies spend billions of dollars annually on diversity efforts with remarkably few results.... -
Upstart's Upshot: Is Fintech Lending Fair?
Management Case Study8.95View Details Alliant Credit Union (Alliant) had to decide whether to partner with Upstart Holdings, Inc. (Upstart), a financial technology (fintech) company that offered... -
DEI at Schneider Electric: From "Why" to "How"
Management Case Study8.95View Details This case introduces Schneider Electric's 15-year-long exploration of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI), aimed at providing "equal opportunities... -
The Wedding Clinic: How Wide or Deep to Integrate Interrelated Businesses?
Management Case Study8.95View Details It was the autumn of 2022, and Payal Tekchandani, cofounder and partner of The Wedding Clinic (TWC), sat down with her operations team in Pune, Maharashtra,... -
Marathon Petroleum and Southwest Detroit: The Intersection of Community and Environment
Strategy & Execution Case Study8.95View Details Environmental racism describes the unequal burden of environmental hazards placed on disadvantaged communities through systems, policies, and practices....
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How to Narrow the Digital Divide in U.S. Health Care
Innovation Digital ArticleSix ways academia and industry can work together to build a more equitable system. -
Sabka Saath, Sabka Vikas: Building an Inclusive Labor Force?
Management Case Study8.95View Details This case aims to provide a deep understanding of two important dimensions of Indian society, which are instrumental in determining most socioeconomic... -
Sabka Saath, Sabka Vikas: Building an Inclusive Labor Force?, Teaching Note
Management Digital ArticleTeaching Note for Case UV8770 -
Bias Interrupted: Creating Inclusion for Real and for Good
A cutting-edge, relentless, objective approach to inclusion. Companies spend billions of dollars annually on diversity efforts with remarkably few results.... -
Upstart's Upshot: Is Fintech Lending Fair?
Management Case Study8.95View Details Alliant Credit Union (Alliant) had to decide whether to partner with Upstart Holdings, Inc. (Upstart), a financial technology (fintech) company that offered... -
Research: How Socioeconomic Status Impacts the Way We Network
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleThe pandemic is putting the differences into stark relief. -
America’s Vanishing Middle Class: A Tale of Two Economies
Economics Digital ArticleThe US economy today borders on schizophrenic. To be sure, we are seeing signs of positive momentum. The last three months have delivered almost 250,000 new jobs per month on average. Great news, but at the same time, unemployment is growing and now exceeds nine percent. Both consumer confidence and small business confidence is higher […] -
DEI at Schneider Electric: From "Why" to "How"
Management Case Study8.95View Details This case introduces Schneider Electric's 15-year-long exploration of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI), aimed at providing "equal opportunities... -
Upstart's Upshot: Is Fintech Lending Fair?, Teaching Note
Management Digital ArticleAlliant Credit Union (Alliant) had to decide whether to partner with Upstart Holdings, Inc. (Upstart), a financial technology (fintech) company that offered... -
China's Smaller Cities Are Home to Growing Middle Class
Finance & Accounting Digital ArticleTo find newly affluent consumers, look beyond the megacities.