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- 01 Mar 2008
- News
India is more Transparent
China, can I believe the financial information in a company’s annual report? “Not really, I say. The annual report does not serve the purpose it does in market economies, that is, to communicate reliable information. “What about analysts’... View Details
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Partners - Managing the Future of Work
harnesses the power of the private sector to catalyze an employer-led movement to build talent pipelines that are inclusive of Opportunity Youth. For more information, please visit the Grads of Life website . Burning Glass Technologies Burning Glass, a Boston-based... View Details
- 12 Jan 2004
- What Do You Think?
How Should We Think About the Exportation of Jobs?
generally came down in support of the free exportation of jobs, regardless of how imperfect labor markets are in comparison with markets for capital, goods, and services. Those... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 26 Aug 2013
- Lessons from the Classroom
Built for Global Competition from the Start
trend in global labor markets. In the end, students grapple with a very recent phenomenon for entrepreneurial companies—they may start global for the first phases of development and then consolidate into a single location, the opposite of... View Details
- 06 Aug 2024
- Op-Ed
What the World Could Learn from America's Immigration Backlash—100 Years Ago
immigrants might increase labor market competition for native-born workers, lowering their wages and their employment prospects. Cultural. Immigration is associated with the influx of people with different... View Details
Keywords: by Marco Tabellini
- 01 Sep 2017
- News
A Jolt for the African Coffee Industry
Horn of Africa.) “Kenya” adorns bags of single-origin beans shipped around the world, but that country’s residents drink less than 1 percent as much coffee per capita as world-leading Finland’s, according to statistics collected by the View Details
- 01 Nov 2024
- In Practice
Layoffs Surging in a Strong Economy? Advice for Navigating Uncertain Times
challenges when starting a company after a layoff.” Here are three risks to weigh carefully and one actionable step if you decide to proceed: 1. High risk of lowering the bar Research provides compelling evidence that worsening labor... View Details
- 01 Feb 2002
- News
You Can Bank on This
go to Wall Street, the worse the market will do. "It's not that Harvard MBAs are stupid," Soifer assured the Financial Times (September 12, 2001). Instead, he explained, Wall Street firms make generous offers in good times when the View Details
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Institutions, Macroeconomics, and the Global Economy - Course Catalog
risks that globalization entails. All managers now face a business environment where international, macroeconomic, and political phenomena matter. Understanding the genesis of financial and currency crises, stock market booms and busts,... View Details
- Fast Answer
Government data and information sources for public entrepreneurship
Municipal, local and national level financial data, demographics and market information sources to inform and support public sector entrepreneurship Where can I find government data (federal, municipal, city, etc.)? Lists... View Details
- 01 Jun 2004
- News
Hot Tip
and modernizing its capital markets. Prospects are intriguing: Last year, of Africa’s twenty stock markets, the indexes of Kenya and Uganda performed in the top ten globally, with Ghana’s stock market finishing number one in the world... View Details
- 01 Mar 2004
- News
New Horizons for Iraq
This month marks the first anniversary of the American-led invasion of Iraq. Within weeks of their initial military assault, U.S. and coalition troops triumphed over the Iraqi army and took on a new mission — rebuilding a country devastated by decades of warfare, View Details
- 09 Nov 2015
- Research & Ideas
These Employers Pay Higher Salaries than Necessary
buyer. Now translate the same situation from a brick-and-mortar bazaar to an online peer-to-peer marketplace such as Upwork, which allows businesses to outsource work to freelancers, frequently overseas. “Workers on the market have lots... View Details
- 02 Sep 2016
- Op-Ed
The Twitter Election
trouble but project an authenticity welcomed by many voters. He is keeping his marketing powder dry until after Labor Day, gambling that Clinton's August advertising blitz will not yet have sealed his... View Details
Keywords: by John Quelch and Thales Teixeira
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Managing the Future of Work - Course Catalog
if so, when? We begin by building frameworks for different paths of technology adoption and what these scenarios mean for firms and workers. Labor markets and good jobs. What defines a good job? Where are... View Details
- 04 Aug 2009
- First Look
First Look: August 4
consensus that embraced international trade and outsourcing while supporting continuous upgrading of workplace skills. In April 2009, the new Prime Minister, Lars Løkke Rasmussen, is balancing short-term responses to a global recession... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Dec 2020
- News
Tried and Tested
on standardized tests can be found here. Zoë Cullen studies the design of labor markets and the choices of employers and labor platforms that affect matters of public interest,... View Details
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Unions: statistics, reports, etc.
Where can I find more information on labor unions? Bureau of Labor Statistics: Current union... View Details
- 01 Apr 1999
- News
Short Takes
competitive edge. As one example of a winning strategy, Nolan cites Cisco Systems, a twelve-year-old company that makes routers for networks. In 1998, Cisco reached a market value exceeding $100 billion in record-breaking time. It did so,... View Details
Keywords: Eileen K. McCluskey