Internal Labor Markets - Publications - Faculty & Research

24 Jul 2014
Op-Ed

Reform Tax Law to Keep US Firms at Home

in restricting the ability of firms to locate where it makes sense for them to be, but rather to create tax reform that makes US firms more competitive. Chairman Wyden, Ranking Member Hatch, and Members of the Committee, it is a pleasure to appear before you today to... View Details

Keywords: by Mihir Desai; Pharmaceutical

04 Jan 2012
What Do You Think?

Income Inequality: What’s the Right Amount?

among a country's citizens. Some view inequality as the natural result of freedom, a free market economy, and capitalism. It appears to work best when those with the wealth create jobs for others. This seems to have been the thinking... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett

04 Jan 2021
What Do You Think?

How Do We Sustain Organization Diversity?

December 16, 2020. Summing up last month’s column My column last month about job training inequality and economic growth sparked many insightful comments about the role of markets as arbiters of fairness and the nature of competition for... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

19 Feb 2013
First Look

First Look: Feb. 19

PublicationsLabor Regulations and European Venture Capital Authors:Bozkaya, Ant, and William R. Kerr Publication:Journal of Economics & Management Strategy Abstract European nations substitute between employment protection regulations and View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

10 Jun 2014
First Look

First Look: June 10

paper investigates the role of the CRO in making these transformations happen. The two cases highlight that the role of the CRO may be less about the packaging and marketing of risk management ideas to business managers, but instead about... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

1999
Chapter

The Global Financial System Project

By: Robert C. Merton and Peter Tufano

Keywords: International Finance; Globalized Markets and Industries; Projects; Banking Industry; Financial Services Industry

Citation

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01 Jun 2015
News

The Military and the MBA: Richard Kondo (MBA 1999)

“My most rewarding mission.” —Blending military leadership and private industry best practices Richard Kondo (MBA 1999) served as a US Navy Submarine Officer in Japan and later pursued a medical device career in marketing and business... View Details

Keywords: National Security and International Affairs; National Security and International Affairs

01 Jun 2014
News

Faculty Q&A: The Cup Runneth Over

For marketers, how big is the World Cup? Its power can't be overstated. Some 3 billion people will watch the tournament, and marketers will spend hundreds of millions of dollars to engage their attention. FIFA, the governing body of View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons

01 Dec 2017
News

Yoga Inc.

phenomenon it pretty much created. “From the foundation of yoga wear, we started a category that before us did not exist,” says Vivien Yeung (MBA 2001), Lululemon’s chief strategy officer. Understanding the public consumption ritual around yoga offers View Details

Keywords: Deborah Halber

Student-Profile

Byungyeon Kim

with a particular focus on the ways that quantitative data can better support decision-making. Thanks to the recommendation of a faculty advisor, he realized that specializing in quantitative marketing would provide him with a meaningful... View Details

22 Feb 2016
Research & Ideas

The ‘Mother of Fair Trade’ was an Unabashed Price Protectionist

was trying to fix prices. This is antithetical to how most Americans think of the US market operating,” says Sawyer, an assistant professor in the Business, Government and the International Economy unit who... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Retail; Health; Legal Services

01 Feb 2002
News

Q&A: Wrestling with the Unthinkable

casualties," he said, would be the likely result. Counterterrorism and international affairs have been central elements of Bremer's career. Entering the diplomatic service immediately after graduating from HBS, he embarked on several... View Details

Keywords: counterterrorism; terrorism; National Security and International Affairs; National Security and International Affairs

02 Jul 2001
Research & Ideas

George C. Lodge

named him assistant secretary of labor for international affairs, a position to which he was reappointed several years later by President Kennedy. In 1962, Lodge, who had strong views about issues such as... View Details

Keywords: by Staff

01 Sep 2007
News

Getting Security Right

MILLS: Many business leaders do not know enough about markets and business practices abroad. In his many years of teaching and research on the topic of leadership, HBS professor emeritus D. Quinn Mills developed a “natural concern” about... View Details

Keywords: National Security and International Affairs; National Security and International Affairs; National Security and International Affairs; National Security and International Affairs

01 Dec 2008
News

Summit Sound Bites

the United States.” —Victor Fung (Ph.D. ’71), Group Chairman, Li & Fung Group “Brands need to learn to market with two ears and one mouth.” —David Kenny (MBA ’86), Managing Partner, VivaKi “In the 1980s, we told our companies, ‘Don’t... View Details

09 Mar 2010
First Look

First Look: March 9

Toolkit: Situation Analysis Thomas Steenburgh and Jill AveryHarvard Business School Note 510-079 Before managers can begin to formulate marketing strategies for their businesses, they must have a strong understanding of the View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

21 Sep 2009
Research & Ideas

Excessive Executive Pay: What’s the Solution?

should have been implemented. I'm much more of the view that we need to rethink our corporate governance structure in fundamental ways for the 21st century. There are three things we have to think about during the conference. First, when did executive pay become... View Details

Keywords: by Roger Thompson

September 2002 (Revised April 2004)
Background Note

A Note on Depositary Receipts

Provides an introduction to depositary receipts. Recently, these instruments have been used with increasing frequency by firms seeking to list their shares on stock exchanges in other countries, especially in the United States. Describes different types of depositary... View Details

Keywords: International Finance; Financial Instruments; Financial Markets