Internal Labor Markets - Publications - Faculty & Research

09 Apr 2001
Research & Ideas

The Manager’s Guide to Communicating with Customers Collection

African-American clientele, have hundreds of products for blondes." In a labor market where youth seems to hold a premium, especially for marketing jobs, this notion is... View Details

Keywords: by Richard Bierck; Retail

25 Nov 2013
News

Jumia Pioneers Online Retailing in Africa

Keywords: Nonstore Retailers; Retail Trade

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

10 Jun 2002
Research & Ideas

How to Look at Globalization Now

another of your working papers, "Globalization as Market Integration and the Future of International Business," you mention that horizontal multinational enterprises that engage in replication are... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

12 Mar 2024
Blog Post

IFC India: Electric Mobility in India

established players transition from internal combustion engines (ICE) to electric vehicles, it will be intriguing to observe Ather Energy's progress and how they respond to evolving market dynamics. Tarun... View Details

April 2005 (Revised February 2007)
Case

American Outsourcing

By: Richard H.K. Vietor and Alexander Veytsman

Covers the phenomenon of outsourcing jobs from the United States. Reviews the evolution of Mexico's Maquiladoras, manufacturing special economic areas in China, and information technology and service-sourcing in India. Also reviews exports/imports, exchange rates,... View Details

Keywords: Job Cuts and Outsourcing; Employment; Emerging Markets; Wages; Trade; United States; Mexico; China; India

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Post-war PR Campaigns Reaching Wide Audiences | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School

mid-1950s, hundreds of employees worked in the U.S. Steel’s public relations department, which oversaw an estimated five- to six-million-dollar annual budget devoted to campaigns targeted at local, national, and international issues. 49... View Details

17 Aug 2010
First Look

First Look: August 17

a community of scientists beyond the firm's boundary. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/11-012.pdf Multinational Firms, Labor Market Discrimination, and the Capture of Competitive Advantage... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

07 Jan 2015
News

The Type of Innovation That Builds Nations

Keywords: innovation; developing nations; government policy; economic growth; prosperity; entrepreneurship; Health, Social Assistance; Finance

September 2008 (Revised May 2010)
Case

Dogus Group: Weighing Partners for Garanti Bank

By: Tarun Khanna, Krishna G. Palepu and Richard Bullock

In August 2005, the leadership of Turkey's Dogus Group considered opportunities for its flagship enterprise, Garanti Bank, to partner with a foreign financial institution. The case describes the Turkish banking industry and Garanti Bank's position within it, and asks... View Details

Keywords: International Finance; Emerging Markets; Partners and Partnerships; Value; Banking Industry; Turkey

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23 Feb 2004
Research & Ideas

How Corporate Responsibility is Changing in Asia

international labor laws," he said. "You don't want to create a super government that countries will rebel against." Giving workers the ability to self-organize offers the surest path to... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna

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Avi Kremer

could convince them that ALS is a good investment, market forces will do more than all the ALS foundations worldwide can do.” In 2011 and 2012, Prize4Life awarded million-dollar prizes for tests that measure the disease’s progression... View Details

Keywords: Health Care; Entrepreneurship

01 Dec 1997
News

Merton's Economics Research Wins Nobel Prize

In a predawn phone call on October 14, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences informed HBS professor Robert C. Merton that he had won the 1997 Nobel Prize in Economics. Merton's work evaluating risk has changed the nature of financial View Details

24 Mar 2002
Lessons from the Classroom

Case Study: A Lesson in Private Venture Financing

With few opportunities for IPOs, a developing infrastructure, low transparency, and a limited labor market, the environment for private venture financing in Africa could be described as "challenging" at best. Yet if the demands... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna

01 Apr 1998
News

Deals For Sale

FairMarket is an online auction house that allows companies with surplus computers and computer components to sell to the highest bidder. "We make the distribution chain more efficient by acting as a centralized market for such... View Details

Keywords: Judith A. Ross

22 Feb 2022
News

Q&A: The Post-Pandemic Path

than in most other countries. For instance, developed markets such as Sweden and Finland had more muted fiscal responses. They also had different responses on the medical side of the crisis. All these factors are somewhat confounding; the... View Details

Keywords: April White

25 Mar 2008
News

Whistling Past the Graveyard

overvalued stock market looks like a casino of smoke, mirrors, and all-too-frequent bubbles. Then there’s gasoline, food, and heating, basic expenses that are suddenly breathtaking. Oh, and merchants are refusing dollars in India and... View Details

Keywords: Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments; Finance

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

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

Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Technology; Information Technology

12 PM – 1 PM EDT, 08 Apr 2015
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Closing The Middle-Skills Gap: How Business Leaders Can Help

In this session, Professor Fuller will discuss research on the role of businesses in closing middle-skills gaps. He will explain why the traditional definition of middle skills is inadequate and present a unique view of jobs data. He will argue that by adopting a... View Details

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