Labor Force Participation - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Mar 2006
News

Drive-In Nation

has held that sheer corporate size could ensure industry dominance. Toyota, shunning these approaches, took advantage of this Detroit “blind spot.” While less generous in its compensation packages for workers, Toyota “strives to use its View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; Motor Vehicle and Parts Dealers; Retail Trade

16 Jul 2020
Blog Post

How Gender Stereotypes Kill a Woman’s Self-Confidence

Women make up more than half of the labor force in the United States and earn almost 60 percent of advanced degrees, yet they bring home less pay and fill fewer seats in the C-suite than men, particularly in... View Details

01 Mar 2003
News

Trust Me

trust. “The aspect of a contract that hurts the building of trust is its binding nature. When I know that you are forced to cooperate, it takes away all of the risk. If I leave some element of risk in, by using a contract that isn’t... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

24 Apr 2018
First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, April 24, 2018

and financial outcomes. The study complements financial education with (1) financial incentives on a financial literacy test to affect participant motivation, (2) financial goal setting to provide a psychological nudge, and (3)... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Sep 2016
News

The Untold Story of the US Auto Bailout

accepting his role in February 2009 as senior advisor, Presidential Task Force on the Auto Industry “The Chrysler question was a very complicated one, because unlike General Motors, it wasn’t necessarily too big to fail.” —Harry Wilson... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; Transportation Equipment Manufacturing; Manufacturing

01 Dec 1998
News

New Senior Executive Programme Strengthens African Managerial Leadership

management positions in the public and private sectors, the program exposes participants to the best management practices from around the globe through case studies, lectures, study groups, and team workshops. The four-week program takes... View Details

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FAQ - U.S. Competitiveness

remain low. The meager job creation that has occurred in the last two decades has been overwhelmingly in local industries, not those facing international competition. Labor force View Details

29 May 2019
News

Bloomberg: Restoring Our Faith in Business and Government

through philanthropy will open up new opportunities for your career.” Bloomberg also advised graduates not to undervalue their labor force (should they end up in an executive position) and to never... View Details

13 Jul 2011
News

China Boot Camp

organized by C.B. Sung (MBA ’50), a Chinese native who, upon graduation, found himself unable to go home after his country’s fall to Communist forces in 1949. With the gradual opening of China, Sung, a career executive at Motorola, made... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

02 Dec 2002
What Do You Think?

How Will We Respond to the “Moment of Truth” in Option Plans?

they are granted. Some corporations whose option expenses represent a relatively modest charge—often due to low betas resulting from low stock price volatility—have done so already. On another front, organizations that are being forced to... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

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Introduction - The Production - The Human Factor – Baker Library | Bloomberg Center, Historical Collections

both celebrated American capitalist might and combated negative publicity generated by labor unions and the realities of the Depression. Ayres and Davenport showed no interest in collecting photographs illustrating the darker side of... View Details

Portrait Project

Linda Li

My mom, a former banker, had started waiting tables to earn minimum wage. They believed that America embraces individuality and rewards effort, so they told me to study hard and dream big. Our labor gradually bore fruit as my family... View Details

01 Jun 2014
News

Roads to Recovery

sector, government, labor associations, and civic advocacy groups. The impact of this national summit on its participants was perhaps best described by Representative Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), who declared... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; Transportation; Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction; Construction; Administration of Housing Programs, Urban Planning, and Community Development; Government

01 Dec 2003
News

Flex Time

(MBA 1976) of Extrusion Technology agrees. “I enjoy creating an environment that allows our employees to learn and change,” he says. “The labor force we hire from is generally less skilled, and we’re able to... View Details

Keywords: Manufacturing

02 Dec 2009
What Do You Think?

Should Immigration Policies Be More Welcoming to Low-Skilled Workers?

poverty, (3) the Pew Hispanic Center estimated that male illegal immigrants aged 18 to 64 had a very high 92 percent labor force participation rate in 2004, (4) rates of... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett

11 Feb 2014
First Look

First Look: February 11

Overlapping firm interactions yield agglomeration clusters that are much larger than the underlying agglomerative forces themselves. Empirically, we demonstrate that our model's assumptions are present in the structure of technology and... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Mar 2003
News

Naina Lal Kidwai

will also drive them to India because only India can compete with China on both labor costs and domestic-market potential. Foreign firms will demand access to India and force the country to open up. As India... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; Funds, Trusts, and Other Financial Vehicles; Finance

August 2005 (Revised August 2006)
Case

PalmSource 2005

By: David B. Yoffie and Barbara Mack

PalmSource is facing stiff competition from handheld, wireless handheld, and smart phone vendors in 2005. In addition, changes in leadership and corporate structure have altered its relationship with its leading customer--PalmOne. Although Palm renews its license with... View Details

Keywords: Competition; Innovation Strategy; Alliances; Software; Market Participation; Wireless Technology; Trends; Working Conditions; Change Management; Information Technology Industry; United States

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02 Oct 2000
What Do You Think?

What Lies Beyond NAFTA?

economies. The conclusion is that it has created jobs on both sides of the border while sharpening the ability of Mexican companies to compete. The Mexican business community is learning to cope not only with foreign competitors, but also with rising View Details