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- 01 Dec 2016
- News
Vive la Madeleine!
the pantheon of classic French treats. In the 1980s, the company employed nearly 400 workers and enjoyed a 40 percent market share. Subjected to a series of buyouts, the product line shifted to a more mass-market approach that led to a... View Details
- 01 Feb 2002
- News
When a Rainy Day Comes: The Economics of Happiness
attempting to mitigate or stave off recessions. In addition to enjoying a more satisfying life, which presumably is every government’s goal for its people, a “happy” population is likely to be more productive than a disgruntled one — also... View Details
- 01 Apr 2000
- News
New Exhibit Highlights Turning Point for American Business
enterprises. While the south corridor's exhibit items focus on these industries, materials hung in the north corridor depict aspects of modern marketing, displaying advertising materials for products and services such as bicycles,... View Details
Keywords: Nancy O. Perry
- 04 Jan 2021
- What Do You Think?
How Do We Sustain Organization Diversity?
the benefit of others.” Profit is what remains after market forces for factors of production have done their work. My words, not Wittenberg’s. As Wittenberg points out, in an unregulated market for labor or... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 01 Mar 2004
- News
Toy Story
products — and such cheerleading is literally paying off. One company that has certainly ridden — and perhaps created — the wave of increased interest in the market is LeapFrog, the developer of the LeapPad system, a computerized device... View Details
- 12 Dec 2018
- News
Lesson Plan
long-standing tradition of being one of the state’s few Democratic pockets outside Pittsburgh and Philadelphia, with a history of labor unrest and unionization dating back to the 19th and early 20th centuries. That energy carried workers... View Details
- 01 Dec 2007
- News
Where Are the Innovators in Health Care?
drove productivity in the IT sector. These entrepreneurs, and so many others, have fundamentally improved our economy by making goods and services better, cheaper, and more accessible. But can you name any innovators in our bloated,... View Details
- 01 Jun 2015
- News
The End of Cows?
Price is a market barrier for lab-grown beef, with production costs currently exceeding 250,000 euros per burger. (Photo courtesy of Cultured Beef) Price is a market barrier for lab-grown beef, with View Details
- 22 Jan 2018
- Sharpening Your Skills
Why You Are Unhappy at Work
importance of being supportive. Hazard Warning: The Unacceptable Cost of Toxic Workers A productive workplace can be easily disrupted by one unruly employee. Here's what companies can do to detox the problem-makers. If the CEO’s High... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- Forthcoming
- Article
Loss of Peers and Individual Worker Performance: Evidence From H-1B Visa Denials
By: Prithwiraj Choudhury, Kirk Doran, Astrid Marinoni and Chungeun Yoon
We study how restrictive immigration policies that result in the unexpected loss of co-workers affect the performance of skilled migrants employed in organizations. Specifically, we examine the impact of the loss of team members on their co-workers’ performance in... View Details
Keywords: Immigration; Performance Productivity; Employees; Human Capital; Ethnicity; Groups and Teams
Choudhury, Prithwiraj, Kirk Doran, Astrid Marinoni, and Chungeun Yoon. "Loss of Peers and Individual Worker Performance: Evidence From H-1B Visa Denials." Organization Science (forthcoming). (Pre-published online April 23, 2024.)
- 01 Mar 2010
- News
Money Matters
was so bored with the antiquated course offerings that he spent much of his time at Stagedoor, India’s largest professional theater company. There he acted in eleven plays and frequently served as production manager. Following in his... View Details
- 01 Jun 2023
- News
Spray Canon
are markets where there is not necessarily intrinsic value to the products themselves.” “These are markets where there is not necessarily intrinsic value to the products themselves.” With that kind of... View Details
- 20 Jul 2015
- Research & Ideas
Globalization Hasn’t Killed the Manufacturing Cluster
typically build up around a geographic location where natural resources, an appropriately educated labor force, and a university or other research institution co-mingle. In recent years, some economists have argued that manufacturing... View Details
- 01 Sep 2018
- News
The True Value of a Tweet
So instead of using it to persuade and project your message onto people, Twitter can be a tool to learn about your customers, as another way to get information about what they’re thinking. SG: And also new product ideas: Are people... View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint
- 02 Jan 2012
- Research & Ideas
Most Popular Articles of 2011
that arises from merely purchasing a product. Labor increases valuation of completed products not just for consumers who profess an interest in "do-it-yourself" projects, but even for those who... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
- 01 Dec 2014
- News
Dressing by Number
page « To learn more about these seven HBS Alumni trendsetters, click on their photos below: Marjorie Yang Instilling Production with Principles Instilling Production with Principles Áslaug Magnúsdóttir... View Details
- 2020
- Working Paper
Improving Regulatory Effectiveness Through Better Targeting: Evidence from OSHA
By: Matthew S. Johnson, David I. Levine and Michael W. Toffel
We study how a regulator can best target inspections. Our case study is a US Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) program that randomly allocated some inspections. On average, each inspection averted 2.4 serious injuries (9%) over the next five years.... View Details
Keywords: Government Administration; Working Conditions; Safety; Quality; Production; Analysis; Resource Allocation; Manufacturing Industry; United States
Johnson, Matthew S., David I. Levine, and Michael W. Toffel. "Improving Regulatory Effectiveness Through Better Targeting: Evidence from OSHA." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 20-019, August 2019. (Revised February 2020.)
- 04 Jan 2012
- What Do You Think?
Income Inequality: What’s the Right Amount?
productivity flourishes where income disparity exists to a greater extent." Susan Rushworth offered "food for thought" in citing research that led her to conclude that "the faster the economy grew (as measured by GDP),... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 01 Apr 2001
- News
Khoo Teng Chye: Technology Turnaround in Singapore
At the PSA Corporation’s Pasir Panjang container terminal in Singapore, the cranes operate automatically: no drivers, just operators remotely controlling up to six of the lifting machines with a single joystick. Welcome to the most advanced port in the world — and the... View Details
- 27 Mar 2019
- News
Sharing the Road
not owning assets, and give them a product that allows them to do it in a seamless, frictionless manner, that's the success that we're trying to achieve. “My biggest takeaway from GMP has been the idea that if we collaborate well, if we... View Details