Labor Force Participation - Publications - Faculty & Research

20 Jan 2017
Research & Ideas

Here’s How Businessman Trump Is Likely to Approach the Presidency

consumers, and labor around the world in a way that they simply didn’t half a century ago. At the same time, business has become responsible for much more than simply “selling high and buying low” and “delivering a healthy return for... View Details

Keywords: by Christina Pazzanese

27 Aug 2008
Research & Ideas

Creating Leaders for Science-Based Businesses

and research, it can best contribute to what will be a major new force in the American economy. For several decades, the view from the HBS campus across Western Avenue has been decidedly "old economy." But now, creative... View Details

Keywords: by Garry Emmons; Biotechnology; Health

Profile

Bruce Gago

successfully in a vacuum. Having participated in hundreds of case discussions, two independent study research projects, and an IXP in Malaysia, I now have a much broader perspective on business--and on life--which I believe has made me a... View Details

Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Other Financial Services; Real Estate; Services

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Rawiah Abdallah

forget which class you're in because the cases always include multiple issues — finance, entrepreneurship, government policy — like the real world. It's not about functions in isolation; it's how they interact, the overall strategic view. You see how different View Details

21 May 2018
News

Community Partners Delivers “Expert Goodness” to the Bay Area

which was held on May 18 in the city. Intended to explore the impacts of technology on the nature and availability of work in San Francisco, the all-day conference invited alumni to join a conversation with HBS faculty, city stakeholders, and tech industry leaders, and... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

05 Jun 2000
What Do You Think?

What’s Happening to Our Patience?

encourage Shell Oil to test Smart-Pump, an automated device providing a two-minute fill while allowing the driver to remain in the car. It appears that we are well on our way to "drive through" refueling without stopping, a concept the Air View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

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The new industrial state? | Institute for Business in Global Society

and the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA). Representatives from key government departments—Treasury, Commerce, Energy, and the White House—joined forces with leaders from finance, manufacturing, and technology sectors to discuss the... View Details

02 Jun 2003
Research & Ideas

Why Have Marketers Ignored America’s Man-of-Action Hero?

breadwinner and the rebel. Breadwinners are men who play by the rules of the institutions that they participate in, work hard to achieve, and eventually become respected authoritative figures—pillars of their communities. Colin Powell is... View Details

Keywords: by Manda Salls

16 Jan 2014
News

Learning from Helping Others

things happen to people and they are forced to live off of food stamps or go to soup kitchens and food pantries to get their meals," she says. The New Jersey native recalled that her own earliest altruistic efforts—performing Gilbert and... View Details

Keywords: Jill Radsken; Health, Social Assistance

06 Mar 2007
First Look

First Look: March 6, 2007

designed to enhance safety and effectiveness had the unintended effect of changing how men enacted their masculine identities at work. Interview and participant observation data show that the major reorientation was away from seeking to... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

03 Oct 2006
First Look

First Look: October 3, 2006

2003). Blue-collar workers, in contrast, increasingly work outside the archetypal work gang and operate machinery or computers in isolation from others. As manual labor evolves to require more interaction with machines and less... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Jun 2010
News

$how Me the Money

“Extortion is when government officials force you to pay them to do their job, such as issue permits or sign documents — although, it should be noted, bribes are sometimes offered proactively, before any ‘extortion’ by the official.”... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; Administration of Economic Programs; Government; Executive, Legislative, and Other General Government Support; Government; Legal Services; Professional Services; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

01 Dec 2009
News

Alumni Books

times. Rigby ex-plains how to craft an action plan tailored to the specific situation, providing tools for cutting costs intelligently, sustaining margins and the brand, boosting revenue by refocusing the sales force on the right... View Details

Blog

Two-Year Action Plan Update: Q+A with Terrill Drake, Chief Diversity and Inclusion Officer at Harvard Business School

We want to be the catalyzing force that empowers folks to work on their own behalf, for their colleagues or the constituents they serve, and the institution. There continues to be much interest and excitement about the work that our... View Details

31 May 2011
First Look

First Look: May 31

Abstract Theories of the firm have been dominated by a legacy of ideas from early industrialization that pose zero-sum opposition between capital and labor (or capital and nearly everything else), differentiating the economy from society... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

16 Dec 2020
Blog Post

Faculty Books Published in 2020

process, and the economy. One explores changes in the ability of the US to attract talented foreign workers and the role of sponsoring institutions in shaping immigration policy. Another explains how the division of innovative labor... View Details

Keywords: All Industries

12 Jun 2006
Research & Ideas

The Promise of Channel Stewardship

But in most scenarios, distribution channels, taken as a whole, seem more like a repository of lost opportunities than an effective delivery system that appropriately serves and rewards all participants. Powerful channel members routinely impose their will; weaker... View Details

Keywords: by V. Kasturi Rangan & Marie Bell; Consumer Products

07 Apr 2009
First Look

First Look: April 7, 2009

countries serving on the board are rewarded with an average $60 million "bonus" in IBRD loans. This is more likely driven by soft forces like boardroom culture rather than by the power of the vote itself. We find no significant... View Details