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- 01 Sep 2020
- News
The Devil You Don’t Know
expansion. The heart of the problem in the 1930s, in other words, was not a shortfall in productive capacity—too little labor or too little plant and equipment, due to a famine or earthquake—but rather a shortfall in demand due to “some... View Details
- 10 Jun 2014
- First Look
First Look: June 10
working paper: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2443674 Codes in Context: How States, Markets, and Civil Society Shape Adherence to Global Labor Standards By: Toffel, Michael W., Jodi L. Short, and Melissa Ouellet... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Sep 2009
- News
Read All About It!
American life. New technologies, such as the cell phone and BlackBerry, came to be viewed as necessities. Firms selling small luxuries, such as Starbucks, which created an enormous market for specialty coffee, grew to rival the size of more View Details
- 01 Mar 2009
- News
The Myth of Laissez-Faire
taxes bring us? Improved schools, universal health care, energy and environmental solutions, better jobs and rising incomes, and the flexibility to deal with abrupt changes in the world. In short, the standard of living will once again... View Details
- 16 Jun 2003
- Research & Ideas
Historical Perspective: Levitt Shaped the Debate
starting with Levitt's prediction of a global marketplace ruled by standardized products sold at low prices. "Everyone says the article is wrong, and everyone reads it twenty years later. Why?" asked Abdelal. Tedlow portrayed... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 24 Sep 2014
- Op-Ed
Tackling Climate Change Will Cost Less Than We Think
No one knows how much it will cost to keep the risks of significant climate disruption to a reasonable level. One commonly cited estimate puts the cost at roughly 1 percent of world GDP a year, or about $840 billion. This is a large number, but it seems smaller when... View Details
- 01 Dec 2003
- News
Can Manufacturing Keep Its Edge?
and manufacturing’s contribution to the American standard of living is enormous.” “We don’t have the luxury of saying that we’ll ride this out,” notes Katz of manufacturing’s current slump. “We don’t think there’s anything to ride out —... View Details
- 12 Oct 1999
- Research & Ideas
Rapid Response: Inside the Retailing Revolution
years of extensive study, including a comprehensive database compiled under the aegis of the Harvard Center for Textile and Apparel Research (HCTAR). The keys to success in an age of product proliferation, the authors found, are no longer economies of scale and cheap... View Details
- 01 Mar 2011
- News
Tax and Grow
“excess” cash holdings. The definition of excess cash holdings will be critical. But such levels easily could be defined relative to industry benchmarks from periods that featured more standard corporate savings behavior. Implementing a... View Details
- 24 Apr 2018
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, April 24, 2018
Bird, Yanhua Z., Jodi L. Short, and Michael W. Toffel Abstract—Exploitive working conditions have spurred companies to pressure their suppliers to adopt labor codes of conduct and to conform their labor... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 12 Jan 2010
- First Look
First Look: Jan. 12
http://papers.nber.org/papers/W15551 Labor Regulations and European Private Equity Authors:Ant Bozkaya and William R. Kerr Abstract European nations substitute between employment protection regulations and View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Nov 2024
- In Practice
Layoffs Surging in a Strong Economy? Advice for Navigating Uncertain Times
time to maintain high standards and efficiency. Leaders of firms from start-ups to tech giants should give themselves the room they need to manage employee performance while shifting headcount to match strategic priorities when the need... View Details
- 01 Sep 2009
- News
Executive Pay: Onward & Upward
require listed firms to have a majority of independent directors and mandate compensation committees to be entirely composed of outside directors. The exchanges also require firms to get shareholder approval of overall executive compensation plans. 2004 The Financial... View Details
- 23 Sep 2014
- First Look
First Look: September 23
Context: How States, Markets, and Civil Society Shape Adherence to Global Labor Standards By: Toffel, Michael W., Jodi L. Short, and Melissa Ouellet Abstract—Transnational business regulation is increasingly... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Sep 2018
- News
Case Study: A Good Fit
question for Bulletin readers in 2016 went to the issue of pricing: Eldercare and EAP benefit offerings tend to charge according to a per-employee, per-month (PEPM) pricing, often $0.30 or less. Should Wellthy adopt this standard... View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint
- 31 Mar 2023
- News
How Can We Solve the Teacher Shortage Crisis?
try to standardize the work those individuals do. And the net result is that people who have optionality, which tend to be our highest performers, tend to leave the classroom. And so then our average sinks down, because you have the top... View Details
- 01 Nov 2018
- News
The Power of Civility
that approach in civility, I don't believe that we can turn to somebody else and say, “you need to be more civil.” It has nothing to do with that. It only has to do with how we behave and how we convey our thoughts and our actions and our deeds. By setting that View Details
- 05 Dec 2016
- News
The Dragon’s Tale
places over the past several years. The fact that so many factory workers had to leave their families for extended periods was untenable in the long run. There were the terrible Foxconn suicides. The one-child-per-family policy was beginning to create a population... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
- 15 Mar 2011
- First Look
First Look: March 15
capital markets, standard setters, and financial analysts and how managers make accounting choices. But as accounting scholars have focused on understanding how markets and users process accounting data, they have distanced themselves... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 06 Nov 2007
- First Look
First Look: November 6, 2007
Working PapersThe Effects of a Centralized Clearinghouse on Job Placement, Wages, and Hiring Practices Authors:Muriel Niederle and Alvin E. Roth Abstract New gastroenterologists participated in a labor market clearinghouse (a... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne