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- 16 Jul 2012
- Working Paper Summaries
Selection, Reallocation, and Spillover: Identifying the Sources of Gains from Multinational Production
Keywords: by Laura Alfaro & Maggie X. Chen
- 31 Jan 2023
- Research & Ideas
It’s Not All About Pay: College Grads Want Jobs That ‘Change the World’
potentially lowering wage inequality in the labor markets.” The findings come at a time that communities expect more from companies and HR departments wrestle with the vexing combination of economic concerns and labor shortages. While the View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne
- 18 Jun 2020
- Research & Ideas
What Is an "Essential" Purchase for a Low-Income Family?
the satire publication The Onion headlined, "Woman A Leading Authority On What Shouldn't Be In Poor People's Grocery Carts." This study's results could have implications for everything from social and economic policymaking to... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne
- 12 Aug 2019
- Research & Ideas
How Scale Changes a Manager's Responsibilities
experienced this journey, it can also catch you by surprise when things start to go wrong. The best recipes feature managed growth with an experienced team, help from experts, and thoughtfulness while scaling. About the Author Julia B.... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Austin
- 27 Nov 2013
- Working Paper Summaries
Skilled Immigration and the Employment Structures of US Firms
- 09 May 2017
- What Do You Think?
Should Management Be Primarily Responsible to Shareholders?
formulating strategies and allocating resources, and the interests of future shareholders and other stakeholders would have to be given more deference. The authors point out that they are “capitalists to the core But the health of the... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 06 Dec 2022
- Research & Ideas
Latest Isn’t Always Greatest: Why Product Updates Capture Consumers
described exactly the same way.” Garcia-Rada is lead author on a new working paper about the study, co-written with Leslie John, the James E. Burke Professor of Business Administration at HBS, and Michael Norton, the Harold M. Brierley... View Details
- 24 Feb 2016
- Research & Ideas
Why It's Best to Take Tests Early in the Day
students’ performance on standardized tests.” Published in the February 15 edition of Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, the study was authored by Hans Henrik Sievertsen, a postdoctoral researcher at the Danish National... View Details
- 20 Jan 2014
- Research & Ideas
Language Wars Divide Global Companies
Studies in December. She cowrote the paper with Pamela Hinds of Stanford University and Catherine Cramton of George Mason University. The authors point to classic research by Dora Lau and Keith Murnighan on "faultlines"—team... View Details
Keywords: by Kim Girard
- 01 Jun 2023
- News
Curb Appeal
solid waste is managed in the Big Apple. “I think you have with her a very creative and innovative public servant,” says Steven A. Cohen, an authority on waste management in New York City who is the former director of the Research Program... View Details
- 20 Nov 2017
- Research & Ideas
How Independent Bookstores Have Thrived in Spite of Amazon.com
specialized customer experience. Rather than only recommending bestsellers, they developed personal relationships with customers by helping them discover up-and-coming authors and unexpected titles. Convening: Independent booksellers also... View Details
- 13 Feb 2012
- Research & Ideas
The Case Against Racial Colorblindness
driving the current cultural discourse in race and affirmative action. It's not just that whites think blacks are getting some unfair breaks, it's that whites are thinking, 'I'm actually the victim of discrimination now.'" Multiculturalism In "Racial Colorblindness,"... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 27 Jan 2023
- Op-Ed
Have We Lost Sight of Integrity?
Bill George is the former chairman & CEO of Medtronic and currently a senior fellow at Harvard Business School. He's the author of True North, The Emerging Leader Edition. You Might Also Like: Gen Xers and Millennials, It’s Time To... View Details
Keywords: by Bill George
- 30 Mar 2021
- Research & Ideas
Commuting Hurts Productivity and Your Best Talent Suffers Most
commutes: “Firms need to care about this,” he says, “not just employees.” About the Author Lane Lambert is a writer based in the Boston area. [Image: Unsplash/Alexander Popov] Will you resume your daily commute after the COVID-19... View Details
Keywords: by Lane Lambert
- 16 Jun 2020
- Research & Ideas
Your Customers Have Changed. Here's How to Engage Them Again.
pace or with more limited offerings. And whether demand has declined or increased during such unprecedented times, all firms and organizations need to ask: What is my minimum viable strategy going forward during this period? About the View Details
- 12 Mar 2006
- Research & Ideas
New Research Explores Multi-Sided Markets
MIT), Jean-Charles Rochet (IDEI, Toulouse), and David Evans (NERA, now LECG and University College London). It is indeed a very new area: The first two or three papers on this topic were written in 2002-2003, and I was lucky enough to be working with the View Details
- 14 Sep 2020
- Research & Ideas
You're Right! You Are Working Longer and Attending More Meetings
us.” About the author Danielle Kost is senior editor of Harvard Business School Working Knowledge. [Image: iStock Photo] Related Reading Master the Team Meeting 'Always On' Isn't Always Best for Team Decision-Making From the Plow to the... View Details
Keywords: by Danielle Kost
- 27 Oct 2009
- First Look
First Look: October 27
Working Papers Money or Knowledge? What Drives Demand for Financial Services in Emerging Markets? (revised) Authors: Shawn Cole, Thomas Sampson, and Bilal Zia Abstract Why is demand for formal financial services low in emerging markets? One view argues that limited... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 02 Apr 2009
- Working Paper Summaries
The Flattening Firm and Product Market Competition: The Effect of Trade Liberalization
Keywords: by Maria Guadalupe & Julie M. Wulf
- 14 Nov 2008
- Working Paper Summaries