Earned Wage Access - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Jun 2007
What Do You Think?

How Should Pay Be Linked to Performance?

created by the fact that Blake is earning about 70 percent less in base pay than Nardelli, totally aside from the fact that the latter also took home a nine-figure package in incentives. Home Depot's stock has had lackluster performance... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett

15 Sep 2022
Research & Ideas

Looking For a Job? Some LinkedIn Connections Matter More Than Others

theory, known as the “strength of weak ties,” has been an influential principle in the business world and the practice of networking. Acquaintances, the thinking goes, are more likely to have information that you don’t already have access... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

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Online Entrepreneurship & Innovation Courses | HBS Online

Experiences Professor Ryan Buell Gain a systematic approach for delivering standout services and experiences that provide a competitive edge and build customer loyalty. 4 weeks, 5-6 hrs/week Pay by September 18 $1,850 Certificate Complete any three courses within this... View Details

13 Mar 2023
Research & Ideas

What Would It Take to Unlock Microfinance's Full Potential?

In randomized control trials all over the world, instead of giving access to a loan, a one-time cash grant was found to have transformative impacts on livelihoods and businesses six months, one year, five years, 10 years later. We learned... View Details

Keywords: by Jen McFarland Flint; Financial Services

2010
Working Paper

Lawful but Corrupt: Gaming and the Problem of Institutional Corruption in the Private Sector

By: Malcolm S. Salter

This paper describes how the gaming of society's rules by corporations contributes to the problem of institutional corruption in the world of business. "Gaming" in its various forms involves the use of technically legal means to subvert the intent of society's rules in... View Details

Keywords: Crime and Corruption; Civil Society or Community; Competitive Advantage; Earnings Management; Trust; Law; Performance; Investment Funds; Private Sector; Behavior; Relationships; Goals and Objectives

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Alternative Investments Course | HBS Online

next level by learning how to maximize investment portfolio value with alternative investments, including private equity and real estate. 5 weeks 6-7 hours per week 5 modules Self-Paced with regular deadlines This course earns you a... View Details

03 Oct 2017
First Look

First Look at Research and Ideas, October 3, 2017

https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=53161 forthcoming European Accounting Review The Role of Overbilling in Hospitals' Earnings Management Decisions By: Heese, Jonas Abstract—This paper examines the role of overbilling in... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

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Advisory Board - Entrepreneurship

Interactive Messaging Unit (IMU), the online industry's catalyst for going "beyond the banner" and standardizing new ad formats that dramatically enhanced both the user experience and ad performance. His influence in this evolution earned... View Details

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Historical Data & Sources - Business History

Discussion Paper Series IZA DP No. 2016, Institute for the Study of Labor, March 2006, accessed June 5, 2013 Jelle Visser, “ICTWSS: Database on Institutional Characteristics of Trade Unions, Wage Setting,... View Details

15 Apr 2015
Research & Ideas

Why Americans Voted for an Income Tax

rate (the share of the next dollar earned that is paid in taxes) at the top of the income ladder. Speaker of the House John Boehner, for example, argued that those high earners already paid their fair share: "The top one percent of... View Details

Keywords: by Matthew C. Weinzierl

13 Jun 2011
HBS Case

Mobile Banking for the Unbanked

In many developing countries it's common for a person to have a mobile phone but not a bank account. In fact, more than 1 billion people fit this description, and the number is only likely to increase. To that end, many companies are considering how to give residents... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Banking; Communications; Telecommunications

01 Nov 2022
Research & Ideas

A Penny for Your Thoughts? For Big-Picture Ideas, the Right Pay Structure Matters

novel idea in the previous month. [div class=infogram-embed data-id=_/buhv4lJrYV50s7MdxGC9][/div] Workers with “variable pay” contracts—earning roughly the equivalent to hourly pay for workers in the US, with wages tied to their level of... View Details

Keywords: by Scott Van Voorhis

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Alumni - Business & Environment

professional background and is tailored to fit a busy schedule. Contact us for more information. Independent Projects Your organization can post options for independent projects that provide second-year MBA students with the opportunity to apply their skills to... View Details

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Curriculum - Business & Environment

Acquisitions, Value Creation Under Polman's leadership, Unilever focused on long-term shareholder value accretion with a multi-stakeholder approach that emphasized global growth in revenues and earnings through deep penetration in rapidly... View Details

01 Feb 1999
News

Too Much of a Good Thing?

voluntary or involuntary. Salter explains that, on a global scale, overcapacity is linked to demographics. "From Asia alone, there will soon be over one billion laborers earning less than $4 a day dominating the world's workforce," he... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons

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Pagliuca Harvard Life Lab | About

provides access to the resources, programming, and community necessary to help startups succeed. Pagliuca Harvard Life Lab The Pagliuca Harvard Life Lab is contributing to a thriving start-up community in Allston by seeding the campus... View Details

17 Aug 2009
Research & Ideas

Quantifying the Economic Impact of the Internet

President.” All of these activities either are subsidized by advertisers, or take the place of traditional advertising, information search, and purchasing and banking transactions. Free access to information entertainment, along with... View Details

Keywords: by John Quelch; Advertising; Publishing

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Design Thinking Course | HBS Online

about what you earn Syllabus 7 Modules, 40-50 Hours Download full syllabus This course features access to an AI course assistant bot, in beta release, to facilitate your successful completion of the course.... View Details

28 Sep 2010
First Look

First Look: September 28, 2010

stockholder gave them privileged access to bank finance. When bank lending practices changed in the middle of the century, this access-to-credit advantage associated with owning bank stock largely disappeared. Third, investors typically... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

12 Jun 2018
First Look

New Research and Ideas, June 12, 2018

capital-market or product-market benefits from inclusion. Status incentives contributed to the observed performance improvement. Back-of-the-envelope estimates suggest that JPX400 inclusion incentives accounted for 16% (20%) of the growth in aggregate View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

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