Internal Labor Markets - Publications - Faculty & Research

08 Dec 2003
Research & Ideas

Why Europe Lags in Pharmaceuticals and Biotech

'86). She is global marketing director at Baxter Healthcare. She recalled that while living in the United Kingdom, her children started a lemonade stand but few potential customers even gave it a second glance. In the U.S., she said, you... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Biotechnology; Health; Pharmaceutical; Technology

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LGBTQ+ Pride Month | Baker Library

"Diversity Spotlight" feature, where you can filter for U.S. start-ups founded and led by LGBTQ+ individuals. Review Capital IQ Pro 's LGBTQ market map, which consists of companies that provide products or services to LGBTQ communities or... View Details

01 Jun 2012
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Plan B: The Brick Bank

Habitat for Humanity International to evaluate the viability of a new partnership with a microsavings institution in the Mekong Delta. “The intent of the program was to encourage poor and near-poor households to save for future... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna

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Workplace Diversity: Data Sources

type of role). US Bureau of Labor Statistics Labor force statistics by a series of demographic points (including age, sex, race, disability, etc.) are available via the Current Population... View Details

September 2002 (Revised April 2004)
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A Note on Depositary Receipts

Provides an introduction to depositary receipts. Recently, these instruments have been used with increasing frequency by firms seeking to list their shares on stock exchanges in other countries, especially in the United States. Describes different types of depositary... View Details

Keywords: International Finance; Financial Instruments; Financial Markets

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01 Mar 2012
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Competitiveness at Risk

successfully in global markets while also supporting high and rising living standards for Americans. America is not more competitive if businesses succeed by paying lower wages. Actually, the need to cut wages reflects a lack of... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; Educational Support Services; Educational Services

10 Dec 2001
Research & Ideas

Governance in India and Around the Globe

not actual practices. This introduction and conclusion from a recent working paper, "Product and Labor Markets Globalization and Convergence of Corporate Governance: Evidence from Infosys and the Indian... View Details

Keywords: by Tarun Khanna & Krishna Palepu; Technology

01 Mar 2005
News

Ideas: Books

finds that while before 1930 the Colombian government granted United Fruit generous concessions and helped repress labor unionism, after 1930 the company, responding to growing nationalism, a stronger labor... View Details

Keywords: Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

September 2011
Case

China Development Bank

By: Li Jin, Matthew Preble and Aldo Sesia

In May 2011, Chairman Chen Yuan of the China Development Bank (CDB) was thinking back on CDB's financing of a major project between Petroleo Brasileiro SA (Petrobras), Brazil's state-owned oil and gas producer and China Petroleum & Chemical Corporation (Sinopec), one... View Details

Keywords: International Finance; Emerging Markets; Energy Sources; Banks and Banking; Energy Industry; Brazil; China

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11 Mar 2011
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HBS Faculty on Revolution in the Middle East and North Africa

Keywords: Professors Deepak Malhotra, Noel Maurer, Magnus Thor Torfason, and Tarun Khanna; National Security and International Affairs; National Security and International Affairs

2023
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Urgent: The IMF Must Reform

By: Laura Alfaro, Guillermo Calvo, José de Gregorio, Augusto de la Torre, Roque Fernandez, Pablo Guidotti, Enrique Mendoza, Ernesto Talvi, Liliana Rojas-Suarez and Andrés Velasco

Keywords: Macroeconomics; Emerging Markets; Financial Markets; International Finance; Latin America

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01 Dec 2003
News

UNC's “Accidental” Dean

figured that his impressive business credentials and international perspective would serve the school well. “They were as open to a practitioner for the role as they were for an academic,” Jones told the Herald-Sun. Thrilled to be back... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

01 Sep 2007
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Getting Security Right

MILLS: Many business leaders do not know enough about markets and business practices abroad. In his many years of teaching and research on the topic of leadership, HBS professor emeritus D. Quinn Mills developed a “natural concern” about... View Details

Keywords: National Security and International Affairs; National Security and International Affairs; National Security and International Affairs; National Security and International Affairs

05 Apr 2016
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A Business Plan with Spice

saffron fields of Afghanistan as cofounders of Rumi Spice, a company which imports one of the world’s most expensive foodstuffs and markets it to top chefs. “Connecting Afghan farmers to the international... View Details

06 Mar 2006
Research & Ideas

Winners and Losers at the Olympics

There's much more at stake in the Olympics than medals. Giant corporations are eager to tie huge marketing and advertising campaigns to the Olympic rings and ideals. NBC spent more than $600 million to win the broadcast rights for the... View Details

Keywords: Re: Stephen A. Greyser; Consumer Products; Entertainment & Recreation; Sports

23 Sep 2014
First Look

First Look: September 23

adherence to the global labor standards embodied in codes of conduct imposed by multinational buyers. We find that suppliers are more likely to adhere when they are embedded in states that participate actively in the View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Dec 2017
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2017 in Real Estate: A Local Business Goes Global

trend is not going away. This trend is being driven by two things. The first is the wealth buildup in Asia. The domestic real estate markets in Asia are still small, so Asian real estate investors have turned to Europe and the United... View Details

Keywords: Real Estate

01 Oct 2000
News

Three Promoted to Full Professor

foreign direct investment and the impact of investment on human rights and labor standards. Spar is the author of The Cooperative Edge: The Internal Politics of International... View Details

06 Jul 2015
Research & Ideas

Money and Quotas Motivate the Sales Force Best

just given it—conditional versus unconditional. Doug J. Chung, an assistant professor in the Marketing unit, and Das Narayandas, the James J. Hill Professor of Business Administration, explain what kind of bump managers can expect from... View Details

Keywords: by Roberta Holland; Retail