Fair Chance Employment - Publications - Faculty & Research

02 Sep 2014
Research & Ideas

Food Stamp Entrepreneurs: How Public Assistance Enables Business Bootstrapping

of employment growth potential," Olds says. "What I found was that the largest area of growth was newly incorporated firms. Eligible households were 31 percent more likely to have an incorporated business than ineligible ones,... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Health

01 Mar 2009
News

Model Patient

But questions remain: How much of this is a Massachusetts miracle, and how much is mirage? The outlines of the plan are simple: According to what’s known as the “individual mandate,” nearly all residents over 18 are required to obtain health-insurance coverage, either... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; Health, Social Assistance

14 Nov 2019
News

Keeping Red Lobster Fresh

brand. Well-known, right. How do you change people's vision of what that is? KL: So that is a really terrific question, because our brand is 51 years old and there are a fair number of people who may not have been to one in the past 20... View Details

Keywords: Food Services and Drinking Places; Hospitality

10 May 2016
First Look

May 10, 2016

Galvin, Karen Miller-Kovach, Scott Halpern, George Loewenstein, and Kevin Volpp Abstract—Purpose: We tested the effects of employer subsidies on employee enrollment, attendance, and weight loss in a nationally available weight management... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

09 Mar 2021
News

Community Colleges as Engines of Economic Opportunity

America needs people to have more chances to advance in this economy. That is the American dream we all hope to be true and want to see come to fruition for as many individuals as possible.” By eliminating the $5,000 a year cost to earn a... View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie

08 Dec 2003
Research & Ideas

Is That Really Your Best Offer?

ingenious solution or if a deal simply doesn't exist. And when we reach agreement, we often can't be sure if we've gotten our fair share. It's especially hard to get feedback on our ability to read other people's truthfulness. Using all... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Wheeler

07 Apr 2009
First Look

First Look: April 7, 2009

between domestic employment conditions and the growth of foreign operations by American firms have led to calls for increased taxation on foreign operations—the so-called "end to tax breaks for companies that ship our jobs... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

20 Feb 2013
Research & Ideas

Big Deal: Reflections on the Megamerger of American and US Airways

filed for bankruptcy protection in November 2011. For the smaller US Airways, it was a chance to bulk up to compete on an equal footing with the big domestic carriers on the tarmac, United and Delta. In their articles below, Harvard... View Details

Keywords: Re: Rosabeth M. Kanter & Stuart C. Gilson; Air Transportation

11 Jan 2016
Research & Ideas

Is Group Loyalty a Force for Good or Evil?

behavior. They were then given the same experiment as the previous participants, with a few changes: They could earn up to $20 for their fraternity for solving the puzzles correctly, and they were competing against two other fraternities for the View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

11 Jun 2021
Blog Post

Saying “Race” Out Loud: Leading Conversations on Diversity in HBS Classrooms

the riskiness of hiring formerly incarcerated people,” says one faculty member as “Jack,” a white male. “While I think offering a second chance is admirable, I don't entirely agree that this is a workforce that should be prioritized." In... View Details

17 Jan 2017
First Look

First Look at New Research: January 17

this lending increase is associated with a 3.3% rise in annual house price growth rate and a 2.2% expansion of employment in the non-tradable sectors. These effects are followed by a decline in loan origination, house prices, and View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Sep 2014
News

Afghanistan’s Hope and Light

employer (1,100 workers) and biggest taxpayer ($500 million and counting). “If we treated the Afghans with respect, it would create a brand loyalty and empathy they’d never had a chance to experience... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna

14 Oct 2013
Research & Ideas

Time that Government Reopens for Business

Summers as the successor to Ben Bernanke. That saga left many people in business and finance concerned. If politicians in Washington, DC, are having an argument about something as do-or-die as the debt ceiling, they thought, what are the View Details

Keywords: by Jim Aisner

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Sheila Lirio Marcelo

hero-like efforts. Launched in 2007, Care.com is an online web portal for connecting families, caregivers and employers for child care, senior care, housekeeping, pet care and more. Today, more than 14.1 million members in 16 countries... View Details

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Photograph Albums - Photography Collections - Historical Collections

features a variety of dioptric lights created to illuminate lighthouses throughout the world. Chance Brothers & Co., a glassmaking firm located near Birmingham, England, produced the lights between 1869 and 1876. Punch and die section of... View Details

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Medium of Artistic Expression - Edwin H. Land & Polaroid | Harvard Business School

Home Site map Map / Directions Search: General Information HBS Home About Annual Report Campus Commencement Dean Nohria Employment Fifty Years of Women Give News New Construction Academic Programs Doctoral Programs Executive Education MBA... View Details

03 Mar 2003
Research & Ideas

The Ingredients of a Deal Disaster

was U.S.-owned, it had a history of stable lifetime employment and a union that enjoyed close relations with management. However, when the plant's first U.S. manager instigated downsizing to enhance returns—even though the plant was... View Details

Keywords: by Ron S. Fortgang, David A. Lax & James K. Sebenius

28 Sep 2010
First Look

First Look: September 28, 2010

by market forces. We recognize the advantage of using fair values in circumstances where these are based on observable prices in liquid secondary markets but caution against expanding fair values to... View Details