Labor - Publications - Faculty & Research

10 Apr 2013
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Tapped In

ARIAS-KING: Planting pine trees to promote social change. Photo Courtesy of Fredo Arias-King Fredo Arias-King (MBA 1996) President of Texas's T&R Chemicals, is aware that—outside of his industry—people aren't necessarily cognizant of the historical and cultural... View Details

Keywords: pine resin; Forestry and Logging; Agriculture; Wood Product Manufacturing; Manufacturing

01 Mar 2011
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Faculty Research Online

Seven Strategy Questions: A Simple Approach for Better Execution In his new book, Seven Strategy Questions, Charles M. Williams Professor of Business Administration Robert Simons explains how managers can identify holes in their planning processes and make smart... View Details

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

01 Dec 1996
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Organizations and Markets: A Challenging View of the World

psychology, and neuroscience are integrated and applied to problems in human resource management, labor economics, organizational behavior, finance, governance, and corporate control. Jensen taught the first version of the course at HBS... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young

25 Mar 2016
News

Putting Faith in a Good Education

Photos by Nancee Lewis The kind of private schools Chris Crane (MBA 1976) invests in have cement floors, no glass in the windows, cramped quarters, and just enough food on hand for the students to eat. “I see mothers labor in the... View Details

Keywords: Jill Radsken; Educational Support Services; Educational Services

01 Oct 2002
News

The Class of 1977

alumni such as President George W. Bush (MBA '75), Labor Secretary Elaine Chao (MBA '79), and New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg (MBA '66) are well known to everyone, as is the impact of other newsmaking senior executives such as IBM's... View Details

Keywords: Desmond Wong

13 Nov 2018
First Look

New Research and Ideas, November 13, 2018

2002. Walmart grew significantly, expanded internationally, and became a leading player in groceries. However, it also faced criticism regarding its wage and labor practices. Meanwhile, Kmart faced an identity crisis, falling between the... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

02 Sep 2015
Research & Ideas

Explaining China's Crash

part from massive outsourcing on the part of companies in developed markets. They were moving production to China in droves because labor was cheap, so the economy grew very, very fast. In the process of becoming the “factory of the... View Details

Keywords: by Christina Pazzanese; Financial Services

08 May 2013
Research & Ideas

A Company’s Evolving View of Gender Equity

that could allow women to fully pursue corporate goals. As long as solutions to work-family conflict circle around individual choice—who in the family is responsible for what—they remain outside the purview of political action. "Right now there is a sensibility... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Accounting

08 Sep 2010
First Look

First Look: September 8, 2010

Publication:American Economic Review (forthcoming) Abstract This paper reports a three-phase experiment on a stylized labor market. In the first two phases, agents face simple games, which we use to estimate subjects' social and... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

Profile

Jeremy Andrus

and so on—that’s one challenge. Then the product has to be shipped and distributed to 30,000 or 40,000 locations across the globe, where government rules, regulations, labor laws, cultures, and tax structures vary significantly. The... View Details

Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Consumer Products; Entertainment / Media

01 Oct 2002
News

What's Cookin'

Castaldo attributes Pollo Tropical's success to a “high-value equation” that features freshly prepared food of restaurant quality at fast-food prices. “While the quick-service business has tried to take the labor out of food preparation,... View Details

Keywords: Hanna, Julia

February 2006
Article

Wealth and Executive Compensation

Using new data on the wealth of Swedish CEOs, I show that higher wealth CEOs receive stronger incentives. Since high wealth (excluding own-firm holdings) implies low absolute risk aversion, this is consistent with a risk aversion explanation. To examine whether wealth... View Details

Keywords: Wealth; Executive Compensation; Motivation and Incentives; Power and Influence; Risk Management; Competency and Skills; Wages; Sweden

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01 Mar 2009
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Just Keep Our Money

© politicalcartoons.com The government’s ever-evolving rescue of the financial sector has already demanded enormous sums, and President Obama’s economic stimulus package will require many billions more. While a stimulus plan would lead to spending that boosts the... View Details

Keywords: Peter Tufano; Funds, Trusts, and Other Financial Vehicles; Finance; Administration of Economic Programs; Government

04 May 2010
News

The History of Beauty

Keywords: Prof. Geoffrey Jones; beauty products; grooming; Clothing and Clothing Accessories Stores; Retail Trade

29 Apr 2014
First Look

First Look: April 29

industry, and without intervention, more might follow. International brand owners, domestic and foreign governments, labor unions, and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) stepped up to discuss their responsibilities for improving... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Jun 2022
News

Blissful Thinking

jobs in 2021, and 53 percent say they’re going to change jobs. We’ve never seen numbers like this: historically low workforce-participation rates and historically tight labor markets. In other words, you can’t find workers, but many... View Details

Keywords: Dan Morrell; illustration by Dan Winters

March 2014
Module Note

Implementing Environmentally Sustainable Operations

By: Michael W. Toffel

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01 Jun 2006
News

CEO Compensation Troubles

Ask any thoughtful corporate board member what they are most concerned about these days, and it is not Sarbanes-Oxley. It is CEO pay. Directors worry because shareholders continue to express outrage, and the media attention to the issue will not go away. Directors are... View Details

Keywords: Jay W. Lorsch; Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management