Job Security Provisions - Publications - Faculty & Research

14 Mar 2016
Research & Ideas

The Surprising Connection between 1930s Weather and Today's Labor Unions

There’s something curious about the labor force in the United States. Identical jobs and industries have become unionized in some states while remaining nonunionized in others. Unionization levels vary greatly from state to state. As of... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

01 Mar 2007
News

A Helping Hand

Conducting an independent study project during his second year at HBS, John Rice (MBA ’92) learned that many talented minority college students didn’t know much about the business world, and therefore leaned toward careers in law or medicine because those professions... View Details

Keywords: Social Assistance; Health, Social Assistance

Portrait Project

Samantha Gray

things until I'm high. I always want enough money in my pocketbook to buy an ice cream cone. I want dirty little secrets. And I require the strength to say no so that I can push aside the clutter to make room in my life for everything I desire. Because of these... View Details

13 Nov 2020
News

Expanding Summer Fellowships to Support Students

Gifts to the HBS Fund support a wide range of people and programs like this. Elizabeth Powers (MBA 2021) was thrilled to land a summer internship at a highly respected consulting firm. Then came COVID-19, and the firm announced it was shortening her View Details

17 Aug 2022
News

To Serve and Protect the Markets

Every day, in her role as the director of the Atlanta Regional Office of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Nekia Hackworth Jones (MBA 2003) stands in the breach between the $100 trillion in View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

24 Apr 2014
News

MBAs mobilize to assist small business owners

Michael Baker (MBA 2014) and three of his HBS classmates hit the road last summer to create MBAs Across America (MBAxAmerica), a movement of MBAs and entrepreneurs working together to revitalize America. “We believe a new generation of MBAs can help unleash the... View Details

15 Jul 2008
First Look

First Look: July 15, 2008

distributional issues, and the likely effects of reforms to tax provisions such as the AMT are considered. Download the paper from SSRN.com ($5): http://www.nber.org/papers/w14149 Inexperienced Investors and Bubbles Authors:Robin... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

07 Oct 2015
What Do You Think?

What is the Best Immigration Model for the US?

in the prosperous country, stimulates demand for products and services, and creates as many jobs as it fills, thereby not increasing unemployment. In the US, as the argument goes, it could also help address the economic shortfall in... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

Career Coach

Boom Supatpitak

daily job functions, and expected career progression. Additionally, having successfully recruited for internships and secured sponsorship for the H1B visa, Boom understands and appreciates the challenge for... View Details

01 Mar 2007
News

In Brief

HBS) play as the world confronts what may be the most explosive socioeconomic challenge of the new century? Security Chief. As president and CEO of GE Security, Louis Parker (MBA ’90) has molded a collection of formerly independent... View Details

Keywords: Corporate, Subsidiary, and Regional Managing Offices; Management

01 Mar 2009
News

More Alumni Books

Growing Up with Harry: Stories of Character by Sherman Baldwin (MBA ’97) (iUniverse) How You( ) Are Like Shampoo for Job Seekers: The Proven Personal Branding System to Help You Succeed in Any Interview and View Details

Keywords: Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

06 Aug 2015
News

A Wall Street Pioneer Comes Home

to be another person, getting an education.” Sherwood did just that, following through on her goal of landing a job on Wall Street by applying to various firms in her second year at HBS. She eventually landed a position at Goldman Sachs,... View Details

21 Oct 2010
News

Hell? Maybe Not.

MBA Recruiting Twitter feed Some students call it “hell week,” but the serene second floor of the Doubletree Guest Suites in Cambridge reveals none of the angst associated with the job interviews taking place. When I arrive midmorning,... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

04 Apr 2005
What Do You Think?

Can an Organization’s “Deep Smarts” Be Preserved?

at work, prescribe ways in which they can be cultivated and transferred, and therefore preserved. Conscious efforts can be made to develop deep smarts, according to the authors. They involve offering opportunities to obtain a great deal of experience through... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

01 Feb 1997
News

HBS Introduces Global Networking through Technology

You've just been asked to relocate from New York City to work on your firm's new operation in Singapore. You have less than a month before the assignment starts, and part of your job will be to acquire suitable permanent office space. In... View Details

03 Dec 2008
What Do You Think?

Can Housing and Credit be “Nudged” Back to Health?

thieves ...." Cole Woodson added, "The hope of nudging the economy in any direction is hoping for a miracle.... No securities of any type should even be allowed to be sold in the marketplace without government approval and some... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett

24 Jul 2000
Research & Ideas

Linking the Globe: The Role of Media and Communications

CEO Peter Job from the U.K. and the panel's moderator, HBS Professor Debora Spar, for a look at the critical role of the media industry in how today's global information revolution plays out. "The media industry," said Spar in... View Details

Keywords: by Kenneth Liss; Information; Publishing; Journalism & News; Media & Broadcasting

11 Mar 2008
First Look

First Look: March 11, 2008

Management (forthcoming) Abstract Broad waves of investor sentiment should have larger impacts on securities that are more difficult to value and to arbitrage. Consistent with this intuition, we find that when an index of investor... View Details