Labor Productivity - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Dec 2011
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Alumni Book Briefs

good accounting professional? Is altruism inherent in accountancy as a profession? Charles P. Berolzheimer: Teacher, Linguist, Traveler, Scientist by Junius Rochester (PMD 34, 1977) (Tommie Press) This is a detailed biography of Charles Berolzheimer, who in 1927 bought... View Details

Keywords: Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Arts, Entertainment; Finance; Miscellaneous Manufacturing; Manufacturing

01 Oct 2002
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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

01 Dec 2007
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Lighten Up

trade organization, the Outdoor Industry Association. In 1999 GoLite introduced its first line of products. They consisted of Jardine designs to be used together: backpack, sleeping pad and bag, insulated clothing, tent, umbrella, and other gear. Total weight: about 9... View Details

Keywords: Kathryn Jones; Sporting Goods, Hobby, Musical Instrument, and Book Stores; Retail Trade

12 Apr 2023
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Step Change

building Egypt's future, one business at a time: "It's very much, if not us, then who?" This episode of Skydeck was edited by Craig McDonald, with additional production by PRX Productions. For more information or to find archived... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; entrepreneurship; women; venture capital; Egypt; developing economies; Finance

01 Jun 2020
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Inside Out

and more productive workers. In this excerpt, the authors sketch out the scope of the opportunity. “Why are we ignoring the 90 percent?” This is the question with which Joe likes to start most presentations, to get the audience thinking... View Details

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

09 Apr 2025
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The Working Parent Revolution

Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Dan Morrell: Hi, this is Dan Morell, host of Skydeck. In 2023, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that in 67% of two-parent families with children, both parents worked,... View Details

01 Mar 2014
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My HBS Eureka Moment

because they came easily to me. So, in RC Marketing, I was especially paying attention because I knew I had lots to learn! One simple lesson that I certainly did not appreciate before I took Marketing centered on how to price a product. When you price a View Details

Keywords: Walter Frese; Martin V. Marshall; C. Roland Christensen; Lawrence Fouraker; Educational Services

01 Jun 2009
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Big Bailouts, Little Debate

the product of long, structured deliberation. As for the decision to let AIG pay out its controversial bonuses, regulators simply refused to address the issue until events had moved beyond their control. And going back even further, few... View Details

Keywords: Charles Duhigg; Finance; Administration of Economic Programs; Government

01 Jun 2017
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Alumni and Faculty Books for June 2017

exceptionally favorable factors in France such as its wealth of assets, human capital, and the French brand. And the disadvantages of the system (the burdens of administration, law, and the cost of labor and taxes) are comparatively much... View Details

01 Jun 2009
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Too Big To Fail

look no further than five factors historically associated with financial crises: inflated prices of real estate, institutions with high levels of leverage, new products falling into regulatory gaps, rapid growth in an asset class or... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; federal bailouts; Credit Intermediation and Related Activities; Finance

21 May 2018
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Community Partners Delivers “Expert Goodness” to the Bay Area

direct conversations with these very high-level CEOs.” The CEOs are not “presenting their PR pitch deck on the virtues of their company,” says Rick Williams (PMD 33, 1977), a former club president. “They’re engaging in a lively and creative exchange about the real... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

01 Dec 2013
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Faster, Bigger, Stronger: Supersizing the NFL

products of countries where those sports were already widely popular and enjoyed high-caliber infrastructure and player-development systems. The success of these star imports to North America created demand back home, and globally, for... View Details

Keywords: Finance; Management; Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Arts, Entertainment

01 Dec 2011
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Making the Case for Leadership

technologically innovative company away from specialty glass, television tubes, and fiberglass production into newer, faster-growing profit-making areas. At the time, the economy is plagued by recession, worker morale is flagging, and the... View Details

17 Jun 2021
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Investing in a Post-COVID World; Exploring the Pandemic’s Impact on Gender Equity

Springbank Collective, a coalition of investors seeking to eliminate the gender gap, believes the “gender equity lens” for investing is a gateway to bigger themes, such as the future of work, the aging population, and the work View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

01 Jun 2005
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Do You Speak Business?

seems to rise above national influences and toward a commonality shared by other top firms in the international arena. In their study of the software industry in India, HBS professors Tarun Khanna and Krishna Palepu detect signs that globalization in the View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons

11 Apr 2018
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The First Five Years: Regan Turner (MBA 2013)

important? “Almost 4 million American military veterans served in the post-9/11 era, and many of them have successfully transitioned into school or the labor force. However, a 2011 Pew Research Center study showed that 44 percent of the... View Details

01 Jun 2009
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Dispatches from the Global Classroom

“we-dentity” and the power of community in the face of an inefficient, sometimes corrupt, local government. Santa Ana del Valle, for example, provides many of its services (such as policing or maintenance of the church and museum) through a View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Social Assistance; Health, Social Assistance; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

01 Dec 2013
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Curing Health Care

model." “The markets for everything from cars to books to food benefit from customers who are informed about the price and quality of products before making their purchases. While such consumerism has been slow to make its way into the... View Details

Keywords: Ambulatory Health Care Services; Health, Social Assistance; Management; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

01 Jun 2010
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$how Me the Money

Baker, is an example of what he deems abusive, illegal transfer pricing: “A company in country A makes photocopy machines that have a production cost of $1,000. The company establishes a dummy corporation in a tax haven that buys the... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; Administration of Economic Programs; Government; Executive, Legislative, and Other General Government Support; Government; Legal Services; Professional Services; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

01 Jun 2004
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Life Lessons

conclusion turned her toward business school to research “how to build a sustainable business with a ‘double bottom line’ — a firm that is profitable and benefits society.” Choi aims to lead a company that will provide low-income individuals with View Details

Keywords: James E. Aisner; Garry Emmons; Julia Hanna; Susan Young; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

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