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- 21 May 2019
- Blog Post
Asian Pacific American Heritage Month at HBS
May is Asian Pacific American Heritage Month (APAHM), and in seeking to appreciate the diversity, history, and myriad experiences of the Asian Pacific Islander community, the Asian-American Business... View Details
- 09 May 2023
- Blog Post
Celebrating Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month at HBS (part 1)
May is Asian American & Pacific Islander (AAPI) Heritage Month. The Asian Affinity Business Association (AABA), in collaboration with students and organizations across campus, is proud to share and honor the stories View Details
- 08 Jul 2015
- What Do You Think?
Do Americans Work Too Much and Think About Work Too Little?
attractive to more people. Increasingly long hours on the job are a fact of American working life. Since 1979, the average workweek in the US has increased 9 percent. This has... View Details
- 25 Jun 2018
- Research & Ideas
In America, Immigrants Really Do Get the Job Done
develop, and integrate smart minds governs how prosperous you will be.” Studies on whether immigrants to the United States take jobs away from Americans or constitute a drain on social welfare are mixed,... View Details
- 21 Jul 2014
- Research & Ideas
Is a Gap in Small-Business Credit Holding Back the American Economy?
engine for innovation and job creation to drive competitiveness, while also providing a path to a prosperous lifestyle for countless American families. But today, small... View Details
- 01 Mar 2024
- News
In My Humble Opinion: Role Model
own,” she says. After nine months, Qarnain landed a job at AOL—and simultaneously launched her acting career. She booked her first professional theater job in the summer View Details
- 2007
- Working Paper
Taxes and Portfolio Choice: Evidence from JGTRRA's Treatment of International Dividends
By: Mihir A. Desai and Dhammika Dharmapala
This paper investigates how taxes influence portfolio choices by exploring the response to the distinctive treatment of foreign dividends in the Jobs and Growth Tax Relief Reconciliation Act (JGTRRA). JGTRRA lowered the dividend tax rate to 15% for American equities... View Details
- 25 Mar 2019
- Research & Ideas
The Secret Life of Supply Chains
Like archaeologists digging on a remote hillside, business researchers have unearthed an important segment of the United States economy all but hidden from traditional innovation policy, yet accounting for tens View Details
- 05 Feb 2024
- Research & Ideas
The Middle Manager of the Future: More Coaching, Less Commanding
says Letian Zhang, the study’s author and an assistant professor of business administration at HBS. “Organizations are adopting a more bottom-up approach, so they’re trying to unleash the potential, the creativity, and the motivation... View Details
Keywords: by Ben Rand
- 18 Jun 2010
- News
Caught in a bind over closing tax loopholes
- 24 Oct 2024
- Research & Ideas
With Millions of Workers Juggling Caregiving, Employers Need to Rethink Support
Millions of Americans, from hourly retail staffers to corporate vice presidents, wrestle with the demands of work while parenting young children, caring for a sick spouse or aging parent—or both. That... View Details
Keywords: by Christine Pazzanese, Harvard Gazette
- 28 Sep 2011
- Research & Ideas
The Profit Power of Corporate Culture
sales per employee). Higher employee continuity leads to better customer relationships that contribute to greater customer loyalty, lower marketing costs, and enhanced sales." Whatever it is and whatever its benefits, a recent survey showed that many View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 24 Apr 2015
- News
How to Identify a Bad Investor
- 01 Jun 2008
- News
The Prophet of Start-Ups
the VC community to see itself as a real industry.” The venture capital industry began to take shape after World War II on the northeastern seaboard when in 1946 Doriot became president of the first public venture capital firm:... View Details
- 11 Jul 2012
- Research & Ideas
The Future of Boards
distinct from the CEO. Raymond Gilmartin, Merck's former chairman, president, and CEO, makes the case for a lead director who acts as a liaison to the CEO but is the equal of other board members. (Gilmartin... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna
- 13 Aug 2008
- Research & Ideas
The Inner Life of Leaders
did you draw on your background in psychoanalysis to approach contemporary characters and issues in leadership? Abraham Zaleznik: When I wrote my first book on the job of the foreman (1950), an observation... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 01 Jun 1996
- News
Keepers of the Flame
ACOG on various issues. In some ways, because this is the first major multisport event since the passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act in 1990, we're pioneers at... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 01 Dec 2016
- News
Alumni Books of 2016
specifically. Managing in the Gray: Five Timeless Questions for Resolving Your Toughest Problems at Work by Joseph L. Badaracco Jr. (MBA 1978) (Harvard Business Review Press) Part of a manager’s job is... View Details
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Faculty & Researchers - Managing the Future of Work
2023. With Achyuta Adhvaryu and Anant Nyshadham. Job Loss, Credit and Crime in Colombia , Article, American Economic Review: Insights, March 2021. With Gaurav Khanna, Carlos Medina, Anant Nyshadham, and... View Details