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Curriculum - Case Method Project
the United States through the early 1850s. It considers the rise of the Common School Movement over the first half of the nineteenth century, including the ideas of Horace Mann and the impact of immigration and religious diversity, and it... View Details
- 03 Oct 2023
- HBS Case
Layoffs Can Be Bad Business: 5 Strategies to Consider Before Cutting Staff
orthodoxies that can be challenged, and this is one.” Sometimes layoffs are necessary, and the costs of not acting can be catastrophic, Sucher acknowledges. But, she says, there are right and wrong ways to approach workforce change. Done... View Details
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Named Fellowship Funds - Alumni
Headquartered in Chicago, TDS has grown to serve more than 7 million customers in 36 states with revenue of over $5 billion. The son of Swedish immigrants from Chicago's South Side, Carlson is a graduate of the University of Chicago. He... View Details
- 22 Sep 2009
- First Look
First Look: September 22
Dharmapala Publication:The Review of Economics and Statistics (forthcoming) Abstract This paper investigates how dividend taxes influence portfolio choices, using the response to the distinctive treatment of a subset of foreign dividends in the Jobs and Growth Tax... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 29 Sep 2009
- First Look
First Look: September 29
This growth differential in turn depends on the mobility of the technology's labor force, which we model through the extent that technologies depend upon immigrant scientists and engineers. Spatial adjustments are faster for technologies... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 02 Mar 2007
- What Do You Think?
What Is the Government’s Role in US Health Care?
medications?" In citing the need for more doctors and nurses, David Stahl comments that "it could be a way to help open immigration in this country." Michael Robbins adds, "Healthcare has been a closed guild." David Othmer cited "the maze... View Details
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The 20th Century Zeitgeist - Leadership
Government Intervention Labor Global Events Influence: High 1900 s 19 8.8 million immigrants arrive throughout decade Cities expand Population grows from 76 to 92 million Rural Free Delivery routes added Influence: Medium 10 1910 s 19... View Details
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Technology & Innovation - Faculty & Research
inserting themselves at every juncture in the customer's consumption chain. By decoupling—the act of separating activities that people are used to co-consuming—new digital businesses are disrupting retailing, telecom and other industries.... View Details
- 09 May 2023
- Blog Post
Celebrating Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month at HBS (part 1)
and diversity of the AAPI experience and inspire hope for a world of empathy, compassion, and courage. Adelina Pak (MBA 2024) The first time I ever asked my parents for help on homework was at HBS. Growing up as a child of Korean View Details
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Charts & Statistics - Leadership
Intervention Labor Global Events the 20 th Century Zeitgeist Demographics Demographics Technology Social Mores Government Intervention Labor Global Events Influence: High 1900 s 19 8.8 million immigrants arrive throughout decade Cities... View Details
- 14 Jan 2019
- Op-Ed
These 4 CEOs Created a New Standard of Leadership
created sustained success. The Visionary: PepsiCo’s Indra Nooyi India-born Indra Nooyi immigrated to the United States in 1978 to study at Yale University. She joined PepsiCo in 1994 and rose rapidly through its ranks. When she was named... View Details
- 17 Nov 2016
- Op-Ed
What's Behind the Unexpected Trump Support from Women
marginalized in our country will be harmed if the positions Trump has taken are translated into policy during his administration: Immigrant families, LGBTQ citizens, African Americans, Muslims and others are fearful that disparaging, even... View Details
Keywords: by Laura Morgan Roberts and Robin Ely
- 23 Oct 2012
- First Look
First Look: October 23
Publication:Management Science (forthcoming) Abstract This paper studies the impact that immigrant innovators have on the global activities of U.S. firms by analyzing detailed data on patent applications and on the operations of the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 12 Oct 2022
- Blog Post
11 Stories from HBS PRIDE for National Coming Out Day
emotions and shield moments of openness. Was I really a proud and openly gay man if everyone, except my dad, knew? My apá is a stoic man; he has never been a man of many words or emotions. Like many immigrant parents, his hands are tired,... View Details
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Bridgette Slater
breast cancer survivor. She served in the Arkansas State Legislature and her advocacy led to the passage of the state’s Breast Cancer Act in 1997, which later facilitated the creation of BreastCare, a program that provides free... View Details
- 29 Oct 2006
- Research & Ideas
The History and Influence of Andy Grove
Almost fifty years ago, nineteen-year-old Andy Grove stepped off a boat in New York City, a poor immigrant from Hungary who barely escaped Nazi occupation. A decade later he co-founded Intel, the chipmaker that would help invent the PC... View Details
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Timeline - Race, Gender & Equity
Chinese Exclusion Act, which suspended the immigration of Chinese laborers for ten years - the first act to place broad restrictions on immigration Chinese View Details
- 11 Dec 2019
- News
A Righteous Path
nearly 2,000 miles from the U.S.-Mexico border.) But having the law on your side and understanding how to navigate the legal system are two different things. Unlike in criminal court, there is no constitutional right to a lawyer in View Details
- 07 Aug 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, August 8, 2018
induced by World War I and the Immigration Acts of the 1920s and instrument immigrants’ location decision relying on pre-existing settlement patterns. Immigration increased... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 03 Apr 2006
- What Do You Think?
Has Globalization Reached Its Peak?
in waves. We are just seeing the aftereffects of one peak . . . this wave will be different from the one before . . . natural resources will play a strong role, and immigration will be an issue." The next step of globalization,... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett