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- 16 Nov 2016
- Research & Ideas
Turning One Thousand Customers into One Million
drivers, Uber today is arguably as well informed about low-wage workers as the US Department of Labor.) By gathering this information, Uber was able to use the online ads to identify the right drivers. Etsy... View Details
- 17 Jan 2018
- Research & Ideas
If the CEO’s High Salary Isn't Justified to Employees, Firm Performance May Suffer
kutaytanir It’s no surprise that business executives make more money than lower-level employees. But when that pay disparity between a CEO and the average worker is perceived as unfair, the result may be more than unhappy workers: A... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
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2023 Reunion Presentations - Alumni
a decrease in direct US sourcing from China, with low-wage locations (e.g., Vietnam) and nearshoring/friendshoring alternatives (e.g., Mexico) gaining in import share. In this session, we will discuss several cautionary notes on policies... View Details
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Faculty & Researchers - Managing the Future of Work
Harvard Business School Project on Managing the Future of Work, October 2024. With Joseph Fuller and Francis Hintermann. The High Cost of Neglecting Low-Wage Workers , Article, Harvard Business Review, From... View Details
- 28 Mar 2012
- What Do You Think?
Are Factory Jobs Important to the Economy?
area, some of them from other countries, including China. However, most of the jobs, in assembling and packing the components, are of necessity low-wage in nature. Regardless of the number of jobs it can create, manufacturing activity... View Details
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2022 Reunion Presentations - Alumni
record-low workforce participation at the same time? What can be done to create opportunity for the 40% of American workers stuck in low-wage jobs? This session will feature recent research from the School's... View Details
- 25 Aug 2022
- News
Up on the Corner
to name the building Madikizela, in honor of the late South African political activist Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, a symbol of Black female resilience.) The upper floors will contain well-appointed rentals, whose target market includes single moms working View Details
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2024 Reunion Presentations - Alumni
for the 40 percent of American workers stuck in low-wage jobs? This session will feature recent research from the School's Managing the Future of Work Project. Participants will gain an understanding of what... View Details
- 11 Feb 2021
- News
Retraining for a Post-COVID Workforce
Many of the low-income employees who lost their jobs when white-collar workers stopped commuting may never get those jobs back, according to some economists, who point to COVID’s lasting impacts on the labor market. Now a national... View Details
- 01 Sep 2015
- News
State of the Unions
down from 17.7 million in 1983—there has been a surge in pro-labor activity among low-wage workers as of late. Damon Silvers (MBA 1995, JD 1996), policy director for the AFL-CIO, says he’s heartened by these... View Details
- 07 Sep 2021
- News
Embracing Activism for Social Change
Concern for those hit hard by COVID-19 was also behind an open letter penned by Mendu and classmates Amy Villaseñor (MBA 2020) and Steve Moore (MBA 2020), urging FORTUNE 500 CEOs to treat low-wage essential View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
- 18 Oct 2021
- Blog Post
Embracing Activism for Social Change
skills,” she stresses. Concern for those hit hard by COVID-19 was also behind an open letter penned by Mendu and classmates Amy Villaseñor (MBA 2020) and Steve Moore (MBA 2020), urging FORTUNE 500 CEOs to treat low-wage essential View Details
- 25 Apr 2018
- Research & Ideas
We May Have Taken Too Much Credit for Easing Workplace Segregation
segregation and could be contributing to growing wage inequality among workers in the last generation. Decades ago, companies employed their own janitors, cafeteria workers, and other low-wage support staff.... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 19 Jan 2022
- In Practice
7 Trends to Watch in 2022
As 2022 gets underway we asked our faculty to highlight some trends worth watching in the coming year. Ariel Stern: A new future for digital health care While 2020 and 2021 were years of rapid innovation and deployment of new health care technologies and delivery... View Details
Keywords: by HBS News
- 01 Nov 2011
- First Look
First Look: Nov. 1
short-term profits and returns to shareholders at the expense of worker safety and health, the environment, and society in general. In this article, I argue that a very different logic informs the practices of most high-performing and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne