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- 15 Apr 2014
- First Look
First Look: April 15
Relatedly, pay disparity between managers located in different states decreases relative to that of co-located managers. Finally, division productivity falls in dispersed firms, particularly among managers at the low end of the wage... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 28 Oct 2014
- First Look
First Look: October 28
structure of the firm, especially its organizational boundaries and property rights. Although these tools involve disparate bodies of knowledge, they must be used in tandem to achieve maximum effect. Download working paper:... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 06 Jun 2024
- Research & Ideas
How Younger Immigrants Gain an Edge in American Business
For refugees fleeing troubled regions as disparate as Afghanistan and Ukraine, finding meaningful work in the United States is not only key to their own success, but also crucial for businesses navigating labor shortages. New research... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne
- 11 Aug 2022
- Research & Ideas
When Parents Tell Kids to ‘Work Hard,’ Do They Send the Wrong Message?
ability. "People are struggling to make ends meet around the country, and success is often determined in part by uncontrollable factors." “They explained this disparity by saying the [higher-achieving] group worked harder,” says Whillans,... View Details
- 28 Jul 2008
- Research & Ideas
Making the Decision to Franchise (or not)
headquarters maximize an organization's overall revenues by efficiently (and effectively) monitoring the desires of consumers representing a wide range of ethnicities and income levels, large families and singletons? Much has been written... View Details
- 18 Jun 2024
- Research & Ideas
What Your Non-Binary Employees Need to Do Their Best Work
preferences contribute to disparities in the workplace. Ultimately, this study aims to extend this line of research to include non-binary individuals, revealing how their beliefs and preferences compare and providing insights for managers... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 06 May 2021
- HBS Case
How Four Women Made Miami More Equitable for Startups
exclusion." But there were problems. The racial divide and income disparities in this highly segregated region left many women and people of color with few ways to find resources and support. This was... View Details
Keywords: by Carolyn DiPaolo
- 25 May 2021
- Research & Ideas
White Airbnb Hosts Earn More. Can AI Shrink the Racial Gap?
White people who host rental properties on Airbnb earn significantly more per year than Black hosts, but a “race blind” pricing algorithm could help close that income gap, new research shows. Black hosts who rely on Airbnb’s algorithm to... View Details
- 30 Jul 2012
- Research & Ideas
How Technology Adoption Affects Global Economies
disparity in the wealth of nations, in spite of the fact that technology adoption lags have shortened dramatically in the past few decades. In their paper An Exploration of Technology Diffusion, Comin and fellow researcher Bart Hobijn... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 18 Jun 2013
- First Look
First Look: June 18
Second, pay disparity between managers located in different states decreases relative to that of co-located managers. Third, division productivity falls in dispersed firms, with the effect driven by managers at the low end of the wage... View Details
Keywords: Anna Secino
- 09 Aug 2021
- Research & Ideas
OneTen: Creating a New Pathway for Black Talent
HBCUs [historically Black colleges and universities] borrow more than students from non-HBCUs because African American families generally have lower assets and incomes that limit their ability to contribute toward college expenses.” Most... View Details
- 12 Jan 2004
- What Do You Think?
How Should We Think About the Exportation of Jobs?
"In India, we are creating two different societies with a large disparity in income as well as access to knowledge and information." In large part, the comments seemed to reflect reactions to both... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 13 Jul 2022
- Book
Reimagining the Economy: What Would It Take to Put People First?
Boston into lockdown, existing clients cancelled and new clients stopped calling; Sandra’s and Vida Verde’s work came to a standstill. Together, they decided to use some of the cooperative’s funds to compensate each of the workers for lost business, giving Sandra some... View Details
Keywords: by Avery Forman
- 28 Mar 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research, March 28
states, thereby helping increase the incomes of 80–100 million farmer families across the country. However, despite its success, Amul is beginning to come under increasing pressure. Multinationals like Nestlé and Unilever are increasing... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 21 Nov 2006
- First Look
First Look: November 21, 2006
equilibrium, belief in the "American dream" is commonplace, workers exert effort, there are high powered contracts (and income is unequally distributed) and punishments are harsh. Economists who believe that deterrence (rather... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 16 Dec 2011
- Research & Ideas
Reintroducing Intellectual Ambition to the Study of Business History
picture as firms emerge as weak transferors of knowledge and contribute to income divergence. However, the evidence is partial and patchy. Many topics, from the relations between affiliates and parents in multinational firms, to the... View Details
Keywords: by Geoffrey Jones & Walter Friedman
- 13 Sep 2004
- Research & Ideas
Cash and the Woman-Owned Business
particularly large gender disparity was reported between male and female executives. For example, in 1999, only 5 percent of women executives were then earning $80,000 or more, but 23 percent of male executives were in the $80,000... View Details
- 01 Aug 2008
- Research & Ideas
Does Market Capitalism Have a Future?
prosperity that has been generated by the functioning of market capitalism. Across the board, however, the primary concern was that the way the system currently functioned was associated with a great disparity of wealth and View Details
Keywords: by Garry Emmons
- 19 Jan 2011
- First Look
First Look: Jan. 18
case:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/511015-PDF-ENG Malaysia: People First? Diego Comin and John AbrahamHarvard Business School Case 710-033 On March 30, 2010, Prime Minister Najib Razak presented his new economic model (NEM) for Malaysia. With the goal of... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 28 Apr 2009
- First Look
First Look: April 28, 2009
media environment controlled by the Chinese government. At the same time, this case offers insights into the structure of the highly fragmented Chinese consumers market, exploring the socio-economic disparities in View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace