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- 24 May 2021
- Op-Ed
Can Fabric Waste Become Fashion’s Resource?
COVID-19 has broken fashion’s supply chain. As a result, an already wasteful industry has become more wasteful. Even before the pandemic, the global apparel industry was producing about 92 million tons of textile waste a year. That’s about one garbage truck’s worth of... View Details
- 13 Jan 2020
- Research & Ideas
Do Private Equity Buyouts Get a Bad Rap?
it with their employees. In the study’s most disturbing finding, employee wages actually dropped an average of 2 percent (again relative to peer firms) in the two years following the buyout. “It seems essentially all of the pie is going... View Details
- 15 Sep 2022
- Research & Ideas
Looking For a Job? Some LinkedIn Connections Matter More Than Others
valuable in discovering options you didn’t already know about. “This social theory, which has been influential over the last hundred years, says that weak ties are more beneficial for employment opportunities, promotions, and wages than... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 20 Dec 2023
- News
New School
In the early days of the pandemic in 2020, Curriculum Associates, a Massachusetts-based company that creates research-based print and online instructional and assessment tools, made the decision to make its products free to teachers and students who suddenly found... View Details
- 19 Apr 2004
- Research & Ideas
Birth of the American Salesman
the salesman's role in promoting goods was different from that of advertising. To use a military analogy common in the early twentieth century, advertising was a weapon for waging an air war, while salesmen were deployed as foot soldiers... View Details
Keywords: by Laura Linard
- 01 Jun 2007
- What Do You Think?
How Should Pay Be Linked to Performance?
Summing Up Pay for performance: Why do we assume so much and know so little? Pay for performance is an important element of good management, judging from responses to this month's column. The question of what kind of pay for what kind of performance, however, becomes... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 29 Jul 2022
- Research & Ideas
Will Demand for Women Executives Finally Shrink the Gender Pay Gap?
problem, the researchers say. Despite growing awareness and activism, the wage gap has remained largely unchanged for the last 15 years, according to a recent study by the Pew Research Center, which found that in 2020, women earned 84... View Details
Keywords: by Kristen Senz
- Web
Eligibility | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School
single and married loan assistance applicant. For all married applicants, we will complete both single and married applicant calculations, and the greater adjusted income will be used to determine eligibility. Single Applicant Calculation Applicant's gross View Details
- 28 Mar 2012
- What Do You Think?
Are Factory Jobs Important to the Economy?
infrastructure, technology, and education that seek to bring tradable jobs ("work for middle-income people") back to US shores. One model that he cites is Germany between 2000 and 2005, during which it sought to become more competitive by lowering real View Details
- 08 Oct 2018
- Research & Ideas
Knowing What Your Boss Earns Can Make You Work Harder
leave the company. The researchers made other discoveries as well, which might have something to say about wage inequality and widening pay gaps in corporations. The findings suggest: “Female employees may be able to tolerate being paid... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne
- 05 Apr 2004
- Research & Ideas
Six Ways to Build Trust in Negotiations
decided to start off the next round of talks with a take-it-or-leave-it offer and then refuse to haggle. He opened with an extremely generous offer—a wage that was almost certainly higher than what the union would have reasonably expected... View Details
Keywords: by Deepak Malhotra
- 15 Jun 2021
- News
Keeping Hourly Workers Focused on the Stock, Not the Clock
Illustration by Lincoln Agnew Pete Stavros (MBA 2002) got his first lessons in labor relations as a kid at the dinner table, when his father, who operated a road grader at construction sites, told the family about his day. The elder Stavros earned an hourly View Details
- 16 Dec 2019
- Research & Ideas
Taking on the Taboos That Keep Women Out of India's Workforce
their wages increased rates of female labor force participation and decreased negative perceptions around women working outside the home. “What we found is counterintuitive,” says Rigol, noting that traditional economic models assume that... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna
- 01 Feb 2021
- What Do You Think?
Has the New Economy Finally Arrived?
pandemic) that challenge traditional economic theory centered on the so-called Phillips curve. It’s a simple economic model named after the economist who explored the positive relationship between low unemployment and higher wage rates.... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 25 Mar 2019
- Research & Ideas
The Secret Life of Supply Chains
Delgado. “It can have a multiplying effect.” Once they categorized industries this way, it became clear that manufacturers that sell directly to consumers are not creating the best jobs. Supply chain industries comprise 43 percent of jobs nationwide, and their average... View Details
- 25 Jun 2018
- Research & Ideas
In America, Immigrants Really Do Get the Job Done
terms of quality,” says Kerr. Thus, immigrants may find going into business for themselves the best option. In their study, Kerr and Pekkala Kerr also found that wages and benefits for jobs created by immigrant-led firms were lower than... View Details
- September 2003 (Revised January 2004)
- Case
Wal-Mart Stores in 2003
By: Pankaj Ghemawat, Stephen P. Bradley and Ken Mark
Examines Wal-Mart's development over three decades and provides financial and descriptive detail of its domestic operations. In 2003, Wal-Mart's Supercenter business has surpassed its domestic business as the largest generator of revenues. Its international operation... View Details
Keywords: Wages; Fairness; Corporate Strategy; Operations; Labor Unions; Problems and Challenges; Gender; Globalized Firms and Management; Competitive Advantage; Retail Industry; United States
Ghemawat, Pankaj, Stephen P. Bradley, and Ken Mark. "Wal-Mart Stores in 2003." Harvard Business School Case 704-430, September 2003. (Revised January 2004.)
- 17 Aug 2009
- Research & Ideas
Quantifying the Economic Impact of the Internet
use. Each Internet job supports approximately 1.54 additional jobs elsewhere in the economy, for a total of 3.05 million, or roughly 2 percent, of employed Americans. The dollar value of their wages is about $300 billion, or around 2... View Details
- 02 Jun 2020
- Research & Ideas
Coronavirus Careers: Cloud Kitchens Are Now Serving
Became Best in the World D’O: Making a Michelin-Starred Restaurant Affordable Minimum Wage Hikes Drive (Lousy) Restaurants Out of Business Cloud chef is potentially a new career created by the pandemic. What other new careers might be... View Details
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US Business Immigration Overview - Alumni
which makes it difficult for organizations to sponsor a foreign worker who is not already in the United States. Eligibility Must have at least a bachelor’s degree or its equivalent Offered position must require a bachelor’s degree in a specialized field Annual salary... View Details