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- 27 Feb 2007
- First Look
First Look: February 27, 2007
information about fundamentals on the part of international investors, or to price pressure. Price pressure is a potential explanation because flows have positive contemporaneous price impacts and are strongly positively autocorrelated.... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
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Riding the WAVE | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School
people are included in the labor market today,” says Rewane. “This is not just a West Africa problem—it’s a global problem. We’re learning from on-the-ground implementation, looking to work in partnership with bigger players like government and View Details
- 27 Aug 2018
- Sharpening Your Skills
Guts, Gall, and Good Luck: What It Takes To Be An Entrepreneur
Tips for Finding the Right Job at a Startup Finding a job at a startup is not the same process as hunting employment at an established business. The Amazing Life of One of America’s Earliest Black, Female Entrepreneurs Though not everyone... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 20 Oct 2016
- Blog Post
An Interview with Associate Director, Phillip Andrews
like to pursue careers here. This involves advising international students about the U.S. companies that are open to hiring them, and coaching students as they navigate work authorization. I also manage CPD’s employer relations for... View Details
Keywords: All Industries
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Introduction - Option Pricing in Theory & Practice: The Nobel Prize Research of Robert C. Merton - Exhibits - Historical Collections
more than twenty-five years ago to the impact and growth of his groundbreaking work in the current academic and financial communities. The Black-Scholes option pricing model established the everyday use of mathematical models as essential... View Details
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Alumni Forums - Alumni
and dollars invested in a forum directly impact the well-being of your business, your family, and yourself. Thousands of forum members in Young Presidents Organization, Entrepreneurs Organization, and Harvard Business School alumni clubs... View Details
- Portrait Project
Megha Mathur
me to imagine their power and impact in more honorable working conditions. So with my one wild and precious life, I want to create dignified employment opportunities for women who have a vision for a better... View Details
- 13 Apr 2017
- News
Solving Nigeria’s Skilled Workforce Challenge
education and employment systems,” says Misan Rewane (MBA 2013), a native of Lagos, Nigeria, and cofounder and CEO of WAVE. In its first three years, WAVE, which only charges a fee once alumni secure a job, has served more than 1,000... View Details
Keywords: Jill Radsken
- 30 Jan 2007
- First Look
First Look: January 30, 2007
Working PapersDo Employment Protections Reduce Productivity? Evidence from U.S. States Authors:David H. Autor, William R. Kerr, and Adriana D. Kugler Abstract Theory predicts that mandated employment... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 26 Apr 2016
- First Look
April 26
intermediaries—called outsourcing agencies—have emerged in these markets. This paper shows that agencies signal to employers that inexperienced workers are high quality. Workers affiliated with an agency have substantially higher... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
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Related Resources - The High Art of Photographic Advertising - Baker Library | Bloomberg Center
Thompson advertising agency. Melvin T. Copeland Papers Melvin Thomas Copeland was Professor of Marketing at HBS from 1919 to 1953 Instrumental in the development of the case method of instruction, Copeland also had a significant impact on... View Details
- 01 Mar 2023
- News
Is AI OK?
fixed through better coding or inputs. “There is no more biased instrument than the human brain,” she observes. At HBS, Polli says she witnessed a recruiting process that was rife with bias and bad data. Employers screened job seekers... View Details
- 22 Feb 2022
- News
An Rx for Small Business Recovery
COVID-19’s impact on the sector makes 2009 look like a teeny blip.” There are over 30 million small businesses in the United States, accounting for half of the nation’s private sector employment and the... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
- 16 Jun 2023
- Blog Post
Improve Decision-Making in Hiring: Common Pitfalls and How to Avoid Them
candidates. Unconscious bias and a resulting lack of diversity can also impact a company’s bottom line. A study of venture capital firms found that “the more similar the investment partners, the lower their investments’ performance.” A... View Details
Keywords: All Industries
- 01 Aug 2001
- News
T.J. Dermot Dunphy (MBA '56)
summer employment to take a road trip across America. Captivated by the country, he decided to stay on after graduation; in 1961, he became a U.S. citizen. Dunphy was recruited by Westinghouse Electric and worked in various marketing and... View Details
- 12 Oct 2011
- First Look
First Look: October 12
contrast, the sum of gross job creation and destruction at target firms exceeds that of controls by 13% of employment over two years. In short, private equity buyouts catalyze the creative destruction process in the labor market, with... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
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Carlos Coto
Carlos Coto turned a bank-teller position into a life-changing opportunity. To work his way through college, he found employment at HSBC, a niche bank that serves high net-worth clientele. In his second year at the bank, Coto became... View Details
- 01 Sep 2014
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for September 2014
and the appropriate policies and programs for research, innovation, and the commercialization of new technology. This debate has only intensified as policymakers focus on new sources of innovation and growth in light of the recent economic downturn and the associated... View Details
- 29 May 2006
- What Do You Think?
How Important Is the “Service Sector Effect” on Productivity?
Summing Up Do increases in social sector productivity, which seem to prevail at least in the U.S., benefit consumers at the expense of workers? Or is the scale weighted in favor of the latter who may benefit two ways, in terms of both an income stream from increased... View Details
- 01 Oct 2001
- News
Dean Clark on the New Academic Year
the finest potential leaders from around the world — regardless of their ability to pay — has increased substantially the need for financial assistance. In the future, we would like to enable more of our new graduates to focus on their ambitions and talents when making... View Details