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03 Mar 2003
Research & Ideas

The Ingredients of a Deal Disaster

underlying social contract. A second union was quickly organized, and it took a far more adversarial approach, demanding higher wages and insisting on job guarantees. Local suppliers saw the company as untrustworthy and refused to do... View Details

Keywords: by Ron S. Fortgang, David A. Lax & James K. Sebenius

05 Apr 2016
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April 5, 2016

https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=50854 Knowing When to Ask: The Cost of Leaning-in By: Exley, Christine L., Muriel Niederle, and Lise Vesterlund Abstract—Gender differences in the propensity to negotiate are often used to explain the gender View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthlorne

13 Nov 2018
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New Research and Ideas, November 13, 2018

2002. Walmart grew significantly, expanded internationally, and became a leading player in groceries. However, it also faced criticism regarding its wage and labor practices. Meanwhile, Kmart faced an identity crisis, falling between the... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

02 Sep 2015
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Explaining China's Crash

percent of all manufactured goods in the U.S. are outsourced, and not everything is outsourceable. Furthermore, wage inflation in China has dented its competitiveness and there are other location choices. So, the question is: How much... View Details

Keywords: by Christina Pazzanese; Financial Services

17 Mar 2015
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Where Did My Shopping Mall Go?

that's really where the problem lies. Q: We've seen this phenomenon recently where wages are stagnating or declining What are the retail implications of a shrinking or bifurcating middle class? Alvarez: Traditionally the US economy has... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Retail

23 Oct 2012
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First Look: October 23

costs for the company contacts outsourcing the work, as the workers in India are paid about the market wage for their work. These results and other observations lead to the conclusion that diaspora connections continue to be important... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

September 2022 (Revised November 2022)
Case

The Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act: Trade and Genocide in U.S.-China Relations

By: Jeremy Friedman and David Lane

On June 21, 2022, the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act (UFLPA) went into effect, requiring companies to prove that goods imported from the People’s Republic of China were not made with forced labor. The bill was a reaction to reports of products being made with... View Details

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29 Aug 2017
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First Look at New Research and Ideas, August 29

defining societal issue of the 21st century. The debate over “who gets what’ underlies policy debates ranging from taxation to health care to wages and permeates society at all levels, attracting increasing interest from policymakers,... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

19 Jul 2016
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July 19, 2016

announced that it had passed Walmart in global sales to become the biggest retail platform in the world. To add to Walmart’s woes, in the United States traditional dollar discount stores and convenience outlets were gaining ground, and View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

22 Feb 2016
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The ‘Mother of Fair Trade’ was an Unabashed Price Protectionist

state police powers to control competitive practices and price outcomes for ordinary goods and services was nothing less than a constitutional revolution, which would also affect labor standards, wage legislation, and consumer prices.”... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Retail; Health; Legal Services

February 2006
Article

Wealth and Executive Compensation

Using new data on the wealth of Swedish CEOs, I show that higher wealth CEOs receive stronger incentives. Since high wealth (excluding own-firm holdings) implies low absolute risk aversion, this is consistent with a risk aversion explanation. To examine whether wealth... View Details

Keywords: Wealth; Executive Compensation; Motivation and Incentives; Power and Influence; Risk Management; Competency and Skills; Wages; Sweden

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30 Oct 2012
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replace poor performers in the "producer" sales force, and cut wages and expenses. During a post-closing audit, Thomson discovers a $600k problem that wipes out his contingency funds. He is concerned about having to go back to... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

02 Dec 2015
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What Will It Take to Achieve Gender Equality in Leadership?

ambition, and become better job and wage negotiators while choosing a partner who can help share the load of a career. The work that Amy Cuddy has, as of this date, shared with more than 28 million viewers on TEDTalks provides nuts and... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

27 Sep 2006
Research & Ideas

Report From Egypt: Studying Global Influences

philanthropic efforts but more often helping communities through core business practices, such as gaining flexibility to hire and fire from the union by raising wages and increasing training or helping laid-off employees start small... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

16 May 2017
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First Look at New Ideas and Research, May 16

platforms, 2) gravity model analyses of global outsourcing contract flows and their determinants for digital labor markets, and 3) quantification of own- and cross-country elasticities for contract work by wage rate. Digital labor markets... View Details

Keywords: Re: Multiple Faculty

23 Mar 2010
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Overconfident subjects also persist in making the mistake despite clear feedback. These results suggest non-linear pay schemes may help companies select and retain overconfident workers and may reduce the wage bill. Download the paper:... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

18 Jul 2017
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First Look at New Research and Ideas, July 18, 2017

to better connections rather than superior skill. Knowing When to Ask: The Cost of Leaning-in By: Exley, Christine L., Muriel Niederle, and Lise Vesterlund Abstract—Gender differences in the propensity to negotiate are often used to explain the gender View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

08 Mar 2011
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companies devised political strategies that maneuvered a reluctant President Roosevelt into supporting their interests, and the Mexican government more than fully compensated them as a result. Neither wages for oil workers nor Mexican... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

10 Apr 2006
Research & Ideas

American Auto’s Troubled Road

across industries, traditional understandings and loyalties between employers and employees are breaking down. Coupled with a growing race to the bottom in wages and benefits, this workplace erosion of trust could negatively affect... View Details

Keywords: by Garry Emmons; Manufacturing; Transportation; Auto

March 1995
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Donald Salter Communications, Inc.

By: Stuart C. Gilson and Jeremy Cott

A new CEO is hired to manage the turnaround of a family-owned newspaper publisher. In a departure from previous management, he implements a new compensation scheme that explicitly ties executive pay to market-value-based measures of firm performance. Because the... View Details

Keywords: Family Business; Transformation; Asset Management; Wages; Balanced Scorecard; Family Ownership; Motivation and Incentives; Valuation; Journalism and News Industry

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