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- 2023
- Working Paper
Local Shocks and Internal Migration: The Disparate Effects of Robots and Chinese Imports in the U.S.
By: Marius Faber, Andres Sarto and Marco Tabellini
Do local labor markets adjust to economic shocks through migration? In this paper, we study this question by focusing on two of the most important shocks that hit U.S. manufacturing since the 1990s: Chinese import competition and the introduction of industrial robots.... View Details
Faber, Marius, Andres Sarto, and Marco Tabellini. "Local Shocks and Internal Migration: The Disparate Effects of Robots and Chinese Imports in the U.S." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 20-071, December 2019. (Revised February 2023. Also appears in HBS Working Knowledge. Longer NBER working paper version here.)
- September 2007 (Revised March 2009)
- Exercise
Pitch Yourself!
By: Thomas J. Steenburgh and Michael I. Norton
Helps students develop an elevator pitch for their most important asset—themselves. Before class students are asked to interview a potential employer and to develop preliminary elevator pitches. Once in class, students work through an exercise that helps them refine... View Details
Keywords: Spoken Communication; Selection and Staffing; Job Interviews; Marketing; Personal Development and Career
Steenburgh, Thomas J., and Michael I. Norton. "Pitch Yourself!" Harvard Business School Exercise 508-039, September 2007. (Revised March 2009.)
- 12 Nov 2014
- News
How to fix the broken market for middle-class jobs
- 10 Apr 2014
- News
Look out, Human Resources departments
- 07 Mar 2019
- News
Digital-Health Startup Livongo Eyes 2019 IPO
- November 1981
- Case
Questionable Payments Abroad: Gulf in Italy
Gulf Oil in Italy was confronted by the need to increase the authorized capacity at a refinery in the face of substantial opposition. Raises the issue of their use of "facilitating gratuities" to minor officials, payments to influence news reports, and the employment... View Details
Bartlett, Christopher A. "Questionable Payments Abroad: Gulf in Italy." Harvard Business School Case 382-080, November 1981.
- 24 Nov 2014
- News
Filling the 'Middle-Skills' Gap
- 04 Feb 2014
- News
How Microsoft’s Global Search Ended at Home
- 19 Jan 2022
- News
Untethering the Remote Workforce with 5G
- 18 Dec 2018
- News
José Mourinho thought he could buy success – now he’s paid the price
- 2013
- Chapter
The Welfare State as an Investment Strategy: Denmark’s Flexicurity Policies
By: Arthur Daemmrich and Thomas Bredgaard
This chapter examines how the welfare state can serve as a national strategy to invest in economic competitiveness and sustainable national prosperity, as well as the significant challenges associated with operating an open economy in a period of increased labor... View Details
Keywords: Open Economy; Welfare; Competitive Advantage; Economic Growth; Human Capital; Government and Politics; Denmark
Daemmrich, Arthur, and Thomas Bredgaard. "The Welfare State as an Investment Strategy: Denmark’s Flexicurity Policies." Chap. 7 in The Oxford Handbook of Offshoring and Global Employment, by Ashok Bardhan, Dwight M. Jaffee, and Cynthia A. Kroll, 159–179. Oxford University Press, 2013.
- 2010
- Working Paper
The Job Market for New Economists: A Market Design Perspective
By: Peter A. Coles, John Cawley, Phillip B. Levine, Muriel Niederle, Alvin E. Roth and John J. Siegfried
This paper provides an overview of the market for new Ph.D. economists. It describes the role of the American Economic Association (AEA) in the market and focuses in particular on two mechanisms adopted in recent years at the suggestion of our committee. First, job... View Details
Keywords: Cost Management; Information; Surveys; Jobs and Positions; Job Interviews; Job Search; Emerging Markets; Digital Platforms; Service Operations; Internet and the Web
Coles, Peter A., John Cawley, Phillip B. Levine, Muriel Niederle, Alvin E. Roth, and John J. Siegfried. "The Job Market for New Economists: A Market Design Perspective." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 10-096, May 2010.
- 2024
- Working Paper
Automating Short-Term Payroll Savings: Evidence from Two Large U.K. Experiments
By: Sarah Holmes Berk, James J. Choi, Jay Garg, John Beshears and David Laibson
Automatic enrollment is often used to increase retirement savings. What are the effects of using it (or, alternatively, requiring an active enrollment choice) to increase short-term savings? We evaluate two experiments in the U.K. at employers that enable workers to... View Details
Berk, Sarah Holmes, James J. Choi, Jay Garg, John Beshears, and David Laibson. "Automating Short-Term Payroll Savings: Evidence from Two Large U.K. Experiments." NBER Working Paper Series, No. 32581, June 2024.
- 07 Dec 2019
- News
You Received A Salary Counteroffer. Now What?
- 16 Jan 2019
- News
The caring company
- July 2023 (Revised February 2024)
- Case
Clair
By: Lauren Cohen, Grace Headinger and Marcos Quirno
Clair was founded with a simple mission: to expedite America’s workers access to their hard-earned wages. In the headwinds of the COVID-19 pandemic, the startup had successfully raised a seed round of $4.5 million, and within two years the earned wage access (EWA)... View Details
- 18 Jan 2011
- News
Yes, bonuses do work - " but for fruit-pickers, not City bankers
- January 1998 (Revised September 1998)
- Case
Staples (A)
By: Myra M. Hart, Marco Iansiti and Barbara Feinberg
Chronicles development of a new business concept. Starts with Stemberg's search for a new employment opportunity, then provides details of his decision to launch a new venture concept through careful matching of personal capabilities and experience against a variety of... View Details
Keywords: Marketing; Personal Development and Career; Entrepreneurship; Management Skills; Retail Industry
Hart, Myra M., Marco Iansiti, and Barbara Feinberg. "Staples (A)." Harvard Business School Case 898-157, January 1998. (Revised September 1998.)
- 28 Aug 2018
- News