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  • 05 Dec 2013
  • What Do You Think?

Is Walmart Defying Economic Gravity?

levels." Others cited evidence that Walmart's model has some practical limitations. Evidence of possible friction was presented by Clark Phippen, who cited symptoms that suggest that Walmart is becoming "arthritic."(1) Employees, he wrote, consider... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett; Retail
  • 25 Oct 2006
  • Op-Ed

Fixing Executive Options: The Veil of Ignorance

The latest corporate governance crisis is buried in the details of executive compensation contracts. Don't like the timing of the stock option grant you got or the strike price of the contract? No worries! It turns out that this is nothing an eraser can't fix. While... View Details
Keywords: by Mihir Desai & Joshua Margolis
  • 2021
  • Working Paper

Accounting for Workforce Impact at Scale

By: Adel Fadhel, Katie Panella, Ethan Rouen and George Serafeim
Using new data on workforce composition and wages, we systematically measure the employment impact at U.S. firms from 2008 to 2020, including 2,682 unique firms and 22,322 firm-year observations. We document significant variation across industries and firms within each... View Details
Keywords: Impact Accounting; ESG; Employee Turnover; Wages; Employment; Measurement and Metrics; Human Capital; Diversity; United States
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The (Heterogenous) Economic Effects of Private Equity Buyouts

By: Steven J. Davis, John Haltiwanger, Kyle Handley, Ben Lipsius, Josh Lerner and Javier Miranda
The effects of private equity buyouts on employment, productivity, and job reallocation vary tremendously with macroeconomic and credit conditions, across private equity groups, and by type of buyout. We reach this conclusion by examining the most extensive... View Details
Keywords: Private Equity Buyouts; Impact; Private Equity; Economics; Employment; Performance Productivity; Wages
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  • March 2022
  • Article

How Much Does Your Boss Make? The Effects of Salary Comparisons

By: Zoë B. Cullen and Ricardo Perez-Truglia
The vast majority of the pay inequality in an organization comes from differences in pay between employees and their bosses. But are employees aware of these pay disparities? Are employees demotivated by this inequality? To address these questions, we conducted a... View Details
Keywords: Salary; Inequality; Managers; Career Concerns; Pay Transparency; Wages; Equality and Inequality; Perception; Behavior
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  • Mar 2012
  • Article

A Jobs Compact for America's Future

over investment in workers; federal policy makers fail to address high, persistent unemployment and underemployment; most people’s wages have stagnated for three decades, despite gains in productivity; and unions have become convenient... View Details

    Henry Ford

    cars per day. Ford was the first auto manufacturer to focus on a single model with a standardized chassis made of interchangeable parts. Ford became a national celebrity when, in 1914, he announced a basic wage of $5 per day for an 8-hour... View Details
    Keywords: Automotive & Aerospace
    • 12 PM – 1 PM EDT, 08 Apr 2015
    • Webinars: Trending@HBS

    Closing The Middle-Skills Gap: How Business Leaders Can Help

    In this session, Professor Fuller will discuss research on the role of businesses in closing middle-skills gaps. He will explain why the traditional definition of middle skills is inadequate and present a unique view of jobs data. He will argue that by adopting a... View Details
    • 04 Feb 2014
    • Working Paper Summaries

    From Crowds to Collaborators: Initiating Effort and Catalyzing Interactions Among Online Creative Workers

    Keywords: by Kevin J. Boudreau, Patrick Gaule, Karim R. Lakhani, Christoph Riedl & Anita Williams Woolley
    • 27 Nov 2012
    • Working Paper Summaries

    No Margin, No Mission? A Field Experiment on Incentives for Pro-Social Tasks

    Keywords: by Nava Ashraf, Oriana Bandiera & Kelsey Jack
    • 2012
    • Working Paper

    Pay Dispersion and Work Performance

    By: Alessandro Bucciol and Marco Piovesan
    The effect of intra-firm pay dispersion on work performance is controversial and the empirical evidence is mixed. High pay dispersion may act as an extra incentive for employees' effort or it may reduce motivation and team cohesiveness. These effects can also coexist... View Details
    Keywords: Performance; Wages; Motivation and Incentives; Groups and Teams; Italy
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    • 01 Jun 2012
    • News

    Bringing ‘Global’ Back Home

    successfully in the global economy while supporting high and rising living standards for the average American.” Calling that definition “spot-on,” Fields says Ford must look beyond its bottom line and “continue to provide our employees with competitive View Details
    Keywords: Garry Emmons; Transportation Equipment Manufacturing; Manufacturing
    • November 11, 2022
    • Editorial

    Finally Companies Have to Be Upfront about Job Pay Ranges

    By: Rosabeth Moss Kanter
    The significance of pay transparency laws is their role in moving American workplaces away from bias and closer to equal opportunity. View Details
    Keywords: Pay; Salary; Pay Gap; Transparency; Wages; Compensation and Benefits; Recruitment; Equality and Inequality
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    • Mar 2012
    • Article

    The Looming Challenge to U.S. Competitiveness

    such as lower wages or a cheaper dollar, do not boost U.S. competitiveness by our definition. Whether a nation is competitive hinges on its long-run productivity—that is, the value of goods and services produced per unit of human,... View Details
    • Portrait Project

    Megha Mathur

    educate their families. These women did, however, believe they deserved fair treatment at work through reasonable wages and access to health care. Seeing the beautiful homes that the women were building through a job that left their... View Details
    • December 2010
    • Article

    Happiness Adaptation to Income and to Status in an Individual Panel

    By: Rafael Di Tella and Robert MacCulloch
    We study adaptation to income and to status using individual panel data on the happiness of 7,812 people living in Germany from 1984 to 2000. Specifically, we estimate a "happiness equation" defined over several lags of income and status and compare the long-run... View Details
    Keywords: Wages; Status and Position; Happiness; Income; Change; Germany
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    • Web

    Timeline - Race, Gender & Equity

    Philadelphia printers conduct first successful strike for increased wages 1787 United States Constitution adopted 1790 William Pollard is issued the first patent for a machine that roves and spins cotton 1794 Eli Whitney patents gin that... View Details
    • Web

    The Ownership Project | Institute for Business in Global Society

    wage growth - impacts employee engagement and wealth creation. This analysis reveals critical insights for business leaders seeking to address workforce disengagement while creating more equitable wealth distribution models. Play Video... View Details
    • Portrait Project

    Raamin Mostaghimi

    earning a wage openly would mean yet another home set aflame. What do I plan to do with my one wild and precious life? Well, if I'm very lucky, I hope to make my mother proud. View Details
    • 01 Apr 1996
    • News

    Wake-Up Call: Farewell to the American Dream?

    and in government, to rapidly rising incomes and tax revenues. We haven't had that for twenty years, and now blue-collar and middle-class people sense those days may be gone forever. You state that high wages are a key component of a... View Details