Employment Industry - Publications - Faculty & Research

24 Jul 2013
Op-Ed

Detroit Files for Bankruptcy: HBS Faculty Weigh In

often an essential ingredient of recovery. Detroit has a precedent in Pittsburgh and a variety of other cities and jurisdictions that have seen their trajectory fundamentally shift in the wake of precipitous economic and fiscal decline. Long before the American... View Details

Keywords: by John Macomber, Robert C. Pozen, Eric D. Werker & Benjamin Kennedy; Auto

08 Feb 2011
First Look

First Look: Feb. 8

M. Howitt Publication:In Integrative Risk Management: Advanced Disaster Recovery, edited by Simon Woodward. Zürich, Switzerland: Swiss Re Centre for Global Dialogue, 2010 Abstract Societies face a wide array of significant hazards—ranging from the possibility of... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

04 Apr 2019
Cold Call Podcast

Can Mark Zuckerberg Rebuild Trust in Facebook?

my employer to know all these things? That to me is in a whole different class of information. Kenny: Let's talk a little bit about Facebook's leadership model. You've got Mark Zuckerberg, the founder and CEO. He's got Sheryl Sandberg.... View Details

Keywords: Re: Andi Wang

20 Sep 2012
Research & Ideas

US Competitiveness at Risk

by the enormous improvements going on in other countries. It used to be that the wages of US workers rose in line with domestic productivity, but the two became decoupled. Some attribute that to declining unionization. That may be part of it, but much has to do with... View Details

Keywords: Re: Michael E. Porter & Jan W. Rivkin

05 Aug 2008
First Look

First Look: August 5, 2008

analyses of data covering 69 two-digit SIC industries at two points in time, 1991 and 1999. Across industries, we find that the likelihood of internalization of advertising services decreases as the size of advertising outlays increase... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

21 Jun 2010
Research & Ideas

Strategy and Execution for Emerging Markets

institutional voids—in service of businesses or as stand-alone projects. Microsoft's investments in the development of China's software industry facilitated the development of its own business in the country. The job creation and tax... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

14 Feb 2012
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First Look: February 14

research, we propose that socialization leads to more effective employment relationships when it starts with newcomers expressing their personal identities. In a field experiment carried out in a large business process outsourcing... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

29 Jan 2013
First Look

First Look: Jan. 29

resolution settings. It is believed that by making people more aware of their failure to notice and punish indirect unethical behavior, others can create a world where the use of intermediation will no longer provide harm doers an easy escape from public awareness.... View Details