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- 01 Aug 2011
- Research & Ideas
Immigrant Innovators: Job Stealers or Job Creators?
Kerr and Lincoln analyzed Current Population Survey data on that time period. Not surprisingly, growth in the H-1B program directly correlated with an uptick in the number of immigrants working in science and engineering. More... View Details
- 28 Feb 2012
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 28
Se Yan Abstract Our paper provides a comparative perspective on the development of public primary education in four of the largest developing economies circa 1910: Brazil, Russia, India and China (BRIC). These four countries encompassed more than 50% of the world's... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 23 Aug 2004
- Research & Ideas
New Challenges for Long-Term Investors
are affected by local factors. Thus we might have declines in real estate values in places where the local population is aging and there is no younger population to replace them. View Details
Keywords: by Ann Cullen
- 03 Apr 2013
- What Do You Think?
Will Women Leaders Influence the Way We Work?
outstanding executives represent the best or worst of feminism. It is to speculate on the influence that a future populated by female leadership in a significant number of organizations will have on the way we work. A number of arguments... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 02 Dec 2009
- What Do You Think?
Should Immigration Policies Be More Welcoming to Low-Skilled Workers?
high school diploma." Instead: (1) new waves of immigrants populate the "underclass," enabling others to move up the income scale, (2) Hispanic immigrants play this role at present, enabling (or encouraging through... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 16 Apr 2001
- Research & Ideas
Angels Face the Innovator’s Dilemma
implement," he advised. If a technology enables "the larger population of less skilled and less wealthy people to do something that historically they could not do or that only specialists could do," it also has high... View Details
- 20 May 2016
- Op-Ed
World Health Organization Lacks Leadership to Combat Pandemics
Nutrition and Population Practice of the World Bank. Relevant WHO scientists and field health experts could be seconded to this Unit; they would work out of country offices in partnership with World Bank executives and national public... View Details
- 23 Mar 2003
- Research & Ideas
Globalization: Little Impact on the Continent
borders? Money is crossing borders... ideas are crossing borders," she said. Unfortunately, she added, there is little evidence that Africa, given its population and size, is benefiting proportionately from the phenomenon. The... View Details
Keywords: by Julie Jette
- 15 Apr 2008
- First Look
First Look: April 15, 2008
company is now in a state of crisis. Dr. Wheelis is trying to decide whether and how to keep it going. The key decision is whether to shift to a "staffing model" based on a larger number of full-time clinicians. This will require a larger patient View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Apr 2014
- First Look
First Look: April 1
the three largest commercial airlines in the world. The case emphasizes how Emirates capitalized on its location-a small city-state strategically located to reach ¾ of the world's population in a flight of less than eight hours-to build a... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 31 Aug 2020
- Research & Ideas
State and Local Governments Peer Into the Pandemic Abyss
researchers noticed. Using data from the monthly Current Population Survey (CPS) by the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, they were able to tie a government's level of sales tax dependence directly to the number of layoffs it made in April,... View Details
Keywords: by Kristen Senz
- 02 Sep 2014
- Research & Ideas
Food Stamp Entrepreneurs: How Public Assistance Enables Business Bootstrapping
Established in 1997, the program provides health insurance to uninsured children in moderate-income families. To research the link between SCHIP and entrepreneurship, Olds studied 1992-2011 data from the United States Census Bureau's Current View Details
- 09 Jan 2014
- Research & Ideas
The Entrepreneurs Who Invented Economic Forecasting
through financial panics, forecasting offered the idea that economic activity was not simply random, but followed discernable patterns that could be predicted. In a country whose population was moving from agriculture to industry,... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 10 Nov 2008
- Research Event
Social Media Leads the Future of Technology
work will influence technology, and the greater population will be exercising an increasing amount of control," she said. Decker cited statistics suggesting that in 2007, 12 percent of newlyweds met online. In addition, of the users... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 29 Mar 2008
- Research & Ideas
Creativity, Entrepreneurship, and Organizations of the Future
ongoing dialog among academic scholars, business leaders, and the general population since the issues of creativity, entrepreneurship, and society are inextricably linked, and silos between these constituents are therefore problematic.... View Details
Keywords: by Teresa M. Amabile & Mukti Khaire
- 25 Aug 2015
- First Look
First Look Tuesday
increase in revenue for established schools whereas invitations to prestigious postseason bowl games play a big part for less-established schools. Furthermore, we find that student population and education quality dissipate the effect of... View Details
- 20 Aug 2014
- Research & Ideas
Dragging Patent Trolls Into the Light
The Texas town of Marshall has a population of 25,000 people, 2,000 of whom are students attending one of the four colleges that have earned Marshall the nickname "Athens of Texas." Marshall is also home to a historic pottery... View Details
- 02 Sep 2013
- Research & Ideas
The Curse of Double-Digit Growth
Leone, which was also founded by repatriated North American freed slaves. Both countries have a small population and have suffered overlapping conflicts. "They're siblings as far as nations go, and their paths to recovery are likely... View Details
Keywords: by Kim Girard
- 25 Oct 2016
- First Look
October 25, 2016
a company’s population health footprint. Examples, statistics, and visuals showcase emerging corporate involvement in public health and underscore the business opportunities available to companies that invest in health. Publisher's link:... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 21 Mar 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research, March 21
income was $6 a month, only about 15% of the population was literate, there were deep religious and ethnic differences, and more than a dozen national languages were spoken. But after a half a century, India had proved to be the first... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne