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- October 2006
- Article
Stretchwork: Managing the Career Progression Paradox in External Labor Markets
By: Siobhan O'Mahony and Beth Bechky
O'Mahony, Siobhan, and Beth Bechky. "Stretchwork: Managing the Career Progression Paradox in External Labor Markets." Academy of Management Journal 49, no. 5 (October 2006): 918–941.
- March 2003 (Revised June 2003)
- Case
International Securities Exchange, The: New Ground in Options Markets
This case examines the equity options market and studies the major parties involved and the options trading process. It takes an in-depth look at the path taken by the International Securities Exchange as it entered a mature exchange industry and transformed itself... View Details
Chacko, George C., and Eli Strick. "International Securities Exchange, The: New Ground in Options Markets." Harvard Business School Case 203-063, March 2003. (Revised June 2003.)
- 2009
- Working Paper
Labor Regulations and European Private Equity
By: Ant Bozkaya and William R. Kerr
European nations substitute between employment protection regulations and labor market expenditures (e.g., unemployment insurance benefits) for providing worker insurance. Employment regulations more directly tax firms making frequent labor adjustments than other labor... View Details
- 2019
- Working Paper
Labor Market Shocks and the Demand for Trade Protection: Evidence from Online Surveys
By: Rafael Di Tella and Dani Rodrik
We study preferences for government action in response to layoffs resulting from different types of labor-market shocks. We consider the following shocks: technological change, a demand shift, bad management, and three kinds of international outsourcing. Respondents... View Details
Di Tella, Rafael, and Dani Rodrik. "Labor Market Shocks and the Demand for Trade Protection: Evidence from Online Surveys." NBER Working Paper Series, No. 25705, March 2019.
- 2022
- Chapter
CIP Deviations, the Dollar, and Frictions in International Capital Markets
By: Wenxin Du and Jesse Schreger
The covered interest rate parity (CIP) condition is a fundamental arbitrage relationship in international finance. In this chapter, we review its breakdown during the Global Financial Crisis and its continued failure in the subsequent decade. We review how to measure... View Details
Du, Wenxin, and Jesse Schreger. "CIP Deviations, the Dollar, and Frictions in International Capital Markets." Chap. 4 in Handbook of International Economics, Volume 6, edited by Gita Gopinath, Elhanan Helpman, and Kenneth Rogoff, 147–197. Handbooks in Economics. Elsevier BV, 2022.
- 2007
- Other Unpublished Work
Influence and Inefficiency in the Internal Capital Market
By: Julie Wulf
I model inefficient resource allocations in M-form organizations due to influence activities by division managers that skew capital budgets in their favor. Corporate headquarters receives two types of signals about investment opportunities: private signals that can be... View Details
- 2008
- Working Paper
Structural Closure and Exposure: Formation of Structural Inequality in Managerial Labor Markets
By: Mikolaj Jan Piskorski
Positional advantages arise when actors obtain rewards attached to positions they occupy, but these rewards are not merited by their performance. Existing theory suggests that in competitive markets there should be no positional advantages. This paper proposes a model... View Details
- Article
Marketing and Distribution Strategies for International Organizations
By: John C. Pattison and John A. Quelch
- October 2009
- Article
Influence and Inefficiency in the Internal Capital Market
By: Julie Wulf
I model inefficient resource allocations in M-form organizations due to influence activities by division managers that skew capital budgets in their favor. Corporate headquarters receives two types of signals about investment opportunities: private signals that can be... View Details
Keywords: Capital Markets; Resource Allocation; Business Processes; Capital Budgeting; Business Headquarters; Investment; Opportunities; Cost; Value; Motivation and Incentives; Equity
Wulf, Julie. "Influence and Inefficiency in the Internal Capital Market." Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization 72, no. 1 (October 2009): 305–321.
- November 1987
- Case
International Business Machines: Changes in Marketing Organization
By: Frank V. Cespedes
Keywords: Organizational Change and Adaptation; Marketing; Computer Industry; Information Technology Industry
Cespedes, Frank V. "International Business Machines: Changes in Marketing Organization." Harvard Business School Case 588-037, November 1987.
- 2007
- Chapter
Labor Market Regulations and European Restructuring: Evidence from Private Equity Investments
By: Ant Bozkaya and William R. Kerr
Keywords: Labor; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Restructuring; Private Equity; Investment; Europe
Bozkaya, Ant, and William R. Kerr. "Labor Market Regulations and European Restructuring: Evidence from Private Equity Investments." In Essays in Entrepreneurial Finance, by Ant Bozkaya, 151–189. Université libre de Bruxelles, 2007. (Reprinted in Entrepreneurial Finance: Financing Young, Innovative Ventures, (Saarbrüken, Germany: VDM Verlag, 2009), 140-176.)
- January 1990
- Case
CSFB and the International Capital Markets (A)
Meerschwam, David M. "CSFB and the International Capital Markets (A)." Harvard Business School Case 290-029, January 1990.
- 28 May 2019
- Working Paper Summaries
Labor Market Shocks and the Demand for Trade Protection: Evidence from Online Surveys
Keywords: by Rafael Di Tella and Dani Rodrik
- 2009
- Working Paper
Labor Regulations and European Private Equity
By: Ant Bozkaya and William R. Kerr
European nations substitute between employment protection regulations and labor market expenditures (e.g., unemployment insurance benefits) for providing worker insurance. Employment regulations more directly tax firms making frequent labor adjustments than other labor... View Details
Keywords: Venture Capital; Private Equity; Insurance; Investment; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Taxation; Employment; Europe
Bozkaya, Ant, and William R. Kerr. "Labor Regulations and European Private Equity." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 08-043, December 2009.
- 2000
- Other Unpublished Work
Asset Allocation with Endogenous Labor Income: The Case of Incomplete Markets
By: Luis M. Viceira and Yeung Lewis Chan
Viceira, Luis M., and Yeung Lewis Chan. "Asset Allocation with Endogenous Labor Income: The Case of Incomplete Markets." December 2000.
- 2003
- Chapter
Arbeitslosigkeit und Beschäftigungschancen—Ein Feldexeperiment [Unemployment and Labor Market Opportunities—A Field Experiment]
Oberholzer-Gee, Felix. "Arbeitslosigkeit und Beschäftigungschancen—Ein Feldexeperiment [Unemployment and Labor Market Opportunities—A Field Experiment]." In Jahrbuch Normative und institutionelle Grundfragen der Ökonomik, Band 2: Experimente in der Ökonomik, edited by Martin Held, Gisela Kubon-Gilke, and Richard Sturn, 169–190. Marburg: Metropolis-Verlag, 2003.
- 27 Jan 2010
- Working Paper Summaries
Labor Regulations and European Private Equity
Keywords: by Ant Bozkaya & William R. Kerr
- 2014
- Working Paper
Multinational Firms, Labor Market Discrimination, and the Capture of Competitive Advantage by Exploiting the Social Divide
By: Jordan I. Siegel, Lynn Pyun and B.Y. Cheon
The organizational theory of the multinational firm holds that foreignness is a liability, and specifically that lack of embeddedness in host-country social networks is a source of competitive disadvantage; meanwhile the literature on labor market discrimination... View Details
Keywords: Prejudice and Bias; Human Capital; Selection and Staffing; Multinational Firms and Management; Competitive Advantage; Markets; Profit; Gender; South Korea
Siegel, Jordan I., Lynn Pyun, and B.Y. Cheon. "Multinational Firms, Labor Market Discrimination, and the Capture of Competitive Advantage by Exploiting the Social Divide." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 11-011, August 2010. (Revised February 2014.)