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- May 2018
- Supplement
Abe on Womenomics, part 3: International Efforts & Conclusions: Excerpt from Opening Address to the World Assembly of Women, Tokyo, August 28, 2015
By: Boris Groysberg
This video supplement is a lightly edited excerpt of a 2015 speech by Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe in which he describes Womenomics--policies and aspirations to promote greater economic participation by Japan's women, thereby promoting economic growth, greater... View Details
Keywords: Leading Change; Gender; Business and Government Relations; Employment; Growth and Development; Working Conditions; Japan
Groysberg, Boris. "Abe on Womenomics, part 3: International Efforts & Conclusions: Excerpt from Opening Address to the World Assembly of Women, Tokyo, August 28, 2015." Harvard Business School Multimedia/Video Supplement 418-721, May 2018.
- Article
Local Industrial Conditions and Entrepreneurship: How Much of the Spatial Distribution Can We Explain?
By: Edward L. Glaeser and William R. Kerr
Why are some places more entrepreneurial than others? We use Census Bureau data to study local determinants of manufacturing startups across cities and industries. Demographics have limited explanatory power. Overall levels of local customers and suppliers are only... View Details
Keywords: Business Startups; Entrepreneurship; Geographic Location; Employment; Market Entry and Exit; Supply Chain; Manufacturing Industry
Glaeser, Edward L., and William R. Kerr. "Local Industrial Conditions and Entrepreneurship: How Much of the Spatial Distribution Can We Explain?" Journal of Economics & Management Strategy 18, no. 3 (Fall 2009): 623–663.
- 17 Aug 2015
- Research & Ideas
Who is Boss in the Sharing Economy?
clear sense from the courts of exactly where the dividing line between platforms and employers might be." In some ways Uber doesn't look like a traditional company—but it does have a corporate headquarters, in San Francisco.... View Details
- 01 May 2006
- Research & Ideas
What Companies Lose from Forced Disclosure
work also provides insights into how firms can create employment contracts that are in step with company goals. This e-mail interview is based on two working papers by Autrey and colleagues Shane Dikolli and D. Paul Newman: "Career... View Details
- 05 Feb 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, February 5, 2019
created. Download working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=55573 When Gender Discrimination Is Not About Gender By: Coffman, Katherine B., Christine L. Exley, and Muriel Niederle Abstract— We use an experiment to show that View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 02 Jan 2018
- Op-Ed
'Dear Working Knowledge'--Our Favorite Reader Comments of the Year
the lessons of the past are being used to educate the business leaders of the future. Why Employers Favor Men Ruth comments: The race factor is important to be considered. In Latin America I have seen quite often that white men prefer to... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 17 Feb 2014
- Research & Ideas
Companies Detangle from Legacy Pensions
a 401(k) program. Boeing threatened to move construction of the 777X jetliner to another state without the concession. Funding The Future Even so, companies are still on the hook for paying benefits to those employees who have already been promised them. As their... View Details
- 01 Aug 2012
- What Do You Think?
Should CEOs Worry About ‘Too Big to Succeed?’
government intervention " Gerald Nanninga was less willing to accept the notion of "too big to succeed," setting forth several ways of scaling up a company to minimize the burden of size on management. As he put it, " if you keep teams small,... View Details
- 04 Oct 2007
- What Do You Think?
Has Managerial Capitalism Peaked?
should be answerable to directors for poor performance but in fact are not. Directors, representing an indirect form of governance, are poor representatives of owners. They are far too lax in influencing employment contracts and... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 17 Sep 2020
- Research & Ideas
Many Small-Business Employees May Be Close to Losing Health Insurance
A health insurance crisis may be looming for employees of small businesses, with many firms struggling to cover their share of these costs, new research from Harvard Business School finds. Nearly one-third of employers surveyed weren’t... View Details
- 2021
- Book
Glass Half-Broken: Shattering the Barriers That Still Hold Women Back at Work
By: Colleen Ammerman and Boris Groysberg
Why does the gender gap persist and how can we close it? For years women have made up the majority of college-educated workers in the United States. In 2019, the gap between the percentage of women and the percentage of men in the workforce was the smallest on record.... View Details
Keywords: Women; Career; Gender Gap; Glass Ceiling; Gender; Employment; Personal Development and Career; Equality and Inequality; Organizational Culture; Diversity; Management; Strategy
Ammerman, Colleen, and Boris Groysberg. Glass Half-Broken: Shattering the Barriers That Still Hold Women Back at Work. Boston: Harvard Business Review Press, 2021.
- 03 Oct 2006
- First Look
First Look: October 3, 2006
engineer has invented a breakthrough, but refuses to assign the intellectual property to the firm, despite having agreed to do so in his employment contract. Fogg must choose from a variety of options, including prosecution of a... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 23 Jul 2001
- Research & Ideas
How Relationships are Building Biotech
personal work satisfaction, the decision to change careers, professional advancement, and the like. All are valid areas for study because they help employers figure out how to best select, train, and retain valuable employees. Other... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace & Mallory Stark
- 05 Feb 2001
- What Do You Think?
Do MBA Programs Face “The Innovator’s Dilemma”?
demands preclude a commitment to learning and teaching performed at the convenience of an instructor. Increasingly, employers are competing with educational institutions for students' time, and in many cases View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 2007
- Working Paper
The Effects of a Centralized Clearinghouse on Job Placement, Wages, and Hiring Practices
By: Muriel Niederle and Alvin E. Roth
New gastroenterologists participated in a labor market clearinghouse (a "match") from 1986 through the late 1990's, after which the match was abandoned. This provides an opportunity to study the effects of a match, by observing the differences in the outcomes and... View Details
Keywords: Health; Employment; Marketplace Matching; Selection and Staffing; Job Offer; Compensation and Benefits; Health Industry
Niederle, Muriel, and Alvin E. Roth. "The Effects of a Centralized Clearinghouse on Job Placement, Wages, and Hiring Practices." NBER Working Paper Series, No. 13529, October 2007.
- April 2019 (Revised March 2020)
- Case
Handy: The Future of Work? (A)
By: Nien-hê Hsieh and Kieron Stopforth
Witnessing numerous lawsuits alleging that online platform companies misclassified workers as contractors when they were actually employees, Handy’s founders faced a series of decisions. Handy was an online platform business that enabled customers to book appointments... View Details
Keywords: Employment; Working Conditions; Entrepreneurship; Compensation and Benefits; Internet and the Web; Ethics; Fairness; Service Industry; United States
Hsieh, Nien-hê, and Kieron Stopforth. "Handy: The Future of Work? (A)." Harvard Business School Case 319-103, April 2019. (Revised March 2020.)
- 30 Jun 2020
- What Do You Think?
Is a Business School-Industry Collaboration Needed to Attract Black Talent to Campus?
minority backgrounds enter business schools as well as post-graduate employment are soon dashed by an inability or unwillingness on the part of organizations to tap into and retain that talent. In business, the economic and social cases... View Details
- 29 Oct 2018
- Research & Ideas
Hunting for a Hot Job in High Tech? Try 'Digitization Economist'
Under chief economist Pat Bajari, Amazon has hired more than 150 PhD economists in five years. He’s also cornered the market on what might be called “rookie economists” just out of school. That crowns Amazon the largest employer of tech... View Details
- 11 Oct 2010
- Research & Ideas
It Pays to Hire Women in Countries That Won’t
higher levels of profitability." After analyzing financial and employment data from hundreds of medium-sized and large companies, they proved that the hypothesis was true. Even after accounting for unrelated variables, the... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 04 Aug 2008
- Research & Ideas
How Female Stars Succeed in New Jobs
females. In the process of due diligence, star women learn a lot of valuable information about the company that helps them make good strategic decisions. They scrutinize prospective employers on receptivity to women, managerial support,... View Details