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- 04 May 2010
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First Look: May 4
starting a company together. Each is still at his/her former employer, and each has signed a different employment agreement that, on paper, may prohibit some of the contemplated acts—i.e., soliciting customers or employees. The case... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 27 Mar 2007
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First Look: March 27, 2007
The paper considers separately the feelings employees have for their employers or their supervisors, those that employees have for others that occupy similar positions as themselves and the feelings of supervisors towards their... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 07 Jan 2015
- Research & Ideas
The Quest for Better Layoffs
layoffs project, Malden Mills, describes how a leader handled a disastrous event: Two weeks before Christmas 1995, a fire destroyed three factory buildings at a textile company, one of the largest employers in the already economically... 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.
- 12 Feb 2008
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First Look: February 12, 2007
D. Margolis, Adam M. Grant, and Andrew Molinsky Publication:Chap. 16 in Human Resource Management: Ethics and Employment, edited by Ashly Pinnington, Rob Macklin and Tom Campbell, 15 pages. U.S.: Oxford University Press, 2007 Abstract The book examines ethics and View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 27 Nov 2017
- Research & Ideas
Beware the Lasting Impression of a 'Temporary' Selfie
viewing: 29 percent on Snapchat, 22 percent on Facebook, and a whopping 58 percent on Instagram. Plus, it’s important to note that some supposedly disappearing photos can be saved by the recipient using screen-capture software. Prospective View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne
- 28 Apr 2015
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First Look: April 28
framework and focus on finding empirically testable strategies to mitigate unethical behavior. Working Papers Government Preferences and SEC Enforcement By: Heese, Jonas Abstract—I examine whether political influence by the government as a response to voters'... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 22 Sep 2009
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First Look: September 22
Glaeser, William R. Kerr, and Giacomo A.M. Ponzetto Publication:Journal of Urban Economics (forthcoming) Abstract Employment growth is strongly predicted by smaller average establishment size, both across cities and across industries... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 04 Jun 2007
- Research & Ideas
Is Health Care Making You Better—or Dead?
on this, and their analysis was that employers are very worried about sending their employees to India, so they're unlikely to ask their insurers to offer India or Thailand as an option. It's the human resource person, not the CEO, making... View Details
- 23 Apr 2020
- Research & Ideas
This Crisis Loan Program Preserved Jobs—and Made Money
more stable career path. The firms themselves also grew stronger, and the French government eventually saved more in unemployment benefits than the program cost, according to the study, Employment Effects of Alleviating Financing... View Details
- 29 Sep 2015
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September 29, 2015
contractual frictions play an important role in shaping the integration choices of firms around the world. Download working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=49090 How Best-Self Activation Influences Emotions, Physiology and View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 29 Nov 2004
- Research & Ideas
Caves, Clusters, and Weak Ties: The Six Degrees World of Inventors
were, or if your employer wasn't compensating you enough, or if they didn't sponsor you creatively, then you'd go somewhere else for a better deal. That too can lead to more information and knowledge flow and creativity. I strongly... View Details
- 22 Jul 2008
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First Look: July 22, 2008
financial development, lending rates, and the quality of intermediation, as well as employment and investment. Credit markets with nationalized banks experienced faster credit growth during a period of financial repression.... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 29 May 2006
- What Do You Think?
How Important Is the “Service Sector Effect” on Productivity?
Summing Up Do increases in social sector productivity, which seem to prevail at least in the U.S., benefit consumers at the expense of workers? Or is the scale weighted in favor of the latter who may benefit two ways, in terms of both an income stream from increased... View Details
- 06 Mar 2006
- What Do You Think?
The China Dilemma for U.S. Firms: Comply, Resist, or Leave?
General Motors and others during apartheid. For General Motors, the issues had to do with employment policies and whether or not to sell autos in a repressive society. For companies like Cisco Systems and Microsoft, the question has... View Details
- 09 Feb 2016
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February 9, 2016
316-128 An Intern's Dilemma (A) An HBS student is asked to misrepresent himself during the course of his summer internship by his employer in order to obtain data from industry competitors. Purchase this case:... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 23 Feb 2009
- Research & Ideas
Creative Entrepreneurship in a Downturn
need for substitutes.” Another outcome of a drop-off in consumption and employment is a need for products that become more valuable during such periods when consumers have more time on their hands. An astounding number of media companies... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 20 Dec 2016
- Research & Ideas
The 10 Most Popular 'Cold Call' Podcasts
companies fix big problems? Are they responsible for doing so? As the third-largest employer in the world, any move Wal-mart makes reverberates around the globe. Yet despite its many successes and innovations, particularly in terms of... View Details
Keywords: Re: Multiple Faculty
- 14 Mar 2016
- Research & Ideas
The Surprising Connection between 1930s Weather and Today's Labor Unions
members lived in just seven states: California, New York, Illinois, Pennsylvania, Michigan, Ohio, and New Jersey. Yet these states accounted for only one-third of paid employment nationally. And those same states have held the highest... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 02 Dec 2009
- What Do You Think?
Should Immigration Policies Be More Welcoming to Low-Skilled Workers?
work." He would address the issue by: (1) (greeting) "all immigrants with a social security card" (implying payment of taxes, Medicare, etc.) and (2) requiring employers to "pay immigrants with check or automatic bank... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett