Labor Market - Publications - Faculty & Research

19 Feb 2014
Research & Ideas

Racist Umpires and Monetary Ministers

Journal of Labor Economics. Perhaps more than any other profession, we hold religious leaders above such base incentives as money. At the same time, it's the rare individual for whom money isn't at least part of a factor in the work they... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Sports; Information; Publishing

25 Jan 2016
News

Helping Young African Managers Find Their Way Home

schools, some of whom matriculated at HBS. Now the people we have helped are paying it back, mentoring other people; it’s like a chain reaction. Now we have way too many mentors onboard, so we need to market the program better—make it... View Details

Keywords: Constantine von Hoffman

01 Jun 2012
News

Plan B: The Brick Bank

were still plenty of lessons to bring home from FIELD 2: “The experience of learning to work together as a team, despite our diversity of backgrounds and experiences, is something that can be applied in whatever market we choose.” —Julia... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna

November 1975 (Revised October 1976)
Case

Cross River Products

By: Steven C. Wheelwright

Describes production task of meeting peak seasonal demands in a light manufacturing plant. Information is provided for evaluating the options of overtime, second shift, second production line, and inventory buildup. View Details

Keywords: Buildings and Facilities; Information; Labor; Demand and Consumers; Production; Supply Chain

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Educators

Purchase

01 Mar 2016
News

Maiden Voyage

More than 80 countries have national space programs, spending a collective $64.5 billion in 2014, according to Euroconsult, a global consulting firm specializing in space markets. Approximately a dozen countries—if you count the 22 members of the European Space Agency... View Details

Keywords: Robert S. Benchley; Space Research and Technology; Government

01 Mar 2016
News

Art Collecting’s New Egalitarianism

time for you. But it also helps to be daring at times.” 3) Follow your instinct. “A collection is so personal. Think of it as a piece of art itself—it’s something that you shape over time with a lot of passion and dedication,” Weidner says. And it should reflect your... View Details

June 2010
Article

What Causes Industry Agglomeration? Evidence from Coagglomeration Patterns

By: Glenn Ellison, Edward Glaeser and William R. Kerr

Why do firms cluster near one another? We test Marshall's theories of industrial agglomeration by examining which industries locate near one another, or coagglomerate. We construct pairwise coagglomeration indices for US manufacturing industries from the Economic... View Details

Keywords: Production; Economics; Industry Clusters; Analytics and Data Science; Labor; Theory; Goods and Commodities; United States; United Kingdom

01 Sep 2018
News

The True Value of a Tweet

for example? Are they talking about labor practices? Are they talking about cost? What are the issues on their minds? You can even use that minute-by-minute information to create a dynamic map. The caveat is that you might get a biased... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint

01 Feb 1999
News

Q&A: Camille Tang Yeh of the Asia-Pacific Research Office

Both transitions have strategic and competitive implications for firms operating in and out of the region. The current "reconstruction" of Asia offers insights about differentiating systemic from asystemic risks and illuminates possible changes in View Details

Keywords: Educational Support Services; Educational Services

16 Dec 2010
News

How to Build a Brand Like Corona (VIDEO)

Keywords: Professor Rohit Deshpandé ; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Manufacturing; Retail Trade

22 Sep 2009
News

The Case for Regulatory Reform

we only act when necessary to avert unacceptable — and in some cases dire — outcomes. The second is that any intervention go with, rather than against, the grain of the market system. Our objective is not to supplant or replace markets.... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Government

01 Jun 2022
News

Making It Count

to how companies measure and report their ESG metrics. A company that touts its record in one dimension might be failing to mention hidden societal costs in others, like harmful labor practices, environmental degradation, or further... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint

30 Jul 2013
First Look

First Look: July 30

rankings are more likely to disclose their Princeton Review certification, suggesting that schools treat different certifications as substitutes. Third, conditional on displaying a ranking, the majority of schools coarsen information to make it seem more favorable.... View Details

Keywords: Anna Secino

01 Apr 2001
News

Beyond the Rim: New Paths to Success in Asia

infrastructure in the world. What are the implications for their ability to leapfrog content and technical developments in this sector in the United States? Internet development in China. Online marketing and consumer behavior in South... View Details

Keywords: Alejandro Reyes and Deborah Blagg; David Lane; Educational Services

01 Jun 2007
News

Mission Possible

Company magazine as one of the top socially entrepreneurial organizations in America, Year Up was started with private funding and is supported by corporate partnerships. Its business model is based in part on market demand for... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; Margie Kelley; Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services; Social Assistance; Health, Social Assistance

01 Mar 2014
News

The Solution to the Global Food Crisis Just Might Come from Nigeria

counting. The six months Masha spent traveling the countryside to set up the Village Promoter program helped him see the scale of the challenges facing Nigerian farmers. The biggest problem wasn't the labor force—he'd never seen anyone... View Details

Keywords: Francis Storrs; John H. Davis; Michael Halse; Crop Production; Agriculture; Administration of Economic Programs; Government; Food Manufacturing; Manufacturing

01 Dec 2007
News

Lighten Up

fiercely competitive market for outdoor wear and gear. GoLite’s mission sounds simple and logical enough — give serious trail runners, alpine athletes, fast-packers (backpackers who speed along trails), and even once-discouraged hikers... View Details

Keywords: Kathryn Jones; Sporting Goods, Hobby, Musical Instrument, and Book Stores; Retail Trade

28 Feb 2014
News

Doing Business in Afghanistan

Keywords: terrorism; risk; entrepreneurship; Telecommunications; Telecommunications; Information

11 Feb 2014
First Look

First Look: February 11

regarded as one of the best managed and most successful firms in the world, but between 1980 and 2009 its share of the U.S. market fell from 62.6% to 19.8%, and in 2009 the firm went bankrupt. In this paper we argue that the conventional... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Feb 2001
News

Q&A - Dirty Money: Raymond Baker Explores the Free Market's Demimonde

Baker returned to the United States and was involved for many years in a variety of trading activities that took him to some two dozen countries in Africa, Latin America, and Asia. Observing further how corruption could subvert markets... View Details

Keywords: Finance; Government

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