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Student Research - Doctoral
ownership of physician practices is increasing, with owners targeting sales, or exits, in 3 to 7 years. Little is known about the association of exit with physician retention and subsequent employment. Using panel data over the period 2014-2020, we... 2025 Working... View Details
- 11 Sep 2012
- First Look
First Look: September 11
slavery. Rather, innovation was, in a sense, a byproduct of bondage. The immense control of planters over their slaves enabled the development of management "controls." Slaves became the subjects of management experiments, their View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 06 Feb 2014
- HBS Seminar
Karthik Ramanna, Harvard Business School
- Web
Social Enterprise - Faculty & Research
responding to local worker activism, evidenced by varying compliance with multinational enterprises’ (MNEs’) labor standards. Analyzing audit data from thousands of Chinese suppliers, we find that suppliers in cities with more... View Details
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Leadership - Faculty & Research
approach these leadership roles to withstand the pressures that can divert behavior away from the espoused purposes and ethical standards of medicine? July–August 2014 Article How the Other Fukushima Plant Survived By: Ranjay Gulati ,... View Details
- 02 Nov 2016
- HBS Seminar
Gillian Hadfield, University of California, Gould School of Law
- 31 Jan 2023
- Research & Ideas
It’s Not All About Pay: College Grads Want Jobs That ‘Change the World’
looking for meaning in their work—and are eager for roles offering a higher purpose even if they pay less than traditional positions. When graduates are willing to work for less in jobs they feel are “useful to society,” the labor market... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne
- 04 Jun 2013
- Working Paper Summaries
Prosocial Bonuses Increase Employee Satisfaction and Team Performance
- 16 Jul 2020
- Research & Ideas
Restaurant Revolution: How the Industry Is Fighting to Stay Alive
advice to restaurant owners, staff, investors, and patrons that we offer below. How did it deteriorate so quickly? Restaurants are universally labor intensive—by any productivity metric they rank among the least productive industries.... View Details
- 01 Feb 1999
- News
Too Much of a Good Thing?
voluntary or involuntary. Salter explains that, on a global scale, overcapacity is linked to demographics. "From Asia alone, there will soon be over one billion laborers earning less than $4 a day dominating the world's workforce," he... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 28 Jun 2021
- Research & Ideas
Keep or Cut Workers? How Companies Reacted to the COVID-19 Crisis
increase during the pandemic. During the pandemic, Amazon hired as many new workers as all other Standard and Poor’s 500 companies combined. Online retailer Wayfair also prospered. Where the axe fell On the other hand, shopping malls and... View Details
Keywords: by Lane Lambert
- 13 Jan 2015
- First Look
First Look: January 13
Enforcement By: Heese, Jonas Abstract—I examine whether political pressure by the government as a response to voters' general interest in protecting employment is reflected in the enforcement actions by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). Using View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- Web
The 20th Century Zeitgeist - Leadership
legislation overturned Influence: High 30 1930 s 19 Unemployment peaks at 25% Unions surge, adding 7 million members in a single year Sit-down strikes at GM and other auto makers Government work programs launched: CCC, PWA, WPA CIO union created NLRB created Fair View Details
- 01 Dec 2019
- News
Bridging the Gap
relationship, whether it’s a provider, a pharmacy, or a patient, involves data, often mobile data on phones.” BlueCross has had to outsource more than 100 of its IT jobs, he adds—not to save money, but because positions can’t be filled from the area’s available View Details
- 11 Jul 2016
- HBS Case
Neurodiversity: The Benefits of Recruiting Employees with Cognitive Disabilities
There’s a new frontier in diversity programs focused not on race or gender but on cognitive ability. The growing interest in neurodiversity—hiring people with cognitive disabilities like Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD)—is motivated by companies looking to tap into a... View Details
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Globalization - Faculty & Research
Globalization Globalization December 2014 Article Market Competition, Earnings Management, and Persistence in Accounting Profitability Around the World By: Paul M. Healy , George Serafeim , Suraj Srinivasan and Gwen Yu We examine how cross-country differences in... View Details
- 17 Apr 2022
- Book
How to Avoid the 'Ethical Slide' That Leads Companies Astray
promotional talking points for companies. Rather, they’ve become crucial for a corporation’s success. As the authors write, “Organizations and societies with high ethical standards tend to flourish, while those with weak ethics often... View Details
Keywords: by Lane Lambert
- 08 Nov 2022
- Research & Ideas
How Centuries of Restrictions on Women Shed Light on Today's Abortion Debate
strong incentives to impose restrictions on women’s promiscuity. “The gender gaps in labor market participation, micro-entrepreneurship, or business ownership more generally seem to also partly reflect this social norm against women.”... View Details
Keywords: by Kara Baskin
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Events - Business History
Harvard Business School). Nov 14 14 Nov 2022 Business History Seminar Kendra Boyd (Rutgers), “The Great Depression, Black Nationalist Organizing, and Radical Economics in Detroit” Nov 7 07 Nov 2022 Business History Seminar Diana Kim (Georgetown), "A Most Durable... View Details
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Gender & Race in Organizations Research Group - Race, Gender & Equity
inequality in the workplace. Tiffany Smith Tiffany Smith is a doctoral student in the Organizational Behavior program jointly offered by Harvard Business School and the Department of Sociology at Harvard University. Her research explores how the bias of professionalism... View Details