Low Income - Publications - Faculty & Research

10 Dec 2014
Research & Ideas

Minimum Wage Debate Is Really About Social Values

several decades—and it's hard to argue that a mild increase in a low minimum wage would cause a lot of unemployment. Nevertheless, a minimum wage increase is controversial. Why is that? Because the conversation is really about much more... View Details

Keywords: by April White; Retail; Manufacturing

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The 20th Century Zeitgeist - Leadership

Act Federal Trade Commission established Personal income tax reinstituted Influence: Low 20 1920 s 19 U.S. Steel and Alcoa withstand antitrust accusations Personal and corporate tax rates cut Airmail service... View Details

18 May 2022
Research & Ideas

Are Banks the ‘Bad Guys’? Overdraft Fees Are Crushing Low-Income Customers

consequence of the ban is that, once traditional banks are ordered to stop using the high-to-low practice, they often shut down branches in neighborhoods where people with low incomes live, the research... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Financial Services

28 Apr 2021
Research & Ideas

Remote Workers Spend More on Housing. Do They Deserve Higher Pay?

To executives expecting to save on office space when some employees continue working remotely post-pandemic: Not so fast. Makeshift desks and kitchen tables have sufficed for many people working from home to avoid COVID-19. However, permanently remote workers tend to... View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz

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Technology & Innovation - Faculty & Research

over the course of a year. After just three years, GE is generating more than $1.5 billion in incremental income with digitally enabled, outcomes-based business models. The company expects that number to double in 2014 and again in 2015.... View Details

26 Jun 2012
First Look

First Look: June 26

Authors:Desai, Mihir A., C. Fritz Foley, and James R. Hines, Jr. Abstract This paper analyzes the extent to which firms use trade credit to reallocate capital in response to tax incentives. Tax-induced differences in pretax returns encourage the use of trade credit to... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

28 Sep 2011
Research & Ideas

The Profit Power of Corporate Culture

A: Jim Heskett: One can only speculate on the sources of low job satisfaction. It could be a product of unmet expectations, possibly due to inadequate attention by firms to hiring, training, and subsequent management. Those entering the... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

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Banking System - Behavioral Finance & Financial Stability

then. ROE is defined as net income divided by average Tier 1 capital. Source: Bank Holding Company Y9C Data Unlevered return on assets (ROA) has rebounded from its lows during the financial crisis but... View Details

09 Apr 2019
News

Ray Dalio: Why and How Capitalism Needs to Be Reformed

a reflection on how his own personal experience led him to the conclusion that American capitalism “isn’t working well for most Americans,” which is followed by supporting evidence—including low income... View Details

Keywords: capitalism

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Advisory Board - Entrepreneurship

technology companies. Srikant Datar, Harvard Business School Srikant M. Datar is the Arthur Lowes Dickinson Professor of Business Administration at Harvard University. A graduate with distinction from the University of Bombay, he received... View Details

28 Sep 2010
First Look

First Look: September 28, 2010

cross-country variation in the intensive margin of adoption accounts for more than 40% of the variation in income per capita. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/11-026.pdf Medium Term Business Cycles in Developing... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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Global Opportunity Fellowship GO: AFRICA - Alumni

showing total compensation details and job location, signed and dated by you. Current GO: AFRICA Fellowship recipients applying for renewal of their fellowship, as well as alumni applying for the first time, will provide income... View Details

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Winners & Runners-Up | New Venture Competition

lowest prices online and free 24 hour delivery. We're changing the lives of Brazilian moms one click at a time! MyTeksi Anthony Tan Hooi Ling Tan Adeline Chan Business Track Runner-Up MyTeksi has the vision of revamping the Malaysian taxi market by introducing simple... View Details

25 May 2011
HBS Case

QuikTrip’s Investment in Retail Employees Pays Off

It's a much believed assumption in the retail world: If you're going to compete on the basis of low cost, then you can't afford to invest in your employees. Extensive training—who has the time to give? Regularly scheduled hours?—way too... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Retail

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Faculty & Researchers - Managing the Future of Work

of the Harvard Project on the Workforce and a non-resident Senior Fellow at the American Enterprise Institute. He studies issues related to employment and income polarization and the relationship between talent and economic... View Details

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The New Role for Government & NGOs - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

For example, the Kenyan government modified banking regulations, which supported the launch and expansion of a revolutionary mobile phone-based money transfer and loan service for low income people. While... View Details

18 Jun 2013
First Look

First Look: June 18

Second, pay disparity between managers located in different states decreases relative to that of co-located managers. Third, division productivity falls in dispersed firms, with the effect driven by managers at the low end of the wage... View Details

Keywords: Anna Secino

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Charts & Statistics - Leadership

Breakup of Standard Oil and American Tobacco Clayton Antitrust Act Federal Reserve Act First Federal-Aid Highway Act Federal Trade Commission established Personal income tax reinstituted Influence: Low 20... View Details

23 Aug 2006
Op-Ed

The Real Wal-Mart Effect

the world's largest company, primarily focused on its treatment of workers. The recent spate of books on the company is no exception. Some are overtly critical, for example Anthony Bianco's The Bully of Bentonville: How the High Cost of Wal-Mart's Everyday View Details

Keywords: by Pankaj Ghemawat & Ken A. Mark; Retail

17 Nov 2016
Op-Ed

What's Behind the Unexpected Trump Support from Women

to gender, economics, and perceptions of leadership. He received the strongest support from white women without college degrees, 62 percent of whom voted for him. Although his supporters reported median household incomes of $70,000, the... View Details

Keywords: by Laura Morgan Roberts and Robin Ely

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