Labor Force Participation - Publications - Faculty & Research

09 Jan 2006
Research & Ideas

Rebuilding Commercial Real Estate

Almost immediately after the crash, a chastened industry began to emerge. Congress rewrote the tax code and put tax-loss syndicators out of business. The S&L industry tanked, forcing a massive federal bailout. And the Japanese... View Details

Keywords: by Roger Thompson; Construction; Real Estate

23 Aug 2016
First Look

August 23, 2016

ventures. We introduce a formal model of voting where agents face costly tacit information to improve their decision quality. Equilibrium outcomes suggest a theoretical tension for group decision-making between the benefits of information aggregation and a cost from... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

15 Oct 2020
Blog Post

Celebrating Latinx Heritage Month at HBS

lived a modest but happy life because we had the fortune of always being surrounded by childhood friends and our big family. Massive family gatherings while dancing to 80s salsa was the norm. As the first members of our family to move outside the US, we were View Details

20 Jan 2003
Research & Ideas

Fixing Corporate Governance: A Roundtable Discussion at Harvard Business School

foolish if they're not participating in these perceived changes. Getting Down To Business Palepu: How can we begin to fix some of these problems? Hall: On the issue of executive compensation, "clawback"—forcing executives to pay... View Details

Keywords: by Garry Emmons

01 Dec 2006
News

MBA vs. MBA

of active duty later, he joined the Marine Reserves while he pursued his MBA at Soldiers Field, then volunteered for duty with a reconnaissance battalion that was activated to fight in Iraq. Taylor’s platoon was the first of his Marine task View Details

Keywords: Kathryn Jones; Executive, Legislative, and Other General Government Support; Government

20 Feb 2008
First Look

First Look: February 20, 2008

household income gains for new adopters. However, one year after the study ended, the exporter refused to continue buying the cash crops from the farmers because the conditions of the farms did not satisfy European export requirements. DrumNet collapsed in this region... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

30 May 2005
Research & Ideas

Germany’s Pioneering Corporate Managers

Jack." German entrepreneurs were autocratic and paternalist, but it is by no means clear that they had a particular lock on this sort of behavior. How many American CEOs would like to have labor representatives on their boards? We... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

06 Mar 2018
First Look

First Look at Research and Ideas, March 6, 2018

may operate differently. Across five studies, we demonstrate that individuals interacting with grateful counterparts become more likely to engage in selfish behavior during competitive interactions. In Studies 1a and 1b, participants who... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

20 Nov 2012
First Look

First Look: November 20

experiment, children chose how to assign a good or bad prize to themselves and another participant by either unilaterally deciding who would get each prize or by using a fair procedure-flipping a coin in private. Older children were much... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

14 Mar 2019
News

The Merchant of Osaka

situations. She had participated in negotiations with tough-as-nails CEOs and landed major clients like Nike and Coca-Cola. “But when the doctor threw the chart at me, I was about to cry,” she says. She grew up in Osaka, a merchant city,... View Details

Keywords: Health, Social Assistance

14 Mar 2017
First Look

First Look at New Research, March 14

Robin, Samuel Gregory Hanson, and Dimitri Vayanos Abstract—We present a model of the yield curve in which the central bank can provide market participants with forward guidance on both future short rates and on future Quantitative Easing... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

20 Feb 2018
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First Look at New Research and Ideas, February 20, 2018

Harrison, and Tom Martin Abstract—Successful relationships depend on trust—trust between spouses, trust between parent and child, trust between enterprises and their stakeholders. This chapter focuses on the factors that build trust in organizations, as well as the... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Feb 1997
News

Made, Not Born: HBS Courses and Entrepreneurial Management

confluence. "For managers, working in the social sector can be more exciting than managing a business - your influence as a force for entrepreneurial change can make an impact beyond your organization," notes Associate Professor J.... View Details

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Past Issues - Alumni

So how did he end up in Hollywood? After the Fall HBS faculty on the causes of the 2008 global financial crisis—and how to prevent the next one Complete Table of Contents June 2018 The Long Run What happens when the unstoppable force of... View Details

01 Mar 2017
News

A Summit Higher Than Everest

Even after they had started up the mountain from their base camp on October 2, they had been forced by unexpected rock outcroppings, unstable ice, and unpredictable weather to change their plans at almost every stage. Now they were... View Details

Keywords: April White; mountain; climb; climbing; adventure

01 Mar 2011
News

Local Hero

up at the park while his father, Bobby Bonds, played for the team — the Giants won 103 games in 1993 and set a new attendance record for Candlestick Park. As the on-field product and public image of the team improved, behind the scenes, Baer became the driving View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg; Amusement, Gambling, and Recreation Industries; Arts, Entertainment

01 Feb 2002
News

Redefining Success: Women & Work.

her community. New Priorities, New Skills Forced layoffs often cause women to reevaluate their priorities, and severance pay can ease the financial burden, allowing them time to figure out what they want to do. But even without such... View Details

Keywords: Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

19 Nov 2007
Lessons from the Classroom

Teaching The Moral Leader

includes practical details on how to facilitate the course, templates for grading class participation and the course paper, and conceptual overviews of topics such as how "morality" is defined in the course. "My goal is for... View Details

Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert; Education

17 Oct 2006
First Look

First Look: October 17, 2006

General Management Program Harvard Business School Note 407-022 Discusses the importance of living room groups (eight participants who share a living room) at Harvard Business School's Advanced Management Program developing into effective... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne