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Demographics: ethnic groups (US)

Where can I find U.S. demographic information broken out by ethnic group? U.S. Census Bureau: Population, housing, economic and geographic information searchable by race and ethnicity. The American Community Survey has quick links to data... View Details

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Annual IT expenditures by industry

Annual reported IT expenditures by U.S. industry and by type of IT expenditure. Information and Communication Technology Survey: Annual survey compiled by the U.S. Census Bureau that breaks out IT spending by industry and type of... View Details

21 Jul 2014
Research & Ideas

Is a Gap in Small-Business Credit Holding Back the American Economy?

relative availability of credit is the Federal Reserve's Senior Loan Officer Survey (SLOS). This survey shows that demand for small business loans tightened significantly in 2009 and began loosening slightly... View Details

Keywords: by Karen Mills; Manufacturing

15 Sep 2016
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Political Dysfunction Makes America Less Competitive

results of surveys of global business leaders and the general public, says the US is “failing the test of competitiveness.” Overall prosperity may be growing slowly—but only for a small slice of the population. Large companies and highly... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

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Standard & Poor's NetAdvantage | Baker Library

Standard & Poor's NetAdvantage Detailed descriptions of companies, industries, and mutual funds. Read More Company information includes a description of the company, stocks & bond issues, earnings estimates, dividend and split history and more. Industry View Details

10 Dec 2012
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Why We Blab Our Intimate Secrets on Facebook

example, in a February 2012 survey by the Pew Research Center, 73 percent of 2,253 adult respondents answered they would not be OK with a search engine (such as Google) keeping track of their searches and using the results to personalize... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

28 Jul 2014
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Mid-summer Update

movement and development of MBA hires. We also talked about family-life balance and diversity. All of these discussions gave us meaningful glimpses into what a full-time gig at Danaher is like, and whether it would be a good fit for us. For myself, I had just kicked... View Details

Keywords: Manufacturing

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Industry analysis: historical

What resources will help me analyze an industry over time? For historical industry overviews & reports, use the following resources: S&P Net Advantage Industry Surveys: Click on "Industries" from the top menu. Open an industry View Details

12 Jan 2004
Research & Ideas

Does Your HQ Operation Fit With Corporate Strategy?

joined forces with colleagues David Young and Michael Goold on a wide-reaching project. With five goals in mind, which Collis explains below in an e-mail interview with HBS Working Knowledge, they surveyed 600 corporations in seven... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

01 Dec 2017
News

Examining the Magnitude of Syria’s Refugee Crisis

Syrian communities was phase one of a large-scale survey Fabbe conducted to gain insight into the effects of the war on those who had fled from the conflict at home. Throughout 2016, Fabbe’s research team conducted interviews with more... View Details

01 Jun 2005
News

The Nature of Change

history, but it’s also about today. And it gives me the opportunity to ask the students questions about an institution — HBS — that they’re quite familiar with by that point.” The data on the Class of 1949 is drawn from a survey by... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; The Class the Dollars Fell On; case; capstone course; John Shad (MBA 1949); class of 49; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

07 Mar 2000
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Putting Health Care Consumers in the Driver’s Seat

employees, rapidly rising health-care costs, and the likely loss of existing protection against lawsuits for pain and suffering from medical events. She then disclosed the results of a 1999 KPMG survey of CEOs and consumers about... View Details

Keywords: by Staff; Health

01 Jun 2001
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"Unheard Voices" Brings to Light Three Centuries of American Women at Work

Business Age,” is a survey of the library’s manuscript collections that pertain to women’s history. Launched in 1999 with support from Rysia de Ravel (MBA ’83) and a grant from the Harvard University Women’s Matching Fund, the View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg; Professor Elton Mayo; Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services; News, Library, Internet, and Other Services; Information

23 May 2011
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Corporate Sustainability Reporting: It’s Effective

way to measure the sometimes subjective qualities of what makes a company socially responsible. For that, the researchers relied on survey measures from the World Competitiveness Yearbook, published by IMD business school in Switzerland,... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

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FIELD Global Immersion Resources: Boston

and economic information and data United States Census Bureau: American Community Survey Federal Reserve Bank of Boston: View Details

24 Apr 2014
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Employees crave meaningful progress in their work and find joy in making an impact

studied confidential daily diaries of knowledge workers in three industries. Data showed that making progress on projects and other matters at work drives employee engagement, creativity, and productivity. Recognizing even small wins makes it more likely that employees... View Details

16 Aug 2011
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First Look: August 16

helps them to fulfill this motivation. Read the paper: http://www.people.hbs.edu/mnorton/leboeuf%20norton%20in%20press.pdf Economic Impacts of Immigration: A Survey Authors:Sari Pekkala Kerr and William R. Kerr Publication:Finnish... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

24 Apr 2014
News

Reawakening rural America

moment came with a survey we do at the beginning and end of the class, asking students if they think they will come back to the county,” says Shultz. “In the initial survey, only 3 of 25 indicated they’d likely remain or come back after... View Details

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Leadership and Happiness - Course Catalog

the bad, and better handle the good. Educational Objectives: Students will take the best surveys on happiness, read some of the most influential modern research on the topic, discuss the research in class, and apply their knowledge to... View Details

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FIELD Global Immersion Resources: Brazil

Development Indicators (World Bank) Economist Intelligence Unit OECD iLibrary: Economic surveys Global Consumption Database (World Bank) News Factiva View Details

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