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  • 06 Nov 2012
  • First Look

First Look: November 6

http://www.amazon.com/Architecture-Innovation-Economics-Creative-Organizations/dp/1422143635/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1351005820&sr=1-1&keywords=The+Architecture+of+Innovation The Founders and Finance: How Hamilton, Gallatin, and Other Immigrants... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • Web

Business & Environment - Faculty & Research

Products Industry ; Construction Industry ; Greece ; Europe ; United States Citation Educators Related Serafeim, George, and Lena Duchene. "Transforming a Titan (A)." Harvard Business School Case 125-121, June 2025. Power Struggles:... View Details
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Ways to Give Today - Alumni

Donor name, degree/year, and intended gift purpose (fund name) Stock Transfer When giving long-term appreciated stock to HBS, donors may take a charitable income tax deduction for its mean fair market value on the date of the gift and... View Details
  • 03 Nov 2009
  • First Look

First Look: Nov. 3

never change. Since its founding in 1911, the company operated under a set of principles articulated by founder Thomas Watson and became known for a strong culture and a commitment to fairness and social responsibility. As IBM entered its... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 08 Mar 2021
  • In Practice

COVID Killed the Traditional Workplace. What Should Companies Do Now?

A year ago, COVID-19 forced many companies to send employees home—often with a laptop and a prayer. Now, with COVID cases subsiding and vaccinations rising, the prospect of returning to old office routines appears more possible. But will employees want to flock back to... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
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Partners - Case Method Project

Partners Partners AK HI WA OR CA ID NV UT AZ MT WY CO NM ND SD NE KS OK TX MN IA MO AR LA WI IL IN KY TN MS MI OH WV NC AL PA VA SC GA NY NJ MD DC FL VT MA CT DE ME NH RI 1000 teachers across the country See if teachers are already using the case method in your area!... View Details
  • Article

Contested Meanings of Freedom: Workingmen's Wages, the Company Store System and the Godcharles v. Wigeman Decision

By: Laura Phillips Sawyer
In 1886, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court struck down a law that prohibited employers from paying wages in company store scrip and mandated monthly wage payments. The court held that the legislature could not prescribe mandatory wage contracts for legally competent... View Details
Keywords: Wages; Rights; Fairness; Lawsuits and Litigation; Laws and Statutes; Pennsylvania
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  • 21 Jun 2010
  • Research & Ideas

Strategy and Execution for Emerging Markets

employer. It helps screen talent and certifies that it is of high quality. In the United States there is a rich ecosystem of similar business schools that compete and, through the process of competition, need to remain honest. Executive... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
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Topics - HBS Working Knowledge

Plants (2) Failure (19) Fairness (9) Family Business (26) Family Ownership (6) Family and Family Relationships (10) Film Entertainment (1) Finance (604) Financial Condition (18) Financial Crisis (19) Financial Institutions (41) Financial... View Details
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Christina Byrd

proud of working on Uber’s inaugural fair pay/equal pay analyses – we made sure we were paying men and women, black and white, the same pay for the same performance. I became the go-to equal pay person.” Expanding her “language” skills... View Details
  • 07 Feb 2023
  • Research & Ideas

Supervisor of Sandwiches? More Companies Inflate Titles to Avoid Extra Pay

managerial titles and then analyzed a subset of 830 jobs. That, in turn, yielded 256 “fake-sounding” job titles, with most clustered just above the federal pay threshold separating hourly workers from managers. To check this connection, the researchers looked at a... View Details
Keywords: by Scott Van Voorhis
  • 04 Apr 2023
  • Book

Two Centuries of Business Leaders Who Took a Stand on Social Issues

While shareholders still reign supreme at many companies, a widespread shift toward more responsible business practices is driving more leaders to take a stand on social and environmental issues today, says Harvard Business School Professor Geoffrey Jones. Jones... View Details
Keywords: by Lane Lambert; Consumer Products; Fashion; Retail; Green Technology
  • 16 Jul 2020
  • Research & Ideas

Restaurant Revolution: How the Industry Is Fighting to Stay Alive

consumers in the dining area. On average, restaurants spend 30 percent of their revenue on labor. With increasing focus on fair wages and legislated wage increases, restaurants may easily exceed that average. Moreover, restaurants spend... View Details
Keywords: by Michael S. Kaufman, Lena G. Goldberg, and Jill Avery; Food & Beverage
  • 17 Dec 2018
  • Research & Ideas

Women Receive Harsher Punishment at Work Than Men

authorized by the United States government to monitor financial firms. The data included all employment information for financial advisors from 2005 to 2015, including when employees were hired, when they left each firm, and whether they... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Financial Services
  • 21 Dec 2010
  • First Look

First Look: December 21

self-control. We focus on children aged between 5 and 15 as the literature suggests that self-control develops within such age range. We ask each child to toss a fair coin in private and to record the outcome (white or black) on a paper... View Details
  • 20 Dec 2010
  • Research & Ideas

Panama Canal: Troubled History, Astounding Turnaround

head counsel of the French company as their foreign minister. (He was not Panamanian and in fact lived in New York.) The lawyer drafted a treaty that gave Panama a far lower share of the canal revenues than the United States could have... View Details
Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert; Transportation
  • 03 Jan 2023
  • Book

Confront Workplace Inequity in 2023: Dig Deep, Build Bridges, Take Collective Action

The work of Timnit Gebru and Margaret Mitchell offers a high-profile example, Opie notes. Gebru, who’s Black, and Mitchell, who’s white, explored fairness in machine learning as computer scientists at Google. They raised controversial... View Details
Keywords: by Pamela Reynolds
  • Web

Speeding Up the Trade: Clippers and Steamships - A Chronicle of the China Trade

Related Collections Site Credits The access to the tea and silk district will enable us to be sure that we can produce at fair prices; and the navigation of the Yangtze and other rivers will make steam very important. — John Heard to... View Details
  • 24 Feb 2016
  • Research & Ideas

Why It's Best to Take Tests Early in the Day

The research provides food for thought as policymakers debate the efficacy and fairness of education initiatives like No Child Left Behind, the 2001 United States Act of Congress requiring federally funded... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Education
  • 25 Sep 2012
  • First Look

First Look: September 25

James J. Gross, and Jennifer S. Lerner Publication: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America (in press) Abstract As leaders ascend to more powerful positions in their groups, they face... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne