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- 01 Aug 2001
- News
Richard B. Fisher (MBA '62)
knowledge base." At HBS, Professor Warren A. Law's corporate finance course solidified Fisher's interest in the field, and a summer internship at Morgan Stanley whet the Baker Scholar's appetite to return as an associate after graduation. The firm's exacting View Details
- 01 Aug 1998
- News
High Honors
Johnson & Johnson in 1973 and in 1977 joined Standard Brands Incorporated. There she rose to become vice president of marketing for the margarine division. Standard merged with Nabisco in 1981, and in 1987... View Details
- 22 Feb 2022
- News
New Urban Order
trucking-tech company, has a simple goal: Get goods where they need to go as efficiently as possible with a limited labor force. For TuSimple, that means a focus not on the cities themselves, but rather on the long stretches of highway... View Details
Keywords: Kathleen Fu, Deborah Blagg, Julia Hanna, and Maureen Harmon; illustrations by; energy; environment; sustainability; entrepreneurship; Transit and Ground Passenger Transportation; Transportation; Water, Sewage and Supply Systems; Utilities; Construction of Buildings; Construction; Waste Management and Remediation Services; Corporate Services
- 14 Jul 2020
- Research & Ideas
Restarting Under Uncertainty: Managerial Experiences from Around the World
other multinationals immediately detected new operational and commercial approaches across their international branches and standardized and distributed them to subsidiaries. This proactive behavior toward information was not limited to... View Details
- Web
2024 Reunion Presentations - Alumni
entertainment industry and outline the most effective business strategies and biggest entrepreneurial opportunities in these sectors. The Future of Work in the Era of AI Professor Joseph Fuller (MBA 1981) No additional materials available + More Info – Less Info What... View Details
- 12 Feb 2016
- Op-Ed
The Real Jobs Tragedy in the US: We've Lost the Skills
of jobs that Americans would aspire to, if only they knew where scarcity existed, what the qualifications were for those jobs, and where to go to acquire the right credentials. Tariffs or flimsy labor View Details
- 06 Dec 2021
- News
Tipping Point
November and December, these women typically awake before dawn to pick the coffee cherries in the cooler morning air. Then they spend days tending to the drying beans, meticulously sorting them for sale. To ensure that more of the value produced in the supply chain is... View Details
- 01 Dec 2020
- News
Tried and Tested
on standardized tests can be found here. Zoë Cullen studies the design of labor markets and the choices of employers and labor platforms that affect matters of public interest,... View Details
Charles Erwin Wilson
accommodate the growing demand for automobiles. His most notable accomplishments, however, were his achievements in labor relations, including his creation of an inflation-indexed wage and a uniform pension plan for all workers. Wilson’s... View Details
Keywords: Automotive & Aerospace
- 01 Jun 2012
- News
Bringing ‘Global’ Back Home
Explains Fields, “Especially since the recession, to be more competitive, we’ve looked beyond things like labor costs when deciding where to locate new business.” He believes that the United States can often claim competitive advantage in... View Details
- 01 Mar 2003
- News
Naina Lal Kidwai
Raised in Mumbai and Delhi, Naina Lal Kidwai (MBA ’82) went away to school in Simla, in the Himalayas, and has conducted her career at similarly lofty heights ever since. A Delhi University alumna and the first Indian woman to graduate from HBS, Kidwai joined ANZ... View Details
- 01 Mar 2012
- News
Competitiveness at Risk
about the project. Why did HBS launch the project? Rivkin: Many of us at the School have come to believe that the ability of firms in the United States to be competitive in the world economy and to support living standards in America is... View Details
- 10 Aug 2015
- Research & Ideas
Why a Federal Rule on CEO Pay Disclosure May Get You In Trouble With Customers
disclosure might affect consumer behavior. Previous research has shown that consumers consider 4.6:1 to be the ideal CEO-to-average-worker pay ratio. In reality, the average ratio among S&P 500 companies is roughly 373:1, according to 2014 information from the... View Details
- 26 Aug 2014
- First Look
First Look: August 26
find support for these hypotheses. Download working paper: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2480097 Codes in Context: How States, Markets, and Civil Society Shape Adherence to Global Labor Standards By: Toffel,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- Web
FAQ - U.S. Competitiveness
supporting high and rising living standards for the average American. The Project focuses especially on the roles that business leaders can play in improving the U.S. business environment. How does HBS define "U.S. competitiveness"? The... View Details
- Web
Timeline - Race, Gender & Equity
Million of Its Own Citizens to Mexico During the Great Depression 1933 President Franklin Roosevelt proposes New Deal programs to Congress Franklin Roosevelt and the New Deal Art of the New Deal 1935 National Labor Relations Act and... View Details
- 01 Oct 1997
- News
Antitrust in Historical Perspective
turn, means putting the "mom-and-pop" operations cherished in American lore out of business. Indeed, the creation of the Standard Oil Trust in 1882, which put small companies out of business and bureaucratized economic relations, was a... View Details
Keywords: Thomas K. McCraw and Richard S. Tedlow
- 01 Jun 2012
- News
Good as Our Word
For most of the 20th century, three bond ratings agencies—Moody’s, Fitch, and Standard & Poor’s—controlled 97 percent of the credit ratings market. The status quo was disrupted, however, by the 2008 global economic recession, an event... View Details
- 01 Mar 2011
- News
The Path to Economic Revival
becomes more and more problematic. We see the symptoms of decline, which are driven by things like labor arbitrage and industries moving assembly overseas, followed by more and more sophisticated work. The thesis that we advance is that... View Details
- 22 Sep 2020
- Research & Ideas
Recessions Push Some Entrepreneurs to Launch Too Soon
to improve their financial situation by rushing new ventures to market. In doing so, they sacrifice quality standards and ultimately underperform their peers. This is particularly problematic in high tech, where entrants need strong... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne