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  • 30 Mar 2020
  • Research & Ideas

The New Rules for Remote Work: Pandemic Edition

leaders should send this message: We get it—this isn’t easy. Take care of yourself and your families first. And since employees are concerned about the global health and economic conditions affecting their job security, employers should... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
  • 1989
  • Chapter

Careers and the Wealth of Nations: A Macro-Perspective on the Structure and Implications of Careers

By: R. M. Kanter
Keywords: Welfare; Macroeconomics
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  • 17 May 2004
  • Research & Ideas

Why We Don’t Study Corporate Responsibility

very little attention to the impact of organizations on society. We suggest that the study of organizations could be even stronger if the increasing focus on economic performance were accompanied by comparable attention to the impact... View Details
Keywords: by Manda Salls
  • December 1969
  • Article

A Golden Golden-Rule for Welfare-Maximization in an Economy with a Varying Population Growth Rate

By: Robert C. Merton
Keywords: Welfare; Economy; Growth and Development
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  • 30 Apr 2007
  • Research & Ideas

All Eyes on Slovakia’s Flat Tax

foreign direct investment and for sustainable economic growth? These questions and more are explored in a forthcoming business case coauthored by Alfaro along with HBS professor Rafael M. Di Tella, Executive Director of the HBS Europe... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
  • 2006
  • Chapter

The Microeconomic Foundations of Prosperity: Findings from the Business Competitiveness Index

By: Michael E. Porter, Christian H.M. Ketels and Mercedes Delgado-Garcia
Keywords: Microeconomics; Welfare; Competitive Advantage; Globalized Economies and Regions
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  • 05 Oct 2016
  • Research & Ideas

Why Don't More People Get Flu Shots at Work?

professor in Harvard Business School’s Negotiation, Organizations & Markets Unit. Beshears is an expert in behavioral economics, which uses insights from psychology and economics to explain individual decision making and help people... View Details
Keywords: by Roberta Holland; Health
  • 24 Jul 2014
  • Op-Ed

Reform Tax Law to Keep US Firms at Home

economic activity away from the US. In fact, the evidence suggests the opposite as firms expand globally, they also expand domestically. Indeed, American welfare can be advanced by ensuring that investments... View Details
Keywords: by Mihir Desai; Pharmaceutical
  • 06 Aug 2024
  • Op-Ed

What the World Could Learn from America's Immigration Backlash—100 Years Ago

welfare state. Restricting immigration would require budget cuts that would harm natives by reducing pension benefits or increasing the age of retirement, for example. “It’s thus impossible to conclude that immigration has no View Details
Keywords: by Marco Tabellini
  • 02 Dec 2009
  • What Do You Think?

Should Immigration Policies Be More Welcoming to Low-Skilled Workers?

and importing unskilled workers to keep costs low takes away the initiative for technological advances ." And Sam Heffner, invoking the noted economist, Milton Friedman, pointed out that "before he died, the great Dr. Friedman acknowledged that in a (more or... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
  • 30 Sep 2008
  • First Look

First Look: September 30, 2008

are identified by exploiting random assignment and a separate instrumental variables procedure. Download the paper: http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1264038 Welfare Payments and Crime Author:C. Fritz Foley Abstract This... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 20 Oct 2009
  • First Look

First Look: October 20

cost, but is also a function of the competitiveness of the upstream economy. Moreover, the presence of a gray market competitor may cause unintended social welfare consequences when domestic governments mandate the use of arm's length... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • Article

Making Seconds Count: When Valuing Time Promotes Subjective Well-being

By: Alice Lee-Yoon and A.V. Whillans
Time is a finite and precious resource, and the way that we value our time can critically shape happiness. In this article, we present a conceptual framework to explain when valuing time can enhance vs. undermine well-being. Specifically, we review the emotional... View Details
Keywords: Time; Happiness; Welfare; Money; Value; Well-being
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  • April 2002 (Revised October 2002)
  • Case

The Blair Wealth Project: Antecedents and Prospects

By: Huw Pill and Ingrid Vogel
Discusses the macroeconomic and political situation in the United Kingdom from the end of World War II through 2001. Focuses on the interactions among macroeconomic performance, labor relations, the corporate governance system, and social services. In particular,... View Details
Keywords: Welfare; Corporate Governance; Labor and Management Relations; Government and Politics; Macroeconomics; United Kingdom
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  • 2008
  • Book

Greater Good: How Good Marketing Makes for Better Democracy

By: John A. Quelch and Katherine E. Jocz
Marketing has a greater purpose, and marketers, a higher calling, than simply selling more widgets, according to John Quelch and Katherine Jocz. In "Greater Good", the authors contend that marketing performs an essential societal function—and does so democratically.... View Details
Keywords: Economic Systems; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Government and Politics; Marketing; Practice; Welfare
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  • 23 Jul 2024
  • Research & Ideas

Forgiving Medical Debt Won't Make Everyone Happier

people with health insurance often are saddled with medical debt. Policymakers have taken notice, and in an election year amid an uncertain economy, health care, debt, and economic mobility are all hot issues. A comedy show discovery... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Health
  • 23 Nov 2010
  • First Look

First Look: November 23

Effective Self-Policing Authors: Michael W. Toffel and Jodi L. Short Publication: Journal of Law and Economics (forthcoming) Abstract Administrative agencies are increasingly establishing voluntary self-reporting programs both as an... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • November 2010
  • Article

Wealth and Jobs: The Broken Link

By: Nitin Nohria
This article discusses the weakening connections between business growth and job creation. The industrial economy of the 20th century ensured that growing firms would need to add workers, but the increasingly globalized and information-based economy of the early 21st... View Details
Keywords: Business Ventures; Economic Growth; Jobs and Positions; Employment; Growth and Development Strategy; Business and Government Relations; Welfare; Value Creation
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  • 14 Dec 1999
  • Research & Ideas

From Spare Change to Real Change: The Social Sector as a Beta Site for Business Innovation

Despite its long economic boom, America's social problems abound. To ensure future economic success, the country needs dramatic improvement in public schools, more highly skilled workers, jobs with a future... View Details
Keywords: by Rosabeth Moss Kanter
  • 10 Mar 2009
  • First Look

First Look: March 10, 2009

to have their first child in Mumbai, or return to the U.S. for the delivery. Purchase this case: http://harvardbusinessonline.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=809045 Political and Economic History of the People's... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace

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