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July 2020 (Revised September 2020)
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MobSquad

By: Prithwiraj Choudhury, William R. Kerr and Susie L. Ma

Irfhan Rawji (MBA 2004) launched MobSquad in October 2018 to help American tech start-ups retain hard-to-find talent, many of whom struggled with U.S. work visa issues, such as software engineers with experience in artificial intelligence, machine learning, or data... View Details

Keywords: Work Visas; H1-B; Business Ventures; Business Startups; Labor; Human Capital; Human Resources; Crisis Management; Employment Industry; Canada; United States

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Inflation Uncertainty and the Wage Bargain

By: Lucy White and Hans-Joachim Voth

Keywords: Inflation and Deflation; Risk and Uncertainty; Wages; Labor and Management Relations; Negotiation

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01 Dec 2006
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HBS Club Meets U.S. Ambassador

Members of the HBS Alumni Association of Germany had a unique opportunity in September to meet with William R. Timken Jr. (MBA ’62), the current U.S. ambassador to Germany. Timken previously had a 43-year career at The Timken Co., a Fortune 500 enterprise employing... View Details

Keywords: National Security and International Affairs; Government

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U.S. economic data

and level of Economic Account. See also, U.S. Economy at a Glance. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) Economy at a Glance - Brief time series of select indicators. Link to state and city data. Bureau of View Details

04 Dec 2014
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Filling US skills gap

10 Oct 2014
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Ending Gender Discrimination Requires More than a Training Program

09 Oct 2013
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No more working at home for Hewlett-Packard employees

05 Aug 2020
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Workday is now 48 minutes longer amid coronavirus

26 Jun 2020
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Can a Co-Working Space Go Online? It Can in a Pandemic

03 Mar 2022
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Ela Bhatt

Ela Bhatt, the founder of the Self-Employed Women’s Association (SEWA) in India, discusses the importance of women's economic participation in society despite the lack of laws protecting their labor. View Details

13 Dec 2011
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Harvard Business School Launches US Competitiveness Project

and actions that boost the ability of companies in the United States to compete in the global economy and raise American living standards. The announcement included the introduction of a new digital forum dedicated to the topic and comes two weeks after the School... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

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Diversity and Inclusion | Working Knowledge

Diversity and Inclusion Explore key insights into diversity and inclusion with articles covering support for non-binary employees, addressing racial bias in patient portals, and the potential of immigration policy for alleviating labor... View Details

01 May 2006
Research & Ideas

What Companies Lose from Forced Disclosure

interests of the employer. Why? Financial disclosures are read by labor markets, that is, potential future employers. An executive who has an interest in career advancement may take actions that look good in mandated disclosure but might... View Details

Keywords: by Ann Cullen; Financial Services

11 Aug 2014
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How Uber Explains Our Economic Moment

Keywords: sharing economy; Uber; economic cycles; entrepreneurship

22 Apr 2013
Research & Ideas

Earth Day: Recent Research on Sustainability

Regulatory Regimes: How States, Civil Society, and Codes of Conduct Promote Adherence to Global Labor StandardsResponding to regulatory and public pressure, many companies asked their suppliers to adhere to codes of conduct governing... View Details