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- 01 Mar 2012
- News
Macroeconomic Policy and U.S. Competitiveness
Keywords: Richard H.K. Vietor, Matthew Weinzierl
- 01 Jun 2008
- News
Faculty Research Online
HBS Working Knowledge is an online forum for innovation in business practice, offering a first look at new thinking from HBS faculty. Read the complete articles summarized below by visiting their Web links. Reducing Risk with Online Advertising Fraud is fairly easy in... View Details
- 27 Jan 2017
- Working Paper Summaries
The Microstructure of Work: How Unexpected Breaks Let You Rest, but Not Lose Focus
- 04 Jun 2013
- Working Paper Summaries
Prosocial Bonuses Increase Employee Satisfaction and Team Performance
- 02 Nov 2009
- Research & Ideas
Shareholders Need a Say on Pay
With executive compensation soaring to unprecedented levels in recent years, the prickly issue of CEO pay has received increasing media and government attention. Now, with the perfect storm of a failing economy, government bailouts, and high unemployment, the topic has... View Details
- 2001
- Chapter
Human Capital and Corporate Governance
By: Eric J. Van den Steen and John Roberts
Van den Steen, Eric J., and John Roberts. "Human Capital and Corporate Governance." In Corporate Governance: Essays in Honor of Horst Albach, edited by Horst Albach and Joachim Schwalbach, 128–144. Publications of the Society for Economics and Management at Humboldt University Berlin. Berlin: Springer-Verlag, 2001.
- April 2008
- Journal Article
Heart of Darkness: Business Tokens of the Congo (Part 1)
By: Louis T. Wells
Few numismatic fields are as unexplored as the tokens of what was once the Belgian Congo. Although the head (and “extra-wife”) tokens have been thoroughly cataloged, I have found only one very early and incomplete attempt, by Mahieu in the 1920s, to report other tokens... View Details
- 2001
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Employment Security, Employability and Sustainable Competitive Advantage
By: Sumantra Ghoshal, Peter Moran and Christopher A. Bartlett
Ghoshal, Sumantra, Peter Moran, and Christopher A. Bartlett. "Employment Security, Employability and Sustainable Competitive Advantage." Chap. 4 in Strategy, Organization and the Changing Nature of Work, edited by Jordi Gual and Joan E. Ricart, 79–110. Cheltenham, U.K.: Edward Elgar Publishing, 2001.
- 21 Feb 2017
- News
How today’s visa restrictions might impact tomorrow’s America
John D. Biggers
Biggers is recognized for strong labor-management relations. He was a key figure in bringing the Toledo Labor Peace Plan to nation-wide attention. In 1947, Biggers was head of one of the world’s largest manufacturers of flat glass with... View Details
Keywords: Fabricated Goods
William H. Danforth
In 1894, Danforth opened a feed business in St. Louis. Over the next several years, Danforth’s Ralston Purina Company established mills in St. Louis and 32 other cities in the U.S. and Canada. Danforth created the famous Chow brand name, as well as the company’s... View Details
Keywords: Food & Tobacco
- 05 May 2017
- Working Paper Summaries
Survival of the Fittest: The Impact of the Minimum Wage on Firm Exit
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Why Soft Skills Still Matter in the Age of AI | Working Knowledge
wages. “The labor market is changing really fast and understanding the skill landscape and the progression of skills is so important today,” says Zhang. “Highly specific, advanced technical skills are obviously important, but fundamental... View Details
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Films & TV | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School
Skip to Main Content Exhibition Homepage Exhibition Introduction The Founding of U.S. Steel and the Power of Public Opinion The Intersection of Public Relations and Photography Documenting the Wartime Effort Labor Practices Post-war PR... View Details
- Sep 2014
- Article
What It Takes to Reshore Manufacturing Successfully
The data on comparative labor and energy costs may seem compelling, but the process of bringing assembly work back to domestic factories from abroad is substantially more challenging than the economics alone would predict. This paper... View Details
- 29 May 2019
- News
Bloomberg: Restoring Our Faith in Business and Government
through philanthropy will open up new opportunities for your career.” Bloomberg also advised graduates not to undervalue their labor force (should they end up in an executive position) and to never self-deal. “Your reputation is... View Details
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Company demographics by size and state
employees, including the Census Bureau and Bureau of Labor Statistics. Follow the link to "Small Business Data Resources" for a chart of firm size data sources such as Demographics and more. View Details
- 31 Mar 2002
- What Do You Think?
Is This the Decade of the Investor?
to take a longer view. One such view is provided by a recent Business Week analysis of Bureau of Labor Statistics and other data. ("Restating the '90s," by Michael J. Mandel, Business Week, April 1, 2002, pp. 51-58.) It... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett