Study of L.A.-area restaurants gauges effect on owners, customers, landlords
Modern-day gender ratios are linked to countries’ agricultural roots
Managing production with the declining potency of a catalyst
It’s generally a positive in both cultures, but buy-in is more tentative in China
19th-century French cotton mills suggest halting, uneven progress
Caribbean plantation owners, faced with slavery’s end, enacted legal barriers to employment elsewhere
Payroll data allows researchers to finally build an accurate and meaningful measurement
With a business model built on fewer employees, their dominance saps dynamism.
Industrial laundry gains 4% output; better health and better feelings toward employer could account for increase
Labor’s losses to capital, much studied, aren’t quite as grim when stock and options are tabulated
New research suggests increased risk of illness and death in middle age, on top of longer-lasting income penalty
Top companies hog the best talent, adding to their competitive advantage
Analysis also suggests a more rapid economic recovery by keeping workers and employers allied
Experienced hands help new business lines find their way