Hospitality and tourism

The Effects of Organizational Standards and Support Functions on Guest Service and Guest Satisfaction in Restaurants

http://www.hotelschool.cornell.edu/chr/research/abstract.html?repid=14462

Cornell University Center for Hospitality Research

http://www.hotelschool.cornell.edu/chr/

Workplace injuries and illness

NIOSH Fatal Occupational Injury Cost Fact Sheets

http://www.docuticker.com/?p=8341

Workplace injuries and illnesses in 2005

ftp://ftp.bls.gov/pub/news.release/osh.text


Postal Service’s Workplace Safety and Workplace-Related Injury Reduction Goals and Progress

http://www.uspsoig.gov/FOIA_files/HM-AR-07-002.pdf


National Census of fatal occupational injuries in 2006

http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/cfoi.pdf

Workers' Compensation: Benefits, Coverage and Costs, 2005

http://www.nasi.org/usr_doc/NASI_Workers_Comp_2005_Full_Report.pdf

Older workers

Why do boomers plan to work so long?

http://www.bc.edu/centers/crr/papers/wp_2006-19.pdf

Age, women and hiring: an experimental study

http://www.bc.edu/centers/crr/papers/wp_2006-23.pdf

How do age discrimination laws affect older workers?

http://www.bc.edu/centers/crr/issues/wob_5.pdf

Engaging and retaining older workers

http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d07438sp.pdf

Older Americans Update 2006: Key Indicators of Well-Being

http://www.agingstats.gov/agingstatsdotnet/Main_Site/Data/2006_Documents/OA_2006.pdf
Labor Market Rigidities and the Employment Behavior of Older Workers

http://ftp.iza.org/dp2996.pdf

What explains trends in labor force participation of older men in the United States?

http://ftp.iza.org/dp2991.pdf

Business and the environment

EarthTrends Searchable Database: Economics, Business and the Environment:

http://earthtrends.wri.org/searchable_db/index.php?theme=5

2006 Corporate Governance and Climate Change: Making the Connection

http://www.ceres.org/pub/publication.php?pid=84

Energy Strategy for the Future: U.S. EPA

http://www.energystar.gov/index.cfm?c=business.bus_energy_strategy

International and immigrant labor

International comparisons of hourly compensation costs for production workers in manufacturing

http://www.bls.gov/news.release/ichcc.toc.htm

Global manpower employment outlook survey 2007

http://www.manpower.com/mpcom/VisualLibraryMEOS.jsp?quarterID=63&articleID=373

A visual essay: international labor market comparisons

http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2006/04/ressum.pdf

The role of immigrants in the U.S. labor market

http://www.cbo.gov/showdoc.cfm?index=8024&sequence=0

Comparative civilian labor force statistics, ten countries, 1960-2006:

http://www.bls.gov/fls/flscomparelf.htm

Foreign-born workers: labor force characteristics in 2006

http://www.bls.gov/news.re.ease/pdf/forbrn.pdf

International comparison of labour statistics 2006:

http://www.jil.go.jp/english/estatis/databook/index.htm

Hourly compensation costs for production workers in manufacturing, 33 countries or areas, 22 manufacturing industries, 1992-2005

http://www.bls.gov/fls/flshcindnaics.htm

Farm Labor Shortages and Immigration Policy

http://opencrs.cdt.org/document/RL30395/

A visual essay: international labor market comparisons

http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2006/04/ressum.htm

International Comparison of Labour Statistics 2007

http://www.jil.go.jp/english/estatis/databook/index.htm

Working time flexibility in European companies

http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/publications/htmlfiles/ef0739.htm

Working Time Around The World - One in five workers worldwide are putting in "excessive" hours: New ILO study spotlights working time in over 50 countries

http://www.ilo.org/global/About_the_ILO/Media_and_public_information/Press_releases/lang--en/WCMS_082827


The flexibility of working time arrangements for women and men [European Union]

http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/cache/ITY_OFFPUB/KS-SF-07-096/EN/KS-SF-07-096-EN.PDF

1995-2005: Foreign-born Latinos make progress on wages

http://pewresearch.org/pubs/572/latino-wages

Department of Labor's Findings on the Worst Forms of Child Labor, 2001-2006

http://www.dol.gov/ILAB/media/reports/iclp/main.htm

Intellectual Property, the Immigration Backlog, and a Reverse Brain-Drain: America's New Immigrant Entrepreneurs

http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1008366

China

Trade balances and jobs: Canada, the U.S. and China

http://policyalternatives.ca/documents/National_Office_Pubs/2007/Trade_Balances_and_Jobs.pdf

China's trade with the U.S. and the world

http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/row/RL31403.pdf

Is China a threat to the U.S. economy?

http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/row/RL33604.pdf

China's banking sector: growing towards diversification

http://www.deloitte.com/dtt/cda/doc/content/dtt_Boao_BankingEng041807.pdf

Growing pains: the evolving U.S.-China trade relationship

http://www.freetrade.org/pubs/FTBs/FTB-028.html

What's the difference? - Comparing U.S. and Chinese trade data

http://opencrs.cdt.org/document/RS22640

Doing Business in China:

http://www.buyusainfo.net/docs/x_3265405.pdf

Five challenges that China must overcome to sustain economic growth:

http://www.house.gov/jec/publications/109/07-27-06china_economy.pdf

China's car makers 10 years away from being competitive in US and Europe

http://graphics.eiu.com/files/ad_pdfs/eiu_Roland_Berger_China_Cars.pdf

China and India: The reality beyond the hype

http://www.deloitte.com/dtt/cda/doc/content/US_ChinaIndiaReality_Research.pdf

Surviving the China riptide: How to profit from the supply chain bottleneck

http://www.bcg.com/publications/files/ChinaRipTideMay07.pdf

China’s economic prospects 2006-2020

http://www.carnegieendowment.org/files/cp_83_polaski_final.pdf

What are the High-Probability Challenges to Continued High Growth in China?

http://www3.brookings.edu/views/papers/20070522woo.pdf

China's economic fluctuations and their implications for its rural economy

http://www.carnegieendowment.org/files/keidel_report_final.pdf


China’s Growing Demand for Oil and Its Impact on U.S. Petroleum Markets

http://www.cbo.gov/ftpdocs/71xx/doc7128/04-07-ChinaOil.pdf


Doing Business In China: A Country Commercial Guide for U.S. Companies

http://www.buyusainfo.net/docs/x_3265405.pdf

China - U.S. Trade Issues

http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/row/RL33536.pdf

China's Currency: Economic Issues and Options for U.S. Trade Policy

http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/row/RL32165.pdf

Strengthening China's Technological Capability

http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/WDSContentServer/IW3P/IB/2007/08/09/000158349_20070809111012/Rendered/PDF/wps4309.pdf

China's Economic Prospects 2006-2020

http://www.carnegieendowment.org/files/cp_83_polaski_final.pdf

What's the Difference? Comparing U.S. and Chinese Trade Data

http://opencrs.cdt.org/document/RS22640

Global Value Chain Self-Assessment Tool: Overview of Results for China

http://www.csis.org/component/option,com_csis_pubs/task,view/id,4015/type,1/

Is the Chinese Growth Miracle Built to Last?

http://ftp.iza.org/dp2995.pdf

Health and Safety Concerns over U.S. Imports of Chinese Products: An Overview

http://www.opencrs.com/rpts/RS22713_20070828.pdf

China's Holdings of U.S. Securities: Implications for the U.S. Economy (01/09/08)

http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/row/RL34314.pdf

China's Economic Fluctuations: Implications for Its Rural Economy (2007)

http://www.carnegieendowment.org/files/keidel_china_fluctuations_final.pdf

Business ethics and related issues

Rethinking corporate social responsibility: a U.S. perspective

http://www.csrresults.com/

Racial diversity initiatives in professional service firms: what factors differentiate successful from unsuccessful initiatives?

http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/07-019.pdf

Ethical and scientific issues of nanotechnology in the workplace

http://www.ehponline.org/members/2006/9456/9456.pdf

Implicit discrimination in hiring: real world evidence

http://ftp.iza.org/dp2764.pdf

Reluctant gatekeepers: corporate ethics on a filtered internet

http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=978507

How do age discrimination laws affect older workers?

http://www.bc.edu/centers/crr/issues/wob_5.pdf

Evidence of unequal treatment in hiring against obese applicants: A field experiment

http://ftp.iza.org/dp2275.pdf

Social Isolation and American Workers: Employee Blogging and Legal Reform

http://jolt.law.harvard.edu/articles/pdf/v20/20HarvJLTech287.pdf

2007 World's Most Ethical Companies

http://ethisphere.com/2007-worlds-most-ethical-companies/

Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. Releases 2006 Ethical Sourcing Report

http://www.walmartfacts.com/articles/5235.aspx

Knowledgable consumers? Corporate fraud and its devastating impacts

http://www.kcl.ac.uk/depsta/rel/ccjs/knowledgeable-consumer-2007.pdf

Why We Aren't as Ethical as We Think We Are: A Temporal Explanation

http://hbswk.hbs.edu/item/5763.html

Women in the workforce

U.S. Department of Labor Women's Bureau

http://www.dol.gov/wb/

Women in the labor force 2005

http://www.dol.gov/wb/factsheets/Qf-laborforce-05.htm

Ask a working woman survey report 2006

http://www.stirringthepot.org/media/AWWsurvey.pdf

Changes in behavioral and characteristic determination of female labor force participation, 1975-2005:

http://www.frbatlanta.org/filelegacydocs/erq206_hotchkiss.pdf

Age, women and hiring: an experimental study

http://www.bc.edu/centers/crr/papers/wp_2006-23.pdf

Moms and Jobs: Trends in Mothers’ Employment and Which Mothers Stay Home

http://www.contemporaryfamilies.org/subtemplate.php?t=factSheets&ext=momsandjobs

Women at Work: A Progress Report

http://dallasfed.org/research/eclett/2007/el0705.html

The Impact of Minimum Wage Increases on Single Mothers

http://www.epionline.org/study_detail.cfm?sid=109

Marketing

How do consumers make choices? A summary of evidence from marketing and psychology

http://www.merit.unu.edu/publications/wppdf/2007/wp2007-005.pdf

The world's best brands

http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/06_32/b3996410.htm

Consumer Expenditure Survey

http://www.bls.gov/cex/home.htm

U.S. Commercial Service Market Research Library

http://www.buyusainfo.net/adsearch.cfm?loadnav=no&RequestTimeout=2500

Purchasing, Pricing, and Quick Response in the Presence of Strategic Consumers

http://knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu/paper.cfm?paperid=1350

Internet Advertising Revenues Grow 35% in '06, Hitting a Record Close to $17 BILLION

http://www.iab.net/news/pr_2007_05_23.asp

It's From Where? College Students Clueless on Where Favorite Brands Come From

http://www.andersonanalytics.com/newsfiles/20070524.htm

Information or Persuasion? An Empirical Investigation of the Effect of Advertising on Brand Awareness and Perceived Quality using Panel Data

https://gsbapps.stanford.edu/researchpapers/detail1.asp?Document_ID=2984

Trade

Trade agreements: impact on the U.S. economy

http://opencrs.cdt.org/document/RL31932


U.S. trade policy and the Caribbean: from trade preferences to free trade agreements

http://opencrs.cdt.org/document/RL33951


What's the difference? - Comparing U.S. and Chinese trade data

http://opencrs.cdt.org/document/RS22640


2007 National Trade Estimate Report on Foreign Trade Barriers

http://www.ustr.gov/Document_Library/Reports_Publications/2007/2007_NTE_Report/Section_Index.html


2006 Surface Trade with Canada and Mexico Rose 8.9% from 2005

http://www.bts.gov/press_releases/2007/bts010_07/html/bts010_07.html


Are trade deficits a drag on U.S. economic growth?

http:/www.freetrade.org/pubs/FTBS/FTB-027.html

China's trade with the U.S. and the world

http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/row/RL31403.pdf

Basic information and online sources for NAFTA and CAFTA research

http://www.nyulawglobal.org/globalex/NAFTA_CAFTA_Research.htm

U.S. International Trade in Goods and Services, 2006

http://www.bea.gov/bea/newsrelarchive/2006/trad0706.pdf

U.S. trade strategy: free vs. fair

http://www.cfr.org/content/publications/attachments/CPCTrade.pdf

Probable effect of certain modifications to the North American Free Trade Agreement Rules of Origin

http://hotdocs.usitc.gov/docs/pubs/103/pub3881.pdf

U.S.: 2006 National Export Strategy

http://www.ita.doc.gov/media/Publications/pdf/nes2006FINAL.pdf

The Doha round: no help for America's trade deficit?

http://www.morici-dohareport.org/index.asp

2007 AGOA Report Shows Growth in US Africa Trade

http://www.ustr.gov/assets/Trade_Development/Preference_Programs/AGOA/asset_upload_file762_11294.pdf

U.S. Freight Shipments with Canada and Mexico Reached a Record High in 2005, According to Three-Country Database

http://www.bts.gov/press_releases/2006/bts053_06/html/bts053_06.html

The Year in Trade 2006

http://hotdocs.usitc.gov/docs/pubs/year_in_trade/pub3927.pdf

Shifts in U.S. Merchandise Trade 2006

http://www.usitc.gov/tradeshifts/2007/default.htm

Labor and union issues

Discounting Rights: Wal-Mart's Violation of US Workers' Right to Freedom of Association

http://hrw.org/reports/2007/us0507

The potential impact of National Labor Relations Board's supervisor cases

http://www.epi.org/content.cfm/pm115

Unions and Upward Mobility for Low-Wage Workers

http://www.cepr.net/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1279&Itemid=8