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- 23 Nov 2015
- News
The Historian Who Came in from the Cold
- February 1991 (Revised March 1993)
- Supplement
USSR--1990, Supplement
Provides an update of key social, political, and economic outcomes in the Soviet Union over the period April 1990 to February 1991.
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Social Issues;
Outcome or Result;
Government and Politics;
Economy;
Transition;
Soviet Union
Emmons, Willis M., III. "USSR--1990, Supplement." Harvard Business School Supplement 391-161, February 1991. (Revised March 1993.)
- September 2013 (Revised June 2014)
- Case
Rana Plaza: Workplace Safety In Bangladesh (A)
By: John A. Quelch and Margaret L. Rodriguez
On April 24, 2013 the Rana Plaza factory building collapsed in Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh. Over 1,100 people were killed in the worst industrial accident since the Union Carbide plant gas leak in Bhopal, India. Most of the victims worked for garment factories,...
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Marketing;
Public Health;
Safety;
Workplace;
Human Rights;
Apparel and Accessories Industry;
Bangladesh
Quelch, John A., and Margaret L. Rodriguez. "Rana Plaza: Workplace Safety In Bangladesh (A)." Harvard Business School Case 514-034, September 2013. (Revised June 2014.)
- January 2007 (Revised April 2007)
- Background Note
Note on Lobbying
By: Felix Oberholzer-Gee, Libby Cantrill and Patricia Wu
Describes how companies engage the political and legal system and the rules and ethics associated with doing so. Focuses on the U.S. political and legal system, but also seeks to familiarize readers with lobbying norms and structures in the European Union and Japan.
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Business and Government Relations;
Ethics;
Labor Unions;
Public Administration Industry;
Legal Services Industry;
United States;
Japan;
European Union
Oberholzer-Gee, Felix, Libby Cantrill, and Patricia Wu. "Note on Lobbying." Harvard Business School Background Note 707-471, January 2007. (Revised April 2007.)
Shadow Cold War: The Sino-Soviet Competition for the Third World
The conflict between the United States and the Soviet Union during the Cold War has long been understood in a global context, but Jeremy Friedman's Shadow Cold War delves deeper into the era to examine the competition between the Soviet...
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- 03 Oct 2005
- What Do You Think?
What’s the Future of Globally Organized Labor?
include differences in objectives of various work groups, a concentration on short-term goals, and a leadership gap. "Unionization will be achieved from increased interaction due to the ease of communication through electronic means, telephony, and the Internet....
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by James Heskett
- July 2008 (Revised October 2012)
- Case
Affinity Plus (A)
By: Dennis Campbell and Peter Tufano
The executive team at Affinity Plus Federal Credit Union has pushed the concept of members first deeply throughout the organization, empowering employees to put member-owners' interests ahead of either the organization's interests or their own interests. As a result of...
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Keywords:
Customer Relationship Management;
Financial Institutions;
Financing and Loans;
Profit;
Cooperative Ownership;
Conflict of Interests;
Strategy
Campbell, Dennis, and Peter Tufano. "Affinity Plus (A)." Harvard Business School Case 209-026, July 2008. (Revised October 2012.)
- 17 Jun 2015
- News
Why Democrats should back Obama on TPP
- April 2013
- Case
Europe: An Ever Closer Union?
By: Gunnar Trumbull, Jonathan Schlefer and Diane Choi
In 2010, the European Union faces the challenges of the global financial crisis. With 27 member states, each facing different challenges, can new EU institutions respond effectively? Will its new currency, the euro, survive?
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Trumbull, Gunnar, Jonathan Schlefer, and Diane Choi. "Europe: An Ever Closer Union?" Harvard Business School Case 713-085, April 2013.
- 11 Jan 2018
- Video
Terrance Rogers on What Makes the AASU Conference Special
- 19 Jan 2016
- News
How Strong is the State of the Union?
- 17 Dec 2020
- Video
Eva Arias
Eva Arias, President of Compañía Minera Poderosa, describes her experience with the Peruvian government around the highly regulated mining industry, securing permits, union involvement, and trade associations.
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- June 1995 (Revised April 1996)
- Case
Welsh Water (F): Postscript
This is a four-player negotiation simulation in which a newly-privatized British water utility must deal with contentious unions and national collective-bargaining agreements. Explores the question of coalitions and multi-lateral negotiations, and the value of...
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Robinson, Robert J. "Welsh Water (F): Postscript." Harvard Business School Case 895-045, June 1995. (Revised April 1996.)
- 24 Jan 2011
- News
What the President Should Say
- 25 May 2022
- Video
2022 Class Day Distinguished Speaker Robert Ryan
- June 1995 (Revised February 1998)
- Case
Welsh Water (A): General Information
This is a four-player negotiation simulation in which a newly-privatized British water utility must deal with contentious unions and national collective-bargaining agreements. Explores the question of coalitions and multi-lateral negotiations, and the value of...
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Robinson, Robert J. "Welsh Water (A): General Information." Harvard Business School Case 895-040, June 1995. (Revised February 1998.)
- 01 Sep 2016
- Cold Call Podcast
Behind Apple's Tax Situation, an Unprecedented Financial Policy
- 26 Jun 2000
- Research & Ideas
Three Countries, Three Choices in Post-Soviet Eurasia
Why have various countries of the former Soviet Union taken such dramatically different economic paths since the Union's breakup? This has been a lingering puzzle of the post-Cold War period. Lithuania, for instance, has turned its...
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by Martha Lagace