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- 29 Jun 2017
- News
Why Uber Is Worth Saving and How To Do It
- 15 Jan 2020
- Video
Suresh Krishna
Suresh Krishna, founder of the largest manufacturer of industrial fasteners for the auto industry in India, explains how his company has maintained positive industrial relations by cultivating open...
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- 10 Jul 2020
- News
What Would It Take to Reskill Entire Industries?
- 01 Oct 1997
- News
Antitrust in Historical Perspective
Before he became a federal judge, the controversial Robert Bork once labeled antitrust "a policy at war with itself." In this case, he was right. Antitrust laws are problematic. That is not, however, to say that they are without value. The problem with antitrust is...
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Thomas K. McCraw and Richard S. Tedlow
- 01 Jun 2018
- News
Up by the Roots
encouraging labor market mobility. “Setting the table in terms of creating an environment that is attractive to entrepreneurship is one of the most important things that government can do,” he says—and differences in incentives and...
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- August 2000
- Case
Belmont Industries, Inc. (C)
By: Joseph L. Bower
Supplements the (A) case. A rewritten version of an earlier supplement.
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Wages;
Managerial Roles;
Management Practices and Processes;
Performance;
Goals and Objectives;
Labor and Management Relations
Bower, Joseph L. "Belmont Industries, Inc. (C)." Harvard Business School Case 301-018, August 2000.
- 01 Jun 2016
- News
Imagine an Economy Without Wall Street
Photography by Bryce Vickmark In a recent opinion piece in the Wall Street Journal, HBS Dean Nitin Nohria made a strong statement in defense of Wall Street and the financial system. Recalling his youth in India, Nohria related the story of his father, a successful...
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- 12 Oct 1999
- Research & Ideas
Paid for Success: Options for Compensating CEOs
When large public companies perform poorly, do the CEOs running them share the financial pain? That question, according to HBS associate professor Brian Hall, is not answered by looking at their salary and bonus but rather by a careful examination of their stock and...
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by Judith A. Ross
- 14 Apr 2008
- Research & Ideas
The Surprising Right Fit for Software Testing
If there is one job that many software analysts and programmers cannot stand, it is testing software on the path to launch. The grinding concentration and repetitive nature of the tasks serve to drive many techies around the bend. Testing—due in no small part to the...
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- 13 Sep 2006
- Op-Ed
Rising CEO Pay: What Directors Should Do
Ask any thoughtful corporate board member what they are most concerned about these days, and it is not Sarbanes-Oxley. It is CEO pay. Directors worry because shareholders continue to express outrage, and the media attention to the issue will not go away. Directors are...
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by Jay W. Lorsch
- June 1988
- Supplement
Bethoney Manufacturing: Interview with Plant Manager and Union President, Video
By: Michael Beer
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Labor and Management Relations
Beer, Michael. "Bethoney Manufacturing: Interview with Plant Manager and Union President, Video." Harvard Business School Video Supplement 888-526, June 1988.
- 2002
- Chapter
Helping Managers Assess the Value of Human Capital
- July 1991 (Revised May 1995)
- Case
Work: Craft and Factory in Nineteenth-Century America
Illustrates conditions of work for two types of 19th-century workers: an itinerant craftsman and New England textile factory "operatives," most of whom were women. The contrast is between freedom and geographical and occupational mobility for the craftsman, versus...
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McCraw, Thomas K. "Work: Craft and Factory in Nineteenth-Century America." Harvard Business School Case 391-264, July 1991. (Revised May 1995.)
- 16 Dec 2014
- News
H-1B work visa full of uncertainties for immigrants
- 13 May 2019
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The Unexpected Way Whistleblowers Reduce Government Fraud
- 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...
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- 01 Mar 2014
- News
Book Review: The Old West
Pinto says Western business leaders have shown "extraordinary complacency in the face of upheavals." The numbers don't look good for the West. The United States, Great Britain, and France have each seen their average GDP growth hover around 2 percent in recent years,...
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Maureen Harmon
- October 1982
- Case
Dana Corp.: The Richmond Camshaft Plant (B) (Condensed)
By: Michael Beer
Beer, Michael. "Dana Corp.: The Richmond Camshaft Plant (B) (Condensed)." Harvard Business School Case 483-055, October 1982.
- 31 Oct 2015
- News