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Scott Duke Kominers (photo by Evgenia Eliseeva) Scott Duke Kominers (photo by Evgenia Eliseeva) Income inequality over multiple generations is not just the result of wealthy families passing down money—it’s how those families spend their money, namely on their... View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Myers; Educational Services

28 May 2019
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Cure All

Associate Professor Raffaella Sadun (left) and Professor Leemore Dafny (right); image by John Ritter Professors Raffaella Sadun and Leemore Dafny are both economists who have studied hospitals extensively—Sadun’s research has looked at the economics of management,... View Details

Keywords: Hospitals; Health, Social Assistance

20 May 2015
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City Treasurer Kurt Summers on How to Save Chicago From Bankruptcy

Keywords: Government

01 Dec 2005
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Top-Flight Tory

His grandfather was a Communist, and he was born to a single mother living in council housing, but David Davis (AMP 96, 1985) has grown up to become a leading figure in Britain’s Conservative Party. His humble origins may give him broad national appeal to go along with... View Details

Keywords: Britain's Conservative Party; Executive, Legislative, and Other General Government Support; Government

25 Sep 2008
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Been There, Seen That

It’s been a grim couple of weeks out there. Personally, I’ve had more déjà vu than I’ve seen in a long time, as Yogi Berra might have said, especially after losing a string of tough doubleheaders. My own sobering twin bill has consisted of revisiting, in recent days,... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services; Government; Management

22 Apr 2015
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Reforming Greece: Myths and Truths

goods rather than agriculture or services. Industrial exports increased as a percentage of total exports from circa 25 percent to 40 percent between 2007 and 2013. It is no coincidence that the largest increase in labor productivity over... View Details

Keywords: by George Serafeim

01 Jun 2001
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On the Inside

Top billing, of course, goes to her boss, George W. Bush (MBA ’75), but Labor Secretary Elaine L. Chao (MBA ’79) is also making a name for herself in the new administration. Chao, who has previously served in several government posts and... View Details

Keywords: Government

08 Jan 2014
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Do Productivity Increases Contribute to Social Inequality?

while creating new jobs more or less commensurate with the skills of the displaced workers. But things have changed since the technology is now able to think as well as perform tasks It is not easy to convert today's manual laborers to... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

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Introduction - The Collection - The Human Factor – Baker Library | Bloomberg Center, Historical Collections

concurred that photographs were “especially valuable in the industrial management classes because they portray so clearly such practical industrial problems as the relationship between the laborer and the machine.” Baker Library |... View Details

May 1982 (Revised June 1982)
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Air Traffic Controllers

By: Michael Beer

On August 3, 1981 President Ronald Reagan terminated 12,000 air traffic controllers, members of the Professional Air Traffic Controllers Organization, for violating their no-strike oath. Provides background on the human resources policies and practices of the Federal... View Details

Keywords: Resignation and Termination; Labor and Management Relations; Government and Politics; Labor Unions; Negotiation; Employees; Air Transportation Industry; United States

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July 2019
Teaching Note

AT&T, Retraining, and the Workforce of Tomorrow

By: William R. Kerr and Carl Kreitzberg

A Teaching Note for the "AT&T, Retraining, and the Workforce of Tomorrow" case study (HBS#820-017). The case describes how AT&T designed and implemented a program to retrain 100,000 of its workers. The case first reviews the technological forces that compelled AT&T to... View Details

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