Publications

05 Sep 2012
First Look

First Look: September 5

PublicationsPreference Signaling in Matching Markets Authors:Peter A. Coles, Alexey Kushnir, and Muriel Niederle Publication:American Economic Journal: Microeconomics (forthcoming) Abstract Many labor markets share three stylized facts:... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

August 2018 (Revised August 2019)
Technical Note

A Note on Compensation

By: Ethan Bernstein and Michael Norris

This note provides an overview of the important terms, concepts, and frameworks that a manager should know about compensation—whether it be their own or that of an employee. Because compensation in practice is fraught with pitfalls, this note presents an overview of... View Details

Keywords: Compensation Design; Benefits; Perks; Variable Compensation; Compensation and Benefits; Executive Compensation; Stock Options; Profit Sharing; Job Design and Levels; Labor Unions; Wages; United States

September 2012 (Revised May 2013)
Case

Automating the Paris Subway (A)

By: Michel Anteby, Elena Corsi and Emilie Billaud

In 2001, the head of the Paris Subway reflected on how to transform Line 1 into a driverless line without triggering a social conflict. After the shock of the 2000 Notre Dame de Lorette subway accident, in which a train derailed and caused 25 injuries in a Paris subway... View Details

Keywords: Change Management; Technological Innovation; Rail Transportation; Labor Unions; Job Cuts and Outsourcing; Conflict Management; Rail Industry; Transportation Industry; Paris

10 Oct 2005
Research & Ideas

Homers: Secrets on the Factory Floor

perspective, the illegality of the practice and its misalignment with official organizational goals might be most salient. Thus, the topic of homer making puts the person disclosing it in a position of vulnerability, one in which hasty judgment is likely. The unusual... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Manufacturing

February 1997 (Revised December 2012)
Case

Jim Sharpe: Extrusion Technology, Inc. (A)

By: H. Kent Bowen and Barbara Feinberg

Jim Sharpe, 11 years after receiving his MBA from Harvard and working for others, has finally become his own boss and 100% owner of manufacturer of aluminum extrusions. After 10 months of an unfunded search, he acquires the business in an LBO and prepares to face his... View Details

Keywords: Acquisitions; Search Funds; Entrepreneurial Management; Entrepreneurs; Turnarounds; Bank Loan; Manufacturing; Metals Processing; Entrepreneurial Finance; Leveraged Buyouts; Labor Unions; Entrepreneurship; Financing and Loans; Crisis Management; Management Skills; Experience and Expertise; Borrowing and Debt; Manufacturing Industry

01 Dec 2016
News

Vive la Madeleine!

starting to see that what unions are doing is not working, that they’re blocking and negatively impacting business,” he says, citing a gas strike this past May that crippled the country. Elise Brand is a View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; illustrations by Natalya Balnova

01 Sep 2009
News

Consumer Finance Makes HBS Debut

www.buildcommonwealth.org. My first outlet for teaching the topic was an executive education program that I cochaired with HBS professor emeritus Dwight Crane for the Credit Union Executives Society. It was a relatively short hop from... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Finance

25 Aug 2009
First Look

First Look: August 25

outcome and the influence of the proponent) and the type of proposals are the main determinants of the implementation decision, while traditional governance indicators do not seem to affect the decision. We then examine the labor market... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

Web

Black History Month | Baker Library

business. His experience underscores the significance of perseverance, strategic labor practices, and the role of local networks in navigating systemic barriers to economic success. You can download a PDF of the editorial here. Corporate... View Details

01 Dec 2000
News

Core Values Keep Airline Flying High

changing labor force, and heightened competition is a tremendous challenge. During the interview, Southwest's managers said that they have to constantly reinvent their processes to adapt to the changing environment. In every aspect of its... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley; Air Transportation; Transportation

05 May 2020
News

“Walking a Tightrope”

growing as well. Then when it got to the 70s, obviously the economy wasn't doing so well and it probably did need a kick in the butt. There was a huge amount of deregulation. There was a shift of power from unions to corporations. So we... View Details

01 Sep 2004
News

Home Sweet (Modular) Home

in an inner-city factory with union labor. As Stuntz quickly learned, entrepreneurs need a high tolerance for rejection. Prospecting for investors yielded only disappointment. “We finally decided to self-fund,” he recalls. Greentech... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

May 2010
Supplement

Clayton Industries, Inc.: Peter Arnell, Country Manager for Italy, Spreadsheet for Instructors (Brief Case)

By: Christopher A. Bartlett and Benjamin H. Barlow

Keywords: Organizational Behavior; International Business; Subsidiaries; Project Management; Multinational Corporations; Implementing Strategy; Leadership; Business Subsidiaries; Behavior; Multinational Firms and Management; Corporate Strategy; Organizations; Labor Unions; Organizational Culture; Product Development