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- 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
- 21 Sep 2009
- Research & Ideas
Excessive Executive Pay: What’s the Solution?
"Big labor unions are trying to achieve at the board table what they cannot achieve at the negotiating table, under the guise of shareholder protection," said David Hirschmann, president and CEO of... View Details
Keywords: by Roger Thompson
- 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
- Web
Black History Month | Baker Library
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 Reports -... View Details
- 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
- 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
- 12 Dec 2018
- News
Lesson Plan
long-standing tradition of being one of the state’s few Democratic pockets outside Pittsburgh and Philadelphia, with a history of labor unrest and unionization dating back to the 19th and early 20th... View Details
- 20 Feb 2013
- Research & Ideas
Big Deal: Reflections on the Megamerger of American and US Airways
On February 14, US Airways and American Airlines put their names on a valentine to each other as they announced an $11 billion merger, a union that created the largest airline in the United States. For American, it was one more step in... View Details
- October 2010
- Teaching Note
Whole Foods: Balancing Social Mission and Growth (TN)
By: Christopher Marquis and Bobbi Thomason
Teaching Note for 410023. View Details
- 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
- 03 Oct 2012
- What Do You Think?
Can We Bring Back the “Industrial Commons” for Manufacturing?
"Where was (the) support for manufacturing when it really counted, before much of it escaped offshore? Why should we believe this 'new thinking' now?" Citing " high labor costs and uncooperative unions," Philippe... View Details
- 01 Mar 2010
- News
Sole Mates
production and exports. As a member of the entrepreneurs union and chief of its economic commission, I am quite active in the ongoing work of labor and government relations to better our economic... View Details
- July 2024 (Revised October 2024)
- Case
Knowledge Transfer: Toyota, NUMMI, and GM
By: Willy Shih
New United Motors Manufacturing, Inc. (NUMMI) was a joint venture between Toyota and General Motors. It was an opportunity for GM to learn about the Toyota Production System, which was quite different from the mass production processes American automakers used at the... View Details
Keywords: Culture Change; Organizational Culture; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Factories, Labs, and Plants; Joint Ventures; Transformation; Selection and Staffing; Knowledge Acquisition; Knowledge Sharing; Labor Unions; Management Systems; Performance Improvement; Production; Labor and Management Relations; Auto Industry; Japan; United States
Shih, Willy. "Knowledge Transfer: Toyota, NUMMI, and GM." Harvard Business School Case 625-003, July 2024. (Revised October 2024.)
- 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
- 01 Sep 2007
- News
Getting Security Right
government will lead to heightened tensions with the United States and allies such as Japan and Taiwan by 2020. What about Europe? The European Union poses a less immediate challenge, but a real one nonetheless. There is an element of the... View Details
- 15 Aug 2005
- HBS Case
Classic Cases Live On at HBS
mistrustful of exotic foods." He also determined that labor cost and availability was the key problem in the U.S. restaurant business and that eliminating the conventional kitchen could address that. From these fundamental... View Details
Keywords: by Garry Emmons
- 22 Apr 2015
- Op-Ed
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
- 27 Mar 2014
- News
From Marx to Marketing
talented young people and encourage them to apply to HBS. Under the leadership of HBS senior associate dean Thomas Piper, the East-West opening expanded in the early 1990s. Vlachoutsicos, in collaboration with HBS professor Francis Aguilar, laid the groundwork in the... View Details
- January 2025
- Teaching Plan
Knowledge Transfer: Toyota, NUMMI, and GM
By: Willy Shih
Teaching Plan for HBS Case No. 625-003. New United Motors Manufacturing, Inc. (NUMMI) was a joint venture between Toyota and General Motors. It was an opportunity for GM to learn about the Toyota Production System, which was quite different from the mass production... View Details
Keywords: Culture Change; Organizational Culture; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Factories, Labs, and Plants; Joint Ventures; Transformation; Selection and Staffing; Knowledge Acquisition; Knowledge Sharing; Labor Unions; Management Systems; Performance Improvement; Production; Labor and Management Relations; Auto Industry; Japan; United States
- 01 Mar 2009
- News
Just Keep Our Money
preparers at H&R Block, banks, and credit unions has worked to determine the appeal when people are offered the opportunity to instantly direct a portion of their tax refund to savings. We have found, after working with about 25,000... View Details