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- 01 Mar 2013
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Sea of Dreams
he wasn't given the proper safety equipment. But Heinandez was unable to complain or find alternative employment because of his legal status: He was an undocumented worker. The financial crisis of 2008 added new dimensions to the story....
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- 13 Jun 2017
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Finding Common Ground
company seem bigger than it actually was. He was almost discovered when a Japanese customer arrived in the United States and insisted they meet and go to dinner. Two years shy of legal drinking age, Crespin spent the evening in mortal...
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Ralph Ranalli
- 01 Jun 1997
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Sorting Myth from Reality at Hong Kong Conference
dynamism. China's economy, he reported, has been growing at a rate of over 10 percent a year in this decade, on a scale the world has never known. China's chaos stems from the lack of preparation before reforms began - including a lack of trained personnel, an...
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Alejandro Reyes
- 01 Jun 2020
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Inside Out
such thing. The only things akin to this in the United States are the legally enforceable limits set by the Occupational Health and Safety Administration (OSHA) for exposures to pollutants indoors. But before you start thinking that this...
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- 01 Dec 2008
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A Force for Good
Fouraker’s Deanship (1970 to 1980), in particular, McArthur held a range of increasingly important administrative positions. He also took on a highly unusual outside-world assignment as a Trustee in Bankruptcy of the Penn Central Transportation Company. It was an...
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- 24 May 2017
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John H. McArthur, MBA 1959, DBA 1963
legal and administrative effort. In Canada, he served as a founding director of the Canada Development Investment Corporation. Locally, he helped engineer the merger of Brigham and Women’s (BWH) and Mass General Hospitals. “John is the...
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Susan Young
- 06 Dec 2021
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Rescue & Recovery
that I won’t be able to lead if we’re not transparent.” “As leaders in purpose-driven organizations, we have to remember that it’s not always driven by a hard business decision or legal decision; we have to look at our values and find the...
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- 10 Mar 2021
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Shattering Glass
50 or 60 years ago. Discrimination used to be perfectly legal; it wasn’t until the 1980s that the US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission defined and prohibited sexual harassment in the workplace. We certainly have made progress on the View Details
- 01 Dec 1996
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An Entrepreneurial Journey
specialized in failing companies," said the former management consultant in a 1985 HBS interview. "No matter what a firm's problem was, I always said it was my specialty to take care of it." MCI, an upstart telecommunications firm that waged a View Details
- 08 May 2019
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Lessons from the Ashes
control. Dan: Warwick, how did you know it was over? Do you remember that moment when you knew you had to declare bankruptcy? Warwick: It was at the point where from a legal perspective, there really wasn't any option. So I can...
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- 15 Nov 2013
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Helping Bright Ideas Shine Again
Côme Laguë by Robert S. Benchley Côme Laguë (MBA 1993) has no respect for firms he calls "patent trolls"—holding companies that buy up and bank the intellectual property of closed businesses solely for the purpose of generating income through View Details
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Robert S. Benchley
- 01 Jun 1997
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Blockbuster Deals
particularly difficult because of cultural and legal differences. For example, the legal definition of 'redundant employees' varies widely as do requirements for severance arrangements. In the face of such...
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Garry Emmons and Nancy O. Perry
- 01 Apr 1998
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New Releases
between Islamic and Western legal and financial concepts and practices. While charging interest is ruled out, the Koran does allow Muslims to participate in profits. "They can become a partner on a level playing field with other...
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- 01 Jun 2022
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June 2022 Alumni and Faculty Books
philosophy, behavioral science, and corporate law, and shares practical advice. Experts J.S. Nelson and Lynn Stout cover a wide array of essential topics including the legal status of corporations, major ethical traps in modern business,...
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- 01 Dec 2010
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This Is What I Do
half of all girls are married off before the legal age of 16. In this impoverished country, it is said that a man with daughters is rich. The visitor to the shelter that day last August was Gayle Tzemach Lemmon (MBA 2006), a former ABC...
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- 21 Jun 2022
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Banquet Brings Latino Alumni Back Together; Dallas Club Marks 75 Years with a Look Ahead
before heading to Harvard Law School. He went on to serve as a Legal Aid attorney, a Providence Housing Court judge, and then a professor at Roger Williams University School of Law, where he cofounded the Latino Policy Institute. He has...
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Margie Kelley
- 01 Oct 2000
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Laura Scher of Working Assets
customers abreast of issues according to their region," she notes. The company's customers generate approximately one hundred thousand phone calls and letters every month to support fast-moving progressive issues such as gun control, government funding of public...
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Marguerite Rigoglioso
- 01 Sep 2009
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Over the Top
legislation along. But we need much more than a good scolding and limits on sky-high paydays. We need to rethink how American business ought to be run, including changes to fiduciary duties, legal liability, takeover rules, and business...
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- 01 Dec 2006
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MBA vs. MBA
requiring employers to verify the legal status of workers, deporting illegals who are in jail, and denying illegals taxpayer-funded benefits such as welfare, free education, and food stamps. He says that Edwards lies about his record on...
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- 22 Aug 2019
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Catalyzing Africa’s Tech Sector
values from other societies, from other communities. Both in terms of professional skills, in terms of just personal attributes. We're building a business at Andela, it's not a social enterprise, it's not a nonprofit. I think any good business in Africa that is doing...
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