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  • 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
Keywords: Garry Emmons; Forestry and Logging; Agriculture; Monetary Authorities-Central Bank; Finance; Administration of Environmental Quality Programs; Government
  • 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
Keywords: by James Heskett; Manufacturing
  • 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
  • 18 Nov 2020
  • News

Networking Goes Truly Global; Confronting Institutional Racism with Case Method Webinar

cannot be a leader if you’re not aware.” One way that mass incarceration can impact big businesses, says Jack, is when prison labor is part of a company’s portfolio. In her role at Head of Equity Research at NorthStar Asset Management,... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
  • 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
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Bartlett, Christopher A., and Benjamin H. Barlow. "Clayton Industries, Inc.: Peter Arnell, Country Manager for Italy, Spreadsheet for Instructors (Brief Case)." Harvard Business School Spreadsheet Supplement 104-202, May 2010.
  • October 2010
  • Teaching Note

Whole Foods: Balancing Social Mission and Growth (TN)

By: Christopher Marquis and Bobbi Thomason
Teaching Note for 410023. View Details
Keywords: Food; Growth and Development; Mergers and Acquisitions; Mission and Purpose; Supply Chain; Business Model; Growth and Development Strategy; Integration; Management Practices and Processes; Labor Unions; Food and Beverage Industry; United States
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Marquis, Christopher, and Bobbi Thomason. "Whole Foods: Balancing Social Mission and Growth (TN)." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 411-057, October 2010.
  • 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
  • 10 Apr 2006
  • Research & Ideas

American Auto’s Troubled Road

woes of the 1980s) has been ascribed to some or all of the following: excessive corporate bureaucracy, arrogance, and insularity; union obstinacy; exorbitant healthcare costs and retirement packages; bloated product lines and... View Details
Keywords: by Garry Emmons; Manufacturing; Transportation; Auto
  • 01 Feb 2016
  • Research & Ideas

CEOs and Coaches: How Important is Organizational 'Fit?'

“It’s a match made in heaven!” One hears this said at weddings, at the end of mergers, at the hiring of CEOs, and, of course, at the hiring of coaches in the National Football League. Human history is rife with examples of a union of two... View Details
Keywords: by Boris Groysberg & Abhijit Naik; Sports
  • 30 Apr 2007
  • Research & Ideas

All Eyes on Slovakia’s Flat Tax

early 1990s, many countries in the former Eastern Bloc went through breakthrough reforms, remarkable economic growth, and increasing macroeconomic stability. Further, many of the countries joined the European Union and hence took part of... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
  • 01 Mar 2018
  • News

‘We were just doing what needed to be done’

number of black students at HBS, the hiring of black faculty members, and the creation of more socially relevant electives. By establishing the African-American Student Union (AASU) in 1968, the five founders also hoped to support... View Details
  • 29 May 2006
  • Research & Ideas

Why CEOs Are Not Plug-and-Play

one of America's best-managed companies. By the 1990s, GE's Appliance and Lighting businesses required careful attention to costs given mature industries and highly unionized labor forces. Its Aircraft... View Details
Keywords: by Boris Groysberg, Andrew N. McLean & Nitin Nohria; Employment
  • 01 Oct 1996
  • News

Leading In a New Era

industry during the previous decade, the company posted its first losses ever, and for the last five years, American has strived to trim some of its excess growth. Donald Carty, American's president since March 1995, says that dealing with the ramifications of... View Details
Keywords: Nancy O. Perry
  • 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
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Shih, Willy. "Knowledge Transfer: Toyota, NUMMI, and GM." Harvard Business School Teaching Plan 625-071, January 2025.
  • 29 Sep 2015
  • First Look

September 29, 2015

helped Bangladesh become the world's second largest clothing exporter. Rana Plaza was not the first tragedy to occur in Bangladesh's garment industry, and without intervention, more might follow. International brand owners, domestic and foreign governments, View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 04 Nov 2008
  • First Look

First Look: November 4, 2008

plunge in the Icelandic Krona since the beginning of 2008 also forced the Icelandic people to confront a decision: would joining the European Union (EU) protect Iceland from capricious swings in investor sentiment? What, if anything,... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 01 Mar 2009
  • News

Model Patient

haven’t squeezed out cost yet,” agrees Celia Wcislo, a 1987 graduate of the Harvard Trade Union Program and the assistant division director of the 1199 Service Employees International Union (SEIU) United... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons; Health, Social Assistance
  • 01 Apr 2002
  • News

Urban Evolution - HBS Research on the Inner City

as its discount prices and large selection of merchandise. As Sprint and Walgreens have shown, Porter notes, companies that invest in the inner city and entrepreneurs who start businesses there are well positioned to take advantage of a growing, local View Details
Keywords: Paul Grogan; Peter Tufano; David Crockett; Diana Barrett; Real Estate
  • 22 Feb 2016
  • Research & Ideas

The ‘Mother of Fair Trade’ was an Unabashed Price Protectionist

important roles in the passage of child labor laws, union labor campaigns, and City Beautiful movements, for example. But Sawyer notes that Gleason is exceptional in that she... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Retail; Health; Legal Services
  • 12 Mar 2006
  • Research & Ideas

Global Poverty Needs a Global Answer

international labor affairs in the U.S. Department of Labor during the administrations of Eisenhower and Kennedy. It was a time when many countries in Africa and Asia were emerging from colonialism. Often... View Details
Keywords: by Cynthia Churchwell
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