Labor - Publications - Faculty & Research

12 Jan 2016
First Look

January 12, 2016

practice, disciplinary rigor, and successful search for powerful generalizations help explain the lasting impact of their 1965 book, A Behavioral Theory of Labor Negotiations. Central to their argument are three important... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

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 the U.S. Chamber of Commerce's... View Details

Keywords: by Roger Thompson

01 Jun 2009
News

Porter Helps Jerusalem Mayor with Economic Development

Nir Barkat, a software entrepreneur elected mayor of Jerusalem last November, visited HBS in late March to take part in a roundtable discussion on the economic development of his city, Israel’s poorest. HBS professor Michael Porter, a leading authority on... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Administration of Housing Programs, Urban Planning, and Community Development; Government

30 Sep 2019
Book

Book Excerpt: Why a Volume on Race, Work, and Leadership

working world. Boosting women and minorities is “good business,” as diversity improves the quality of decision making on complex tasks, team performance, and innovation. Yet, despite the long-standing interconnections between race, work, and leadership—and the... 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 Engines, Power Systems, Industrial... View Details

Keywords: by Boris Groysberg, Andrew N. McLean & Nitin Nohria; Employment

12 Mar 2024
Blog Post

IFC India: Electric Mobility in India

electric scooter We were lucky enough to see both their production lines for how they manufactured their batteries and their vehicles. It was incredible to see the standards they set for the workers and the training and investment into View Details

04 Sep 2019
News

The School that Donham Built

government, became his mentor and continued to support his studies through law school. Donham specialized in corporate restructuring as a vice president at Boston’s Old Colony Trust Company and won wide praise from both labor and... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg

30 Dec 2013
HBS Case

HBS Cases: What Warren Buffett Saw in Newspapers

advertising revenues over the past decade, as readers turned from print to more immediate sources of news. Coupled with rising printing, paper, and labor costs, the decreasing revenues created falling margins and increased leverage... View Details

Keywords: by Deborah Blagg; Journalism & News; Publishing

Fast Answer

Government data and information sources for public entrepreneurship

Available data includes demographics, home sale statistics, health data, mortgage trends, school performance scores and labor data like unemployment, crime statistics and city crime rates. Explore Census Data provides access to data... View Details

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Ursula von Rydingsvard Elegantka II 2013–14 / 2016 | About

father who were brought there as forced labor during World War II. After the war, the family was moved through a series of refugee camps before emigrating to New York by ship in 1950 and settling in Plainville, Connecticut. Best known for... View Details

13 Apr 2022
News

New School

seen revenues increase 20 times over. “It turns out, doing what is right and what is good offer the best returns for investors, for customers, and for employees,” Waldron says. Waldron is optimistic that more companies are embracing a mission-driven approach to... 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

28 Aug 2012
First Look

First Look: August 28

firm based on social and environmental metrics. We find that the political system, followed by the labor and education system, and the cultural system are the most important NBS categories of institutions that impact CSP. Interestingly,... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

June 2014 (Revised January 2017)
Case

YAAS's Service Center

By: Brian Hall and Sara del Nido

This case is about a compensation change at an automotive service company in the Middle East. The case allows investigation and analysis of many issues related to compensation design and human resource management, and even change management. The focus of the case is... View Details

Keywords: Compensation; Emotions; Values; Compensation and Benefits; Human Resources; Labor; Negotiation; Organizations; Social Psychology; Value Creation; Motivation and Incentives; Auto Industry; Service Industry; Kuwait; Middle East

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August 2005 (Revised August 2006)
Case

PalmSource 2005

By: David B. Yoffie and Barbara Mack

PalmSource is facing stiff competition from handheld, wireless handheld, and smart phone vendors in 2005. In addition, changes in leadership and corporate structure have altered its relationship with its leading customer--PalmOne. Although Palm renews its license with... View Details

Keywords: Competition; Innovation Strategy; Alliances; Software; Market Participation; Wireless Technology; Trends; Working Conditions; Change Management; Information Technology Industry; United States

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01 Dec 2007
News

Faculty Research Online

HBS Working Knowledge is an online forum for innovation in business practice, offering a first look at new thinking from HBS faculty. Read the complete articles summarized below by visiting their Web links. Broadband: Remaking the Advertising Industry From the Marlboro... View Details

Keywords: Arts, Entertainment; Finance; Broadcasting (except Internet); Information; Data Processing, Hosting, and Related Services; Information; Manufacturing

04 Nov 2016
News

Could Kurt Summers Jr. Be Chicago’s Next Mayor?

Kurt Summers Jr. (MBA 2005) denies he has his sights set on anything beyond another term as Chicago city treasurer, a job he’s held since 2014, but in a long profile, Crain’s Chicago Business speculates about the 37-year-old South Side native’s ambitions. Several... View Details