Protests - Publications - Faculty & Research

08 Mar 2016
Research & Ideas

Solving an Economic Mystery Surrounding Argentina and Chile

at a time when there are many social protests calling for more spending on education and health care. However one needs to keep things in perspective. The unemployment rate, for example, is 6 per cent. Compare that to 7.5 per cent in... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

01 Sep 2009
News

Read All About It!

manufactured consumer goods first used the union label as a way to show solidarity through their purchases. One hundred years later, men and women, and even teenagers, organized to protest sweatshop production in various countries around... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

01 Sep 2018
News

September 2018 Alumni and Faculty Books

he had with these doyens, in an easy-to-read, anecdotal form. Converting the Saints: A Study of Religious Rivalry in America by Charles Randall Paul (MBA 1972) Greg Kofford Books Inc. In this study of religious conflict in the US, the author focuses on the early... View Details

28 May 2019
News

Alumni and Faculty Books for June 2019

Christian church. From the earliest female apostle and the two Marys—the Virgin Mary and Mary Magdalene—to the enlightened duties espoused by the nun, the abbess, and the anchorite, and the persecutions of female “witches,” Muir offers broad coverage of both Catholic... View Details

01 Dec 2016
News

Vive la Madeleine!

however, and protest strikes in response to a law proposed by Labor Minister Myriam El Khomri, under President François Hollande, that would make it easier for companies to fire workers and extend the number of hours in a traditional... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; illustrations by Natalya Balnova

20 Nov 2012
First Look

First Look: November 20

demand for land for urban development? How could it ensure the sustainability of local government finances? Was the growing number of land protests the harbinger of major changes in China's political institutions? How would the challenges... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Apr 1996
News

Stewards of the Seventh Generation

that electric cars constitute 2 percent of all car sales by 1998, the company, along with the rest of the auto industry, protested vigorously. "The role of government should be to provide incentives for people to embrace sustainable... View Details

Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso, Garry Emmons, Linda Goodspeed, and Elaine Gottlieb

16 Dec 2020
Blog Post

Alumni on the Black Lives Matter Movement

“The protests are critical because they create awareness, and we need to sustain that awareness, but the next piece is how do you translate that into action. So what we’ve been doing is working with the corporates to create true training... View Details

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swings in politics and policies is a crucial aspect in taking informed managerial decisions. Adverse macroeconomic and political phenomena can have a catastrophic impact on firm performance: witness the strong companies destroyed by the Mexican tequila crisis and those... View Details

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