Industrial Unionism - Publications - Faculty & Research

February 2024 (Revised May 2024)
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Lina Khan at the FTC: Redefining Antitrust in the Age of Big Tech

By: Joseph L. Badaracco Jr. and Susan Pinckney

In 2023 and 2024, the Federal Trade Commission and U.S. Department of Justice sued Google, Amazon, and Apple claiming antitrust violations. These lawsuits marked a shift in U.S. antitrust enforcement away from the Chicago School and towards the New Brandeis school of... View Details

Keywords: Transition; Government Administration; Lawsuits and Litigation; Monopoly; Technology Industry; United States; European Union; China; India

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2018 Symposium - Race, Gender & Equity

Race, Work & Leadership: Learning about & from Black Experience Race, Work & Leadership: Learning about & from Black Experience 08–09 MAR 2018 Home Speakers Videos Agenda 2018 marks the 50th anniversary of the founding of the Harvard Business School’s African American... View Details

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2018 Symposium - Race, Gender & Equity

Race, Work & Leadership: Learning about & from Black Experience Race, Work & Leadership: Learning about & from Black Experience 08–09 MAR 2018 Home Speakers Videos Agenda 2018 marks the 50th anniversary of the founding of the Harvard Business School’s African American... View Details

Morse G. Dial

Dial was instrumental in the growth and diversification of Union Carbide. He strongly supported research and development, and it was with this foresight that Union Carbide was able to become a leading... View Details

Keywords: Chemicals & Industrial

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Introduction - The Production - The Human Factor – Baker Library | Bloomberg Center, Historical Collections

both celebrated American capitalist might and combated negative publicity generated by labor unions and the realities of the Depression. Ayres and Davenport showed no interest in collecting photographs illustrating the darker side of... View Details

October 1982 (Revised September 1986)
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Coal Strike of 1977-78 (A) (Condensed)

By: D. Quinn Mills

Keywords: Labor Unions; Labor and Management Relations; Mining Industry

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10 Jul 2000
Research & Ideas

Privatization and the New European Economy

ownership to the private sector and become regulators—a position that will, in fact, give them more power to shape the competitive environment of industries not only in their own country but throughout the continent, as the European View Details

Keywords: by James E. Aisner; Air Transportation; Transportation

July 1979 (Revised December 1984)
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Coal Strike of 1977-78 (C)

By: D. Quinn Mills and Richard O. von Werssowetz

Keywords: Labor Unions; Labor and Management Relations; Mining Industry

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01 Mar 2011
News

Making Their Way

but from Mexico, South Korea, and elsewhere — was coming in at a lower price point than our unionized operations could match,” Chirchirillo recalls. “And many of my OPM classmates were from outside the United States, so I was getting a... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; Electrical Equipment, Appliance, and Component Manufacturing; Manufacturing; Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing; Manufacturing; Rail Transportation; Transportation

May 2006 (Revised October 2007)
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EU Verdict Against Microsoft

By: David B. Yoffie and Michael Slind

In 2004, following an investigation that began in 1998, the European Commission (EC) issued an antitrust judgment against Microsoft Corp., levying a record fine of 497 million euros ($613 million) and mandating changes of commercial behavior and bundling of Windows... View Details

Keywords: Judgments; Governance Compliance; Lawsuits and Litigation; Monopoly; Business and Government Relations; Competitive Strategy; Software; European Union; United States

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02 Nov 2020
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Is Antitrust Just a Quaint Notion in the Digital Age?

taxpayers a bundle, but a fraction of what Google can easily afford to spend to defend itself and, if necessary, provide restitution. After all, a recent European Union judgment against Google of more than $9 billion was hardly noticed by... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Retail; Technology; Telecommunications; Communications; Consumer Products; Service

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Launching leaders: HBS's new initiative fuels first-generation and low-income student success - Recruiting

WesTrek 2025: Exploring the future of tech in Silicon Valley Michelle Cao 26 Feb 2025 Exploring value-based care: My summer internship with Main Street Health Sarah Guezmir 19 Feb 2025 Meet the HBS African American Student Union... View Details

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David Kang

industry and build industry connections," says David. "It also gave me something to bring to the table at HBS." With a firm foundation in traditional business skills, David looked for... View Details

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Pension and retirement funds

& regulatory developments, M&A history, and a people search function. Capital IQ: Go to Screening -->Companies and under Investment Firm Type select Corporate, Government or Union Pension Plan Sponsor. View Details

August 2005 (Revised October 2010)
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European Financial Integration

By: Rawi E. Abdelal and Christopher Bruner

Provides background on the history and status of financial integration in the European Union. Describes the pertinent treaty-based "fundamental freedoms," emphasizes challenges to further cross-border consolidation in the banking sector, and examines the regulatory... View Details

Keywords: Banks and Banking; Financial Markets; Financial Strategy; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Integration; Banking Industry; European Union

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Policy - Business & Environment

Confronting Climate Change Policy From obstruction to leadership For much of the last 50 years, powerful segments of the business community have opposed government action on climate change. The fossil fuel industry in particular, seeing... View Details