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  • 25 Oct 2017
  • News

New Report: Degree Inflation Hurting Bottom Line of U.S. Firms, Closing Off Economic Opportunity for Millions of Americans

  • 25 Oct 2017
  • News

Demanding a Bachelor’s Degree for a Middle-Skill Job Is Just Plain Dumb

  • 08 Aug 2017
  • First Look

First Look at Research and Ideas, August 8, 2017

subsumed by the other three. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=53024 August 2017 Obstetrics & Gynecology Relationship Between Labor and Delivery Unit Management Practices... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • December 2002 (Revised February 2015)
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Jim Sharpe: Extrusion Technology, Inc. (Abridged)

By: H. Kent Bowen and Barbara Feinberg
Jim Sharpe, 10 years after receiving his MBA from Harvard and working for others, has finally become his own boss and 100% owner of manufacturer of aluminum extrusions. After 10 months of an unfunded search, he acquires the business in an LBO and prepares to face his... View Details
Keywords: Search Funds; Search; Entrepreneurial Management; Operations Strategy; Acquisitions; Work/family Balance; Unions; Union; Turnarounds; Funding Model; LBO; Bank Debt; Bank Loans; Equity Investment; Career Management; Small Business; Work-Life Balance; Negotiation; Operations; Labor Unions; Investment; Entrepreneurship; Financing and Loans; Borrowing and Debt; Business Strategy; Manufacturing Industry
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Bowen, H. Kent, and Barbara Feinberg. "Jim Sharpe: Extrusion Technology, Inc. (Abridged) ." Harvard Business School Case 603-084, December 2002. (Revised February 2015.)

    Marlous van Waijenburg

    Marlous van Waijenburg is an Assistant Professor in the Business, Government, and International Economy Unit at Harvard Business School. She teaches in the MBA required curriculum.

    Professor van Waijenburg’s main... View Details

    • 05 Nov 2019
    • News

    How the Future of Work Will Heap New Pressure on K-12 Companies

    • 2025
    • Working Paper

    Private Equity and Workers: Modeling and Measuring Monopsony, Implicit Contracts, and Efficient Reallocation

    By: Kyle Herkenhoff, Josh Lerner, Gordon M. Phillips, Francisca Rebelo and Benjamin Sampson
    We measure the real effects of private equity buyouts on worker outcomes by building a new database that links transactions to matched employer-employee data in the United States. To guide our empirical analysis, we derive testable implications from three theories in... View Details
    Keywords: Monopsony; Market Power; Productivity; Private Equity; Employment; Wages; Employees
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    Herkenhoff, Kyle, Josh Lerner, Gordon M. Phillips, Francisca Rebelo, and Benjamin Sampson. "Private Equity and Workers: Modeling and Measuring Monopsony, Implicit Contracts, and Efficient Reallocation." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 25-046, March 2025. (Revised June 2025.)
    • July 1994 (Revised August 1994)
    • Case

    Pacific Bell: Centrex Reengineering

    Describes the redesign and rollout of the new order-fulfillment process for a flagship product at Pacific Bell. Pacific Bell is one of the Regional Bell Operating Companies comprised of seven regional business units. Rather than implement the new process, roles, and... View Details
    Keywords: Organizational Change and Adaptation; Change Management; Information Technology; Order Taking and Fulfillment; Telecommunications Industry
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    Stoddard, Donna B., and Sirkka Jarvenpaa. "Pacific Bell: Centrex Reengineering." Harvard Business School Case 195-098, July 1994. (Revised August 1994.)
    • 03 Oct 2005
    • What Do You Think?

    What’s the Future of Globally Organized Labor?

    competency and its ability to move up the value chain that will allow it to share the positive gains. If labor tries the old tactic of strikes, management will just outsource the staff from somewhere else... View Details
    Keywords: by James Heskett
    • March 1997 (Revised October 1999)
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    Stone Container in Honduras (A)

    By: James K. Sebenius and Hannah Bowles
    Chicago-based Stone Container Corp., a leading producer of cardboard containers and paper bags, proposes a large-scale pine forest management and utilization program in the La Mosquitia region of Honduras. A framework agreement with the government is strongly endorsed... View Details
    Keywords: Negotiation Preparation; Negotiation Types; Environmental Sustainability; Conflict of Interests; Globalized Firms and Management; Developing Countries and Economies; Government and Politics; Manufacturing Industry; Pulp and Paper Industry; Honduras; Chicago
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    Sebenius, James K., and Hannah Bowles. "Stone Container in Honduras (A)." Harvard Business School Case 897-172, March 1997. (Revised October 1999.)

      Charles C.Y. Wang

      Charles C.Y. Wang is the Tandon Family Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School. He is a research member of the European Corporate Governance Institute (ECGI) and an associate editor of Management Science and Journal of Accounting Research,... View Details

      • September 2002
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      Seattle Public Schools, 1995-2002 (B): The Performance Agenda

      Describes the implementation in Seattle Public Schools, under the direction of Superintendent Joseph Olchefske, of a systemwide standards and accountability scheme, known as the Performance Agenda. The Performance Agenda set academic standards for students and defined... View Details
      Keywords: Leadership; Management Practices and Processes; Social Entrepreneurship; Education; Education Industry; Seattle
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      Leschly, Stig. "Seattle Public Schools, 1995-2002 (B): The Performance Agenda." Harvard Business School Case 803-038, September 2002.
      • March 2020 (Revised August 2020)
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      Culture at Google

      By: Nien-hê Hsieh, Amy Klopfenstein and Sarah Mehta
      Beginning in 2017, technology (tech) company Google faced a series of employee-relations issues that threatened its unique culture of innovation and open communication. Issues included protests surrounding Google’s contracts with the U.S. government, restrictions of... View Details
      Keywords: Human Resources; Employee Relationship Management; Recruitment; Retention; Resignation and Termination; Labor; Working Conditions; Employment; Labor Unions; Wages; Law; Lawsuits and Litigation; Rights; Ethics; Values and Beliefs; Fairness; Organizations; Organizational Culture; Mission and Purpose; Social Psychology; Attitudes; Behavior; Conflict Management; Trust; Motivation and Incentives; Prejudice and Bias; Power and Influence; Information Technology; Internet and the Web; Information Infrastructure; Society; Social Issues; Culture; Civil Society or Community; Demographics; Diversity; Ethnicity; Gender; Race; Technology Industry; North and Central America; United States; California
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      Hsieh, Nien-hê, Amy Klopfenstein, and Sarah Mehta. "Culture at Google." Harvard Business School Case 320-050, March 2020. (Revised August 2020.)
      • January 1994
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      China (B): Polaroid of Shanghai Ltd.

      By: Debora L. Spar
      Examines the experience of Polaroid of Shanghai Ltd. (PSL), a joint venture between the U.S.-based Polaroid Corp. and the Shanghai Motion Picture Industry Co., within the framework of China's foreign investment climate. Discusses the evolution of foreign investment in... View Details
      Keywords: Joint Ventures; Foreign Direct Investment; China; United States
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      Spar, Debora L. "China (B): Polaroid of Shanghai Ltd." Harvard Business School Case 794-089, January 1994.
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      Recent Advances in the Empirics of Organizational Economics

      By: Nicholas Bloom, Raffaella Sadun and John Van Reenen
      We present a survey of recent contributions in empirical organizational economics, focusing on management practices and decentralization. Productivity dispersion between firms and countries has motivated the improved measurement of firm organization across industries... View Details
      Keywords: Economics; Management Practices and Processes; Performance Productivity; Geographic Location; Motivation and Incentives; Factories, Labs, and Plants; Competition; Human Capital; Markets; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Multinational Firms and Management; India; Brazil; United States
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      Bloom, Nicholas, Raffaella Sadun, and John Van Reenen. "Recent Advances in the Empirics of Organizational Economics." Annual Review of Economics 2 (2010): 105–137.
      • January 2003 (Revised April 2003)
      • Case

      Sun Hydraulics: Leading in Tough Times (A)

      By: Linda A. Hill and Jennifer Suesse
      Sun Hydraulics, 32-year-old global hydraulics engineering and manufacturing company headquartered in Sarasota, Florida, confronts tough choices due to the economic downturn in 2001. The company leadership debates how to maintain profitability and reduce labor costs... View Details
      Keywords: Organizational Culture; Mission and Purpose; Financial Crisis; Crisis Management; Manufacturing Industry; Florida
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      Hill, Linda A., and Jennifer Suesse. "Sun Hydraulics: Leading in Tough Times (A)." Harvard Business School Case 403-069, January 2003. (Revised April 2003.)
      • May 2003
      • Case

      Sun Hydraulics: Leading in Tough Times (A) (Abridged)

      By: Linda A. Hill and Jennifer Suesse
      Sun Hydraulics, 32-year-old global hydraulics engineering and manufacturing company headquartered in Sarasota, Florida; confronts tough choices due to the economic downturn in 2001. The company leadership debates how to maintain profitability and reduce labor costs... View Details
      Keywords: Organizational Culture; Mission and Purpose; Financial Crisis; Crisis Management; Manufacturing Industry; Florida
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      Hill, Linda A., and Jennifer Suesse. "Sun Hydraulics: Leading in Tough Times (A) (Abridged)." Harvard Business School Case 403-139, May 2003.
      • 01 Sep 2020
      • News

      Action Plan: Finding Fluency

      Photo courtesy of Cammie Dunaway Photo courtesy of Cammie Dunaway Every day of 2020, Cammie Dunaway (MBA 1990) has practiced her French using the Duolingo app. “It is something positive I can do for myself,” Dunaway says of the hobby she has maintained throughout... View Details
      Keywords: April White; foreign language; education and technology; digital marketing; change management; COVID-19; Educational Services
      • March 1985 (Revised November 1985)
      • Case

      Wilmington Tap and Die

      By: Robert S. Kaplan
      The general manager of a division manufacturing taps and dies must decide whether to continue a major capital investment program. The program was designed to replace aging mechanical machines with modern, electronically controlled equipment. A post-audit, after an... View Details
      Keywords: Capital Budgeting; Investment; Accounting Audits; Cost Management; Technological Innovation; Information Technology; Performance Productivity; Production; Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques; Manufacturing Industry
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      Kaplan, Robert S. "Wilmington Tap and Die." Harvard Business School Case 185-124, March 1985. (Revised November 1985.)
      • 28 Mar 2023
      • HBS Seminar

      Isabel Fernandez-Mateo, London Business School

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