Relationships - Publications - Faculty & Research

April 2004 (Revised July 2008)
Case

Showdown on the Waterfront: The West Coast Port Dispute (A)

By: Kathleen L. McGinn and Dina R. Pradel

New technology underlies a protracted dispute between West Coast longshoremen and their employers. Severe economic consequences lead to government intervention in the dispute. View Details

Keywords: Economics; Negotiation Process; Business and Government Relations; Labor and Management Relations; Conflict and Resolution; Shipping Industry; Western United States

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May 1992 (Revised November 1992)
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Fabtek (A)

By: Rowland T. Moriarty Jr., Benson P. Shapiro and Craig E. Cline

Concerns the selection and scheduling of orders by a small industrial titanium fabricator that in recent months has been plagued by poor deliveries and a lack of capacity. Four orders are offered, from which the student must select one. Each order represents different... View Details

Keywords: Customer Relationship Management; Business or Company Management; Time Management; Performance Capacity

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01 Sep 2020
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When Your Boss Doesn't Respect Your Family Commitments

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Policy - Business & Environment

widely recognized by scientists and the general public. Industry Documents Industry internal documents showed sophisticated understanding of the relationship between increasing CO2 concentrations and increasing temperatures. Industry... View Details

Portrait Project

Soline Miniere

hear the prejudices I am carrying with me because of where I am born, my gender, or my relationship status. I feel the box I am in. As seconds pass, I reflect. All those voices, surrounding me, that I have never really listened to. I want... View Details

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Admissions | MBA

Events More Events Visit Campus Our vibrant residential campus is designed to build relationships to last a lifetime. Visit Campus Take a Virtual Tour Featured Videos More Videos Play Video duration: 2:35 The MBA Admissions team walks you... View Details

01 Oct 2001
News

The Play's the Thing

Baron: prize winning playwright. Visiting Mr. Green, by Jeff Baron (MBA '78), is a play about the relationship that develops between an elderly widower and the youthful executive who almost kills him while driving recklessly down a... View Details

Keywords: Arts, Entertainment

Portrait Project

Margarita Golod

I want to have the courage to ask questions. Serious questions, embarrassing questions, aspirational questions, even silly questions. The power of questions is undeniable. Questions have been the building blocks of my relationships with... View Details

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Student Life | MBA

the Military International Students Partners & Families First-Generation Students Socioeconomic Inclusion Take a Virtual Campus Tour Learn how our students interact with our vibrant residential campus, which is designed to foster interaction beyond the classroom,... View Details

November 2010
Supplement

Esquel Group: Building a Sustainable Partnership with Cotton Farmers in Xinjiang (B)

By: James K. Sebenius and Jason Cheng Qian

Details and evaluates results in Esquel's 2002 initiative to negotiate long-term partnerships with often-exploited farmers in Xinjiang (western China) to procure a superior cotton variety. View Details

Keywords: Contracts; Agreements and Arrangements; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Outcome or Result; Leasing; Business and Community Relations; Business and Government Relations; Partners and Partnerships; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; Apparel and Accessories Industry; Manufacturing Industry; Hong Kong; Xinjiang Uygur Zizhiqu

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11 Jul 2016
Blog Post

Career Resources to Consider Before You Arrive at HBS

to you right now that will most likely play a key role in your job search. A few to consider are as follows: 1. Focus on Building and Renewing Relationships When you arrive at HBS you will soon realize the very important role that your... View Details

Student-Profile

Rohan Kekre

coursework, research, and teaching with the graduate students in the Economics Department has enabled me to form close professional and personal relationships with fellow students that I will carry with me well beyond graduate school. The... View Details

01 Oct 2000
News

Three Promoted to Full Professor

Reinhardt is currently studying the relationships between business behavior and environmental quality, particularly in the energy industry and the food and agribusiness sector. His research focuses on the View Details

06 Sep 2012
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Fashion-Forward

information for industry executives and fashionistas alike. Amed, who made British GQ’s list of the 100 most influential men in Britain in 2011, attributes much of that success to the relationships he developed at HBS. “I was uncertain... View Details

Keywords: fashion; apparel; News, Library, Internet, and Other Services; Information; Clothing and Clothing Accessories Stores; Retail Trade

29 May 2001
Research & Ideas

Race Does Matter in Mentoring

some minorities—those who eventually became executives—avoided that fate. What kept them motivated and prepared to take advantage of opportunities that arrived belatedly? A common thread among them was their relationships with mentors.... View Details

Keywords: by David A. Thomas

26 Nov 2019
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Fintech, Small Business & the American Dream

Source: Mills Source: Mills Drawing on her experience leading the US Small Business Administration as a member of President Barack Obama’s Cabinet, Senior Fellow Karen Gordon Mills explores the ways technology is changing financial institutions’ View Details

Keywords: fintech; Artificial intelligence; Small business

January 1999 (Revised October 2010)
Background Note

Accumulated Earnings Tax and Personal Holding Company Tax

By: Henry B. Reiling and Mark Pollard

Identifies Congress's concerns and objectives in adopting the Accumulated Earnings Tax and the Personal Holding Company Tax. Also describes the provisions' mechanics and some of their practical implications. View Details

Keywords: Business Earnings; Taxation; Business and Government Relations; Business and Shareholder Relations; Public Administration Industry; United States

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Multilateral Matching

By: John William Hatfield and Scott Duke Kominers

We introduce a matching model in which agents engage in joint ventures via multilateral contracts. This approach allows us to consider production complementarities previously outside the scope of matching theory. We show analogues of the first and second welfare... View Details

Keywords: Matching; Stability; Competitive Equilibrium; Core; Networks; Competition; Joint Ventures; Balance and Stability; Groups and Teams; Entrepreneurship

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August 2013
Supplement

Lyric Dinner Theater (Video Supplement)

By: Jim Sharpe

Keywords: Turnarounds; Operations; Boards Of Directors; Family-owned Business; Hiring; Entrepreneurship; Family and Family Relationships; Family Business; Family Ownership; Entertainment; Negotiation; Entertainment and Recreation Industry; Saint Louis

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March 2011
Background Note

Customer Loyalty Schemes in the Retail Sector

By: Jose B. Alvarez and Aldo Sesia

Customer loyalty schemes (or programs) are explicit efforts by retailers to gain long-term patronage from customers. Loyalty schemes are developed for a variety of reasons: to reward loyal customers, to generate more robust information about customer behavior, to... View Details

Keywords: Customer Relationship Management; Consumer Behavior; Business Strategy; Retail Industry; United Kingdom; United States

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