Employee Relations - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Mar 2004
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Derek Ferguson

structure in place so these ventures can be financed,” he explains. Sean John Clothing has quickly grown to sales of $200 million and one hundred employees since it was launched five years ago. “It’s our most profitable area,” says... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries

01 Oct 1999
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Eight Among Many: Alfred A. Checchi

education. In turn, as a college graduate who became a federal government employee and a consultant in Washington, Checchi's father set an example that helped pave the way for young Al to win a private school scholarship, which led to... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons

01 Jan 2013
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Joanna M. Jacobson, MBA 1987

throughout Jacobson's life. At the University of Pennsylvania, Jacobson studied international relations with a specialization in China. After college, she worked in operations at Greenwich Associates and was soon promoted to run the... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young

01 Aug 1998
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High Honors

insurance conglomerate. He left a legacy of openness to new technologies, a commitment to employee training, and a collaborative style of leadership that had transformed the company. His success at USAA followed an equally impressive and... View Details

12 Nov 2021
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Alumni Business Leaders on Confronting the Climate Change Challenge

emissions from the entire state of Florida every year for the next nine years" for the White House, key US agencies, state capitals, business leaders, and Congress to meet the Paris Agreement goal of reducing emissions 50 percent by 2030. At a Council on Foreign View Details

01 Jan 2011
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Karen Gordon Mills, MBA 1977

Council on Foreign Relations 2007 Becomes chair of Maine's Council on Competitiveness and the Economy 2009 Named administrator of the US Small Business Administration Throughout her career, Karen Gordon Mills owned, managed, mentored, and... View Details

11 Mar 2021
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Leading with Heart

Yeah. And that's such an important question because it's easy to say that, but how do you do it? Because those who can afford it the least get impacted the most. Unfortunately that's how life works. So some examples of how we did that with compassion. We told all of... View Details

01 Oct 2001
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New Economy Notables: Scott D. Cook

once sold holdings in their retirement accounts to lend me money to keep the doors open. All seven hundred employees at the meeting rose to give my parents a standing ovation. View Details

Keywords: Young, Susan; Computer Systems Design and Related Services; Computer Systems Design and Related Services

01 Jun 2017
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The End of the Noncompete Clause

campaign, Employee Association to Renegotiate Noncompetes (EARN) in 2016. Because EARN’s “pop-up unions,” organized under the National Labor Relations Act, are designed to only engage the company on one... View Details

Keywords: Janelle Nanos

01 Jun 2003
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Up Against The Firewall

company can ever be completely safe — even if a firm disconnects from the Internet, unauthorized personnel or disgruntled employees inside the company’s facilities can figure out ways to access its computers — some firms, especially those... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; Robert Austin; Computer Systems Design and Related Services; Computer Systems Design and Related Services; Computer Systems Design and Related Services

01 Jun 2024
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Case Study: Ready for an Upgrade

then share with others on their teams. While they may not use LinkedIn, find out what they do use on their laptops and mobile devices during the day and get your product into the technical chat communities. If enough users start adopting it, then you can sell into the... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; Computer Systems Design and Related Services; Computer Systems Design and Related Services

01 May 2013
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Joella Lykouretzos, MBA 2001

employees and currently manages approximately $2 billion in funds. “The most rewarding part has been building a team and watching it thrive,” says Joella Lykouretzos, who guided the firm as director of investor View Details

24 Jul 2018
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How Amy Hood Won Back Wall Street and Helped Reboot Microsoft

At an executive retreat in 2015, Hood lectured senior leaders on the need for more internal and external metrics to keep employees on a measurable path and communicate better to investors. Nadella and Hood hatched a plan to refocus... View Details

01 Jun 1998
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Diversity and Community

shrinking labor pool of talented people," Thomas continues, "today's companies are courting and working with diverse constituencies that were all but invisible to firms even a couple of decades ago. It is now widely accepted that workforce diversity helps a company... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons

01 Dec 2008
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Designing Change

consultant.” It’s easy to see how students would relate to 35-year-old Kahn as he takes on CEO Bill Boyd’s challenge to help revitalize Muzak’s image with clients and its corporate culture on a budget of just $900,000. “Since Muzak’s name... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna

01 Jun 1999
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Proposed Chair Would Honor African-American Business Pioneer

career as an independent printing salesman in Washington, D.C., and established the New Negro Alliance, an organization intended to persuade companies doing business in black neighborhoods to hire employees from within those... View Details

01 Jun 2009
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Author Charley Ellis on Goldman Sachs

quite rough sometimes, Whitehead always as smooth as silk. In 2006, Goldman paid more than 50 of its employees $20 million or more. Wasn’t that a tip-off to the firm that the economy was totally unmoored from business fundamentals? John... View Details

Keywords: Finance

01 Mar 2018
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Money (Actually) Can Buy Happiness

step back and asked, What’s the fundamental relationship between money and happiness? We were interested in answering that question in order to design interventions: What can we change for people? Professor Whillans, your research looks at a View Details

Keywords: April White

01 Oct 1996
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"Service-Profit Chain" Links Members of Service Management Unit

costs of employee turnover? What are the benefits of a loyal customer base? These are questions that intrigue members of the Service Management unit. Judging from the popularity of the Service Management elective, they are questions that... View Details