Labor Process - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Dec 2019
News

Case Study: Farming It Out

out of the air-conditioned tractor cab to do,” he says. Hand-worked chores account for a huge portion of labor on farms, says Andersen. Take, for example, table grapes, which are picked exclusively by hand: California farmers gross... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; Agriculture

March 2014
Module Note

Implementing Environmentally Sustainable Operations

By: Michael W. Toffel

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01 Oct 1996
News

"Service-Profit Chain" Links Members of Service Management Unit

elective that looks at changes in the ways products and services -- both new and traditional -- will be bought and sold in the emerging universe of electronic commerce. Associate Professor Gary W. Loveman studies service management through the lens of global View Details

Keywords: Susan Young

02 Feb 2016
First Look

February 2, 2016

Organization Tax Aversion in Labor Supply By: Kessler, Judd B., and Michael I. Norton Abstract—In a real-effort laboratory experiment, labor supply decreases more with the introduction of a tax than with a... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Mar 2013
News

Alumni News | Bookshelf

how to develop sustainable processes for finding great ideas, driving them toward commercial success, and tracking their impact in the market and on the firm's resources. Your factory needs four building blocks, the authors tell us: a... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne; Manufacturing; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

02 Dec 2017
News

The Lines That Divide America

fair process they had come to expect, is increasingly aiding and abetting these line-cutters.” Nohria argues that feelings are equally strong among people with means, who see their own hard work, creativity, and sacrifices as... View Details

Keywords: Nitin Nohria

07 Jan 2011
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Working on a Turnaround

Keywords: Nursing and Residential Care Facilities; Health, Social Assistance

01 Oct 2001
Research & Ideas

Five Questions for Stuart Gilson

restructuring as the process through which a company radically changes the contractual relationships that exist among its creditors, shareholders, employees, and other stakeholders. The goal of restructuring is to increase the overall... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

29 Apr 2014
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First Look: April 29

Allocation Theory By: Bower, Joseph L. Abstract—This article considers the process of resource allocation, whereby an organization determines how best to apportion its factors of production between the various productive activities in... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

15 Dec 2009
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First Look: Dec. 15, 2009

Massachusetts General Hospital's efforts to restructure quality and safety to illustrate the value of beginning with a focus on organizational culture, using a systematic process of engaging clinical leadership, developing an... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

12 Feb 2019
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New Research and Ideas, February 12, 2019

that hold back progress in resource mobilization research. We then propose a path ahead for future research guided by two overarching goals. First, we advocate for a process perspective, focusing attention on how an individual actor’s... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

22 Feb 2022
News

An Rx for Small Business Recovery

applications and used automated processing to get cash out quickly. By the program’s second round, companies such as Square, Kabbage, PayPal, and Intuit became approved PPP lenders and handled a significant share of PPP loans. “The... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg

03 Oct 2012
What Do You Think?

Can We Bring Back the “Industrial Commons” for Manufacturing?

"Where was (the) support for manufacturing when it really counted, before much of it escaped offshore? Why should we believe this 'new thinking' now?" Citing " high labor costs and uncooperative unions," Philippe... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Manufacturing

09 Mar 2010
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First Look: March 9

descriptive study of these processes in an emerging category-modern Indian art. Discourse analysis revealed how market actors shaped the construction of meaning in the new category by reinterpreting historical constructs in ways that... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

08 Dec 2003
Research & Ideas

Why Europe Lags in Pharmaceuticals and Biotech

Bastianelli, vice president of corporate development at ProSkelia Pharmaceuticals in France. Once companies are created, there is little incentive to improve, he said, and labor laws make it difficult to remove unproductive employees.... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Biotechnology; Health; Pharmaceutical; Technology

Student-Profile

Sarah Wolfolds

When I was a senior in college, I planned to attend a PhD program in Economics to study industrial organization and potentially labor economics. I had always been interested in Economics and was intrigued by the influence of the... View Details

22 Dec 2015
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December 22, 2015

enterprises. The focus is on supply- and demand-side factors that help explicate cross-border expansion. The article explores how appropriability-informed and legacy-shaped entrepreneurial imagination motivates a process of creation and... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

01 Dec 2008
Lessons from the Classroom

How Many U.S. Jobs Are ‘Offshorable’?

members of the workforce.” As background material, students read an overview case, "The Offshoring of America," as well as "Monitor's Opportunities in India," a case that follows the decision-making process of the consulting group's CEO... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna

01 Mar 2012
News

Putting Ghosts to Rest

quantify, the process may be as valuable as the end product. While the programs are rolled out, the “cow annuity” and the small businesses formed by the co-ops bring families, neighbors, and communities together. Therefore, when weighing... View Details

Keywords: Chris Maloney; Animal Production and Aquaculture; Agriculture; Social Assistance; Health, Social Assistance

08 May 2013
Research & Ideas

A Company’s Evolving View of Gender Equity

called "BigAC" in the paper.) Ramarajan, McGinn, and Kolb attempted to answer several questions about the relationship between societal and organizational change. What is the process through which an organization responds to... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Accounting

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