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- 08 Aug 2013
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Cause Marketing Gets Personal
her classmates, Langer began her employment in the financial industry, joining Shearson Lehman Brothers as an investment banker. "I was specializing with retail companies: Federated Department Stores, Macy's, Barneys New York. It was just... View Details
- 01 Mar 2013
- News
Sea of Dreams
he wasn't given the proper safety equipment. But Heinandez was unable to complain or find alternative employment because of his legal status: He was an undocumented worker. The financial crisis of 2008 added new dimensions to the story.... View Details
- 01 Mar 2006
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Drive-In Nation
employers to provide essential benefits, including health care after retirement. That meant we didn’t have to face much public responsibility to do that. The American Dream may have to be reinvented, perhaps with a bit more public... View Details
- 01 Jun 2012
- News
What Industrial Policy?
for only about one in 10 American jobs. A major reason for the decline in manufacturing employment in recent decades is the huge increases in the productivity of American factories. With those productivity gains likely to continue, it is... View Details
- 01 Dec 2020
- News
Karmic Kickstart
aspects of the college, which in its first three years grew from a few holes in the ground to a thriving institution of 1,400 students and one of the largest employers in the country. Virtually all aspects of what we did required... View Details
- 01 Dec 2002
- News
Alumni Honorees Urge Students to Emphasize Ethics
employees.” He emphasized that low turnover is a competitive advantage for Starbucks, which depends upon its frontline staff to maintain customer quality for millions of purchases each year. “People don't like to work only for a paycheck,” said Smith. “We're able to be... View Details
- 17 Jul 2020
- News
Support System
In Africa, shea butter is sometimes known as “women’s gold.” Used for everything from skin care to stretch marks to diaper rash, it’s a go-to product in high demand. And it offers employment opportunities for women willing to survey... View Details
Keywords: Maureen Harmon
- 01 Dec 2017
- News
2017 in Retail: Voice-Activated, One-Hour-Delivery Shopping
It’s a great time to be a customer. What’s next in retail? “The mall is in big trouble, and that’s a catastrophe for local communities that rely on malls for employment and taxation. Mall operators have to start thinking about who their... View Details
- 01 Jun 2012
- News
They Call Him Mr. China
built a $500 million auto parts manufacturing business, ASIMCO Technologies, and managed it with such dexterity that it was twice named one of the Best Employers in China. But it wasn’t easy, especially for someone who didn’t speak the... View Details
- 01 Jan 2005
- News
Judith R. Haberkorn, 111th AMP, 1992
for women to think more about their marriage prospects than their business future. Nevertheless, Haberkorn walked into the Baltimore employment office of the AT&T-owned Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone Co. of Maryland and landed a job in... View Details
- 10 Mar 2021
- News
Shattering Glass
50 or 60 years ago. Discrimination used to be perfectly legal; it wasn’t until the 1980s that the US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission defined and prohibited sexual harassment in the workplace. We certainly have made progress on the... View Details
- 30 Oct 2018
- News
Paths of Victory
600 employers and 80,000 job seekers. In addition to offering on-demand workers through its marketplace, Apli’s chatbot and machine-learning models are now helping companies with mass recruiting of permanent employees. “Through Apli,... View Details
- 01 Sep 2018
- News
Case Study: A Good Fit
employer would be interested. —Harry McCracken (AMP 114, 1994) A highly competitive market with one-year sales cycles on the one hand; a pilot customer in a less-competitive niche with a massive opportunity to create value for insurers on... View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint
- 01 Jun 2018
- News
Case Study: Tip the Scale
2003) was looking for more options. Their path: Readers suggested everything from upfront payment models to partnering with employers looking to offer the centers as a benefit, but ultimately, one of the funding doors opened: The success... View Details
- 01 Apr 2008
- News
“Let Us Now Praise Famous Women”
their date of birth, nonprofit and corporate board memberships and years served, and multiple layers of prior employment (company, job title, and years). Even had Val, Doris, and Marianna’s duties not expanded over the years, just the... View Details
- 01 Mar 2012
- News
Alumni Book Briefs
government, and civil society all focus on the poor as producers. The main emphasis must be, he says, on creating employment opportunities for the poor and increasing their productive capacities by ensuring basic public services. What the... View Details
- 01 Feb 1997
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Doing It Your Way
employment growth. From 1987 to 1992, the number of women-owned businesses grew by 43 percent, almost double the rate of growth for all firms during that same period.* During that time, employment by... View Details
- 02 Nov 2010
- News
Commanding Officers
to students about public service, is the assistant secretary for the Veterans’ Employment and Training Service (VETS) at the U.S. Department of Labor. His agency, which he is notably reinventing and recharging, helps former military... View Details
- 01 Jun 2010
- News
The MBA at a Crossroads
at a Crossroads. (Read the Q&A) The deans had reason to be concerned. The business of business education is in the midst of dramatic change. There are clear trends away from two-year, full-time programs; increased questioning of the value added by the MBA degree; and a... View Details
- 01 Jun 2020
- News
Meal Plan
second-largest private employer in the United States. Will the current crisis drive improvements in pay and benefits? CC: In terms of numbers, it’s hard to see an environment where there will be meaningfully more people working in... View Details