Workers - Publications - Faculty & Research

25 Feb 2020
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Task Force

the hands of consumers. Workers have three options for compensation: mobile phone credit, bank transfers, or digital gift cards for brands including Amazon, Netflix, Starbucks, and Uber. The idea for Zubale evolved over time. One... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; gig economy; Retail Trade

01 Mar 2024
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Counter Intelligence

When Pano Christou (AMP 195, 2018) was hired at Pret A Manger in 2000, the idea that he would one day run the entire company could not have been further from his mind. At the chain’s Carnaby Street shop, in London’s Soho district, the 22-year-old had enough work just... View Details

Keywords: Amy Crawford

01 Feb 1999
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Too Much of a Good Thing?

voluntary or involuntary. Salter explains that, on a global scale, overcapacity is linked to demographics. "From Asia alone, there will soon be over one billion laborers earning less than $4 a day dominating the world's workforce," he observes. "Compare that with the... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons

25 Aug 2022
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Up on the Corner

for example, is meant to fill a local housing gap that significantly affects low-income families: Hourly workers at the nearby University of Maryland Medical Center, many of whom are single mothers, have a hard time finding affordable... View Details

Keywords: Alexander Gelfand; photographed by Melissa Golden; Real Estate

01 Dec 2019
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Bridging the Gap

Innovation. A result of YALP’s emphasis on cross-sector collaboration, the program is one of 26 “Future Ready Institutes” in the Hamilton County School District that combines job readiness skills and a high school diploma. One of the most pressing needs for View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; illustration by Josh Cochran; photographed by Melissa Golden; cross sector collaboration; local government; nonprofits; education; leadership; Administration of Economic Programs; Government

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

Younger Black Knowledge Workers BIO As global leaders prepare to meet in Glasgow, the prospects for mitigating the impact of climate change do not look very good. A detailed new analysis from the Rhodium Group, as reported by Axios.com,... View Details

01 Oct 2001
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Guy de Chazal: Changing Focus

housing, educational, employment, and social service programs. "Fountain House facilitates recovery and rehabilitation by building self-esteem," explains de Chazal, whose interest in the international organization was inspired by his wife's job as a social View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg

01 Aug 1998
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High Honors

repetitiveness, and impersonality, caused worker morale to suffer. After completing a doctorate in human relations in industry at Cornell University in 1958, Turner joined the HBS faculty and, with colleague Paul R. Lawrence, opened up a... View Details

01 Jun 2022
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In My Humble Opinion: Home Base

Dowling launched Workparent, a coaching and consulting firm that supports organizations and individuals by providing practical tips and techniques that help workers excel at home and on the job. To date, the company has advised parents on... View Details

Keywords: April White

01 Feb 2002
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It's academic. (Not!)

in June. "I'm specifically interested in ‘star' knowledge workers - in this case, the analysts in investment banks." He and Associate Professor Ashish Nanda have spent three years building a proprietary data set and examining how... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

01 Jan 2011
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Karen Gordon Mills, MBA 1977

Russia to build a textile business. "Half the workers in this country are employed in small businesses. We need to make sure they have the tools to grow their companies, create stable jobs, and move our economy forward." Mills serves as... View Details

01 Dec 2016
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Vive la Madeleine!

the pantheon of classic French treats. In the 1980s, the company employed nearly 400 workers and enjoyed a 40 percent market share. Subjected to a series of buyouts, the product line shifted to a more mass-market approach that led to a... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; illustrations by Natalya Balnova

19 Nov 2020
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How Panera’s CEO Learned to Go Against the Grain

Photo courtesy of Panera Bread Photo courtesy of Panera Bread As the CEO of Panera Bread Co, Niren Chaudhary (AMP 191, 2016) was intent on finding ways to make sure the company’s workers weren’t left behind during the pandemic. The... View Details

Keywords: Food Services and Drinking Places; Hospitality

01 Dec 2017
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Year in Review 2017

edited by April White; illustrations by Jonathan Carlson RETAIL: Voice-Activated, One-Hour-Delivery Shopping MANUFACTURING: The Supply Chain Goes High Tech ENERGY: A Future of Lower Energy Prices MEDIA: Courting the Cord-Cutters EDUCATION: Investing in the Next... View Details

05 Dec 2016
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Scaling Up at Five Below

infrastructure,” Anderson told the Philadelphia Inquirer. The former president and CEO of Walmart.com, Anderson talked about store visits, worker pay, and pricing strategy. READ MORE View Details

Keywords: Miscellaneous Store Retailers; Retail Trade

01 Jun 2017
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The End of the Noncompete Clause

industry: labor organizing. For decades, noncompete clauses were written into job contracts to help protect companies from losing intellectual property by restricting when and where employees could work after they departed their current job. Roughly 37 percent of... View Details

Keywords: Janelle Nanos

30 Mar 2015
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Creating a sustainable world

real-time, shared bus services for workers whose employees pay monthly subscriptions for the service. “I especially find it rewarding as these emerging companies develop projects that, in the long run, will contribute to a better world... View Details

01 Jun 1998
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Diversity and Community

employees. During the Great Depression, Levi Strauss workers were kept on the payroll refurbishing their factory until business picked up. In 1982, when current CEO Bob Haas learned that employees were nervous about distributing AIDS... View Details