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- 27 Feb 2006
- Research & Ideas
When Rights of First Refusal Are a Bad Deal
also markets as a whole. (Details matter there, too, and the wrong details can lead to bad outcomes.) My colleagues and I have recently helped redesign the labor market for... View Details
- November 2011 (Revised June 2012)
- Case
The Big 3 Roar Back
By: William W. George
The "Big 3"—Ford Motor Company, General Motors, and Chrysler—were all headquartered in Detroit, Michigan. Born between 1903 and 1928, they dominated the automobile industry in the U.S. for decades until they became complacent. In the 1970s they started losing share to... View Details
Keywords: Production; Labor Unions; Labor and Management Relations; Industry Clusters; Competitive Strategy; Auto Industry; Manufacturing Industry; Michigan
George, William W. "The Big 3 Roar Back." Harvard Business School Case 412-072, November 2011. (Revised June 2012.)
- 16 Jan 2018
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, January 16, 2018
unionized, it paid well, offered benefits, and was secure. But manufacturing employment has steadily declined, from about 25% of the U.S. labor force in 1970 to less than 10% today. Now a decent living entails more than a generous wage;... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 20 Jan 2023
- News
Free Spirits
year to the second. The segment now has a dedicated trade association and big expectations to meet: Global Market Insights predicts the sector will reach $30 billion by 2025. Mariah Wood (left) and Vanessa Royle (Courtesy Tilden... View Details
- 01 Jan 2012
- News
Hiroshi Mikitani, MBA 1993
credit cards, online shopping, banking, and the Rakuten Golden Eagles baseball team. With 10,000 employees worldwide, Rakuten currently has a market capitalization of approximately $14 billion. It is the number one e-commerce company in... View Details
- 28 Jun 2022
- Book
The Moral Enterprise: How Two Companies Profit with Purpose
How can government and business work together in this fractious political moment, when finding solutions to pressing problems like inequality and climate change are more urgent than ever? Rebecca Henderson, Harvard University’s John and Natty McArthur University... View Details
Keywords: by Avery Forman
- 20 Oct 2010
- Op-Ed
Export Competitiveness: Reversing the Logic
of externalities became additional features of the debate. The introduction of market imperfection arguments actually introduced significant complications: specialization in the "wrong" activities, i.e. those with lower levels... View Details
Keywords: by Christian Ketels
- 15 Nov 2018
- Book
Can the Global Food Industry Overcome Public Distrust?
JamesBrey Food is the largest segment of the global economy. It is also widely recognized as more critical for human health than any pharmaceutical drug on the planet. But significant changes in the industry are making people lose trust in many institutions involved in... View Details
- October 2019 (Revised August 2022)
- Case
Nehemiah Mfg. Co.: Providing a Second Chance
By: Michael Chu, Brian Trelstad and John Masko
In 2009, Dan Meyer and Richard Palmer, two veterans of the fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) industry, founded Nehemiah Manufacturing to build FMCG brands while providing jobs to Cincinnati, Ohio’s beleaguered urban core. Two years later, the pair made their first... View Details
Keywords: Fast Moving Consumer Goods; Social Entrepreneurship; Retention; Selection and Staffing; Employment; Human Capital; Growth Management; Brands and Branding; Social Marketing; Mission and Purpose; Prejudice and Bias; City; Urban Scope; Consumer Products Industry; Manufacturing Industry; Ohio; United States
Chu, Michael, Brian Trelstad, and John Masko. "Nehemiah Mfg. Co.: Providing a Second Chance." Harvard Business School Case 320-008, October 2019. (Revised August 2022.)
- 21 Jan 2022
- Blog Post
Tipping Point: Investing in the Women of Kenya’s Coffee Farms
market is under $1 a pound, while the actual cost to produce that pound is between $1.62 and $2. The coffee farms are profitable only when they rely on free labor, typically from the women in the farming family. During harvest season in... View Details
- 29 Jul 2008
- First Look
First Look: July 29, 2008
Business School Case 706-052 In 2006, the Philippines faces a difficult choice. Japan has offered the country a trade agreement that includes access to the Japanese labor market for Philippine nurses and... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- Web
2021 Virtual Presentations - Alumni
projections. The recovery has been spurred by rapid vaccine development and hampered by slow vaccine rollouts, supply disruptions, labor shortages, and pockets of inflation. A range of new regulations and the restructuring of Evergrande... View Details
- 21 Feb 2005
- Op-Ed
Is Business Management a Profession?
in Washington politicians. Fairly or not, people have become willing to believe that executives, as a class, are greedy and dishonest. However natural it might be to ask how so many executives—not to mention accountants, investment bankers, stock View Details
- 07 Jul 2003
- What Do You Think?
Can We Have Too Much Productivity Improvement?
faith that markets will once again bring labor back into equilibrium... the alternative of suppressing advances in efficiency is not within the realm of reason." Amy Savin commented, "I believe... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 24 Apr 2018
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, April 24, 2018
more than a material exchange in labor relations). Third, we study survey data for the 1990s on the beliefs of Peronist and non-Peronist voters in Argentina and Democrat and Republican voters in the United States. While income and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 23 Mar 2010
- First Look
First Look: March 23
(forthcoming) An abstract is unavailable at this time. Download the paper: http://www.people.hbs.edu/bvillalonga/VillalongaAmit_FM_Final.pdf Working Papers Banking Market Concentration and Consumer Credit Constraints: Evidence from the... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Mar 2024
- News
Giving All Stakeholders a Voice
“Now with blockchain, network effects are turbocharged, while bringing back principles of open innovation that Web 1.0 had,” Wu says. Read more about Building open-source applications with logic encoded in smart contracts helps businesses get to View Details
Keywords: April White
- 01 Mar 2023
- News
Step Change
population is approaching 110 million, the highest in the MENA region, with about half of its citizens between the ages of 15 and 45 and the range of mobile-phone penetration well over 90 percent. The market to meet a host of consumer... View Details
- 03 Jun 2014
- First Look
First Look: June 3
Specifically, we explore whether the presence of frictions in a country's capital markets, labor markets, and product markets affect the excess value of diversified firms. We find that the value of... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 06 Jun 2005
- What Do You Think?
Is a “Level Playing Field” a Good Thing?
very notion of a level playing field is a myth. There never has been a level field and there never will be. . . . Let the market decide for itself and it will work out." Radhika Unni adds, "I don't think that there will ever be... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett