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- 01 Sep 2004
- News
Promise & Perils
people moving from rural provinces to work in coastal-region factories, this status translated into officially sanctioned lower wages and poorly monitored working conditions. This system is now under assault by the AFL-CIO, which regards “temporary” View Details
- 25 Aug 2022
- News
Harnessing the Tools of the Digital Age
Design Institute address these trends? KL: Our aspiration is to help invent the future of capitalism. Let’s figure out how companies can operate ethically with digital technologies and how we can get all of our workers trained up... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 02 Sep 2021
- News
Back to School
Could we create a computer science program in every school? Hire more social workers to provide the support our students need? That’s the kind of moment we’re living in, and we’ll be in that moment for years. That’s what I’m looking... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 15 Dec 2024
- News
The Golden Thread
Teresa Amabile grew up near Buffalo, New York, the third of seven children. Her parents were first-generation Americans who used their childhood Italian language when they didn’t want the kids to understand what they were saying. Her father and his brothers were... View Details
- 01 Mar 2009
- News
Letters to the Editor
intervention? You further state that market capitalism “won the Cold War.” I find this statement insulting to those who overturned the Communist Eastern European governments. The workers at the Gdansk shipyards and the tens of thousands... View Details
- 01 Sep 2020
- News
The Devil You Don’t Know
consumption sharply, which will provoke further business contraction, and so on. And even those workers who have not been laid off—the vast majority—have more reason to be worried than before (because of rising unemployment), more reason... View Details
- 01 Dec 1996
- News
Starting Up and Starting Over
landlord, the entrepreneur, or the worker contributed most to England's prosperity. Later, as HBS Dean, Gay's primary duty was to prepare his students for their role in the administrative organization that was emerging as the business... View Details
- 01 Mar 2011
- News
Making Their Way
metal-stamping machine is set up and the press is running, a single worker can operate two or three presses. “In fact,” says Chirchirillo, “our McHenry plant produces parts for a lower per-piece price than the high-quality Chinese... View Details
- 25 Feb 2020
- News
The Past Informs the Future of Work
technology management, and robotics to simplify and automate support activities. He also addressed dilemmas about whether to allow each division to adopt innovation at its own pace or institute it simultaneously company-wide, and the obligation of leaders to View Details
- 25 Feb 2020
- News
In My Humble Opinion: Mr. Coffee
from 45 to 60 percent.” Management method: “I’m a believer in situational leadership. I don’t approach businesses and teams with a playbook. Instead, I assess the situation by listening and learning what’s going on before implementing change.” First job: Line View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 01 Sep 2010
- News
A CEO Goes Undercover
home. We also added a single-parent component to the foundation to help workers like Mercedes and Jennifer with childcare. And finally, we established a new scholarship program to make it easier for employees like Albert to attend school... View Details
- 12 Dec 2018
- News
Lesson Plan
on political campaigns that promise a different approach to foreign and domestic policy. As formative as those experiences were in establishing her sense of justice and political engagement, however, the linchpin is probably a very well-timed sandwich. On a cold... View Details
- 20 Dec 2019
- News
The 19 Musts of 2019
worker productivity, equality of opportunity and economic mobility, even economic growth—are consequently all eroding and threatening the economic, civil, and political life of our democracy. Of course, Adam Smith makes an appearance,... View Details
- 01 Mar 2023
- News
March 2023 Alumni and Faculty Books
perspective, going back to the Quaker capitalism of George Cadbury and the worker solidarity of Edward Filene. Jones also profiles business leaders from around the world who combined profits with social purpose to confront inequality,... View Details
- 01 Jun 2009
- News
Letters to the Editor
rationale as to why this union-backed legislation is needed and why it is good for employees. Alas, he didn’t. In my 20s and 30s, I directly supervised a total of several thousand hourly workers in at least a dozen departments in both New... View Details
- 29 Apr 2025
- News
Challenge Accepted
Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Dan Morrell: Hi, this is Dan Morrell, host of Skydeck. Nietzsche said it first: What doesn’t kill me makes me stronger. There’s a reason that saying has legs, nearly 140 years later. We all, at some point... View Details
- 10 Nov 2020
- News
Learning to Fight
to make informed decisions about treatment. To date, the Brain Tumor Network’s nurse navigators and social workers have helped more than 1,200 people around the United States. Sontag’s people-first ethos also guides the selection of the... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 06 Dec 2021
- News
What's the Word?
“There’s a need for regulatory oversight,” he admits, “but these developments do open up a lot of exciting possibilities that used to be the stuff of science fiction.” Back to top Dig·i·tul no·mad (noun) The phrase digital nomad popped up over two decades ago, but... View Details
- 01 Dec 2020
- News
New Releases: Alumni and Faculty Books
opportunity. A Blessing also includes the results of Bonita C. Stewart’s and Jacqueline Adams’ proprietary Women of Color in Business: Cross Generational Survey, which examines the views of 4,005 female knowledge workers across four races... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Sep 2014
- News
Groundwork
In the foreground of this fall 1926 photo, workers construct the Weeks Bridge; in the distance, the HBS campus takes shape (Harvard University Property Information Resource Center) Except for the brief reign of commencement mortarboards,... View Details