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- 01 Jun 2023
- HBS Case
A Nike Executive Hid His Criminal Past to Turn His Life Around. What If He Didn't Have To?
succeed. The government has made recent strides to help the formerly incarcerated gain employment. By 2022, 75 percent of states had adopted “Ban the Box” laws that prohibited employers from asking about a... View Details
- 20 Feb 2008
- First Look
First Look: February 20, 2008
explanation of price rigidity has the advantage of being consistent with the observation that the typical size of price increases is nearly invariant to inflation. Lastly, the paper turns to some government policies regarding prices that appear to have some consumer... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 27 Feb 2024
- Research & Ideas
Why Companies Should Share Their DEI Data (Even When It’s Unflattering)
increases brand attitude, and the company is seen as having more commitment to diversifying the workforce.” US law requires companies with more than 100 employees to report their workforce’s gender, race, and ethnicity by job category to... View Details
Keywords: by Shalene Gupta
- 27 Sep 2018
- Research & Ideas
Religion in the Workplace: What Managers Need to Know
leaders need to start preparing clear answers. After all, the number of religious discrimination complaints has increased by more than 50 percent in the past 15 years, and settlement amounts have more than doubled, according to data collected by the US Equal View Details
- February 2019 (Revised January 2020)
- Case
Pierre Foods Acquisition of Advance Foods (A)
By: Guhan Subramanian and Mike Harmon
This case (A), and its related cases (B-E), establish a setting to discuss an M&A transaction and some of the key legal contracts that are associated with it. In 2010, private equity backed food manufacturer Pierre Foods is contemplating the acquisition of a key... View Details
Subramanian, Guhan, and Mike Harmon. "Pierre Foods Acquisition of Advance Foods (A)." Harvard Business School Case 919-022, February 2019. (Revised January 2020.)
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Help - Alumni
Current qualifying programs include: Advanced Management Program (AMP) Doctor of Business Administration (DBA) General Management Program (GMP) Joint Program with Harvard Kennedy School (MPP/MBA and MBA-MPA/ID) Joint Program with Harvard View Details
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FAQ - MBA
JD/MBA Harvard Law School FAQ What are the benefits of the JD/MBA program? The JD/MBA program is designed to provide valuable training and knowledge for careers where expertise in both law and business is... View Details
- January 2009 (Revised April 2009)
- Case
Disaster in April: The Obligations of Kelly Construction
By: John D. Macomber, Christopher M. Gordon and Ben Creo
A construction company experiences a crane accident with multiple fatalities. The CEO, a client, and an employee must make choices to meet the company's obligations. Set in 2006, the case looks at the choices faced by board members of a museum that is an important... View Details
Keywords: Business Exit or Shutdown; Family Business; Insolvency and Bankruptcy; Governing and Advisory Boards; Compensation and Benefits; Contracts; Crisis Management; Construction Industry
Macomber, John D., Christopher M. Gordon, and Ben Creo. "Disaster in April: The Obligations of Kelly Construction." Harvard Business School Case 209-099, January 2009. (Revised April 2009.)
- 02 May 2023
- What Do You Think?
How Should Artificial Intelligence Be Regulated—if at All?
outside on what is acceptable. After interviewing Google CEO Sundar Pichai for 60 Minutes last month, CBS correspondent Scott Pelley said Pichai “told us society must quickly adapt with regulations for AI in the economy, laws to punish... View Details
- 03 Mar 2003
- Research & Ideas
Top Ten Legal Mistakes Made by Entrepreneurs
their agreements with the current employer and their knowledge of trade secrets. The law is clear that if someone is currently working for a company, particularly if her or she is a key employee, they cannot... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
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Behavioral Finance & Financial Stability
national banks from state laws against predatory lending by the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) as a quasi-experiment to study the effect of deregulation and its interaction with competition on the supply of complex... View Details
- 16 Nov 2021
- HBS Case
How a Company Made Employees So Miserable, They Killed Themselves
In 2009, a 51-year-old man killed himself in Marseille, a city in southern France, leaving behind a suicide note that blamed his employer for “overwork” and “management by terror.” “I am committing suicide because of my work at France... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
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Topics - HBS Working Knowledge
Stagnation (12) Economic Systems (14) Economics (393) Economy (16) Education (118) Emerging Markets (14) Emotions (21) Employee Ownership (1) Employee Relationship Management (61) Employees (83) Employment (15) Energy Conservation (7)... View Details
- 04 Jan 2012
- First Look
First Look: January 4
variety of important domains, from education and business to law and societal discourse. An emerging research literature has revealed the many ways in which colorblindness shapes individual, group, and institutional efforts to handle... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- May 2006 (Revised November 2006)
- Case
IKEA's Global Sourcing Challenge: Indian Rugs and Child Labor (A)
By: Christopher A. Bartlett, Vincent Marie Dessain and Anders Sjoman
Traces the history of IKEA's response to a TV report that its Indian carpet suppliers were using child labor. Describes IKEA's growth, including the importance of a sourcing strategy based on its close relationships with suppliers in developing countries. Details the... View Details
Keywords: Developing Countries and Economies; Moral Sensibility; Policy; Employment; Contracts; Supply Chain Management; Organizational Culture; Natural Environment; Non-Governmental Organizations; Social Issues
Bartlett, Christopher A., Vincent Marie Dessain, and Anders Sjoman. "IKEA's Global Sourcing Challenge: Indian Rugs and Child Labor (A)." Harvard Business School Case 906-414, May 2006. (Revised November 2006.)
- 10 Dec 2021
- Research & Ideas
Truth Be Told: Unpacking the Risks of Whistleblowing
complaint, but the class discussion turned to the motivations of the man who revealed the wrongdoing. Have you ever thought about blowing the whistle? Dey asked her students. Their response: We’ve thought about it, but it is so costly. At a time when regulators and... View Details
Keywords: by April White
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2023 Reunion Presentations - Alumni
jobs, and people applied for them. For many of us, however, the pandemic has brought back into focus the critical job we “hire” employers to do for us—make progress in our lives and careers—and how divorced that progress has become from... View Details
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Ways to Give Today - Alumni
412275 MA5-527-02-07 2 Morrissey Boulevard Dorchester, MA 02125 Maximize Your Gift Employer Matching To find out if your company matches employee gifts, use our online search tool. Upon receipt, all matching gifts count toward a donor’s... View Details
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