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Lauryn Hale

to take on leadership roles in extracurricular clubs and activities," she says. In her first year, Lauryn co-chaired a committee for the African American Student Union (AASU), helping assemble a panel for Prospective Students' Day;... View Details

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Black History Month | Baker Library

1908. Agents of Change: The Founding and Impact of the African-American Student Union Celebrating the 50th Anniversary of the founding of the African-American Student Union, Agents of Change examines the African American experience at... View Details

01 Dec 2003
News

Business Answers the Call

education issues, traveling to nineteen states, visiting more than one hundred schools, and speaking with federal and state officials, union representatives, and education think tanks. “I talked to anybody and everybody,” Nielsen recalls.... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; Educational Support Services; Educational Services

March 2016 (Revised September 2021)
Case

South Africa: A Fractured Rainbow?

By: Richard H.K. Vietor and Haviland Sheldahl-Thomason

Twenty years after the end of Apartheid, South Africa's democracy persists, albeit with problems. A tripartite coalition — the African National Congress, the labor unions, and the Communist Party — still controls the political system but with diminishing economic... View Details

Keywords: Politics; Development; Productivity; Labor; Labor Unions; Infrastructure; Government and Politics; Economic Growth; Performance Productivity; Economy; Social Issues; South Africa

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Introduction - The Production - The Human Factor – Baker Library | Bloomberg Center, Historical Collections

both celebrated American capitalist might and combated negative publicity generated by labor unions and the realities of the Depression. Ayres and Davenport showed no interest in collecting photographs illustrating the darker side of... View Details

June 29, 2016
Editorial

What Hath the United Kingdom Wrought?

By: Dante Roscini

The United Kingdom voted in a referendum to leave the EU. What are the consequences? View Details

Keywords: European Union; United Kingdom

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GDPR & Other Data Privacy Laws | Information Technology

philosophical beliefs, or trade union membership, or containing genetic, biometric or health data or data concerning sex life or sexual orientation, and criminal convictions and offenses. Identifiable genetic, biometric and health data... View Details

06 Nov 2009
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Health Reform Paths Not Taken

No issues in the ongoing Congressional health-care debate have generated more heat than the so-called public option and proposed taxes on “gold-plated” health insurance plans. Conservatives view a new government-run health insurance option as creeping socialism. View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; Health, Social Assistance

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Mariano Bomaggio

years in technology: first in the European Union and Africa, then with Uber in Latin America. His experiences awakened an interest in finance, which in turn motivated him to pursue an MBA. Learning how people think For Mariano, attending... View Details

Keywords: Tech; Manufacturing/Energy

February 2003 (Revised January 2004)
Case

International Steel Group

By: Paul W. Marshall and Todd H Thedinga

Profiles veteran investor Wilbur L. Ross, Jr.'s plan to turn around the aging steel assets of LTV, formerly America's second largest integrated steel producer. Purchasing several key assets from LTV under Section 363 of the Bankruptcy Code, Ross is able to acquire the... View Details

Keywords: Corporate Entrepreneurship; Strategic Planning; Lawfulness; Labor Unions; Organizational Culture; Agreements and Arrangements; Global Strategy; Assets; Steel Industry; United States

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Trade Cards - The Art of American Advertising

space onto which companies could imprint or stamp their name and address. “We will send you Fancy Advertising Cards, no two alike,” the Union Trade Card Company announced, “With or Without Advertisements on them, for only Twenty-five... View Details

17 Jan 2025
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Tracking Modern Air Travel’s Takeoff

Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Dan Morrell: Frank Lorenzo (MBA 1963) grew up in Rego Park, Queens, the son of Spanish immigrants. As a boy in the 1940s, he would watch the airplanes fly over his backyard and into LaGuardia Airport,... View Details

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Leading Race Work in Business Schools - Race, Gender & Equity

7, 2020 and was built in part from research conducted during Harvard Business School’s 50th anniversary of the founding of the African American Student Union (AASU) in 2018 (visit Agents of Change website for more information about and... View Details

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Sekou Calliste

groups, such as the African American Student Union (AASU) and the Latino American Student Organization (LASO). Our annual conference is the only recognized HBS conference not held on campus. Last year, we held the Caribbean MBA Conference... View Details

24 Oct 2017
Blog Post

The Latin American Community at HBS

heritages from all around the world range from Africa to Europe. We do not share a common culture with which we can clearly identify by, we do not share customs or ideologies. We share our spirit, which strengthens our union to our very... View Details

December 2008 (Revised October 2009)
Case

Wal-Mart Stores in 2003 (Abridged Version)

By: Frank V. Cespedes

Examines Wal-Mart's development over three decades and provides financial and descriptive detail of its domestic operations. In 2003, Wal-Mart's Supercenter business has surpassed its domestic business as the largest generator of revenues. Its international operation... View Details

Keywords: Equality and Inequality; Business Growth and Maturation; Competitive Advantage; Labor Unions; Operations; Global Strategy; Problems and Challenges; Gender; Retail Industry; United States

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Global Reach | Baker Library

International Teachers Program pamphlet (interior) . Letter to Central and Eastern European Teachers Program participants, July 20, 1992. Francis J. Aguilar Papers (GA 2.25). Download the Letter to Central and Eastern European Teachers Program participants . After the... View Details

April 1996 (Revised May 2008)
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Adam Baxter Company/Local 190: 1985 Negotiation, Local 190 Confidential Information

By: Kathleen L. McGinn and Victoria Medvec

Includes a series of three negotiation exercises portraying management/labor relations at ABC over a period of seven years. ABC, initially a family-owned business, had prided itself on its cooperative relationship with its union, Local 190. With the skyrocketing... View Details

Keywords: Inflation and Deflation; Compensation and Benefits; Labor Unions; Wages; Working Conditions; Negotiation Process; Labor and Management Relations