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  • March 1987 (Revised October 1993)
  • Case

Au Bon Pain: The French Bakery Cafe, The Partner/Manager Program

By: W. Earl Sasser
In recent years, Au Bon Pain (ABP), a chain of upscale French bakeries/sandwich cafes based in Boston, confronted a set of human resource problems endemic to the fast food industry (i.e., a labor shortage which made it difficult to attract and maintain quality crew... View Details
Keywords: Motivation and Incentives; Managerial Roles; Retention; Employees; Performance Improvement; Recruitment; Problems and Challenges; Compensation and Benefits; Food and Beverage Industry; Service Industry; Boston
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  • March 1987 (Revised July 1996)
  • Case

Kansas City Zephyrs Baseball Club, Inc.

By: Kenneth A. Merchant, Krishna G. Palepu and Joseph P. Mulloy
Describes a dispute between the owners of the major league baseball teams and the players' union about the profitability of the baseball teams. The issue is important because of the ongoing collective bargaining negotiations. A consultant is brought in to decide... View Details
Keywords: State Ownership; Compensation and Benefits; Entrepreneurship; For-Profit Firms; Accounting; Activity Based Costing and Management; Resource Allocation; Cost Accounting; Cost Management; Labor and Management Relations; Financial Management; Sports; Sports Industry; Kansas
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  • April 1986 (Revised July 1986)
  • Supplement

Duncan Field (B)

By: Howard H. Stevenson
Following the acquisition of a new business, the manager is approached for the "continuation" of a regular payment for services to "insure labor peace" and maintain a parking lot. The case allows discussion of ethical, legal, and practical issues involved. View Details
Keywords: Acquisition; Ethics; Law; Management; Service Industry
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  • 1986
  • Chapter

Investing in the Defense Workforce: The Debt and Structure of Military Pensions

By: Dutch Leonard
Keywords: Human Capital; Compensation and Benefits; Borrowing and Debt; Sovereign Finance; National Security
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  • October 1985
  • Article

Further Thoughts on the Power of Alternatives: An Example from Labor-Management Negotiations in Major League Baseball

By: A. E. Roth
Keywords: Cognition and Thinking; Labor and Management Relations; Negotiation; Entertainment; Sports Industry
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  • September – October 1985
  • Article

Management, Labor, and the Golden Goose

By: W. E. Fruhan Jr.
Keywords: Management; Labor
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  • 1985
  • Chapter

Implicit Labor Contracts Viewed as Options: A Discussion of 'Insurance Aspects of Pensions'

By: Robert C. Merton
Keywords: Compensation and Benefits; Decision Choices and Conditions; Contracts; Labor and Management Relations; Insurance
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  • March 1985 (Revised November 1985)
  • Case

Wilmington Tap and Die

By: Robert S. Kaplan
The general manager of a division manufacturing taps and dies must decide whether to continue a major capital investment program. The program was designed to replace aging mechanical machines with modern, electronically controlled equipment. A post-audit, after an... View Details
Keywords: Capital Budgeting; Investment; Accounting Audits; Cost Management; Technological Innovation; Information Technology; Performance Productivity; Production; Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques; Manufacturing Industry
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  • December 1984
  • Teaching Note

First National Bank of Lake City (A), Teaching Note

By: Michael Beer
Teaching Note for (9-474-139). View Details
Keywords: Labor Unions; Banks and Banking; Banking Industry
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  • December 1984
  • Teaching Note

General Motors and the United Auto Workers (Condensed), Teaching Note

By: Michael Beer
Keywords: Labor Unions; Auto Industry
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  • December 1984
  • Article

The Evolution of the Labor Market for Medical Interns and Residents: A Case Study in Game Theory

By: A. E. Roth
Keywords: Labor; Markets; Theory; Games, Gaming, and Gambling
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  • December 1984
  • Article

Unionization and Profitability: Evidence from the Capital Market

By: M. B. Zimmerman and R. S. Ruback
Keywords: Labor Unions; Profit; Information; Markets; Finance
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  • 1984
  • Chapter

Variations in Managerial Career Structures in High Technology Firms: The Impact of Organizational Characteristics on Internal Labor Market Patterns

By: R. M. Kanter
Keywords: Personal Development and Career; Organizational Design; Technology Industry
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  • October 1984
  • Case

Transition from Contract to Consensus at General Motors

By: George C. Lodge
Keywords: Labor and Management Relations; Labor Unions; Human Resources; Management
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  • August 1984
  • Case

American Industrial Health Council (Condensed)

By: Joseph L. Bower
Keywords: Working Conditions; Business and Government Relations
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  • June 1984 (Revised August 1995)
  • Teaching Note

Labor Movement Between the Wars, Teaching Note

By: Richard S. Tedlow
Keywords: Labor Unions
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  • May 1984 (Revised August 1995)
  • Teaching Note

Organized Labor and the Worker, Teaching Note

By: Richard S. Tedlow
Teaching Note for (9-391-256). View Details
Keywords: Labor Unions
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  • January 1984
  • Article

Stability and Polarization of Interests in Job Matching

By: A. E. Roth
Keywords: Employment
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  • November 1983
  • Background Note

Note on Labor-Management Cooperation

By: D. Quinn Mills and Mary Lou Balbaky
Keywords: Labor and Management Relations
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  • November 1983 (Revised March 1995)
  • Case

Federal Government and Employment

By: Richard S. Tedlow
Provides a vehicle for a discussion of the Employment Act of 1946. View Details
Keywords: Employment; Government Legislation; United States
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