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  • October 2021 (Revised November 2022)
  • Case

The 2012 Spanish Labor Reform: Lifting All Boats, or Leveling Down?

By: Vincent Pons, Rafael Di Tella, Santiago Botella and Elena Corsi
Since 1978, Spain had struggled to control unemployment. The country’s labor law was protective of employees hired long-term and companies used temporary contracts as buffers. In 2012, amid economic recession and a 23.6% unemployment rate, a center-right government of... View Details
Keywords: COVID-19 Pandemic; Labor Market; Unemployment; Recession; Globalized Markets and Industries; Government Legislation; International Relations; Working Conditions; Employment; Labor Unions; Contracts; Social Issues; Public Opinion; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Spain; European Union
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  • 21 Nov 2012
  • Research & Ideas

What Health Care Managers Need to Know--and How to Teach Them

deliberations is being prepared, Herzlinger sums up the conference findings this way: "The teaching of health care administration needs to be more imbued with holistic, real-world issues and teaching approaches: more case-based teaching... View Details
Keywords: by Paul Guttry; Health; Education
  • 19 Mar 2018
  • Sharpening Your Skills

8 Ways To Be An Environmentally Conscious Manager

iPhoto In an interview about his recent book Profits and Sustainability, which portrays the iconoclastic entrepreneurs who built green startups in the 19th century, Harvard Business School historian Geoffrey Jones notes that being a business-environmentalist can be... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Energy
  • 22 Jan 2018
  • Blog Post

HBS Peek: Finding a Sense of Purpose

their careers. I was amazed to discover the multitude of career paths possible after pursuing an MBA, from politics to the arts. Regardless of their chosen profession, HBS alumni not only pursued their passions, but also utilized them to... View Details
  • 02 Jan 2018
  • First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, January 3, 2018

in U.S. politics: CEOs are taking very public stands on thorny political issues that have nothing to do with their firms’ bottom lines. Business leaders like Tim Cook of Apple, Howard Schultz of Starbucks,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 03 Nov 2020
  • News

One Paramount Priority

In the four years since the last US presidential election, Diane Hessan (MBA 1977) has been interviewing more than 500 voters, talking about everything from gun control to COVID-19. This years-long project has made clear to Hessan that many Americans share common... View Details
Keywords: Government
  • 02 Jan 2019
  • What Do You Think?

SUMMING UP: Do We Need an Artificial Intelligence Czar?

judging from per capita declines in both natural and unnatural deaths worldwide. While the problem of nuclear weapons proliferation remains with us, the 21st century challenges relate to such things as space exploration and the ever-present View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett; Technology
  • 01 Mar 2009
  • News

Model Patient

end of last year we had 440,000 newly insured in the state, leaving fewer than 3 percent still uninsured. That’s a tremendous success, as is the fact that employer-sponsored health insurance offerings continue to grow. “The early View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons; Health, Social Assistance
  • November 2016 (Revised August 2020)
  • Case

Improving Access at VA

By: Ryan W. Buell, Robert S. Huckman and Sam Travers
In 2015, the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) ran the largest healthcare system in the United States, with over 1,700 sites of care that served nearly 9 million veterans. One year earlier, a scandal had erupted over a cover-up of the excessive wait times veterans... View Details
Keywords: Service Operations; Service Delivery; Social Issues; Health Care and Treatment; Government Administration; Performance Improvement; Public Administration Industry; Health Industry; United States
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  • 1997
  • Chapter

Intercultural Connections and Chinese Development: External and Internal Spheres of Modern China's Foreign Relations

By: William C. Kirby
Keywords: Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; International Relations; Developing Countries and Economies; Globalized Economies and Regions; China
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  • 02 Jul 2001
  • Research & Ideas

George C. Lodge

named him assistant secretary of labor for international affairs, a position to which he was reappointed several years later by President Kennedy. In 1962, Lodge, who had strong views about issues such as foreign aid, unemployment, and... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
  • 25 Oct 2004
  • Research & Ideas

Planning for Surprises

so common? A: Our research shows that there are psychological, organizational, and political factors that conspire to keep us from dealing with problems that are worthy of our attention. Psychological vulnerabilities have to do with... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
  • July 2024
  • Case

“In That Crucible, You Find Innovation”: Public Safety Transformation in Albuquerque

By: Hise O. Gibson and Antonio Manuel Oftelie
“In That Crucible, You Find Innovation”: Public Safety Transformation in Albuquerque" centers on Mayor Tim Keller’s leadership during the social justice protests in 2020 and his efforts to reinvent Albuquerque’s public safety model. Faced with both a federal consent... View Details
Keywords: Change Management; Government Administration; Leading Change; Safety; Social Issues; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Ethics; Public Administration Industry; New Mexico
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  • Web

Propose an Independent Project | MBA

Bank/Broker-dealer back-office segment Helping the CEO determine how to manage the business and political issues around the pricing and marketing of prescription drugs Analyzing the appropriateness of an... View Details
  • 01 Jun 2012
  • News

Bringing ‘Global’ Back Home

Issue Focus: The Global Manager Fields Photo courtesy FORD Motor Company Issue Focus: The Global Manager Around the World They Call Him Mr. China Think Locally, Act Globally No disrespect to Detroit and... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons; Transportation Equipment Manufacturing; Manufacturing
  • 17 Nov 2003
  • Research & Ideas

Lessons from a Nasty Trade Dispute

To discuss the case's lessons for managers, Abdelal and Alfaro joined forces on an e-mail interview with HBS Working Knowledge's Cynthia D. Churchwell. Cynthia D. Churchwell: What are the key issues that managers should know about the... View Details
Keywords: by Cynthia Churchwell
  • 18 Aug 2021
  • News

Alumni on the Black Lives Matter Movement

asking businesses who are apolitical to suddenly become political,” Lewin says. “This is asking businesses that are already very effective political actors to use some of that influence, not just on behalf of their own interests and their... View Details
  • 11 Oct 2024
  • Research & Ideas

How AI Could Ease the Refugee Crisis and Bring New Talent to Businesses

systems with asylum seekers, while fragile economies, political tensions over immigration, and low unemployment rates have raised the stakes higher. “It’s a very time-consuming and detail-oriented process that requires looking at a lot of... View Details
Keywords: by Ben Rand; Technology; Information Technology
  • 04 Nov 2016
  • News

The Competitiveness of Lost Causes

finding solutions for high unemployment in outmoded manufacturing industries, which was a situation that contributed to political and social unrest in the region. “It was one of the first applications of the ideas in The Competitive... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
  • 08 May 2013
  • Research & Ideas

A Company’s Evolving View of Gender Equity

Emerita Deborah Kolb. "Despite bodies of knowledge about social institutions and social issues at the institutional and organizational levels, we know very little about how individual organizations experience and internalize gradual... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Accounting