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- 04 Feb 2022
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Hour by Hour
application to connect employers and former workers in good standing, and allow employers to automate and manage their interactions with former employees. HourWork’s model—pooling and then nurturing former talent for future permanent and... View Details
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Jeremy Andrus
chain, and selling. I worked for a while as a hotel developer for a Marriott franchisee. Before HBS, I was a management consultant at Monitor, which sharpened my perspective on business and industry strategy. I learned a huge amount at... View Details
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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
- 10 Oct 2005
- Research & Ideas
Homers: Secrets on the Factory Floor
perspective, the illegality of the practice and its misalignment with official organizational goals might be most salient. Thus, the topic of homer making puts the person disclosing it in a position of vulnerability, one in which hasty judgment is likely. The unusual... View Details
- 01 Dec 1998
- News
New Senior Executive Programme Strengthens African Managerial Leadership
demands a high level of leadership expertise," says W. Earl Sasser, Jr., HBS senior associate dean for Executive Education. "The need for strong management has never been more crucial if this region is to fulfill its economic potential."... View Details
- September 2012 (Revised May 2013)
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Automating the Paris Subway (A)
By: Michel Anteby, Elena Corsi and Emilie Billaud
In 2001, the head of the Paris Subway reflected on how to transform Line 1 into a driverless line without triggering a social conflict. After the shock of the 2000 Notre Dame de Lorette subway accident, in which a train derailed and caused 25 injuries in a Paris subway... View Details
Keywords: Change Management; Technological Innovation; Rail Transportation; Labor Unions; Job Cuts and Outsourcing; Conflict Management; Rail Industry; Transportation Industry; Paris
Anteby, Michel, Elena Corsi, and Emilie Billaud. "Automating the Paris Subway (A)." Harvard Business School Case 413-061, September 2012. (Revised May 2013.)
- 11 May 2020
- News
Better Than Cash
Courtesy Ruth Goodwin-Groen Ruth Goodwin-Groen (MBA 2001) has a lot of work to do. “Our job will not be done until all people—old or young, rich or poor, male or female—are able to make and receive payments in a way that works for them,” says Goodwin-Groen, View Details
- 12 Dec 2018
- News
Lesson Plan
long-standing tradition of being one of the state’s few Democratic pockets outside Pittsburgh and Philadelphia, with a history of labor unrest and unionization dating back to the 19th and early 20th centuries. That energy carried workers... View Details
- 01 Jun 2001
- News
Merrill Lynch's Stan O'Neal
The path from the rural South to the upper echelons of Wall Street is not heavily traveled. Indeed, E. Stanley O’Neal (MBA ’78) is surely the only person who has made the journey from the fields of Wedowee, Alabama — where he labored on... View Details
- 01 Mar 2013
- News
Sweet Deal
was really hard to put a deal together. Despite that, all the creditors, the management team, the board, and 11 of the 12 unions either approved the deal or agreed not to oppose this deal. And it was one union with bad information and bad... View Details
- 01 Dec 2000
- News
Latin America's Decade
Quaxar.com, an e-commerce and Internet consulting firm based in Miami, took a different approach to the matter of start-up capital. Leonel Azuela (MBA 2000), managing partner of Quaxar, explains that "we opted for a strategic partnership... View Details
- November 2011 (Revised June 2012)
- Case
The Big 3 Roar Back
By: William W. George
The "Big 3"—Ford Motor Company, General Motors, and Chrysler—were all headquartered in Detroit, Michigan. Born between 1903 and 1928, they dominated the automobile industry in the U.S. for decades until they became complacent. In the 1970s they started losing share to... View Details
Keywords: Production; Labor Unions; Labor and Management Relations; Industry Clusters; Competitive Strategy; Auto Industry; Manufacturing Industry; Michigan
George, William W. "The Big 3 Roar Back." Harvard Business School Case 412-072, November 2011. (Revised June 2012.)
- March 2019 (Revised June 2019)
- Supplement
Gender and Free Speech at Google (C)
By: Nien-hê Hsieh and Sarah Mehta
This case reveals Google’s response to a list of employee demands aiming to combat sexual misconduct in the workplace. This case should accompany the (A) and (B) cases, “Gender and Free Speech at Google” (318-085) and (319-085). View Details
Keywords: Free Speech; Ethnicity; Gender; Race; Employees; Employee Relationship Management; Recruitment; Labor; Employment; Lawsuits and Litigation; Technology Industry; United States; California
Hsieh, Nien-hê, and Sarah Mehta. "Gender and Free Speech at Google (C)." Harvard Business School Supplement 319-097, March 2019. (Revised June 2019.)
- 22 Mar 2017
- Research & Ideas
What's the Ideal Frequency for a Sales Quota?
More frequent quotas can motivate underperforming sales reps. StockPhoto Personal selling is a key ingredient in making the American economy go. According to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, about 10 percent of the View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 01 Mar 2014
- News
Ask the Expert: Taxing Questions
Image by Brian Stauffer What would the "perfect" tax plan look like? Sheridan Schechner (MBA/JD 1983), managing director, Barclays Capital, USA I'd envision three simple building blocks: a consumption tax with no exclusions that... View Details
- 16 Sep 2002
- Research & Ideas
The Irrational Quest for Charismatic CEOs
and the consequences of CEO succession and selection decisions for subsequent firm performance and strategic choices. Industry wisdom, company relationships, and technological expertise all matter in our new knowledge-based enterprises.— Rakesh Khurana What surprised... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 29 Jan 2021
- News
Holding Business to Account
Photo courtesy Geeta Aiyer Photo courtesy Geeta Aiyer In the early 1990s, Geeta Aiyer (MBA 1985) was an analyst and portfolio manager at the United States Trust Company of Boston. Among her investments was Albertsons, a rapidly expanding... View Details
- March 1993 (Revised April 1995)
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Singapore
By: Forest L. Reinhardt and Edward Prewitt
Since winning independence in 1965, Singapore achieved some of the world's highest rates of economic growth. A large part of GDP and employment came from direct investment by multinational companies in low-cost assembly work, but in the 1990s Singapore's rising wage... View Details
Keywords: Transition; Decision Choices and Conditions; Development Economics; Economic Growth; Foreign Direct Investment; Multinational Firms and Management; Employment; Wages; Singapore
Reinhardt, Forest L., and Edward Prewitt. "Singapore." Harvard Business School Case 793-096, March 1993. (Revised April 1995.)