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- February 2017 (Revised May 2018)
- Case
The Flint, Michigan Sit-Down Strike
By: Tom Nicholas, Christopher T. Stanton and Matthew Preble
For roughly six weeks between late December 1936 and February 1937, a major strike at several critical General Motors (GM) plants in Flint, Michigan, essentially halted the corporation’s U.S. production and resulted in significant gains for the nascent United... View Details
Keywords: Industrial Unionism; Craft Unionism; Welfare Capitalism; General Motors; Labor; Labor Unions; Labor and Management Relations; Wages; Working Conditions; Government Legislation; Business History; Business and Government Relations; Business and Stakeholder Relations; Business and Community Relations; Auto Industry; Manufacturing Industry; Mining Industry; Steel Industry; United States; Michigan
Nicholas, Tom, Christopher T. Stanton, and Matthew Preble. "The Flint, Michigan Sit-Down Strike." Harvard Business School Case 817-005, February 2017. (Revised May 2018.)
- December 2000
- Teaching Note
Bell Atlantic and the Union City Schools (C1): Project Explore TN
By: Rosabeth M. Kanter and Ellen Pruyne
Teaching Note for (9-399-065). View Details
- November 1982
- Case
Union Carbide Corp.: Career Development in Africa and the Middle East
Sonnenfeld, Jeffrey A. "Union Carbide Corp.: Career Development in Africa and the Middle East." Harvard Business School Case 483-061, November 1982.
- December 2000
- Teaching Note
Bell Atlantic and the Union City Schools (C2): Project Explore TN
By: Rosabeth M. Kanter and Ellen Pruyne
Teaching Note for (9-399-066). View Details
- Mar 1977
- Conference Presentation
Work Restructuring in Unionized Organizations: Risks, Opportunities and Impacts on Collective Bargaining
By: Leonard A. Schlesinger and Richard E. Walton
Schlesinger, Leonard A., and Richard E. Walton. "Work Restructuring in Unionized Organizations: Risks, Opportunities and Impacts on Collective Bargaining." Industrial Relations Research Association, March 1977. (Presentation was prepared as an article for the proceedings and published in the National Quality of Work Center Memorandum in January 1977.)
- June 2003
- Teaching Note
Competition Policy in the European Union and the Power of Microsoft (TN)
By: Julio J. Rotemberg
Teaching Note for (9-701-043). View Details
- March 2015 (Revised March 2023)
- Case
Immigration Policy in Germany (A)
By: Matthew Weinzierl, Katrina Flanagan and Alastair Su
Germany's Chancellor Angela Merkel faced economic and moral pressure to encourage greater immigration from struggling European, and especially Eurozone, countries after the economic downturn that began in 2008. In fact, it was possible that both the Euro currency union... View Details
Keywords: Citizenship; Optimal Currency Unions; Globalized Economies and Regions; Immigration; Policy; Germany; European Union
Weinzierl, Matthew, Katrina Flanagan, and Alastair Su. "Immigration Policy in Germany (A)." Harvard Business School Case 715-029, March 2015. (Revised March 2023.)
- December 2000
- Teaching Note
Bell Atlantic and the Union City Schools (A): The Intelligent Network TN
By: Rosabeth M. Kanter and Ellen Pruyne
Teaching Note for (9-399-029). View Details
- December 2000
- Teaching Note
Bell Atlantic and the Union City Schools (D): Results and Replication TN
By: Rosabeth M. Kanter and Ellen Pruyne
Teaching Note for (9-399-084). View Details
- September 2016
- Background Note
A Brief History of African American Leaders in Unions and the Labor Movement
By: Steven Rogers and Mercer Cook
This historically focused background note highlights the role of African American Labor Leaders in both the Labor Movement and the Civil Rights Movement. In doing so, it attempts to both highlight these noteworthy individuals and demonstrate the innate connection... View Details
Keywords: Wages; Working Conditions; Political History; Social History; Economic History; Business History; Fairness; Moral Sensibility; Labor And Management Relations; Social Issues; Culture; Equality And Inequality; Rights; Leading Change; Race; Civil Society or Community; Labor Unions
Rogers, Steven, and Mercer Cook. "A Brief History of African American Leaders in Unions and the Labor Movement." Harvard Business School Background Note 317-004, September 2016.
- 2015
- Chapter
Communicating Statistics in the Context of Banking Union – A Macro User's Perspective
By: Jan Kozak and Huw Pill
Kozak, Jan, and Huw Pill. "Communicating Statistics in the Context of Banking Union – A Macro User's Perspective." Chap. 9 in Towards the Banking Union: Opportunities and Challenges for Statistics, 155–162. Frankfurt: European Central Bank, 2015.
- September 2015 (Revised July 2017)
- Case
The TTIP: Bridging the Transatlantic Economy
By: Dante Roscini and Christina Marin
In 2016, the United States and the European Union struggled to reach an agreement over the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP). Started in June 2013, TTIP negotiations had gone on much longer than anyone had expected. With elections coming on both... View Details
Keywords: International Trade; European Union; United States; Agreements and Arrangements; Trade; United States; European Union
Roscini, Dante, and Christina Marin. "The TTIP: Bridging the Transatlantic Economy." Harvard Business School Case 716-026, September 2015. (Revised July 2017.)
- April 2016 (Revised July 2016)
- Case
Managing the European Refugee Crisis
By: Gunnar J. Trumbull, Elena Corsi and Daniela Beyersdorfer
In 2016, Europe struggles to cope with one of the largest refugee flows it has ever witnessed. View Details
Trumbull, Gunnar J., Elena Corsi, and Daniela Beyersdorfer. "Managing the European Refugee Crisis." Harvard Business School Case 716-076, April 2016. (Revised July 2016.)
- December 2013 (Revised May 2021)
- Case
Paul Levy: Confronting a 'Corporate Campaign' (A)
Hospital CEO Paul Levy confronts an SEIU unionization drive via a "corporate campaign" aimed at undercutting the hospital's relationships with key internal and external constituencies. Having shepherded one of Boston's top teaching hospitals much of the way through a... View Details
Keywords: Dispute Resolution; Corporate Campaign; Negotiating Campaign; Bargaining; Health Care; Hospitals; Unions; Health Care and Treatment; Negotiation; Strategy; Negotiation Process; Labor Unions; Health Industry; Boston
Sebenius, James K. "Paul Levy: Confronting a 'Corporate Campaign' (A)." Harvard Business School Case 914-020, December 2013. (Revised May 2021.)
- August 2008 (Revised May 2009)
- Background Note
Note on Comparative Treatment of Business Method and Software Patents in the United States and European Union
By: Robert C. Pozen and Felicia Ellsworth
This note analyses and compares the legal definitions and practical applications of Business Method and Software Patents in the United States and European Union. View Details
Pozen, Robert C., and Felicia Ellsworth. "Note on Comparative Treatment of Business Method and Software Patents in the United States and European Union." Harvard Business School Background Note 309-023, August 2008. (Revised May 2009.)
- Article
The Price Impact of Joining a Currency Union: Evidence from Latvia
By: Alberto Cavallo, Brent Neiman and Roberto Rigobon
Does membership in a currency union matter for a country’s international relative prices? The answer to this question is critical for thinking about the implications of joining (or exiting) a common currency area. This paper is the first to use high-frequency... View Details
Cavallo, Alberto, Brent Neiman, and Roberto Rigobon. "The Price Impact of Joining a Currency Union: Evidence from Latvia." IMF Economic Review 63, no. 2 (September 2015): 281–297.