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2023
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Let's Coordinate! The Reinforcement of a ‘Liberal Bastion’ within European Industrial Federations, 1978-1987

By: Sabine Pitteloud

This article focuses on the establishment in the 1970s of a new international private governance forum, the so-called ‘Interlaken Conferences’, which gathered together the leading figures of the Industrial Federations of the Federal Republic of Germany, Austria,... View Details

Keywords: Business Interest Association; Lobbying; Neo-Liberalism; Neocorporatism; Coordination; Economic Policy; Business and Government Relations; Labor Unions; Economics; Policy; Europe

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05 May 2020
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“Walking a Tightrope”

Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes “Who's actually putting those groceries on the shelves still and who's driving the truck to get that food that gets put on those grocery shelves? It's the working class. We depend upon them far more than... View Details

22 Feb 2016
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The ‘Mother of Fair Trade’ was an Unabashed Price Protectionist

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Manage the Suppliers That Could Harm Your Brand: Know When to Avoid, Engage, or Drop Them

By: Jodi L Short and Michael W. Toffel

The pandemic has placed a new spotlight on working conditions in factories that supply global companies. To avert problems, firms often impose codes of conduct on their suppliers and perform audits to assess compliance. Do these measures help identify unethical... View Details

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01 Sep 2004
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Promise & Perils

reforms that began in 1978 have stoked annual growth in excess of 9 percent, three times that of the United States. Per capita income among the nation’s 1.3 billion inhabitants has more than quadrupled, surpassing $1,000 last year. Multinationals have rushed to take... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

Edward A. Filene

labor policies, Filene established a minimum wage for women, instituted Saturday closings during the summer, recognized winter vacations in addition to normal summer holidays, and created The Filene Employees Credit Union, a national... View Details

Keywords: Retail

December 1984
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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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25 Mar 2008
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Whistling Past the Graveyard

The experts are finally seeing the light: most now agree we are in a recession. Harvard professor Martin Feldstein (http://www.nber.org/feldstein), former chairman of the Council of Economic Advisors, says it could be the worst since World War II. But this belated... View Details

Keywords: Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments; Finance

09 Nov 2015
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These Employers Pay Higher Salaries than Necessary

Imagine you walk into a shop where you don’t know the prices. Maybe it’s a Turkish souk, redolent with smells of saffron and turmeric. Or maybe it’s a New Hampshire antique store, full of dusty shelves of enticing oddities. You pick out your silk scarf or ceramic... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Employment; Technology; Computer

15 Apr 2017
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Bringing Markets to Myanmar

Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on SoundCloud More Skydeck episodes For 25 years, David Brunell (MBA 1962) has worked in private sector development all over the world, transforming centralized economies to market-based economies in 20 different countries, including... View Details

Keywords: National Security and International Affairs; Government