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- 24 Aug 2020
- News
Now We Know How COVID-19 Has Changed the Workday
- 09 Jun 2020
- News
Run Your Business So You’ll Never Need Layoffs
- 02 Nov 2016
- News
Why Immigrant Entrepreneurs Are So Important to the U.S.
- July 2007
- Case
Kroger Union Negotiations 2005
By: Dennis A. Yao and Mary L. Shelman
A stylized version of the negotiations between Kroger Company and its local unions during 2005. Management faces a sequence of individual negotiations with local unions in addition to meeting the new competitive challenges presented by Wal-Mart's expansion in the... View Details
- 01 Sep 2020
- News
The Devil You Don’t Know
expansion. The heart of the problem in the 1930s, in other words, was not a shortfall in productive capacity—too little labor or too little plant and equipment, due to a famine or earthquake—but rather a shortfall in demand due to “some... View Details
- December 1984
- Teaching Note
First National Bank of Lake City (A), Teaching Note
By: Michael Beer
Teaching Note for (9-474-139). View Details
Philip K. Wrigley
In addition to continuing the success of the chewing gum products, PK Wrigley greatly improved labor relations at the firm, instituting an “income insurance” plan, a gradual retirement program, and an extensive pension system. During... View Details
Keywords: Food & Tobacco
- August 2023
- Article
What About the Race Between Technology and Education in the Global South? Comparing Skill-premiums in Colonial Africa and Asia
By: Ewout Frankema and Marlous van Waijenburg
Historical research on the race between education and technology has focused on the West but barely touched upon ‘the rest’. A new occupational wage database for 50 African and Asian economies allows us to compare long-run patterns in skill premiums across the colonial... View Details
Frankema, Ewout, and Marlous van Waijenburg. "What About the Race Between Technology and Education in the Global South? Comparing Skill-premiums in Colonial Africa and Asia." Economic History Review 76, no. 3 (August 2023): 941–978.
- 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
- 04 Dec 2014
- News
Filling US skills gap
- 10 Oct 2014
- News
Ending Gender Discrimination Requires More than a Training Program
- 09 Oct 2013
- News
No more working at home for Hewlett-Packard employees
- 06 Feb 2025
- News
When Will Remote Workers See Their Pay Cut?
- 05 Aug 2020
- News
Workday is now 48 minutes longer amid coronavirus
- 26 Jun 2020
- News
Can a Co-Working Space Go Online? It Can in a Pandemic
- 03 Mar 2022
- Video
Ela Bhatt
Ela Bhatt, the founder of the Self-Employed Women’s Association (SEWA) in India, discusses the importance of women's economic participation in society despite the lack of laws protecting their labor. View Details
- December 4, 2023
- Comment
The Great Resignation, Employment, and Wages in Health Care
By: Amitabh Chandra and Louis-Jonas Heizlsperger
Notwithstanding concerns about staffing levels and burnout in health care, federal wage and employment data does not support the suggestion that a COVID-19 pandemic-related spike in quitting has had an enduring impact for hospitals or physician offices. Employment in... View Details
Chandra, Amitabh, and Louis-Jonas Heizlsperger. "The Great Resignation, Employment, and Wages in Health Care." NEJM Catalyst (December 4, 2023).
- January 2007 (Revised April 2007)
- Background Note
Note on Lobbying
By: Felix Oberholzer-Gee, Libby Cantrill and Patricia Wu
Describes how companies engage the political and legal system and the rules and ethics associated with doing so. Focuses on the U.S. political and legal system, but also seeks to familiarize readers with lobbying norms and structures in the European Union and Japan. View Details
Keywords: Business and Government Relations; Ethics; Labor Unions; Public Administration Industry; Legal Services Industry; United States; Japan; European Union
Oberholzer-Gee, Felix, Libby Cantrill, and Patricia Wu. "Note on Lobbying." Harvard Business School Background Note 707-471, January 2007. (Revised April 2007.)
- January 1974 (Revised November 1982)
- Case
First National Bank of Lake City (A)
Involves the unionization of the employees of a commercial bank by one of the big national unions. Illustrates the reasons why bank employees and other white collar employees may feel the need for union representation. View Details
Kennedy, Thomas. "First National Bank of Lake City (A)." Harvard Business School Case 474-139, January 1974. (Revised November 1982.)
William C. Procter
Under Procter's guidance, P&G grew out of its mid-western roots as a soap producer into a national consumer goods conglomerate. Procter was responsible for the creation of many famous brands, including Crisco shortening, but also played a large role in improving... View Details
Keywords: Personal Care & Home Products