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- 06 Apr 2015
- News
Spire's Peter Platzer: the boss who never fires anyone
- 16 Feb 2022
- News
Holding Business to Account
realized, and they had a say in how a company ran and the ability to influence everything from labor practices to environmental policies. It would be years before the model Aiyer envisioned would be christened “impact investing,” but she... View Details
- 21 Jan 2025
- News
History Check: How Barring Immigrants Backfired in 1880s America
- 23 Aug 2024
- News
Losing Your Job Used to Be Shameful. Now It’s a Whole Identity
- 17 Apr 2019
- News
Your Workforce Is More Adaptable Than You Think
- 05 Oct 2018
- News
Why the Global Race for Talent Is in High Gear
- 01 Sep 2008
- News
Reality to News Biz: Drop Dead
do their job for free. No tycoon, no matter how loaded, civic-minded, and/or self-medicated, will bankroll meaningful newsgathering — and all its bureaus, labor relations, and, yes, office supplies — just for giggles. And without... View Details
- March 2018
- Teaching Note
The Ready-Made Garment Industry: A Bangladeshi Perspective (A), (B), (C), and (D)
By: Nien-hê Hsieh
Responsibility for working conditions in contract factories within the supply chain presents an ongoing challenge for managers and area of debate. Much of the debate approaches the challenge from the perspective of large global apparel brands. This case helps students... View Details
- 06 Apr 2020
- Research & Ideas
Where Do Workers Go When the Robots Arrive?
Economics researchers have long studied how local workers respond when an industry such as steel manufacturing is squashed by obsolescence or competition. Is the region able to regenerate with new industries and workers to fill them? Do displaced workers migrate to... View Details
- 01 Dec 2015
- News
Faculty Q&A: The Price Is Right
What intrigued you about the pay-what-you-want (PWYW) model? It’s very unusual for a firm or a seller to completely relinquish pricing power to their customers. Typically consumers encounter a price, and then they decide whether or not they want to pay that price. If... View Details
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Whitney Stevens
Having inherited his fathers labor problems, Whitney Stevens’ early years at his family’s company were dominated by struggles with textile unions. Though the family strongly opposed the organizations, Whitney was forced to acquiesce and... View Details
Keywords: Fabric & Apparel
- 02 Sep 2014
- News
Contextual Intelligence
- 17 Sep 2013
- News
How to Solve Onboarding’s Awkward Alienation Problem
- 19 Jul 2020
- News
Remote Work Revolution
- 29 Oct 2018
- News
Hunting for a Hot Job in High Tech? Try 'Digitization Economist'
- 18 Apr 2018
- News
Layoffs That Don’t Break Your Company
- 14 Sep 2017
- News
Global work orientation: A case study
- 09 May 2017
- News
Why You Can’t Concentrate at Work
- 27 Oct 2016
- News
Let Your Workers Rebel
- 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