labor - Publications - Faculty & Research

November 1989
Case

IBM Corp.: The Full Employment Practice (Condensed)

By: D. Quinn Mills and G. Bruce Friesen

Keywords: Employment; Management Practices and Processes; Computer Industry; Information Technology Industry

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04 Sep 2020
News

Community colleges can be the engine of economic recovery. But first, they must adapt

23 Mar 2020
News

How companies can support their employee caregivers during the COVID-19 outbreak

03 Oct 2020
News

Finance in the Time of COVID-19

12 Oct 2020
News

MBA/DBA Alum Wins Nobel Prize in Economics

Robert Wilson (MBA 1961/DBA 1963) Anders Wiklund/TT News Agency, via Associated Press Robert Wilson (MBA 1961/DBA 1963) Anders Wiklund/TT News Agency, via Associated Press It was the middle of the night on October 12 when the Nobel Prize Committee called Robert Wilson... View Details

Keywords: Nobel Prize; negotiation; auction theory; career paths

21 May 2020
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Is Stablecoin the Next Big Thing in E-Commerce?

Keywords: Marco Di Maggio and Nicholas Platias

18 Nov 2013
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Khan Academy Teaches Financial Literacy

23 Dec 2010
News

IPOs and Biotech in Israel

Keywords: Finance

2023
Article

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
News

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

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

June 2013 (Revised August 2013)
Background Note

Note on Pension Guarantee Funds

By: Robert C. Pozen and Patricia Bissett Higgins

The United States and the United Kingdom both had quasi-government agencies that provided back-up insurance for individuals participating in defined benefit ("DB") pension plans. This note compares and contrasts the United Kingdom's Pension Protection Fund ("PPF") with... View Details

Keywords: Pensions; Pension Guarantee Funds; Pension Protection Fund; Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation; Employee Retirement Income Security Act; PBGC; ERISA; MAP-21; Legislation; Insurance; Saving; Retirement; Labor; Labor and Management Relations; Employees; Insurance Industry; United States; United Kingdom

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23 Jun 2020
News

Bridging Nigeria's Infrastructure Gap

Keywords: finance; energy; Nigeria; Funds, Trusts, and Other Financial Vehicles; Finance

01 Mar 2013
News

Health-Care Forum's Rx for US System

Shape up, people! That was the message for both the health-care industry and the public at a November forum of more than 150 medical practitioners, health-industry executives, academics, and others who gathered at HBS. Titled "Healing Ourselves: Addressing Healthcare's... View Details

Keywords: Health, Social Assistance