Craft Unionism - Publications - Faculty & Research

February 2017 (Revised May 2018)
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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

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October 2001 (Revised December 2001)
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EU Takeover Directive

By: Guhan Subramanian and Michelle Kalka

The draft 13th Company Law Directive, originally written in the 1980s and first formally proposed in 1990, was intended to harmonize the takeover laws of the member states of the European Union (EU). From its inception, though, this bill was controversial. Nations... View Details

Keywords: Conflict of Interests; Mergers and Acquisitions; Laws and Statutes; Policy; Problems and Challenges; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Germany; United Kingdom; European Union

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21 Nov 2023
Op-Ed

The Beauty Industry: Products for a Healthy Glow or a Compact for Harm?

In my recently published book Deeply Responsible Business, I write about business leaders since the 19th century who have acted responsibly, often by putting the welfare of their communities above the idea of maximizing profits. I make a sharp distinction between... View Details

Keywords: by Geoffrey Jones; Beauty & Cosmetics

05 Apr 2004
Research & Ideas

Six Ways to Build Trust in Negotiations

less focused on tallying up wins and losses. A carefully crafted unilateral concession can work wonders for trust, for it conveys to the other party that you consider the relationship to be a friendly one, with the potential for mutual... View Details

Keywords: by Deepak Malhotra

24 Jul 2007
First Look

First Look: July 24, 2007

The trillion-dollar size of the union pension funds gave the Office a platform from which to work. The departure of Home Depot's CEO had been a significant step by Home Depot and the company had made other concessions as well. The AFL-CIO... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

04 Dec 2018
First Look

New Research and Ideas, December 4, 2018

First, our setting allows us to tease out how the lack of opportunities to learn from co-located peers affects productivity. Second, we exploit a natural experiment in which the implementation of WFA was driven by negotiations between managers and the View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

10 Oct 2005
Research & Ideas

Homers: Secrets on the Factory Floor

alongside the official engine productions. Many craft industries, specifically metal industries, have traditions of homer making. In a recent survey conducted in France, 28 percent of male factory workers reported that on the job they... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Manufacturing

20 Mar 2018
First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, March 20, 2018

crafting their identities; and transforming obstacles into opportunities. Beyond personal strengths, the authors say, another factor was critical: nurturing relationships with mentors who recognized the women’s talent and made it their... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

21 Sep 2009
Research & Ideas

Excessive Executive Pay: What’s the Solution?

directors accountable to company owners." Major business groups lost no time denouncing the reform measures as vehicles for ceding enormous power to a small number of special-interest investors, namely, unions and public employee... View Details

Keywords: by Roger Thompson

01 Mar 2004
Lessons from the Classroom

Mission to Mars: It Really Is Rocket Science

of science return are large enough to offset the far larger number of unmanned missions that could be run for the same money. Personally, I think lots more work can be done by unmanned craft before we will see the need to put live... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

05 May 2009
First Look

First Look: May 5, 2009

these companies as well as provide a unique new marketing opportunity for traditional companies. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/09-123.pdf Crafting Integrated Multichannel Retailing Strategies Authors:Jie Zhang, Paul... View Details