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- February 2017 (Revised May 2018)
- Case
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...
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Industrial Unionism;
Craft Unionism;
Welfare Capitalism;
General Motors;
Labor;
Labor Unions;
Labor and Management Relations;
Wages;
Working Conditions;
Government Legislation;
Business History;
Business and Government Relations;
Business and Stakeholder Relations;
Business and Community Relations;
Auto Industry;
Manufacturing Industry;
Mining Industry;
Steel Industry;
United States;
Michigan
Nicholas, Tom, Christopher T. Stanton, and Matthew Preble. "The Flint, Michigan Sit-Down Strike." Harvard Business School Case 817-005, February 2017. (Revised May 2018.)
- October 2001 (Revised December 2001)
- Case
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...
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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
Subramanian, Guhan, and Michelle Kalka. "EU Takeover Directive." Harvard Business School Case 902-066, October 2001. (Revised December 2001.)
- 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...
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- Web
Podcast - Business & Environment
move from crafting climate agreements to implementation and what companies’ role is in that work. He also offers advice for those interested in careers in business and climate change. For transcripts and other resources, visit...
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- Web
2+2 Where Are They Now Spotlight: Smitha Das (MBA 2018) - MBA
elected to office. I then pivoted to work in private equity at Cube Hydro Partners - a firm focused on renewable energy infrastructure investments. After 2+2, I decided to continue on the path of impact investing and develop my craft at...
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- 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...
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by Deepak Malhotra
- Web
11 Stories from HBS PRIDE for National Coming Out Day - MBA
him. My dad was raised in a very different world than my own, but in this moment, I needed solace from the man who first taught me how to love. I ultimately decided to write a letter. I wanted time to carefully craft the words I would...
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- 25 Aug 2022
- News
Up on the Corner
It’s a drab gray morning in April, and real estate developer Nadine Ngouabe Dlodlo (MBA 2008) is standing at the corner of West Baltimore and South Calhoun Streets in Baltimore’s historic Union Square district. Behind her, a chain-link...
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4 Tips for MBA Students with Families - MBA
provides a way for partners and their children to interact, provide support, and learn together. The club provides enriching events for the children (music, soccer, karate, swimming, yoga, craft time, field trips) as well as for the...
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- 01 Jun 2007
- News
Faculty Books
in the Media Age by Steven Rosefielde & D. Quinn Mills (Cambridge University Press) Professor Mills and his coauthor assert that the United States will confront a series of fundamental challenges posed by terrorism, Russia, China, and the European View Details
- Career Coach
Mo Fong
Google, Mo worked at PayPal in risk management and was the Executive Director of the Stanford Educational Leadership Initiative (https://seli.stanford.edu/). She started her career as a high school math and chemistry teacher and administrator with the Fremont View Details
- 01 Sep 2004
- News
Home Sweet (Modular) Home
in an inner-city factory with union labor. As Stuntz quickly learned, entrepreneurs need a high tolerance for rejection. Prospecting for investors yielded only disappointment. “We finally decided to self-fund,” he recalls. Greentech...
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Policy - Business & Environment
Regulatory Commission “I believe stakeholder engagement is necessary to address climate change. At work, I evaluate diverse perspectives to craft legally sound, fact-based policy that supports the public interest.” Angela Amos HBS MBA...
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- 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
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Dina Gerdeman
- 14 Dec 2015
- News
A Leader’s Call to Action
management role at the Wisconsin Public Service Corporation that included a team of 42 union and administrative workers spanning four counties. At 34, she was assigned line responsibility for electric line crews and gas technicians. “I...
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Margie Kelley
- 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...
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Day in IFC: Layla Ramirez (MBA 2017), Africa - MBA
Union Commission. There we learned that organizations like African Union Commission could be instrumental partners for private companies to enter the Municipal Solid Waste sector. In-between meetings we had...
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- 01 Sep 2009
- News
Over the Top
namely, unions and public employee pension funds that, not surprisingly, favor the reform measures. “Big labor unions are trying to achieve at the board table what they cannot achieve at the negotiating...
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- 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...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Aug 1998
- News
Spring Reunions: Milestones and Memories
which develops and markets pharmaceutical products. Starting at age 10, Bertarelli accompanied his father on business trips. By 17, he was helping to craft the company's annual budgets. He was 29 when he became CEO, just when Fabio...
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Eileen K. McCluskey