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The High Cost of Neglecting Low-Wage Workers
Finance & Accounting SpotlightMany companies blame outside factors for the trouble they've been having in finding and retaining frontline workers: the pandemic, the government's stimulus... -
How the Carl Icahns of the World Benefit Firms but Not Workers
Financial markets Digital ArticleResearch reveals how activist investors help and hurt. -
The Real Reason the German Labor Market Is Booming
National competitiveness Digital ArticleIt’s a resurgence other countries should understand before copying. -
The Countries Most (and Least) Likely to be Affected by Automation
Labor ResearchWhat percent of tasks in your country could be done by machines? -
Can Industry Survive the Welfare State?
Labor Magazine ArticleTo maintain worldwide competitiveness, the West must adopt strategies achieve a balance between productivity and welfare goals -
Finding Middle Ground
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The Department of Mobility
Costing Magazine ArticleEmployees are constantly in motion—making sales calls or taking service trips; visiting an international office for a few days or relocating there for a few years; soaring across oceans in the corporate jet or heading across town in the company car. Typically, these activities are administered by an assortment of departments and vendors. But we […] -
The Case of the Not-So-Supermarket
Labor Magazine ArticleHilltop Stores 100 Bloomfield Avenue, Hartford, Connecticut 06105 Serving Greater Hartford Since 1926 Date: February 16, 1989 To: Margaret Flynn, CEO Hilltop From: Ed Boyer, VP for store operations Our contract with Local 413 expires June 18, so we need to start preparing for negotiations (they’re scheduled to begin in eight weeks). Now is a […] -
A No-Layoffs Policy Can Work, Even in an Unpredictable Economy
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleThe benefits outweigh the costs. -
The Dawning of the Age of Flex Labor
Global Business Digital ArticleBut we're not yet set up for it. -
Brinkmanship in Business
Negotiation strategies Magazine ArticleThis article could be entitled, “How to Succeed in Business by Being Unreasonable.” Most businessmen are very skillful in this respect, although their behavior is popularly called negotiation, gamesmanship, or, perhaps most apt of all, brinkmanship. The art of being unreasonable is not, of course, restricted to smoke-filled rooms at corporate headquarters. The principles are […] -
Column: Wealth and Jobs: The Broken Link
Government policy and regulation Magazine ArticleFor most of the 20th century, a symbiotic link existed between value creation and job creation. When businesses prospered, employment expanded and communities thrived. This virtuous circle was good for business and good for society. But now the relationship between value creation and job creation is more tenuous. In the United States, for example, the […] -
Automation Isn't About to Make Truckers Obsolete
Global Business ResearchThree reasons not to panic. -
Step by Step Through a Union Campaign
Labor Magazine ArticleAt the first sign of union organizing, company management often decides to do “whatever is necessary to defeat the union,” as one corporate vice president put it. Without advance thought or preparation, the company launches a policy of resistance and often winds up before the National Labor Relations Board charged with unfair labor practices. Sometimes […] -
The Big Benefits of Employee Ownership
Strategy Big IdeaResearch shows it can reduce inequality and improve productivity. -
5 Questions We Should Be Asking About Automation and Jobs
Global Business Digital ArticleHow will the supply of labor change? How will searching for jobs? -
Income Inequality, by Chance or by Choice
Economics Big IdeaIn Silicon Valley, workers’ financial fate is tied to finding a winning firm. -
Turkey Badly Needs a Long-Term Plan for Syrian Refugees
Labor Digital ArticleIt’s time to stop treating the situation as a short-term crisis. -
The New Tools of Trade
Labor Magazine ArticleToday, most multinationals have a conspicuous social conscience. They publicize their internal codes of conduct, monitor labor conditions in their global supply chains, and require suppliers to meet basic labor practice standards. But despite efforts to be better global citizens, companies by themselves are unable to eliminate abuses in their supply chains. In fact, so […] -
Robert Reich on Redefining Full-Time Work, Obamacare, and Employer Benefits
Organizational Development Digital ArticleWhat the debate in Congress says about the American labor market.
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The Environment, Development and Participation: the Dilemmas of Asociacion Civil Labor
Global Business Case Study5.00View Details Asociacion Civil Labor is a private non-profit organization founded in 1981 in llo, a city located in an important mining and fishing region in southern... -
The Price of Dignity - Labor Rights in Peru
Global Business Case Study8.95View Details On February 23, 2012, a special commission appointed by Peru's Labor Ministry submitted a technical report on how to consolidate the country's national... -
Even Cargo: India's Women Only E-commerce Logistics Company
Strategy & Execution Case Study8.95View Details In 2016, a social entrepreneur founded Even Cargo in Delhi, India to provide last-mile logistics by employing only women. Even Cargo trained and provided... -
Trouble with a Bubble
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study8.95View Details Examines technology, firm performance, and the stock market during the 1929 Great Crash and the Great Depression of the 1930s. The 1920s was an extraordinary... -
The Ready-Made Garment Industry: A Bangladeshi Perspective (B)
Leadership & Managing People Case Study5.00View Details Supplement to case 317052. Responsibility for working conditions in contract factories within the supply chain presents an ongoing challenge for managers... -
The Ready-Made Garment Industry: A Bangladeshi Perspective (D)
Leadership & Managing People Case Study5.00View Details This supplements the (A) case by summarizing key developments in the Bangladesh ready-made garment industry after the fire at Tazreen Fashions factory,... -
Welcome to AI: A Human Guide to Artificial Intelligence
Management BookA fascinating guide to the rapidly advancing world of artificial intelligence and how this powerful technology will impact our lives, our careers, and... -
Huazhu: A Chinese Hotel Giant's Journey of Digital Transformation
Technology & Operations Case Study8.95View Details Based in Shanghai, China, Huazhu Group, the world's third-largest hotel operator, was known for its standardized IT system. It helped the company boost... -
Katchia Gethers: In the Business of Getting Better
Management Case Study8.95View Details This field-based case uses the challenges an elementary school principal encountered during her first year as a seasoned professional in an underperforming... -
Open Source Machine Learning at Google
Management Case Study8.95View Details Set in early 2023, the case exposes students to the challenges of managing open source software at Google. The case focuses on the challenges for Alex... -
The Marginal Product of Labor
Global Business Case Study8.95View Details This technical note explores one of the most important topics for firms and their managers: labor. In particular, how many people should a firm hire,... -
Indupalma and the Associated Labor Cooperatives, 1991-2002
Organizational Development Case Study8.95View Details Indupalma was managed as a plantation during its first 30 years. Labor cooperatives emerged as a response to a financial and governance crisis that led... -
Uber: The Turbulent Rise of "Everyone's Private Driver"
Strategy & Execution Case Study8.95View Details The meteoric rise of ride-sharing firm Uber illustrates how gig-economy firms can grow to prominence and disrupt older, mature industries. Yet Uber's... -
Fighting Bonded Labor in Rural India: Village Activist Gyarsi Bai Tackles an Entrenched System of Coercion
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details In October 2010, the beating of a 30-year-old bonded laborer-his punishment for staying home sick from work-in India's northwestern state of Rajasthan... -
From Start-Up to Grown-Up Nation: The Future of the Israeli Innovation Ecosystem
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study8.95View Details In June 2016, Benjamin (Bibi) Netanyahu, Prime Minister of Israel, wrestled with how to sustain Israel's strong innovation track record and the country's... -
Populism in America: Fake News, Alternative Facts and Elite Betrayal in the Trump Era
Global Business Case Study8.95View Details During the 2016 U.S. election, long-time politician Hillary Clinton, a Democrat, and celebrity billionaire Donald Trump, a Republican, faced off in a... -
Rovna Dan: The Flat Tax in Slovakia
Global Business Case Study8.95View Details Explores the tax policy choices made by Slovakia and the impact of reforms. Set in 2006, looks at the decision facing new Prime Minister Robert Fico as... -
The Ready-Made Garment Industry: A Bangladeshi Perspective (C)
Leadership & Managing People Case Study5.00View Details Supplement to case 317052. Responsibility for working conditions in contract factories within the supply chain presents an ongoing challenge for managers... -
White Working Class: Overcoming Class Cluelessness in America
Around the world, populist movements are gaining traction among the white working class. Meanwhile, members of the professional elite--journalists, managers,... -
YAAS's Service Center
Leadership & Managing People Case Study6.95View Details This case is about a compensation change at an automotive service company in the Middle East. The case allows investigation and analysis of many issues...
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The High Cost of Neglecting Low-Wage Workers
Finance & Accounting SpotlightMany companies blame outside factors for the trouble they've been having in finding and retaining frontline workers: the pandemic, the government's stimulus... -
How the Carl Icahns of the World Benefit Firms but Not Workers
Financial markets Digital ArticleResearch reveals how activist investors help and hurt. -
The Real Reason the German Labor Market Is Booming
National competitiveness Digital ArticleIt’s a resurgence other countries should understand before copying. -
The Data Behind it All
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Digital ArticleEnvironmental, social, and governance (ESG) is becoming more and more important in our world today, and underlying data is vital in giving it meaning.... -
Technology and the New World of Work
Innovation AudioThe reinvention of craftsmanship started in Silicon Valley, and it’s spreading and reshaping the rules of work. This is the thesis of Laetitia Vitaud’s latest book, “Du labeur à l’ouvrage (From Labor to Work),” which explores how technology is unbundling the Fordist compact between corporation and worker and forcing a new employment paradigm for the digital age. -
The Environment, Development and Participation: the Dilemmas of Asociacion Civil Labor
Global Business Case Study5.00View Details Asociacion Civil Labor is a private non-profit organization founded in 1981 in llo, a city located in an important mining and fishing region in southern... -
The Price of Dignity - Labor Rights in Peru
Global Business Case Study8.95View Details On February 23, 2012, a special commission appointed by Peru's Labor Ministry submitted a technical report on how to consolidate the country's national... -
The Countries Most (and Least) Likely to be Affected by Automation
Labor ResearchWhat percent of tasks in your country could be done by machines? -
The Road Ahead for ESG
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Digital ArticleEnvironmental, social, and governance (ESG) is becoming more and more important in our world today, and underlying data is vital in giving it meaning.... -
Can Industry Survive the Welfare State?
Labor Magazine ArticleTo maintain worldwide competitiveness, the West must adopt strategies achieve a balance between productivity and welfare goals