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Can Transparency Laws Fix the Gender Wage Gap?
Global Business Digital ArticleAn analysis of pay at public universities in Canada shows that they might. -
Research Shows Unionized Workers Are Less Happy, but Why?
Global Business ResearchIt's not about unions themselves, but who joins them. -
Let First-Level Supervisors Do Their Job
Labor Magazine ArticlePerforming well as a first-level supervisor is like walking the circus high wire. In both positions, the ability to maintain one’s balance when shifting forces pull in opposite directions is a measure of one’s success. First-level supervisors must be able to harmonize the demands of management, the demands of the collective work force (often represented […] -
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. -
Is Germany a Model for Managers?
Labor Magazine ArticleMost American managers have a hard time making sense of Germany. It has a fraction of the resources and less than one-third the population of the United States. Labor costs are higher, paid vacations are at least three times as long, and strong unions are deeply involved at all levels of business, from the local […] -
Quality of Work Life—Learning from Tarrytown
Labor Magazine ArticleAt this large GM plant the union and management jointly seek to change the meaning of work itself -
What Happens at Home When People Can’t Depend on Stable Work
Labor Digital ArticleThe consequences of joblessness are far-reaching. -
If You Live in an Area with High Income Inequality, You're More Likely to Burn Out at Work
Global Business Digital ArticleIt has to do with job insecurity. -
How to Emotionally Process a Layoff
Early career First PersonLosing your job may feel like a permanent setback. But it’s not. -
Understanding Competence at Work
Labor Magazine ArticleBeing good at your job means having the right understanding of your job. -
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 […] -
Don’t Underestimate the Value of Employee Tenure
Business and society Digital ArticleResearch suggests it has a positive — and sizable — impact on firm performance. -
More Than a Paycheck
Business and society Magazine ArticleHow to create good blue-collar jobs in the knowledge economy -
AI May Soon Replace Even the Most Elite Consultants
Technology and analytics Digital ArticleMachine learning is increasingly capable of complex analysis. -
Big Companies Don't Pay as Well as They Used To
Organizational Development ResearchAnd it's one reason inequality has increased. -
Research: Better-Managed Companies Pay Employees More Equally
Organizational Development ResearchContrary to stereotypes of how ruthless managers set salaries. -
Looking Beyond H-1B Visas to Find Tech Talent
Labor Digital ArticleRecruiters should search public data on where engineers live and work. -
Smarter Offshoring
Economics Magazine ArticleThe most popular offshore sites for service functions are overheating. Now is the time for companies to explore a world of opportunity beyond those hot spots and to base investment decisions not just on costs but also on talent, markets, strategic aims, and appetite for risk. -
Who Will Win - and Lose - in the Post-Covid Economy?
Global Business Digital ArticleFour ways the U.S. stimulus could play out for workers, companies, and policymakers. -
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 […]
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Jieliang Phone Home! (B)
Global Business Case Study5.00View Details At Precision Electro-Tek's mobile phone manufacturing facility in southern China, thousands of operators-bright and capable young men and (mostly) women... -
Upwork: Creating the Human Cloud
Strategy & Execution Case Study11.95View Details Stephane Kasriel, the new CEO of Upwork, the leading platform for freelance labor, needs to decide on how to redesign business model. While the firm has... -
Uber: The Turbulent Rise of "Everyone's Private Driver"
Strategy & Execution Case Study11.95View 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... -
Labor Problems at 7-Eleven's Combined Distribution Centre
Leadership & Managing People Case Study11.95View Details Henry Tam, the logistic director at 7-Eleven's Combined Distribution Centre (CDC), is considering how to tackle a high employee turnover rate. This challenge... -
White Working Class, With a New Foreword by Mark Cuban and a New Preface by the Author: Overcoming Class Cluelessness in America
19.99View Details "It is really worth a read..." -- Former Vice President Joe Biden, interviewed on Pod Save America. Now in paperback with a new Foreword by Mark Cuban... -
The Environment, Development and Participation: the Dilemmas of Asociacion Civil Labor
Strategy & Execution Case Study11.95View 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 Ready-Made Garment Industry: A Bangladeshi Perspective (A)
Leadership & Managing People Case Study11.95View Details Responsibility for working conditions in contract factories within the supply chain presents an ongoing challenge for managers and area of debate. Much... -
The Price of Dignity - Labor Rights in Peru
Global Business Case Study11.95View 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 Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses Program: 2009-2021
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study11.95View Details In December 2021, more than a decade after its founding, Goldman Sachs's 10,000 Small Businesses program was still going strong - and the firm now needed... -
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... -
Toyota and Its Labor Union in Argentina (B)
Strategy & Execution Case Study5.00View Details Toyota Argentina (TASA) and the union representing automotive industry workers in the country had been working together since 2011 to address the challenges... -
Treadway Tire Company: Job Dissatisfaction and High Turnover at the Lima Plant
Organizational Development Case Study8.95View Details Treadway Tire's plant in Lima, Ohio must confront strong job dissatisfaction and high turnover among its line foremen. The foremen are caught in the middle... -
Intellectual Ambition at Harvard Business School: Elton Mayo and Fritz Roethlisberger
Leadership & Managing People Case Study11.95View Details This case, set in the 1920s and 1930s, discusses Harvard Business School (HBS) Professors Elton Mayo and Fritz Roethlisberger and their contributions... -
Lifebushido: The Challenge of the Crowdsourcing Labor Markets
Technology & Operations Case Study11.95View Details A small US-based crowdsourcing platform illustrates the entrepreneurial challenges in a new 'industry' - the crowdsourcing industry. The firm's president... -
MobSquad
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study11.95View Details Irfhan Rawji (MBA 2004) launched MobSquad in October 2018 to help American tech start-ups retain hard-to-find talent, many of whom struggled with U.S.... -
Talent Management and the Future of Work
Organizational Development Case Study8.95View Details The nature of work is changing-and it is changing rapidly. Few days go by without industry giants such as Amazon and AT&T announcing plans to invest billions... -
Managing Talent Pipelines in the Future of Work
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study8.95View Details In the face of a rapidly-changing economy, organiztions that wish to compete in the future of work must develop strategies for acquiring, retaining, and... -
Monitoring Factories Around the Globe: The Fair Labor Association and The Workers Rights Consortium
Global Business Case Study11.95View Details In 1999, the nonprofit Fair Labor Association (FLA) was launched to monitor factories around the world for sweatshop-related infractions. Another key... -
Fair Play at Home Plate: Negotiating the Creation of an International Draft-Rob Manfred
{{MajorSubject}} Case Study11.95View Details Rob Manfred, commissioner of Major League Baseball (MLB), is engaged in high-stakes negotiation with the Major League Baseball Players Association (MLBPA)... -
Big Hit Entertainment and Blockbuster Band BTS: K-Pop Goes Global
Sales & Marketing Case Study11.95View Details Bang Si-Hyuk ('Hitman Bang') is the founder and co-chief executive officer of Big Hit Entertainment, the company behind BTS, a 'K-pop' band that has found...
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Can Transparency Laws Fix the Gender Wage Gap?
Global Business Digital ArticleAn analysis of pay at public universities in Canada shows that they might. -
Research Shows Unionized Workers Are Less Happy, but Why?
Global Business ResearchIt's not about unions themselves, but who joins them. -
Let First-Level Supervisors Do Their Job
Labor Magazine ArticlePerforming well as a first-level supervisor is like walking the circus high wire. In both positions, the ability to maintain one’s balance when shifting forces pull in opposite directions is a measure of one’s success. First-level supervisors must be able to harmonize the demands of management, the demands of the collective work force (often represented […] -
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. -
Is Germany a Model for Managers?
Labor Magazine ArticleMost American managers have a hard time making sense of Germany. It has a fraction of the resources and less than one-third the population of the United States. Labor costs are higher, paid vacations are at least three times as long, and strong unions are deeply involved at all levels of business, from the local […] -
Quality of Work Life—Learning from Tarrytown
Labor Magazine ArticleAt this large GM plant the union and management jointly seek to change the meaning of work itself -
What Happens at Home When People Can’t Depend on Stable Work
Labor Digital ArticleThe consequences of joblessness are far-reaching. -
If You Live in an Area with High Income Inequality, You're More Likely to Burn Out at Work
Global Business Digital ArticleIt has to do with job insecurity. -
How to Emotionally Process a Layoff
Early career First PersonLosing your job may feel like a permanent setback. But it’s not.