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• Case | HBS Case Collection | November 2007 (Revised March 2018)

  Maidenform Bras

  Tom Nicholas

  Uses Ida Rosenthal's entrepreneurship in brassieres to explore how economic, social, and demographic changes reshaped gender and business enterprises in early- to mid-20th century America. It shows the importance of timing and geography to Rosenthal's new firm in New York City, as well as the significance of her own entrepreneurial agency. Explores the challenges Rosenthal faced in defining products, consumers, and the company's image in an environment where gender divisions still remained the norm.

  Keywords: Geographic Location; Marketing; Entrepreneurship; Gender; Change; Apparel and Accessories Industry;

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  Nicholas, Tom. "Maidenform Bras." Harvard Business School Case 808-095, November 2007. (Revised March 2018.)  View Details

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• Case | HBS Case Collection | February 2017 (Revised March 2018)

  The Flint, Michigan Sit-Down Strike

  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 Automobile Workers of America union and the Committee for Industrial Organization, both of which had supported the strike. The Flint, Michigan, Sit-Down Strike represented a stunning victory for organized labor in a context where New Deal era legislation—most notably the National Labor Relations Act of 1935—created a labor friendly environment in the short run, with possibly adverse consequences for the performance of the U.S. automobile industry in the long run.

  Keywords: 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;

  Citation:

  Nicholas, Tom, Christopher T. Stanton, and Matthew Preble. "The Flint, Michigan Sit-Down Strike." Harvard Business School Case 817-005, February 2017. (Revised March 2018.)  View Details

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• Teaching Note | HBS Case Collection | March 2018

  The Flint, Michigan Sit-Down Strike

  Christopher Stanton and Tom Nicholas

  Teaching Note for HBS No. 817-005.

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  Stanton, Christopher, and Tom Nicholas. "The Flint, Michigan Sit-Down Strike." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 818-107, March 2018.  View Details

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