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General Management

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    • June 23, 2022
    • Article

    How to Build a Life: How to Stop Dating People Who Are Wrong for You

    By: Arthur C. Brooks

    • June 23, 2022
    • Article

    How to Build a Life: How to Stop Dating People Who Are Wrong for You

    By: Arthur C. Brooks

    • 2022
    • Working Paper

    Multinationals and Varieties of Capitalism: When U.S. Giants Stepped into the Swiss Coordinated Labor Market in the 1950s

    By: Sabine Pitteloud

    This working paper investigates unintended consequences of U.S. FDI in Switzerland in the 1950s-1960s: the increased competition that U.S. firms generated within the national labor market and the challenge their hiring practices constituted for the institutional settings in which labor relations were embedded. It therefore contributes to two bodies of literature: one that deals with the arrival of U.S. firms in Europe after 1945 and another that tackles the contribution of business history to the variety of capitalism (VOC) scholarship.

    • 2022
    • Working Paper

    Multinationals and Varieties of Capitalism: When U.S. Giants Stepped into the Swiss Coordinated Labor Market in the 1950s

    By: Sabine Pitteloud

    This working paper investigates unintended consequences of U.S. FDI in Switzerland in the 1950s-1960s: the increased competition that U.S. firms generated within the national labor market and the challenge their hiring practices constituted for the institutional settings in which labor relations were embedded. It therefore contributes to two...

    • May 18, 2022
    • Other Article

    Want to Keep Your Employees Happy? Offer These 5 Things

    By: Rosabeth M. Kanter

    • May 18, 2022
    • Other Article

    Want to Keep Your Employees Happy? Offer These 5 Things

    By: Rosabeth M. Kanter

About the Unit

The General Management Unit is concerned with the leadership and management of the enterprise as a whole. This concern encompasses:

  • the personal values and qualities of effective general managers and enterprise leaders;
  • the philosophies, values, and strategies that inform successful enterprises; and
  • the relation of enterprise to the broader community and other external constituencies.

The Unit's work is conceived and carried out principally in four interest groups, each of which has its own leadership, research agenda, and teaching programs:

  • Management Policy and Process
  • Management Information Systems
  • Society and Enterprise
  • Leadership, Values, and Corporate Responsibility

Recent Publications

How to Build a Life: How to Stop Dating People Who Are Wrong for You

By: Arthur C. Brooks
  • June 23, 2022 |
  • Article |
  • The Atlantic
Citation
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Brooks, Arthur C. "How to Build a Life: How to Stop Dating People Who Are Wrong for You." The Atlantic (June 23, 2022).

How to Build a Life: How to Make the Baggage of Your Past Easier to Carry

By: Arthur C. Brooks
  • June 16, 2022 |
  • Article |
  • The Atlantic
Citation
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Brooks, Arthur C. "How to Build a Life: How to Make the Baggage of Your Past Easier to Carry." The Atlantic (June 16, 2022).

Multinationals and Varieties of Capitalism: When U.S. Giants Stepped into the Swiss Coordinated Labor Market in the 1950s

By: Sabine Pitteloud
  • 2022 |
  • Working Paper |
  • Faculty Research
This working paper investigates unintended consequences of U.S. FDI in Switzerland in the 1950s-1960s: the increased competition that U.S. firms generated within the national labor market and the challenge their hiring practices constituted for the institutional settings in which labor relations were embedded. It therefore contributes to two bodies of literature: one that deals with the arrival of U.S. firms in Europe after 1945 and another that tackles the contribution of business history to the variety of capitalism (VOC) scholarship.
Keywords: Multinationals; Capitalism; Business & Government Relations; Foreign Direct Investment; Immigration Policy; History; Switzerland; Americanization; R&D; Labor History; Labor Market Institutions; Tax Havens; "USA,"; Business Interest Association; Lobbying; Labor and Management Relations; Business History; Multinational Firms and Management
Citation
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Pitteloud, Sabine. "Multinationals and Varieties of Capitalism: When U.S. Giants Stepped into the Swiss Coordinated Labor Market in the 1950s." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 22-075, June 2022.

Shareholders vs. Stakeholders: Who Is Winning the Battle for Corporate Governance?

By: Lynn S. Paine
  • 10 Jun 2022 |
  • Lecture |
  • Faculty Research
Citation
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"Shareholders vs. Stakeholders: Who Is Winning the Battle for Corporate Governance?" Lecture at the Harvard Business School Alumni Reunion, Boston, MA, June 10, 2022.

Rupert Murdoch: The Last Tycoon

By: Geoffrey G. Jones and Mona Rahmani
  • June 2022 |
  • Teaching Plan |
  • Faculty Research
Teaching Plan for HBS Case No. 811-017.
Citation
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Jones, Geoffrey G., and Mona Rahmani. "Rupert Murdoch: The Last Tycoon." Harvard Business School Teaching Plan 822-133, June 2022.

How to Build a Life: The Case for Mindful Cursing

By: Arthur C. Brooks
  • June 9, 2022 |
  • Article |
  • The Atlantic
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Brooks, Arthur C. "How to Build a Life: The Case for Mindful Cursing." The Atlantic (June 9, 2022).

How to Build a Life: The Perks of Being a Hot Mess

By: Arthur C. Brooks
  • June 2, 2022 |
  • Article |
  • The Atlantic
Citation
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Brooks, Arthur C. "How to Build a Life: The Perks of Being a Hot Mess." The Atlantic (June 2, 2022).

How to Build a Life: The Two Choices That Keep a Midlife Crisis at Bay

By: Arthur C. Brooks
  • May 26, 2022 |
  • Article |
  • The Atlantic
Citation
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Brooks, Arthur C. "How to Build a Life: The Two Choices That Keep a Midlife Crisis at Bay." The Atlantic (May 26, 2022).
More Publications

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    • 15 Jun 2022
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    Re: Joseph Fuller
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HBS Working Knowledge

    • 02 Jun 2022

    Blissful Thinking: When It Comes to Finding Happiness, 'Your Dreams Are Liars'

    Re: Arthur C. Brooks
    • 31 May 2022

    Corruption: New Insights for Fighting an Age-Old Business Problem

    Re: Tarun KhannaRe: Geoffrey G. Jones
    • 26 May 2022

    Apple vs. Feds: Is iPhone Privacy a Basic Human Right?

    Re: Nien-he HsiehRe: Henry W. McGee
→More Working Knowledge Articles

Harvard Business Publishing

    • Article

    Creating High-Impact Coalitions: CEOs Can Lead the Charge on Society’s Biggest Problems

    By: Rosabeth M. Kanter and Tuna Cem Hayirli
    • March 2022
    • Case

    Managing Innovation at Atrium Health: 'Never Let a Good Crisis Go To Waste'

    By: Derek van Bever, Rory McDonald and Anibha Singh
    • 2020
    • Book

    Capitalism at Risk: How Business Can Lead

    By: Joseph L. Bower, Dutch Leonard and Lynn S. Paine
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