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- June 1991 (Revised November 2004)
- Case
John Jacob Astor, 1763-1848
Astor, the wealthiest American of his time, engages in fur trading, shipping, real estate investment, and general merchandise trading. Astor's career illustrates the immediate pre-modern management era: types of decisions, time horizons, and number of transactions. View Details
Keywords: Business or Company Management; Business History; Personal Development and Career; United States
McCraw, Thomas K. "John Jacob Astor, 1763-1848." Harvard Business School Case 391-261, June 1991. (Revised November 2004.)
- June 1991 (Revised June 1993)
- Case
Railroads and the Beginnings of Modern Management (Abridged)
By: Thomas K. McCraw
Consists of three selections by the most innovative of the early American railroad managers describing the organizational structures and control systems they created. Questions to be asked are: why and how such managerial techniques were created, how well they worked,... View Details
Keywords: Business History; Rail Transportation; Organizational Structure; Management Systems; Rail Industry; United States
McCraw, Thomas K. "Railroads and the Beginnings of Modern Management (Abridged)." Harvard Business School Case 391-131, June 1991. (Revised June 1993.)
- 01 Dec 2006
- News
Baker Library Photo Exhibit
PHOTOGRAPHS COURTESY BAKER LIBRARY HISTORICAL COLLECTIONS A special exhibit, “The Human Factor: Introducing the Industrial Life Photograph Collection at Baker Library,” opened at Baker in October and will run through March 7, 2007. The often highly stylized images,... View Details
- 24 Apr 2008
- Working Paper Summaries
Bank Accounting Standards in Mexico: A Layman’s Guide to Changes 10 Years after the 1995 Bank Crisis
- 11 Dec 2015
- News
He Was a JPMorgan Chase Whistle-Blower. Then Came the Blowback.
- 03 Dec 2015
- News
The 10 Best Books of 2015
- 25 Nov 2015
- News
How Black Friday Got Its Name — It's Not What You Think
- 07 Mar 2014
- News
‘My Years with General Motors’, Fifty Years On
- 02 Nov 2012
- News
Innovative Immigrants
- 29 May 2023
- News
Putin Wants You to Think He’s an Anti-Woke Crusader
- 05 Jul 2018
- News
Henry Kissinger's Lessons for Business Negotiators
- 09 May 2017
- News
Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke Is No Teddy Roosevelt
Discovery Process
Sometimes this diversity led to misunderstandings, but also to new ideas and opportunities. Spending a year immersed in this environment really broadened the audience I hope to reach with my research. My current book project explores the View Details
- July 2021 (Revised October 2023)
- Case
K.C. Li: The Tungsten King
By: Geoffrey Jones and Casey Verkamp
This case examines the business career of Kuo-Ching Li, who was born in China in 1892, and built a successful minerals trading business called Wah Chang in the United States during the interwar years. He acquired a prominent role in tungsten, the strongest natural... View Details
Keywords: Immigration Acts; Racial Bias; Globalization; Government and Politics; Business History; Entrepreneurship; Business and Government Relations; Mining Industry; China; United States; Latin America
Jones, Geoffrey, and Casey Verkamp. "K.C. Li: The Tungsten King." Harvard Business School Case 322-024, July 2021. (Revised October 2023.)
- 26 Aug 2016
- News
Connecting with the Past
inbox is filled with success stories that describe his efforts as “holy work” and “nothing short of a miracle.” One person wonders, “Do you have any idea how many lives you’ve changed?” Another researcher comments, “From medical history... View Details
Keywords: Jill Radsken
- Portrait Project
Ningfeng Hu
I still remember how depressed I was when studying China Modern History in the middle school. If history is a drama, the past +100 years in China before the reform must be a tragedy, filled with invasions,... View Details
- 23 Jan 2017
- Working Paper Summaries
Overcoming Institutional Voids: A Reputation-Based View of Long Run Survival
- Fast Answer
Digital Content for Identity and Heritage Months
Where can I find past digital displays for identity and heritage months? Baker Library celebrates different identity and heritage months by featuring relevant content from our collections. More pages will be added as we transition into new months. Current pages... View Details
Fair Competition
during unprecedented economic changes such as rapid industrialization or economic depression. His use of political and economic logic to justify antitrust rules that appeared antithetical to the conventional interpretation of American law and economics sparked my... View Details