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- 01 Sep 2007
- News
Alfred D. Chandler Jr. Remembered
England, and Germany by examining the 200 largest corporations in those countries. In 2001, Chandler wrote Inventing the Electronic Century: The Epic Story of the Consumer Electronics and Computer Industries, which focused on the fall of... View Details
- Web
Teacher Profiles - Case Method Project
MA Jenny Elliott Phillips Academy Andover, MA Subjects: College Prep/Honors U.S. History MA Meredith Elliott Boston Latin School Boston, MA Subjects: AP U.S. Government IL Michele Ellis Epic Academy Chicago, IL Subjects: Civics, Ethics... View Details
- 06 Nov 2008
- Op-Ed
Selling Out The American Dream
spoke first of the American Dream in his 1931 book The Epic of America: "It is not a dream of motor cars and high wages merely, but a dream of social order in which each man and each woman shall be able to attain the fullest stature of... View Details
Keywords: by John Quelch
- Web
Documenting the Wartime Effort | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School
United States Steel Corporation, 1951); and The Epic of Steel (New York: United States Steel Corporation, 1963), a general history of the steel industry. 30 Irving S. Olds in Fisher, Steel in the War , 3. Back to top View Details
- 01 Dec 2022
- News
Singing to the Corn
bond is practical, based on sustenance, but also spiritual: In Native American cosmology, Mother Corn—Selu in Cherokee—is the first woman. After well over a decade in business, Keen found a new calling. It’s an epic history that has its... View Details
- 30 Jun 2021
- In Practice
The Harvard Business School Faculty Summer Reader 2021
What’s on HBS faculty members’ reading list for summer 2021? Which books are most meaningful to them and why? Below, faculty share their top picks, ranging from biographies and memoirs to their colleagues’ latest works. Julia Austin: Social justice and the Obamas I... View Details
Keywords: by Kathryn Haviland
- 20 Oct 2003
- Research & Ideas
Gaps in the Historical Record: Development of the Electronics Industry
further investigation into the development of the consumer electronics and computer industries. Here is an excerpt.I have just completed an initial sketch of the evolution of two industries—Inventing the Electronic Century: The Epic Story... View Details
- 15 Jun 2007
- Research & Ideas
Remembering Alfred Chandler
great-grandfather, the business editor and analyst Henry Varnum Poor, to 2 recent volumes, published while he was in his 80s: Inventing the Electronic Century: The Epic Story of the Consumer Electronics and Computer Industries and Shaping... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- Portrait Project
Frank Wei
"Men wanted: For hazardous journey. Small wages, bitter cold, long months of complete darkness, constant danger, safe return doubtful. Honour and recognition in case of success." Sir Ernest Shackleton placed this advertisement in a London newspaper to recruit... View Details
- 6 PM – 8 PM CDT, 25 Sep 2015
HBS Chicago Young Alumni Reception
HBS alumni MBA 2006-2015 are invited to an evening of socializing and networking in Chicago. View Details
- 01 Mar 2009
- News
Field Study
epic battle is the Murr Center, the brick edifice at the open end of the Stadium. A 1998 gift of Michael Murr (MBA ’75), the building houses squash and tennis courts; a Harvard athletics history hall; and administrative offices, including... View Details
- 01 Jun 2011
- News
Touch Down
traveling some 300,000 miles, the equivalent of a trip to the moon and halfway back, said SignOnSanDiego.com (January 8, 2011). The epic voyage also earned Gannon’s Lady the distinction of going to more places in the world than any other... View Details
Keywords: world records
- 01 Oct 2002
- News
Lessons in Leadership
Shackleton and the Epic Voyage of the Endurance.” Koehn’s response follows. First, there are many important lessons for business leaders to be found in areas outside business. When we look at enduring works of literature, for example, we... View Details
Keywords: Antarctica
- 01 Jun 2004
- News
Roll the Credits
in a March speech to a convention of theater owners. But, he declared, “The movie theater will survive and prosper because the theater offers an epic viewing experience that cannot be duplicated in the home.” The author of four books,... View Details
- 19 Nov 2001
- Research & Ideas
Alfred Chandler on the Electronic Century
Century. Inventing the infrastructure for the Electronic Century became an epic story because some national industries died while others conquered. By the end of the twentieth century, no European-owned and -operated enterprise had the... View Details
- 01 Mar 2011
- News
Snappy Salute
a rarity among big-company CEOs, only 8 percent of whom have served in the military, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (December 5, 2010) reported. Furthermore, the paper said, Pinchuk “quotes ancient Indian epic poetry, and is so dedicated... View Details
- Career Coach
Joe Blair
of the world's foremost nuclear science experts at General Atomics and the U.S. Department of Energy. Joe is an avid triathlete and host of the Epic Human Podcast. Joe grew up in the New York area and currently lives in the San Francisco... View Details
- 01 Jun 2004
- News
Media, VC Discussed at WSA Conference
I see it as being the most creative and innovative time in the industry. It’s the Wild West,” said Ceci Kurzman, vice president of worldwide marketing for Epic Records Group. “The record business may be in decline, but the music business... View Details
- 01 Dec 2017
- News
2017 in Retail: Voice-Activated, One-Hour-Delivery Shopping
Walmart and Amazon are in the middle of an epic competition that is going to be thrilling to watch. The startups that have been most successful have targeted a specific category—Peloton in exercise, Casper in mattresses, Warby Parker in... View Details
- 01 Mar 2011
- News
Alumni Books
essence, doing the right thing. Each major character in the epic embodies a moral failing or virtue. Das compares their successes and failures with those of prominent contemporary players in economics, business, and politics and finds... View Details