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Modern Capitalism: Mergers and Syndicates - Railroads and the Transformation of Capitalism | Harvard Business School

Transcontinental Railroad in the Gilded Age,” The Journal of American History 90, no. 1 (June 2003), p. 23. Henry Adams, The Education of Henry Adams, An Autobiography . Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1918, p. 240. Copyright © 2012... View Details

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Poor’s Manual: The Rise of Business Analysts - Railroads and the Transformation of Capitalism | Harvard Business School

profits and losses, tracking pricing, assessing standardized procedures, and improving technology. Henry Varnum Poor, author of A History of the Railroads and Canals of the United States (1860), editor of the American Railroad Journal... View Details

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Robin Greenwood | About

financial crises. He has also coauthored research on the role of government and central banks in the debt markets. His research awards include the 2015 Brattle Group Distinguished Paper for an outstanding corporate finance paper published in the View Details

27 Feb 2006
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When Rights of First Refusal Are a Bad Deal

network/studio negotiation. The resulting paper "If You Are Offered the Right of First Refusal, Should You Accept?" is scheduled to be published later this year in the journal Games and Economic Behavior. Sean Silverthorne:... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Construction; Real Estate; Entertainment & Recreation

13 May 2022
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Company Reviews on Glassdoor: Petty Complaints or Signs of Potential Misconduct?

show that this aggregation of information is not only a leading indicator of violations of rules and regulations, but it’s even a leading indicator of the whistleblower complaints themselves,” Campbell says of the study that resulted, which is forthcoming in the View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Technology

20 Nov 2019
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It's No Joke: AI Beats Humans at Making You Laugh

“Humans would seem to have many advantages over computers, but that didn’t matter,” says Yeomans, who co-authored the recent article Making Sense of Recommendations in the Journal of Behavioral Decision Making. “I was especially surprised... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

09 Jun 2021
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How Tennis, Golf, and White Anxiety Block Racial Integration

accessing valuable resources primarily controlled by White people, according to the study, Structuring Local Environments to Avoid Diversity: Anxiety Drives Whites’ Geographical and Institutional Self-Segregation Preferences, which will appear in the July issue of the... View Details

Keywords: by Jay Fitzgerald

13 Dec 2021
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The Unlikely Upside of Mergers: More Diverse Management Teams

forthcoming issue of American Journal of Sociology. Why M&A prompts promotions Zhang analyzed 37,343 mergers and acquisitions that occurred between 1971 and 2015, using data from the federal Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.... View Details

Keywords: by Lane Lambert

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The Idea of Instant Photography - Edwin H. Land & Polaroid | Harvard Business School

Baker Library, Harvard Business School. 46. Edwin H. Land, "From Imbibition to Exhibition: A Reconstruction of a New Photographic Process," Journal of the Franklin Institute 263, no. 2 (February 1957): 122. 47. Land, "From Imbibition to... View Details

19 Mar 2014
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A Brand Manager’s Guide to Losing Control

branding," wherein consumers not only discuss and disseminate branded content, they also create it. In the paper The Uninvited Brand, published in the journal Business Horizons in 2011, Avery and coauthor Susan Fournier map out the... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Advertising

24 May 2017
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David G. Bradley, MBA 1977

Establishes Advisory Board Foundation, precursor to CityBridge Foundation 1997 Purchases National Journal 1999 Corporate Executive Board (CEB) IPO 1999 Purchases the Atlantic 2001 Advisory Board Company (ABC) IPO 2011 Helps free American... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young

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Careers Industry Information Careers Industry Information Want to know the latest in your respective industry? Are you researching before a big interview? We've compiled resources to help you stay current. + – Banking ABA Banking Journal... View Details

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Edward Lewis: Essence Magazine

By: Steven Rogers and Jacqueline Adams

Essence, the first magazine aimed at African-American women, was created by four, young, Black entrepreneurs in the aftermath of massive racial and political upheaval in the United States in 1968. The venture was a financial, branding and cultural success. By 2005, the... View Details

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25 Jan 2024
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Alumni Gain Insights on Nigeria’s New Government; Taipei Alumni Host Faculty Guest

focus is corporate governance and valuation, and he serves as course head of Financial Reporting and Control in the MBA core curriculum. He is also a research member of the European Corporate Governance Institute (ECGI), and an associate editor of Management Science... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

20 Jul 2021
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Bankruptcy Spells Death for Too Many Businesses

which sounds like such a great thing. People get to keep their jobs, the creditors get paid equity, and the customers don't lose this business that they loved,” says Antill, whose article Do the Right Firms Survive Bankruptcy? will appear in a forthcoming issue of The... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne

31 Jul 2019
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Distressed Employees? Try Resilience Training

School Assistant Professor Ashley V. Whillans. “We need to stop trying to paint this picture of the perfect employee who never needs help.” Whillans, who studies how people navigate trade-offs between time and money, recently co-wrote a forthcoming article for the... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Health

12 Nov 2012
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Pay Workers More So They Steal Less

the subject in a new paper: Can Wages Buy Honesty? The Relationship between Relative Wages and Employee Theft. She cowrote the study, published in the September issue of the Journal of Accounting Research, with Clara Xiaoling Chen, an... View Details

Keywords: by Kim Girard; Retail

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K–12 Education | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

systemic change in K–12 education. Publications Helping Children Catch Up: Early Life Shocks and the PROGRESA Experiment By: Achyuta Adhvaryu, Theresa Molina, Anant Nyshadham and Jorge Tamayo January 2024 | Economic Journal Can investing... View Details

08 Oct 2008
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Book Excerpt: A Sense of Urgency

Street Journal published an explosive article spelling out many of the firm's problems. The CEO had two weeks' warning, but instead of alerting others or working to kill the story, he deliberately chose to do nothing. Not only did he not... View Details

Keywords: by John P. Kotter

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Organizational Behavior Awards & Honors - Faculty & Research

list—a list of the world's most influential management thinkers. Ryan L. Raffaelli : Runner-up for the 2022 Wyss Award for Excellence in Doctoral Student Mentoring. 2021 Robin J. Ely : Winner of the 2021 Academy of Management Journal... View Details

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