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2019
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The Social Desirability of Offshoring: A Swiss Consensus (1945–1975)

By: Sabine Pitteloud

This article focuses on the evolution of the rhetoric and practice of corporate offshoring in Switzerland from the post-war economic boom to the industrial crisis in the mid-seventies. The virtue of a historical perspective on the issue of offshoring is to show how... View Details

Keywords: Multinationals; Offshoring And Outsourcing; Relocation; Labor Relations; Multinational Firms and Management; Labor and Management Relations; Job Cuts and Outsourcing; Switzerland

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12 Mar 2024
HBS Case

How Used Products Can Unlock New Markets: Lessons from Apple's Refurbished iPhones

Some of Apple’s most loyal customers think nothing of upgrading to the latest iPhone every time one comes out. But what about consumers who can’t splurge on a $1,000 iPhone 15 Pro? And what about the electronic waste that would accrue if people threw away functional... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Electronics; Information Technology

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Sample Student Projects - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

Natural Gas (LNG) Cluster (2016) South Australia Wine Cluster (2010) Australia Renewable Energy (2008) Belgium Belgium Chocolate Cluster (2016) Wallonia Aeronautic Cluster (2013) Belgium Pharmaceuticals (2011) Botswana The Botswana View Details

01 Dec 2023
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Rounding the Bend

Illustration by Fernando Cobelo To help people visualize what a circular economy could look like and bring the challenges down to a closet-sized scale, Emily Bolon (MBA/MPA 2007) recommends the following exercise. First, make a mental tally of the number of garments... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; Miscellaneous Store Retailers; Retail Trade; Apparel Manufacturing; Manufacturing

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Named Fellowship Funds - Alumni

HBS. George H. Cornelson IV (MBA 1955) MBA Program, Class of 1955 Endowment The George H. Cornelson IV MBA Program, Class of 1955 Endowment was established through the estate of the late George H. Cornelson IV (MBA 1955). A respected leader throughout the View Details

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Podcast - Business & Environment

How Lab - Grown Cotton can Decarbonize Textiles 19 JUN 2024 | Climate Rising Today’s episode is the fourth in our series on decarbonizing the roots of value chains, where we’re looking deep into supply chains that serve many industries.... View Details

Rosabeth M. Kanter

Rosabeth Moss Kanter holds the Ernest L. Arbuckle Professorship at Harvard Business School, specializing in strategy, innovation, and leadership for change. Her strategic and practical insights guide leaders worldwide through teaching, writing, and direct... View Details

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Cumnock Hall | About

Room . About the Name Born in Glasgow, Scotland, Alexander Cumnock came to the United States with his family in 1846 and began his career in the textile industry as a young man. By the turn of the century, he was a well-known figure in... View Details

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Entrepreneurship - Faculty & Research

his luxury development business from Argentina to the United States. The son of Syrian-Jewish textile manufacturers in Argentina, Faena transformed a blighted area of Buenos Aires into a vibrant arts district in the early 2000s. He... View Details

25 Jan 2021
Book

In a Nutshell, Why American Capitalism Succeeded

How did the United States become the world’s center of business growth following its founding in 1776? Surely a number of nations had powerful natural resources, stable financial and legal institutions, and dynamic entrepreneurs over that same span. Why was American... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Manufacturing

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Business & Environment - Faculty & Research

for classroom case discussion. This multimedia case follows real estate developer Alan Faena as he expanded his luxury development business from Argentina to the United States. The son of Syrian-Jewish textile manufacturers in Argentina,... View Details

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General Merchants to Commodities Brokers | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School

preventing the shipment of cotton from the South to textile manufacturers in the North. Lehman Brothers devised several strategies to circumvent the blockade, including sending cotton from the South to England and then from England to New... View Details

Ray A. Goldberg

A native of North Dakota, Dr. Goldberg received his A.B. from Harvard University in 1948, his MBA from the Harvard Graduate School of Business Administration in 1950 and his Ph.D. in Agricultural Economics from the University of Minnesota in 1952.

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16 Jan 2013
Research & Ideas

The Messy Link Between Slave Owners and Modern Management

evolution of modern management is usually associated with good old-fashioned intelligence and ingenuity—"a glorious parade of inventions that goes from textile looms to the computer," Rosenthal says. But in reality, it's much... View Details

Keywords: by Katie Johnston

20 Aug 2020
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From the Plow to the Pill: How Technology Shapes Our Lives

For centuries, the creation of innovative technology—from steam engines and automobiles to computers and smartphones—has dramatically changed the nature of our work. Less deeply understood has been the impact of technology on the inner currents of our personal lives,... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

Roberto Verganti

Roberto Verganti is in the Technology and Operations Management Unit at Harvard Business School. He teaches Design Theory and Practice for the double degree program MS/MBA conducted jointly by the Harvard Business School and the... View Details

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Human Behavior & Decision-Making - Faculty & Research

the United States. The son of Syrian-Jewish textile manufacturers in Argentina, Faena transformed a blighted area of Buenos Aires into a vibrant arts district in the early 2000s. He brought this same vision to Miami Beach beginning in... View Details

04 Apr 2023
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Two Centuries of Business Leaders Who Took a Stand on Social Issues

While shareholders still reign supreme at many companies, a widespread shift toward more responsible business practices is driving more leaders to take a stand on social and environmental issues today, says Harvard Business School Professor Geoffrey Jones. Jones... View Details

Keywords: by Lane Lambert; Consumer Products; Fashion; Retail; Green Technology

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Investment Banking & Securities Underwriting | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School

retail stores, textile manufacturers, clothing or cigarette makers—to say nothing of the indignity of mail-order houses and five-and-ten operations—Philip Lehman led his cousins directly into such businesses with quickly profitable... View Details

11 Mar 2001
Research & Ideas

Merchants to Multinationals: British Trading Companies in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries

pioneered new industries, from jute manufacture in India and cotton textile manufacture in China, to the oil industry in California."The improvements in transport and communications from the 1870s resulted in opportunities and... View Details

Keywords: by Geoffrey Jones

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