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- December 2007
- Case
Envisioning "Free Banking" in Antebellum New York (A)
By: David A. Moss and Cole Bolton
Banks throughout New York State suspended specie payments (i.e., payments in gold and silver) in May 1837 following the collapse of several state banks and the onset of a nationwide financial panic. Amid the chaos, the upstart Whigs were able to depose the longstanding...
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History;
Government Legislation;
Capital;
Financial Crisis;
Banks and Banking;
Banking Industry;
New York (state, US)
Moss, David A., and Cole Bolton. Envisioning "Free Banking" in Antebellum New York (A). Harvard Business School Case 708-038, December 2007.
- 27 Apr 2020
- News
How Indie Bookstores Fought Their Way Back
- Web
Help - Alumni
encourage you to review your profile to confirm that it is current. Can I verify my HBS affiliation on LinkedIn with the “Educational institution verification?" The LinkedIn “Educational institution verification” indicates that an...
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Accounting & Management - Faculty & Research
Positions Harvard Business School seeks candidates in all fields for full time positions. Candidates with outstanding records in PhD or DBA programs are encouraged to apply. Learn More Contact Information Accounting & Management Unit...
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- 08 Dec 2021
- Blog Post
8 FAQs on the MBA Application
is useful as you finalize your applications in the next few weeks! We also encourage you to check out the FAQs webpage and our Pep Talk video series. Top 5 Questions We Get from Applicants 1. Does HBS have a preference between the GMAT...
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FAQs - Alumni
caregivers are not Harvard employees, and we cannot provide any guarantees. Families are strongly encouraged to run checks to make the best hiring decisions. To secure, vet, and arrange childcare, it is recommended that the process begin...
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Program Requirements - Doctoral
students without an MBA degree are required to complete two case-based HBS MBA courses. Research Seminars Students are strongly encouraged to attend and participate in seminars throughout their program. In the third year, students are...
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- 31 Jan 2022
- Research & Ideas
Where Can Digital Transformation Take You? Insights from 1,700 Leaders
challenger mindset and willingness to disrupt Digitally mature companies encourage employees to challenge the status quo—even if this means fundamentally rethinking the core business. Everyone in the organization is responsible for...
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- 23 Mar 2010
- First Look
First Look: March 23
Up: Is Voluntary Self-Reporting a Signal of Effective Self-Policing? Authors: Michael W. Toffel and Jodi L. Short Abstract Administrative agencies are increasingly establishing voluntary self-reporting programs both as an investigative tool and to View Details
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Martha Lagace
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Strategy - Faculty & Research
how to set one up. 2024 Working Paper Igniting Innovation: Evidence from PyTorch on Technology Control in Open Collaboration By: Daniel Yue and Frank Nagle Many companies offer free access to their technology to encourage outside addon...
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Strategy for Health Care Delivery—Virtual
research, gain actionable takeaways, and facilitate your growth. In addition, virtual discussion groups will connect you to a global group of peers and build your network. Admissions Criteria and Process We admit candidates to specific sessions on a rolling,...
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Technology & Operations Management - Faculty & Research
programs are encouraged to apply. Learn More Contact Information Technology & Operations Management Unit Harvard Business School Morgan Hall Soldiers Field Boston, MA 02163 tomunit@hbs.edu
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- 07 Apr 2015
- First Look
First Look: April 7
Path-Breakers? Women's Electoral Success and Future Political Participation By: Bhalotra, Sonia, Irma Clots-Figueras, and Lakshmi Iyer Abstract—This paper investigates whether the event of a woman winning office in a competitive election View Details
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Sean Silverthorne
- 09 Sep 2009
- First Look
First Look: September 9
Many organizations have implemented incident reporting systems to highlight actual and potential operational failures in order to encourage problem solving and prevent subsequent failures. Our study is among the first to develop and...
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Martha Lagace
- 14 Nov 2023
- What Do You Think?
Do We Underestimate the Importance of Generosity in Leadership?
To what extent does it come from serving others, either literally (as in the old ServiceMaster Company) or through behaviors that encourage personal development in others? For years, my colleagues and I, based on our research, have...
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by James Heskett
- 02 Nov 2010
- First Look
First Look: November 2, 2010
PublicationsMeeting the Challenges of a Person-Centric Work Psychology Authors:Teresa M. Amabile and Steve J. Kramer Publication:Industrial and Organizational Psychology: Perspectives on Science and Practice (forthcoming) An abstract is unavailable at this time....
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Sean Silverthorne
- September 2023
- Supplement
Accelerating with Caution: Forecasting and Managing birddogs’ Growth (B)
By: Mark Egan
As 2017 was drawing to a close, birddogs’ founder and CEO, Peter Baldwin, was working with his CFO Jack Sullivan to prepare for 2018. Their task at hand? To predict the demand for their product in the coming season, determine the appropriate investments in working...
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Working Capital;
Forecasting and Prediction;
Expansion;
Production;
Apparel and Accessories Industry
Egan, Mark. "Accelerating with Caution: Forecasting and Managing birddogs’ Growth (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 224-024, September 2023.
- January–February 2014
- Article
IDEO's Culture of Helping
By: Teresa Amabile, Colin M. Fisher and Julianna Pillemer
Leaders can do few things more important than encouraging helping behavior within their organizations. In the highest-performing companies, it is a norm that colleagues support one another's efforts to do the best work they can. That has always been true for efficiency...
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Management Style;
Behavior;
Attitudes;
Organizational Culture;
Relationships;
Social and Collaborative Networks
Amabile, Teresa, Colin M. Fisher, and Julianna Pillemer. "IDEO's Culture of Helping." Harvard Business Review 92, nos. 1-2 (January–February 2014): 54–61.
- 2008
- Working Paper
The Architecture of Platforms: A Unified View
By: Carliss Y. Baldwin and C. Jason Woodard
The central role of "platform" products and services in mediating the activities of disaggregated "clusters" or "ecosystems" of firms has been widely recognized. But platforms and the systems in which they are embedded are very diverse. In particular, platforms may...
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Digital Platforms;
Industry Clusters;
Infrastructure;
Information Infrastructure;
Digital Platforms
Baldwin, Carliss Y., and C. Jason Woodard. "The Architecture of Platforms: A Unified View." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 09-034, September 2008.
- July 2022
- Case
A Soul and a Service: North Carolina Mutual Life Insurance
By: Tom Nicholas and John Masko
The North Carolina Mutual and Provident Association (the Mutual) was founded in 1898 as a for-profit entity selling life insurance catering to the Black community. The Mutual was entering a field crowded with established White-owned competitors that largely refused to...
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Black Entrepreneurs;
Insurance;
History;
Race;
Prejudice and Bias;
Entrepreneurship;
Decision Choices and Conditions;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Insurance Industry;
United States
Nicholas, Tom, and John Masko. "A Soul and a Service: North Carolina Mutual Life Insurance." Harvard Business School Case 823-032, July 2022.