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Digital Exhibits | Baker Library
entrepreneurs, strategies for identifying opportunity, and leadership. Agents of Change: The Founding and Impact of the African-American Student Union Celebrating the 50th Anniversary of the founding of the African-American Student Union,...
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- 01 Sep 2009
- News
Over the Top
namely, unions and public employee pension funds that, not surprisingly, favor the reform measures. “Big labor unions are trying to achieve at the board table what they cannot achieve at the negotiating...
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- 01 Sep 2013
- News
Who Are We?
three days straight, but it was the best three days of my life—much better than flying to Europe and dealing with labor unions in France." Wolf Creek Farm produces 30 tons of beef a year for the local market, selling directly to consumers...
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- 17 Feb 2010
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 17
illustrates Hindustan Unilever Limited's conflict resolution and people development policies using a "leading from the middle" example. The story centers on the challenges faced by an HR manager at a factory who must meet organizational objectives while...
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Martha Lagace
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Global Reach | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School
Body 2 After the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, HBS faculty introduced the case method to business educators in emerging free-enterprise markets in Central and Eastern Europe through the workshop for Central and Eastern European...
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- 02 Jun 2011
- News
Serious Fun
prize-based saving in the credit union industry through a program known as Save to Win. “I grew up in Missouri, the ‘Show Me State,’ so all of these projects tapped into my desire to get out and implement something tangible,” he explains....
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- 01 Apr 2002
- News
Urban Evolution - HBS Research on the Inner City
Union City, New Jersey, for instance, helped the company find new ways of handling data transmission and refine its goals for video on demand. In turn, the project "became a catalyst for increasing the use of technology to transform...
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- July 2020 (Revised October 2020)
- Case
Valentina Tereshkova: Conquering Space
By: Boris Groysberg and Annelena Lobb
On June 13, 1963, Valentina Tereshkova of the USSR became the first woman to fly in space on Vostok 6. Soviet leaders publicly espoused gender equity, but also sent Tereshkova on her mission in order to be the first country to send a woman to space, a milestone they...
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Gender Equity;
Gender;
Equality and Inequality;
Personal Development and Career;
Aerospace Industry;
Soviet Union;
United States
Groysberg, Boris, and Annelena Lobb. "Valentina Tereshkova: Conquering Space." Harvard Business School Case 421-005, July 2020. (Revised October 2020.)
- September 2008 (Revised October 2008)
- Background Note
Copyright Law in the U.S. and EU
By: Robert C. Pozen and Elizabeth Leonard
This note reviews the basic rules for copyright protection in both the U.S. and the EU. It outlines the works and rights protected, the fair use and first-sale limitations on copyright, as well as the application of these rules to software, video, recordings, and...
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Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms;
Copyright;
Laws and Statutes;
European Union;
United States
Pozen, Robert C., and Elizabeth Leonard. "Copyright Law in the U.S. and EU." Harvard Business School Background Note 309-052, September 2008. (Revised October 2008.)
- February 2005
- Article
European Integration and Corporate Restructuring: The Strategy of Unilever c1957-c1990
By: Geoffrey Jones and Peter Miskell
This article examines the role of the large Anglo-Dutch consumer products company in promoting European integration. It shows that Unilever contributed financially to campaigns to support the creation of the European Union, and its subsequent expansion, despite a...
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Horizontal Integration;
Organizations;
Policy;
Expansion;
Market Transactions;
Geographic Location;
Restructuring;
Competition;
Brands and Branding;
Production;
Capital Structure;
Value;
Consumer Products Industry;
European Union;
United States
Jones, Geoffrey, and Peter Miskell. "European Integration and Corporate Restructuring: The Strategy of Unilever c1957-c1990." Economic History Review 58, no. 1 (February 2005): 113–139.
- 03 May 2016
- First Look
First Look, May 3, 2016
Zou Abstract—There is relatively little prior evidence on the potential impact of rank and file employees on financial reporting choices outside union negotiations. We contribute to the literature by providing new evidence that firms...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 23 Mar 2011
- Research & Ideas
China’s 60-Year Road from Revolution to World Power
Central University, and at the apogee of research, the Academia Sinica), accompanied by a creative set of private colleges and universities (Yenching University, St. John's University, and Peking Union Medical College, to name but a few)....
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by William C. Kirby
- 18 Jun 2020
- Blog Post
Black MBA Students Pen Letters to the HBS Community: Letter 3/5
for predominantly white spaces is still not be enough to keep Black people safe – and there isn’t a job title or degree in the world that can protect Black communities from institutionalized and systemic racism. Members of the HBS African American Student View Details
- 01 Apr 1997
- News
HBS Conferences Explore Range of Issues
AASU Holds 25th Annual Conference "Our Silver Past and Golden Future" was the theme of the 25th annual Career/Alumni Conference of the HBS African-American Student Union (AASU), held January 30 to February 2 at HBS and the Boston Marriott...
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- 01 Apr 2000
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Real World Issues Aired at Student Led Conferences
conference hosted by the HBS African American Student Union (AASU). More than 550 attendees gathered in late January for the three-day meeting, which featured academic and social events held on campus and at the nearby Hyatt Regency...
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Mary Ellen Gardner
- 11 Jun 2014
- Research & Ideas
In the Future of Sports Investing, Media Is the Best Bet
consumed 33 billion hours of national sports programming—a 27 percent increase since 2003, according to Nielsen. Worldwide, viewers sent 27 million tweets during the 2013 National Basketball Association finals, according to officials at Twitter. About 22 million...
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- 20 Sep 2004
- Research & Ideas
How Consumers Value Global Brands
conduct business. In fact, consumers vote with their checkbooks if they feel that transnational companies aren't acting as stewards of public health, worker rights, and the environment. As infamous cases have filled the airwaves—Nestlé's infant-formula sales in Africa...
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Smaller Collections - Photography Collections - Historical Collections
hotels and taverns, libraries, halls, churches, government buildings (including the Old State House), and residences. Several photographs depict the aftermath of the 1872 fire. Also included is a group photograph of the National Typographical View Details
- 01 Oct 1998
- News
Andresen Becomes First European and First Exec. Ed. Graduate to Endow HBS Professorship
hardest days don't seem as long as they would if you were working for someone else." He especially relished his relationship with SABO's employees, and during his regime the company was one of only a handful of nonunionized manufacturers in Germany (the company would...
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- 14 Dec 2015
- News
A Leader’s Call to Action
management role at the Wisconsin Public Service Corporation that included a team of 42 union and administrative workers spanning four counties. At 34, she was assigned line responsibility for electric line crews and gas technicians. “I...
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Margie Kelley