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Manuscript Collections - A Chronicle of the China Trade

generations of the Heard Family of Ipswich, Massachusetts, constitute the most comprehensive and detailed collection held by Baker Library on the China trade. Engaged in the China trade principally from 1840 to 1877, Heard & Co. records... View Details

05 Jun 2017
News

Women on Boards: A Course Becomes a Movement

Boris Groysberg addresses attendees of the HBS Executive Education program Women on Boards. (photo by Evgenia Eliseeva) Last year, Paula Davila Martinez (GMP 18, 2015) decided she wanted to have an impact beyond her corporate role as a... View Details

Keywords: Margaret Kelley

05 Nov 2020
Blog Post

12 Weeks of VC Summer: Remote Edition

While it wasn’t 100% perfect, there were a lot more offline conversations and learnings that took place over email than expected. We shared: Book recommendations (including The Innovators by Walter Isaacson, the Psychology of Intelligence... View Details

07 Jul 2010
First Look

First Look: July 7

Chairman and CEO, Emeritus. Purchase this case:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/910419-PDF-ENG Colombia: Strong Fundamentals, Global Risk Aldo Musacchio, Richard H. K. Vietor, Jonathan Schlefer, and Carolina CamachoHarvard Business... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

01 Sep 2010
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Five Honored for Missions Accomplished

The 2010 Alumni Achievement Award recipients have made their mark in a wide range of fields, from banking and investing to retailing, entrepreneurship, and space exploration. United by their leadership skills, each of these alumni is... View Details

Keywords: awards; Finance; Funds, Trusts, and Other Financial Vehicles; Finance; Space Research and Technology; Government; News, Library, Internet, and Other Services; Information; Clothing and Clothing Accessories Stores; Retail Trade

18 Oct 2021
Blog Post

Embracing Activism for Social Change

much of her first post-HBS year managing the pilot. Resolving Crisis Situations Mendu and other members of the partnership developed a three-part initiative informed by the best practices they gathered from local stakeholders and... View Details

09 Feb 2010
First Look

First Look: Feb. 9

has been little empirical evidence on the propensity with which core-periphery structures are observed in practice, the factors that explain differences in the design of such structures, or the manner in which these structures evolve over time. We address this gap... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

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Business and Climate Change Course | HBS Online

organization for the business risks and opportunities created by climate change. 5 weeks 5-6 hours per week 3 modules Self-Paced with regular deadlines This course earns you a Certificate of Completion from HBS Online. What you earn .... View Details

31 May 2016
HBS Case

Who Owns Space?

As a vast place full of limitless possibility, space is a huge draw for brilliant minds and big ambitions. A new generation of billionaire entrepreneurs is vying to lay claim to it. Be it Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk, Richard Branson, or Paul... View Details

Keywords: Re: Matthew C. Weinzierl; Aerospace

15 Jan 2013
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First Look: January 15

particular setting. This paper exploits a plausibly exogenous change in the liability structure offered by a microfinance program in India, which shifted from individual to group liability lending. We find evidence that the lending model... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Mar 2006
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Drive-In Nation

better way to go. Things change in this industry. American firms may currently be overburdened by legacy costs, but I think they are undervalued by consumers and by the... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; Motor Vehicle and Parts Dealers; Retail Trade

04 Mar 2008
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HBS Blogs

evangelist to the arts”; archived since Aug. 2006) MBA 1977H Geoff Hibner, Laid Off and Looking, http://blogs.wsj.com/laidoff/ a collective WSJ blog written by 8 people. MBA 1978D Richard Edelman 6 A.M.,... View Details

Keywords: Keith Larson; Information; News, Library, Internet, and Other Services; Information

01 Dec 2015
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Alumni and Faculty Books for December 2015

or even beyond Earth’s atmosphere. Cent’Anni: The Sinatra Legend at 100 by Richard Muti (MBA 1971) (North Jersey Media Group) This study of the most fascinating entertainer of the 20th century isn’t an... View Details

14 Jan 2022
Blog Post

Want Hybrid Work to Succeed? Trust, Don’t Track, Employees

have been recipients of it say that it’s humiliating,” she says. "IT BECAME REALLY IMPORTANT FOR MANAGERS TO ASK, ‘HOW’S IT GOING? HOW ARE YOU DOING? HOW CAN I HELP?" Instead, Neeley takes a page from the late J. Richard Hackman, an... View Details

Keywords: All Industries

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Lessons in Economics | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School

Roger M. Blough, chairman of the board and chief executive officer of U.S. Steel, was the chief spokesperson for the corporation in 1962, when U.S. Steel raised its prices by 3.5 percent. President John F. Kennedy called the move “a... View Details

27 May 2014
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Crowdsourcing the Capitalist's Dilemma

discussion of "The Capitalist's Dilemma"—the challenges of innovating for long-term growth and job creation—in the Harvard Business Review. The team of more than 150 people (see below) collaborated using the OI Engine platform developed View Details

Keywords: April White; Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management

01 Dec 2001
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September 11: A Community Reflects

Cash. She elaborated on the community theme, noting, "I've been touched by the dedication with which my former classmates checked on one another's safety and also by the well wishes that have come in from... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young;Deborah Blagg

20 Mar 2012
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First Look: March 20

economic actors. Capitalist competition takes place in markets that exist in legal and regulatory frameworks and are governed by a political authority with the power and legitimacy to empower as well as regulate behavior and punish... View Details