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Morgan Hall | About

extensive reconstruction from 1990 to 1992. The complicated undertaking modernized and significantly expanded the building’s capacity and created a physical environment that fosters intellectual collaboration among faculty from different... View Details

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Baker Library / Bloomberg Center | About

north-facing façade was restored, existing faculty offices were updated, and 30 new faculty offices were added. The updates incorporated modern digital media and resources, while creating accessible, environmentally controlled storage... View Details

10 May 2010
Research & Ideas

What Top Scholars Say About Leadership

neglected. This trend was exacerbated as research inside the academy moved more toward large computerized databases. Leadership largely dropped off the agenda in mainstream academic institutions. It is ironic, though. If we go back to the origins of the View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Education

06 Oct 2020
Sharpening Your Skills

18 Tips Managers Can Use to Lead Through COVID's Rising Waters

administration. Tip: Learn from what other managers are doing successfully While we are still far from knowing what constitutes a “best practice,” there is already a great deal of experimentation emerging globally. To provide an early... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

20 Dec 2010
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Panama Canal: Troubled History, Astounding Turnaround

professor Noel Maurer and economic historian Carlos Yu discuss the canal's complicated economic and political history—including the first proposals dating back to 1529, the massive cost overruns associated with digging the canal in the View Details

Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert; Transportation

19 Jun 2018
First Look

New Research and Ideas, June 19, 2018

much more limited application. Early diffusion was accordingly rapid in these narrower applications but limited in scope until tractor technology generalized. The sequence of diffusion is consistent with a model of research and... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

04 Sep 2018
First Look

New Research and Ideas, September 4, 2018

Sun Aware of the impact that modern society was having on the environment, Ashley Telkes had always tried to be cognizant of her own impact on the environment and to take reasonable steps to mitigate her own effects. Having already... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

02 Mar 2016
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David Moss is Rewriting History

James Madison at the Constitutional Convention, a scene imagined here by early 20th century artist Howard Chandler Christy. (GraphicaArtis/Corbis) The blackboard fills up with proposed remedies to the country’s ills in 1787, and with more... View Details

Keywords: April White

15 Jun 2009
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GM: What Went Wrong and What’s Next

and revolutionized millions of Americans' lives. Riding the wave of the Model T's success, Ford Motor Company became the undisputed leader of this young market and by the early 1920s, it was producing 60 percent of all the motor vehicles... View Details

Keywords: by Staff; Auto

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Tethys | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School

Skip to Main Content Tethys Search Baker Library Search Search Search Overview The Tethys Mos aic Morgan Hall, Harvard Business School Founded in 300 BCE, the Syrian city Antioch-on-the-Orontes (in modern Turkey) was a major center and... View Details

06 Jul 2011
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Are You a Level-Six Leader?

of the modern world's greatest Opportunists. Also of this genre, although somewhat lesser known, is Jeffrey Skilling, the Enron CEO who sold off tens of millions of dollars of stock just before Enron filed for bankruptcy, claiming he had... View Details

Keywords: by Mitch Maidique

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Globalization - Faculty & Research

influence and legacy. The postal business had once given the family global prominence during the Holy Roman Empire —perhaps this same outward-looking spirit could now help Gloria safeguard the Thurn und Taxis name in the modern era. Could... View Details

28 Jun 2022
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The Moral Enterprise: How Two Companies Profit with Purpose

How can government and business work together in this fractious political moment, when finding solutions to pressing problems like inequality and climate change are more urgent than ever? Rebecca Henderson, Harvard University’s John and Natty McArthur University... View Details

Keywords: by Avery Forman

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ARD - Georges F. Doriot : Educating Leaders, Building Companies, Baker Library, Harvard Business School

Education Alumni Baker Library Historical Collections MORE EXHIBITS HISTORICAL COLLECTIONS RESEARCH LINKS SITE CREDITS GEORGES F. DORIOT Introduction EDUCATION Early Years at HBS Educating Leaders INNOVATION & VC Wartime Innovation ARD... View Details

29 Nov 2017
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How to Succeed in Business (According to a 15th Century Trade Merchant)

down, his intelligence dims and his memory becomes less quick, so that he risks committing many errors in his business.” “In a sense, these are very early concepts of corporate social responsibility,” says Harvard Business School... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna

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2022 Reunion Presentations - Alumni

first-semester RC applies to everyday problems. Leveraging the Biology of Adversity and Resilience to Strengthen the Foundations of Human Capital Development Professor Jack P. Shonkoff + More Info – Less Info This session will explore how 21st-century biology could... View Details

01 Apr 2000
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Highly Recommended: Leah Modigliani

supportive of me." The importance of mentorship was impressed upon Modigliani at an early age. "I've always been around people who care about ideas. Everyone is a teacher in my family, except for me." That includes her grandfather, Franco... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna

21 Feb 2005
Op-Ed

Is Business Management a Profession?

in other spheres that are vital to the interests of society (such as law and government, military affairs, health, and religion, to consider the classic examples), modern societies have responded by creating the institutions that we know... View Details

Keywords: by Rakesh Khurana, Nitin Nohria & Daniel Penrice

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The Intersection of Public Relations and Photography | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School

Photography The Intersection of Public Relations and Photography: Intro In the early twentieth century, the field of public relations was developing into a formalized profession. “Businesses began to realize that not just goods but also... View Details

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