Faculty & Research
Faculty & Research
Harvard Business School faculty members have made notable contributions to the history
of business. Faculty research is diverse, based in several of the School’s units,
and reflects disciplinary backgrounds in economics, history, sociology, strategy,
and political science.
- 23 Jul 2024
- News
The New Rules of Trade with China: Navigating Tariffs, Turmoil, and Opportunities
Re: Jeremy Friedman, Meg Rithmire, Jaya Wen, William Kirby & Ebehi Iyoha
- July 2024 (Revised October 2024)
- Case
Knowledge Transfer: Toyota, NUMMI, and GM
By: Willy Shih
| New United Motors Manufacturing, Inc. (NUMMI) was a joint venture between Toyota and General Motors. It was an opportunity for GM to learn about the Toyota Production System, which was quite different from the mass production processes American automakers used at the... |
- July 17, 2024
- ForeignAffairs.com
The Case for Inclusive Alliances: America Must Rediscover the Ideological Flexibility That Helped It Win the Cold War
By: Jeremy Friedman
- 2024
- Working Paper
Health, Human Capital Development and the Longevity of Japanese Elites Since 710
By: Tom Nicholas and Hiroshi Shimizu
| We examine the lifespan of over 40,000 elites in Japan born between 710 and 1912, including samurai warriors, feudal lords, business, political, cultural, and religious leaders at the apex of the social hierarchy. Japanese elites experienced increases in lifespan about... |
- June 2024
- Investigaciones de historia económica
Oral History and Business History in Emerging Markets
By: Geoffrey Jones
| This article describes the motivation, structure and use of the Creating Emerging Markets (CEM) oral history-based project at the Harvard Business School. The project consists of lengthy interviews with business leaders from emerging markets. By June 2024 183... |
- 2024
- Book Chapter
The U.S. Secession Crisis as a Breakdown of Democracy
By: Dean Grodzins and David Moss
| This chapter examines the U.S. secession crisis of 1860–1861 as a case of democratic breakdown. From December 1860 to early June 1861, eleven of the fifteen slaveholding states in the U.S. South declared secession from the Union. The trigger for the crisis was Abraham... |
- 20 Feb 2024
- News
Honoring the History of Black Americans in the Military
Re: Hise Gibson
| Senior Lecturer Hise Gibson talks about his experience in the United States Army, Black leaders in the armed services who have inspired him, and the impact of Black Americans in the military throughout U.S. history. |
- 21 Nov 2023
- News
The Beauty Industry: Products for a Healthy Glow or a Compact for Harm?
Re: Geoffrey Jones
- 2023
- Book
Suharto's Cold War: Indonesia, Southeast Asia, and the World
By: Mattias Fibiger
| After the murder of senior generals in the Indonesian army by elements of the country's communist party in 1965, General Suharto orchestrated the mass killing of some half a million leftists and fellow travelers. But his ambitions spanned far beyond perpetrating a... |
- 19 Jun 2023
- News
Inequality in Africa Has Changed from Pre-colonial Times to Today
Re: Marlous van Waijenburg
- 2023
- Working Paper
Deep Responsibility and Irresponsibility in the Beauty Industry
By: Geoffrey Jones
| This working paper employs the concept of deep responsibility to assess the social responsibility of the beauty industry over time. It shows that many of today’s problems with the industry have deep historical roots. Products have carried too many health hazards.... |