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- December 1988
- Supplement
Imperial (B1)
Hertenstein, Julie H. "Imperial (B1)." Harvard Business School Supplement 189-115, December 1988.
- November 2018
- Technical Note
Colonialism and Imperialism
By: Reshmaan Hussam and Grace Liu
Hussam, Reshmaan, and Grace Liu. "Colonialism and Imperialism." Harvard Business School Technical Note 719-035, November 2018.
- October 1987 (Revised June 1989)
- Case
Imperial Distributors, Inc. (B)
Cespedes, Frank V. "Imperial Distributors, Inc. (B)." Harvard Business School Case 588-024, October 1987. (Revised June 1989.)
- January 1980 (Revised April 1984)
- Case
Imperial Corp. (B)
By: Norman A. Berg and Philippe Haspeslagh
Berg, Norman A., and Philippe Haspeslagh. "Imperial Corp. (B)." Harvard Business School Case 380-124, January 1980. (Revised April 1984.)
- November 1977
- Case
Imperial Chemical Industries
By: Thomas R. Piper
Keywords: Chemical Industry
Piper, Thomas R. "Imperial Chemical Industries." Harvard Business School Case 278-093, November 1977.
- January 1980 (Revised April 1984)
- Case
Imperial Corp. (A)
By: Norman A. Berg and Philippe Haspeslagh
Berg, Norman A., and Philippe Haspeslagh. "Imperial Corp. (A)." Harvard Business School Case 380-123, January 1980. (Revised April 1984.)
- February 1987 (Revised July 1988)
- Case
Imperial Distributors, Inc. (A)
Cespedes, Frank V. "Imperial Distributors, Inc. (A)." Harvard Business School Case 587-118, February 1987. (Revised July 1988.)
- February 1991
- Teaching Note
Imperial Distributors, Inc. (B), Teaching Note
Keywords: Distribution Industry
- Article
Paradigm Lost: The Imperial CEO
By: D. Quinn Mills
Keywords: Management
Mills, D. Quinn. "Paradigm Lost: The Imperial CEO." Directors & Boards 27, no. 4 (Summer 2003): 41–42.
- 2021
- Chapter
British Imperial Violence and the Middle East
Elkins, Caroline M. "British Imperial Violence and the Middle East." In The Darker Angels of our Nature: Refuting the Pinker Theory of History & Violence, edited by Philip Dwyer and Mark S. Micale, 197–218. London: Bloomsbury Academic, 2021.
- February 1991
- Teaching Note
Imperial Distributors, Inc. (A), Teaching Note
Keywords: Distribution Industry
- November 1984 (Revised March 1985)
- Case
Restructuring European Petrochemicals: Imperial Chemical Industries, P.L.C.
By: Francis Aguilar, Joseph L. Bower and Benjamin Gomes-Casseres
Aguilar, Francis, Joseph L. Bower, and Benjamin Gomes-Casseres. "Restructuring European Petrochemicals: Imperial Chemical Industries, P.L.C." Harvard Business School Case 385-203, November 1984. (Revised March 1985.)
- 2022
- Book
Legacy of Violence: A History of the British Empire
Sprawling across a quarter of the world’s land mass and claiming nearly seven hundred million people, Britain’s twentieth-century empire was the largest empire in human history. For many Britons, it epitomized their nation’s cultural superiority, but what legacy did... View Details
Keywords: Imperialism; Violence; Colonialism; History; Government and Politics; Power and Influence; Race; Policy; United Kingdom
Elkins, Caroline M. Legacy of Violence: A History of the British Empire. New York, NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 2022.
- 2005
- Book
Imperial Reckoning: The Untold Story of Britain's Gulag in Kenya
In a groundbreaking and Pulitzer winning debut, Harvard historian and 1998 IDRF Fellow Caroline Elkins has recovered the lost history of the last days of British colonialism in Kenya. Elkins reveals for the first time what Britain so desperately tried to hide. In the... View Details
Elkins, Caroline M. Imperial Reckoning: The Untold Story of Britain's Gulag in Kenya. New York: Henry Holt and Co., 2005.
- 2010
- Chapter
Colonial Legacies: Silenced Trauma and the Political Economy of Imperialism
Elkins, Caroline M. "Colonial Legacies: Silenced Trauma and the Political Economy of Imperialism." In Reframing Contemporary Africa: Politics, Economics, and Culture in the Global Era, edited by Peyi Soyinka-Airewele and Rita Kiki Edozie. Washington, DC: CQ Press, 2010.
- 2013
- Book
The Political Economy of Empire in the Early Modern World
By: Sophus A. Reinert and Pernille Røge
This volume recasts our understanding of the practical and theoretical foundations and dynamic experiences of early modern imperialism. The imperial encounter with political economy was neither uniform across political, economic, cultural, and religious constellations... View Details
Reinert, Sophus A., and Pernille Røge, eds. The Political Economy of Empire in the Early Modern World. Palgrave Macmillan, 2013.
- 2020
- Article
Remaking the Imperial Presidency: The Mayaguez Incident of 1975 and the Contradictions of Credibility
By: Mattias Fibiger
This article argues that the Mayaguez incident of 1975 was a missed opportunity to establish a more democratic American foreign policy. President Gerald Ford managed the crisis with an eye toward domestic and international credibility. But his conception of credibility... View Details
Keywords: Foreign Policy; Presidency; Ford Administration; Government and Politics; History; Crisis Management; United States
Fibiger, Mattias. "Remaking the Imperial Presidency: The Mayaguez Incident of 1975 and the Contradictions of Credibility." Diplomacy & Statecraft 31, no. 1 (2020): 118–142.
- April 2022
- Case
The First Opium War and Global Free Trade
By: Jeremy Friedman and Allison Lazarus
The First Opium War (1839-1842) symbolized the peak of the era of European imperialism, with a political and cultural legacy that remains potent to this day. The British Empire, “acquired in a fit of absent-mindedness” as one observer famously claimed, seemed to be... View Details
Keywords: Imperialism; Narcotics; Importing; History; Globalized Markets and Industries; Trade; Social Issues
Friedman, Jeremy, and Allison Lazarus. "The First Opium War and Global Free Trade." Harvard Business School Case 722-052, April 2022.
- summer 1992
- Book Review
Review of Predators and Prizes: American Privateering and Imperial Warfare, 1739-1748, by Carl E. Swanson
By: Nancy F. Koehn
Koehn, Nancy F. "Review of Predators and Prizes: American Privateering and Imperial Warfare, 1739-1748, by Carl E. Swanson." Business History Review 66 (summer 1992): 400–402.
- June 2017 (Revised August 2018)
- Case
Goodbye IMF Conditions, Hello Chinese Capital: Zambia's Copper Industry and Africa's Break with Its Colonial Past
By: Rafael Di Tella, Vincent Pons, Sarah Mehta and David Lane
Over the past several decades, rapid growth in Chinese investment and trade has created for Africa a new development partner. China represents an alternative to U.S. and European nations whose past imperialism, resource avarice, and economic dictates—through the... View Details
Keywords: Copper; Imperialism; IMF; World Bank; ODA; Debt Relief; Growth and Development; Business and Stakeholder Relations; Labor and Management Relations; History; Development Economics; China; Zambia; Africa
Di Tella, Rafael, Vincent Pons, Sarah Mehta, and David Lane. "Goodbye IMF Conditions, Hello Chinese Capital: Zambia's Copper Industry and Africa's Break with Its Colonial Past." Harvard Business School Case 717-034, June 2017. (Revised August 2018.)