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    Steven C. Wheelwright

    Steve Wheelwright is the Edsel Bryant Ford Professor of Business Administration, Emeritus at Harvard Business School.

    Following his retirement from HBS in 2006, he served with former Dean Kim B. Clark at BYU-Idaho and then from 2007-2015 he served as... View Details

    • 01 Sep 2022
    • What Do You Think?

    Is It Time to Consider Lifting Tariffs on Chinese Imports?

    (iStockphoto/AvigatorPhotographer) Recently there has been talk, but no action, about eliminating some or all of the tariffs on Chinese imports that were instituted by the Trump administration. The debate involves salient arguments on... View Details
    Keywords: Re: James L. Heskett
    • 26 Feb 2008
    • First Look

    First Look: February 26, 2008

    order to smooth earnings (Graham, Harvey and Rajgopal, 2005). We estimate that marketing actions can be used to boost quarterly net income by up to 20% depending on the depth of promotion. But there is a price to pay, with the cost in the... View Details
    Keywords: Martha Lagace
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    Faculty & Advisors | MBA

    Faculty & Advisors MS/MBA Biotechnology: Life Sciences Faculty Amitabh Chandra, Ph.D. Henry and Allison McCance Professor of Business Administration at HBS, Ethel Zimmerman Winer Professor of Public Policy and Director of Health Policy... View Details
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    dollarDEX (1998-2007)

    Retired chief executive, non-executive chairman

    One of world's top 30 in online finance (Institutional Investor, March 2003). Wealth management firm in Asia, and has... View Details

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    Live from Klarman Hall - Alumni

    Diane Doerge Wilson Professor of Business Administration, Emerita; Co-chair, Race, Gender, and Equity Initiative Video Recording Why Women Won 4:00–5:00 p.m. EST Speaker: Claudia Goldin , Lee and Ezpeleta Professor of Arts and Sciences and View Details
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    Stories

    grow their dreams Re: Jeffrey J. Bussgang (Senior Lecturer of Business Administration); Henry W. McGee (Senior Lecturer of Business Administration); Archie L. Jones (Senior Lecturer of Business Administration); By: Jennifer Gillespie 30... View Details
    • Research Summary

    Principal Research Interests

    My research is principally focused on nineteenth- and twentieth-century subjects, with an emphasis on economic and especially financial history. I am interested in the role of banks and capital markets in the process of economic development as well as in the political... View Details
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    Curriculum - Case Method Project

    Curriculum Curriculum Cases James Madison, the 'Federal Negative,' and the Making of the U.S. Constitution (1787) This case begins with the American Revolution and concludes at the Constitutional Convention. It describes the many challenges faced View Details
    • September 2018 (Revised April 2019)
    • Case

    AMC Entertainment: Creating a Spectacular Moviegoing Experience (A)

    By: Henry McGee and Aldo Sesia
    In 2018, the Hollywood film industry is facing tough headwinds. Fewer and fewer Americans are going to movie theaters, opting instead to watch movies on demand in the comfort of their own homes or on portable devices. Adam Aron, the head of the world’s largest movie... View Details
    Keywords: Exhibitors; Movies; Film Entertainment; Disruptive Innovation; Consumer Behavior; Competitive Strategy; Expansion; Global Range; Business Model; Motion Pictures and Video Industry
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    Accounting & Management - Faculty & Research

    Accounting & Management Overview Faculty Curriculum Seminars & Conferences Awards & Honors Doctoral Students May 2025 Case Humana Commits to Value-Based Care By: V.G. Narayanan , Henry Eyring and David Lane In late 2023, CEO Bruce... View Details
    • 09 May 2012
    • Research & Ideas

    Clayton Christensen’s “How Will You Measure Your Life?”

    If Blockbuster decided it wanted to go after this nascent market, it would have the resources to make life very difficult for the little start-up. But it didn't. By 2002, the upstart was showing signs of potential. It had $150 million in... View Details
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    Lehman Brothers Timeline | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School

    Library Search Search Search Lehman Brothers: 1850 - 2008 Exhibition Lehman Brothers Timeline 1844 Henry Lehman emigrates from Rimpar, Germany, and settles in Montgomery, Alabama, where he opens a general store specializing in dry goods.... View Details
    • February 2021
    • Case

    Apple: Privacy vs. Safety (A)

    By: Henry McGee, Nien-hê Hsieh, Sarah McAra and Christian Godwin
    In 2015, Apple CEO Tim Cook debuted the iPhone 6S with enhanced security measures that enflamed a debate on privacy and public safety around the world. The iPhone 6S, amid a heightened concern for privacy following the 2013 revelation of clandestine U.S. surveillance... View Details
    Keywords: Iphone; Encryption; Data Privacy; Customers; Customer Focus and Relationships; Decision Making; Ethics; Values and Beliefs; Globalized Firms and Management; Government and Politics; National Security; Law; Law Enforcement; Leadership; Markets; Safety; Social Issues; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Civil Society or Community; Mobile and Wireless Technology; Technology Industry; Consumer Products Industry; Telecommunications Industry; Electronics Industry; United States; China; Hong Kong
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    • June 2015 (Revised October 2015)
    • Case

    High Liner Foods, 2015

    By: John R. Wells and Galen Danskin
    In 2015, Canadian-based High Liner Foods Ltd was one of North America's largest frozen fish processors with extensive shares of both the food service and retail channels in Canada, the USA and Mexico. With over C$1 billion in revenues, the company had grown four fold... View Details
    Keywords: Strategic Analysis; Strategic Decision Making; Family Business; Commodities; Strategic Planning; Strategy; Competitive Strategy; Food and Beverage Industry; North America; Canada
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    • 21 Nov 2018
    • Blog Post

    Harvard Square's Hidden History

    environs. I played impromptu tour guide and pointed out four of my favorite historic sites around the Square – many of which HBS students pass by each day:   Anderson Memorial Bridge  Hundreds of HBS students cross daily over the Anderson... View Details
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    Courses - Entrepreneurship

    Courses First Year (Required Curriculum) During the first year at HBS, all students pursue the same course of study called the Required Curriculum. By studying under a common curriculum, students build a solid, broad foundation of general... View Details
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    Podcasts - Managing the Future of Work

    Hayden Brown on bridging volatility with contingency "Freelance by choice" can sound like a rationalization—or putting on a brave face—but has the contract labor market improved for white-collar workers, as more, particularly younger... View Details
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    The Founding of U.S. Steel and the Power of Public Opinion | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School

    the Power of Public Opinion The Founding of U.S. Steel and the Power of Public Opinion: Intro By the late 1800s, the steel industry in the United States had surpassed the capacity of Britain’s steel production. In 1901, through the merger... View Details
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    Faculty & Research - Global

    address urban mobility problems faced by cities across the country and the world. Its founder and CEO, Matt George, weighed up several possible strategies for growth as he aimed to responsibly build the company. George continued to engage... View Details