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Buy Now, Pay Later: Credit in a Consumer Society

The Rise of Installment Selling Home Finance Cars on Time The Secondary Credit Market The Usurer's Grip Research Links Credits “Beautiful credit, the foundation of modern society!” — Mark Twain, The Gilded Age: A Tale of To-Day (1873)... View Details

01 Sep 2023
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Startup Success Beyond Silicon Valley

Professor Paul Gompers visited Endeavor Saudi Arabia, a nonprofit that promotes startups in emerging markets. Pictured are Alpana Thapar and Fares Khrais (both of the Middle East and North Africa Research Center), Gompers, Lateefa Alwaalan (Endeavor Saudi Arabia), and... View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Mele

06 May 2021
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How Four Women Made Miami More Equitable for Startups

was the harsh reality facing four women determined to make their mark in the city: Maxeme Tuchman, a Miami-born daughter of Cuban immigrants, 2012 graduate of HBS, and former teacher, was fresh off a White House fellowship in 2016 when... View Details

Keywords: by Carolyn DiPaolo

11 Oct 2023
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Soldier On

Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes In November of 2022, 33-year-old Phillip Jones (MPA/MBA 2021) was elected mayor of Newport News, Virginia, where he had spent part of his childhood. The son of two Air Force veterans, he served six years in... View Details

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The overarching goal of my research is to produce works that are influential and informative to both academics and practitioners in the field of operations management. To accomplish this, I collaborate with industry partners who provide knowledge about their field,... View Details

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Buy Now, Pay Later: Introduction

HBS Quick Links MBA Executive Education Doctoral Programs Faculty and Research Alumni HBS Publishing Site Index HBS Home Contact Us Map/Directions Introduction Credit in Pre-Industrial Society Credit and the Market Economy: The Rise of... View Details

08 Sep 2015
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Knowledge Transfer: You Can't Learn Surgery By Watching

fingertips,’” says Myers. Except this system often doesn’t get used. That fact was driven home to Myers while interviewing a tech manager. “He said, ‘I use the knowledge management system all the time—but I... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Health

29 Jan 2021
Op-Ed

How Influencers, Celebrities, and FOMO Can Win Over Vaccine Skeptics

With people all over the world beginning to get COVID-19 vaccines, most of the press coverage so far has focused on its amazing development. What’s receiving less attention is a critical last-mile issue that could stand in the way of... View Details

Keywords: by Rohit Deshpandé, Ofer Mintz, and Imran S. Currim

22 Feb 2018
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The New History of American Capitalism

the rise (and fall?) of progressive taxation to the revisionary engineering of the New Deal. They consider how deeply finance has penetrated into daily life, including the ideological and political forces that made citizens into investors... View Details

Keywords: Manufacturing

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The Art of American Advertising: 1865 - 1910

printing, companies with products to sell reached wholesalers, retailers, and home consumers through media of all shapes, sizes, colors, and imagery—from trade catalogs and trade cards View Details

01 Mar 2024
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The War Within

When the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine began in February 2022, Nataliia Zhyliak’s world was upended in a matter of days. At the time, Zhyliak, a psychologist in the western Ukrainian city of Kamianets-Podilskyi, was working at an education and rehabilitation... View Details

Keywords: Janelle Nanos; illustration by Daniel Bejar

07 Jul 2023
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A Community Hunger Solution with Global Ambitions

teamed up with partner organization ReFood, and Ghose liked the model: repurposing surplus food from restaurants to feed the local community, with hyperlocalized food drives run by local volunteers. He brought the idea View Details

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Mark McNeill

Coming to HBS is like... Being a member of an orchestra led by a world-famous conductor. The case method is such an integral part of the HBS experience and there’s nothing quite like it. Just like a conductor, our professor masterfully... View Details

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Batten Hall | About

Batten Hall Frank Batten (MBA 1952) Batten Hall is named in honor of media pioneer and entrepreneur Frank Batten (MBA 1952). Batten Hall became part of the HBS campus in 2011. The building was once home to... View Details

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Doctoral 100 Years - Doctoral

earn the DBA degree. 1974 Doctoral Programs Move to Cotting Doctoral Program moves to Cotting House, which was previously the home of the International Teachers Program. 1980... View Details

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Partners & Fellows | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

Partner Organizations ACCION International ACLU Acumen African Comprehensive HIV/AIDS Partnerships (ACHAP) American Ballet Theatre Association of Latino Professionals For America (ALPFA) Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Boston Ballet Boston Community Capital Boston... View Details

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Our Values | About

East. Shock has given way to deep pain and grief, sadness, and anger. Many in our community are afraid: uncertain whether they are welcome at Harvard Business School, unsure how to engage in class... View Details

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Events - Business History

Seminars, & Workshops Jun 11 11 Jun 2025 Virtual Seminar Paloma Fernández Pérez (University of Barcelona), "Global Business and Local Welfare: the Transfer of Radium from Multinationals to Hospitals for the... View Details

16 May 2024
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On the Job

Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Dan Morrell: Hi, this is Dan Morrell, host of Skydeck. We all have early memories of on-the-job learnings—those moments that had a lasting impact on how we see the world of work and our place in it. This... View Details

Keywords: first job; leadership; life experience; career lessons; Finance; Oil and Gas Extraction; Mining; Retail Trade

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Shad Hall | About

exercise studios. Shad Hall is also home to the offices for Operations and for Information Technology, as well as the Tennenbaum Technology Operations Center. The roof is “green”—topped with 64 cubic yards... View Details

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