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Fortune Tellers: The Story of America's First Economic Forecasters
The period leading up to the Great Depression witnessed the rise of the economic forecasters, pioneers who sought to use the tools of science to predict the future, with the aim of profiting from their forecasts. This book chronicles the lives and careers of the men... View Details
Keywords: Forecasting And Prediction; Economic History; Economics; History; Risk and Uncertainty; United States
Friedman, Walter A. Fortune Tellers: The Story of America's First Economic Forecasters. Princeton University Press, 2013.
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Start Up Strategy and Management
Bussgang’s research focuses on applying Lean Startup principles to early-stage technology companies as well as the challenges and opportunities when scaling startups. His work led to the creation of the MBA elective... View Details
Institutions, Institutional Change and Economic Performance in Emerging Markets
Emerging markets play an increasingly important role in the global economy, accounting for 31% of global GDP and more than 50% of global foreign direct investment in 2012. However, doing business in emerging markets remains subject to a high degree of "policy risk,"... View Details
Unleashed
When leaders seek out advice, they’re often told to fix themselves. Should they?
When leaders want to improve, they will find no shortage of ideas to help them. They’re told to identify and develop their natural-born strengths, mine failures... View Details
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Business History - Faculty & Research
Business History Business History 2014 Book Business History By: Walter A. Friedman and Geoffrey Jones This volume contains a selection of 42 foundational articles on the discipline of business history written between 1934 and the present... View Details
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Events - Business History
dynamics like capital flight, fraud, and financial crisis, Malaysia's state-business ties contributed to economic stagnation." Learn more about the book on the Oxford University Press website. Apr 3 03 Apr 2023 Seminar Hybrid Seminar:... View Details
- 18 Oct 2016
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October 18, 2016
2016 New York: HarperBusiness Competing Against Luck: The Story of Innovation and Customer Choice By: Christensen, Clayton M., Taddy Hall, Karen Dillon, and David S. Duncan Abstract—The foremost authority on innovation and growth presents a path-breaking View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Nov 1999
- Research & Ideas
John H. Patterson and the Sales Strategy of the National Cash Register Company, 1884 to 1922
reprinted—and thereby according to the author "exposed"—the techniques of book canvassers, atlas salesmen, and lightning-rod peddlers. While it is not clear that Patterson was familiar with any of these scripts, it is likely... View Details
Keywords: by Walter A. Friedman
- 23 May 2005
- Research & Ideas
What Could Bring Globalization Down?
book about the banker Siegmund Warburg, who was a key proponent of globalization after 1945 and deserves much of the credit for the emergence of the Eurobond market, among other things. More generally, I am continuing to do research on... View Details
Keywords: by Cynthia Churchwell
- 11 Apr 2023
- Research & Ideas
Is Amazon a Retailer, a Tech Firm, or a Media Company? How AI Can Help Investors Decide
are looking at the retail sector, you are puzzled why Amazon is doing well the way it is, and why Walmart is doing poorly the way it is. Well, Amazon is going through the roof because it’s a technology company in many respects—and it’s information technology. It's more... View Details
- 15 Dec 2023
- News
The Musts of 2023
1988. The book is called The Empire of the Summer Moon by S. C. Gwynne, and it's all about the Indian Wars and how it aligns with the Civil War and that time period. While it's about the Comanche and the settlers and all that was going on... View Details
- 12 Dec 2017
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, December 12, 2017
not born but made. In a book dense with epiphanies, the most galvanizing one may be that the power to lead courageously resides in each of us. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=53588 forthcoming Journal of... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 22 Aug 2017
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First Look at New Research and Ideas, August 23
incumbents must ensure that they do not become self-complacent but instead look to renew themselves through corporate entrepreneurship (sometimes also called intrapreneurship). Many books and articles document the overall importance of... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
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Becoming a Board Member - Alumni
HBS Alumni Resume Book who have relevant board experience Identify and contact executive search firms (see list below) Increase Your Visibility Sell yourself as an expert - get published, get quoted, give speeches, serve on panels, etc.... View Details
- 30 Oct 2018
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New Research and Ideas, October 30, 2018
lifetimes, this book looks at the past of green business to identify lessons for the future. It provides rich new evidence and insights on green business as it examines its variation between industries and nations over time. It shows the... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 13 Feb 2020
- Book
Open Your Organization to Honest Conversations
mistakes, says Beer in his new book Fit to Compete: Why Honest Conversations about Your Company’s Capabilities Are the Key to a Winning Strategy. Beer, who has spent 45 years working with hundreds of companies to execute organizational... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 12 Mar 2019
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New Research and Ideas, March 12, 2019
emergent machine of the sovereign state. Yet such strategic interaction rarely yielded a decisive victory for either the secular state or for religion. By tracing how state-builders engaged religious institutions, elites, and attachments, this View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 02 Jan 2018
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First Look at New Research and Ideas, January 3, 2018
December 4, 2017 Harvard Business Review How a Fast-Growing Startup Built Its Sales Team for Long-Term Success By: Cespedes, Frank V., and David Mattson Abstract—It’s common for leaders of sales teams to focus almost exclusively on short-term tactics and current... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 07 Apr 2009
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First Look: April 7, 2009
Working PapersSecuring Jobs or the New Protectionism? Taxing the Overseas Activities of Multinational Firms Author:Mihir A. Desai Publication:(Forthcoming in Tax Notes) Abstract Tax policy toward American multinational firms would appear to be approaching a... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 31 Mar 2009
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First Look: March 31, 2009
Working PapersCorporate Social Entrepreneurship Authors:James Austin and Ezequiel Reficco Abstract Corporate Social Entrepreneurship (CSE) is a process aimed at enabling business to develop more advanced and powerful forms of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR).... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace