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Leadership Transitions | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School

center, 2001. Prints & Photographs Division, Library of Congress, LC-DIG-highsm-15224. Vartan, Vartanig G. "Peterson Is Named Chief Executive by Lehman: Former Commerce Secretery to Take Ehrman's Post." The New York Times , July 27, 1973.... View Details

Alvin E. Roth

Al Roth is the George Gund Professor of Economics and Business Administration in the Department of Economics at Harvard University, and in the Harvard Business School. His research, teaching, and consulting interests are in game theory, experimental economics, and... View Details

Keywords: e-commerce industry; education industry; health care; information; internet; legal services

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Advisory Board - Entrepreneurship

first commercial infrastructure for enabling secure commerce on the Internet and provided the software and services that enabled companies like Time Warner and AT&T to offer their services on the Internet. Open Market was one of the first... View Details

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Companies: social responsibility

maintains a database of benefit corporations. Corpwatch.org: Provide articles, reports and data on violations by multinational corporations to activists, media, the general public and policy makers. Corporate Citizenship Awards: US Chamber of View Details

25 Jun 2020
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Harvard Business School Class of 2021 Student Profiles

Whitney Wilson Whitney Wilson began her career in international development, assuming a role with the American Chamber of Commerce in Jordan during the midst of the Arab Spring. “I was introduced to CEOs involved in international trade,”... View Details

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Faculty - Creating Emerging Markets

, project finance Interviews Vimal Shah Louisa Mojela & Gloria Serobe Funke Opeke Adrian Gore Shirley Zinn Peter Vundla Sizwe Nxasana Henry W. McGee Senior Lecturer of Business Administration Research Interests : channels of distribution , corporate accountability ,... View Details

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

01 Jan 2012
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Hiroshi Mikitani, MBA 1993

Chairman and CEO, Rakuten, Inc. Download Mikitani profile (pdf) Return to Alumni Achievement Awards main page TIMELINE 1965 Born, Kobe, Japan 1972 Family moves to United States for two years 1988 Earns commerce degree, Hitotsubashi... View Details

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Teacher Profiles - Case Method Project

School Commerce City, CO Subjects: Civics, History CA Doug Jones Cambridge School San Diego, CA Subjects: US History MD Karen Jones Quince Orchard High School Gaithersburg, MD VA Michele Jones Franklin County High School Rocky Mount, VA... View Details

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The Essential Porter - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

Thinkers50 every year since 2001 Frequent contributor to The Wall Street Journal and numerous other national publications and academic journals Lifetime Achievement Award in Economic Development from the U.S. Department of Commerce 22... View Details

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HBS Entrepreneurship Summit - Alumni

CEO and Founder, The Grommet, Investing Partner, XFactor Ventures Susan Rasmus Tynan (MBA 2003) , Founder and CEO, Framebridge Kareem Reda (MBA 2011) , Chief Business Officer, ElevateBio Carlos Reines (MBA 2014) , President & Co-Founder, RubiconMD Dan Rosen (MBA 2006)... View Details

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Commodities, Currencies, and Balancing of the Trade Deficit - A Chronicle of the China Trade

Related Collections Site Credits From the earliest days of trade between the United States and China, the major obstacle to this commerce had been the lack of American commodities that could be sold in China. — Thomas Layton, The Voyage... View Details

24 May 2018
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Distance Still Matters in Business, Despite the Internet

allowed all areas to gain access to the riches provided by electronic commerce and data-enabled media. Technically led growth enabled rich areas to gain more than other areas, even when everyone was growing–largely in part because they... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Transportation; Telecommunications; Shipping; Publishing; Technology

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The 20th Century Zeitgeist - Leadership

spending Savings and Loan bailout Chrysler bailout Breakup of AT&T Influence: Medium-Low 90 1990 s Family and Medical Leave Act Americans with Disabilities Act Welfare reform Antitrust action initiated against Microsoft Influence: Medium-Low 1900 s 19 Fewer than... View Details

01 Sep 2023
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Global Outposts Expand HBS’s Intellectual Footprint

Center facilitated the case “Roblox: Virtual Commerce in the Metaverse” about the free platform where users come together in immersive 3-D experiences. EUROPE RESEARCH CENTER (Paris) Leadership approaches for a sustainable future The... View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie

01 Oct 1999
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Eight Among Many: Alfred A. Checchi

already survived a serious auto accident, became convinced he should run for office after Commerce Secretary Ron Brown and a number of executives died in a plane crash in Croatia in 1996, a flight Checchi missed only because of a... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons

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Alternative Investments Course | HBS Online

Embassy Singapore at U.S. Department of Commerce What You Earn Certificate of Completion Boost your resume with a Certificate of Completion from HBS Online Earn by: completing this course Certificate of Specialization Prove your mastery... View Details

31 Jul 2023
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Striving for Imperfection

more commerce or more interest. But we think it works really well in the physical world, too. And so we knew that existing neoprene wetsuits were incredibly damaging to the environment. We knew it made sense to develop plant-based... View Details

Keywords: Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management

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New Levels of Capitalism: Finance - Railroads and the Transformation of Capitalism | Harvard Business School

The westward expansion of the railroad blazed the trail for transcontinental commerce in the second half of the 19th century. Entrepreneurs and capitalists like F. L. Ames, Jay Gould, J. P. Morgan, Cornelius Vanderbilt, and Henry Villard... View Details

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Schwartz Common & Pavilion | About

business organizations. He holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree and a Bachelor of Laws degree from the University of Manitoba, a Master of Business Administration degree from Harvard Business School, and five Doctor of Laws (Hon.) degrees.... View Details

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