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- 26 Jan 2016
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January 26, 2016
from World War II Internment Firm Trade By: Cohen, Lauren, Umit Gurun, and Christopher J. Malloy Abstract—We demonstrate that simply by using the ethnic makeup surrounding a firm’s location, we can predict,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
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Doing Business with China 2035: Navigating Uncertainty - Course Catalog
private firms, the regulatory environment, and the role of the government in business activities. Furthermore, as relations between the world's two largest economies, the U.S. and China, deteriorate further, companies must find creative solutions to counter ongoing... View Details
- 01 Jun 2004
- News
Books
farmer-turned-salesman termed a “mean caling” [sic] in 1810 today is a respectable profession that employs roughly 12 percent of the U.S. workforce. Relying heavily on material from salesmen’s diaries and journal entries, sales ledgers, View Details
- 01 Jun 2024
- News
Crash Pad
When 4753 North Broadway opened in 1924, the neoclassical tower represented the height of American architectural design, a terra-cotta temple of capitalism at the heart of Chicago’s Uptown neighborhood. Over the next century, a series of banks occupied the spacious... View Details
- 29 Jun 2007
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First Look: June 29, 2007
presented. The Second World War as an Economic Disaster Author:Niall Ferguson Publication:In Economic Disasters of the Twentieth Century, 83-132. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishers, Ltd., 2007 Abstract World View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 08 Apr 2008
- First Look
First Look: April 8, 2008
http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=307076 Financing American Housing Construction in the Aftermath of War Harvard Business School Case 708-032 At the start of WWI, the United States faced a significant housing... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 20 Jun 2011
- Lessons from the Classroom
Fame, Faith, and Social Activism: Business Lessons from Bono
escalating, high-profile campaign against Third World debt, poverty, war and disease. “Any CEO who thinks his or her job is about maximizing shareholder value is living in the past.” Koehn, a Harvard Business School historian who has... View Details
- 16 Oct 2012
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First Look: October 16
(forthcoming) Abstract We identify the impact of local firm concentration on incumbent performance with a quasi-natural experiment. When Germany was divided after World War II, many firms in the machine tool industry fled the Soviet... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 19 Jul 2006
- Research & Ideas
Political Turmoil and Mexico’s Economy
some risks and its politics will remain opaque and confusing to outsiders attempting to do business there." Is Foreign Investment Enough? NAFTA offers another insight into the economies of Mexico and other developing nations. In the working paper "Was NAFTA... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna
- 24 Oct 2017
- Research & Ideas
Tax Reform is on the Front Burner Again. Here’s Why You Should Care
as the state grew in the middle of the 20th century through the Great Depression and World War Two, and the advance of entitlements, we needed to fund those things and the fiscal capacity of the state grew. I think there's a lingering... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 03 Apr 2007
- First Look
First Look: April 3, 2007
http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=806044 Hewlett-Packard Co.: The War Within Harvard Business School Case 107-030 In September 2006 it was revealed that the Hewlett-Packard Company (HP) had been carrying out... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
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Advanced Negotiation: Great Dealmakers, Diplomats, and Deals - Course Catalog
public, etc. In diplomacy : Christiana Figueres guides the Paris climate talks to a near-unanimous agreement in 2015; Colombian President Juan Santos ends a 50-year civil war with the FARC guerillas; US View Details
- 01 Jun 1997
- News
Sorting Myth from Reality at Hong Kong Conference
trade war develop between China and the United States, the territory's two largest trading partners, Fung said, "Hong Kong will be affected." One fear: the possible... View Details
Keywords: Alejandro Reyes
- 01 Feb 2018
- News
HBS Professor Emeritus Hugo Uyterhoeven Dies at 86
the hardships of World War II, with its shortages, rationing, bombardments, and Nazi occupation. After the war ended, at the age of 17, he went to Switzerland, where he obtained his federal high school... View Details
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Timeline - Race, Gender & Equity
Seneca Falls women's rights convention The Seneca Falls Convention 1861 Abraham Lincoln takes office as president and Civil War begins 1863 President Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation 1865 13th Amendment to the Constitution... View Details
- 04 May 2020
- Research & Ideas
Predictions, Prophets, and Restarting Your Business
issues. Big accounts drive a disproportionate amount of a company’s revenue (the 80/20 rule), and reliance on large customers has grown. Publicly traded US companies must disclose any customers that account for more than 10 percent of... View Details
Keywords: by Frank V. Cespedes
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Post-war PR Campaigns Reaching Wide Audiences | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School
TV Bibliography From the Director Site Credits Visit & Contact Us Special Collections Baker Library Search Search Search U.S. Steel Exhibition Post-war PR Campaigns Reaching Wide Audiences Post-war PR Campaigns Reaching Wide Audiences: Header Post View Details
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SPACE: Space, Public and Commercial Economics - Course Catalog
centuries of terrestrial economic development, especially those having to do with the natural environment. Class session 10: Market Power: Preserving Competition and Innovation Summary: As we look to refine the growing space market, how do we View Details
- 01 Oct 2002
- News
Sam Hayes
corporations, financial institutions, and government agencies, including the Justice Department, Treasury Department, the Federal Trade Commission, and the Securities and Exchange Commission. He frequently comments in the news media on... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 28 Sep 2010
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First Look: September 28, 2010
Verlag, 2010 Abstract From small start-ups to global corporations, family-owned businesses were the main pillar of West Germany's economic growth after World War II. They continue to shape the corporate landscape to this day. This book... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne