Americanization - Publications - Faculty & Research

03 Jun 2014
First Look

First Look: June 3

Specifically, we examine the impact of the annual July turnover of residents in American teaching hospitals on levels of resource utilization and quality relative to a control group of non-teaching hospitals. We find that, despite the... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

30 Mar 2010
First Look

First Look: March 30

Peter Tufano Abstract We use a unique, nationally representative cross-national dataset to document the reduction in individuals' usage of routine non-emergency medical care in the midst of the economic crisis. A substantially larger fraction of View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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Speeding Up the Trade: Clippers and Steamships - A Chronicle of the China Trade

of the American clipper ships (the word “clipper” signified speed) with their narrow hulls and large sails enabled sea travel at speeds of up to 30 kilometers an hour, far faster than the average merchant ships. Now Western traders could... View Details

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HBS Alumni Conference: Accelerating Climate Solutions - Alumni

Generation, the Center for American Progress, and the Center on Global Energy Policy at Columbia University. Gordon got her start on energy and climate issues at the national Apollo Alliance, where she ultimately served as co-executive... View Details

29 Aug 2022
Op-Ed

Income Inequality Is Rising. Are We Even Measuring It Correctly?

policy, and public spheres, inequality has received growing attention in recent years, with many calling for change to the status quo. Indeed, a recent survey suggests that a majority of Americans think there is too much economic... View Details

Keywords: by Jon M. Jachimowicz, Kristin Blesch, and Oliver P. Hauser

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Immigrant Policymakers and Entrepreneurs

Since completing his prize-winning biography of Joseph Schumpeter in 2007 and his book, American Business since 1920 in 2009, Professor McCraw has been working on two new books about immigrants who came to the United States and became important policymakers... View Details

2021
Book

Time for Reparations: A Global Perspective

By: Jaqueline Bhabha, Margareta Matache and Caroline M. Elkins

In this sweeping international perspective on reparations, Time for Reparations makes the case that past state injustice—be it slavery or colonization, forced sterilization or widespread atrocities—has enduring consequences that generate ongoing harm, which... View Details

Keywords: Reparations; Slavery; Colonization; Structural Racism; State Injustice

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July–August 2020
Article

Make the Most of Your Relocation

By: Prithwiraj Choudhury

Although the COVID-19 crisis has halted travel in recent months, geographic mobility has become critical for managers and knowledge workers hoping to advance in today’s globalized economy, and that trend is unlikely to reverse. Geographic mobility can pay off... View Details

Keywords: Relocation; Mobility; Personal Development and Career; Geographic Location; Work-Life Balance

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(1890-1970), US treasury secretary under President Dwight D. Eisenhower from 1953 to 1957. An attorney from Michigan, Humphrey became a leader in the American steel industry as the president of the M.A. Hanna Company and consulted with... View Details

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Historical Data Visualization - Business History

Countries of Operation Trends Over Time Politics & Economics Interstate Conflict Trends Over Time Corporations Kohlberg Kravis Roberts (KKR) American Business Geography of Fortune 500 Largest US Firms 1955 View Details

01 Mar 2024
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Alumni and Faculty Books and Podcasts

Edited by Margie Kelley Alumni Books You Got This! A Straightforward, No-Nonsense Playbook for Crushing 130+ Workplace Challenges By Heidi Abelli (MBA 1993) Palmetto Publishing Stepping into the corporate world can feel like navigating a labyrinth, especially when... View Details

Keywords: Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

05 Oct 2020
Book

Want to Be Happier? Make More Free Time

making an increasing number of people feel “time poor”—stressed from having too many things to do and not enough time to do them. In 2011, 70 percent of working Americans reported that they “never had enough time,” and by 2018, that... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

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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... View Details

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Marketing Awards & Honors - Faculty & Research

Inflation” (HBS Case 522-087, March 2022) with Jeremy Yang and Das Narayandas. Ayelet Israeli : Finalist for the 2024 Erin Anderson Award for Emerging Female Marketing Scholar and Mentor from the American Marketing Association Foundation.... View Details

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Antitrust & Competition Policy - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

litigation and legislation, both in the United States and internationally. Jul 2001 (Revised Jun 2002) Fundamental Theory Task Force Washington, DC Perspectives on Fundamental Antitrust Theory Report of the Task Force on Fundamental Theory View Details

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Historical Data & Sources - Business History

Ships and Sea Transport (London: George Routledge and Sons, Ltd., 1931), opp. p. 8, map. Distances Between Ports U.S. Navy, Hydrographic Office, Table of Distances Between Ports (Washington: GPO, 1942), opp. p. 4, map. Ford: Countries of Operation M. Wilkins, & F.R.... View Details

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Regional Winners - Alumni

Sophie Jewsbury, MBA 2024, Co-Founder & COO Region: Northeastern U.S./New York Together Achieving Dreams (TAD) 3 out of 4 blind Americans are job-ready, but unemployed. TAD is on a mission to increase employment for the blind and low... View Details

23 Sep 2022
Research & Ideas

8 Strategies to Sustain Business Innovation

strategy may be to pitch it as something both familiar and novel. McDonald likes to tell the story of how West Coast restaurants introduced exotic Japanese sushi to diners by promoting the California roll, which made the dish seem both exotic and View Details

Keywords: by Lane Lambert

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About - Business History

the Executive Committee of the Harvard Center for African Studies, the Faculty Committee of the Reischauer Institute of Japanese Studies, and on the Policy Committee of the David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies. He is a... View Details

25 Nov 2019
Research & Ideas

When Your Passion Works Against You

being persistent, he says. But that behavior worked against Jachimowicz when he moved to the United States, where his quiet determination prompted American colleagues to question whether he had enough passion for the work. “That made me... View Details