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Photography and Print Advertising - The High Art of Photographic Advertising - Baker Library | Bloomberg Center

was an expensive enterprise, and before World War I magazine and newspaper publishers tended to favor drawn illustrations over photographs. In the 1920s, the tremendous increase in industrial output and consumer demand led executives to... View Details

16 Oct 2023
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Advancing Black Talent: From the Flight Ramp to 'Family-Sustaining' Careers at Delta

carrier in 1929. The company changed its name and moved to Atlanta in 1941, just in time to get lucrative World War II contracts that fueled its first expansion. Hartsfield-Jackson Airport, where Delta is headquartered, has been the... View Details

Keywords: by Lane Lambert; Air Transportation

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The Three Types of Leaders Who Create Radical Change

What determines whether a social movement will be a flash in the pan or a real catalyst for longterm change? Why did Occupy Wall Street subside in a matter of months, for instance, while the American Civil... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

19 Apr 2010
Research & Ideas

The History of Beauty

Excerpt From beauty Imagined: A History Of The Global Beauty Business By Geoffrey Jones Beauty amid War and Depression: The American color cosmetics market also expanded during these years. Still barely... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Beauty & Cosmetics

01 Mar 2019
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The Burden Legacy

MBA 1988) and Flobelle (Burden) Davis (AB 1991). At the time it was built, Burden Hall was the largest auditorium at Harvard University, with a capacity of nearly 800 and the only place on campus that could hold an entire MBA class. Designed by the View Details

Keywords: Linda Kush

15 Dec 2023
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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... View Details

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2023 Reunion Presentations - Alumni

questions or just stop by! Dignity, the Populist Backlash, and the War in Ukraine: How to Imagine the Next Global Economy Professor Rawi Abdelal + More Info – Less Info The greatest challenge to the sustainability of our current era of... View Details

11 Mar 2024
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In Harmony

Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Hi, my name is Julia Hanna; I’m an associate editor at the HBS Alumni Bulletin. Last November I flew to Seoul, South Korea to interview Michael Kim (MBA 1990) of MBK Partners. Often referred to as one of... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; photograph by Jun Michael Park

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Topics - HBS Working Knowledge

Stakeholder Relations (4) Business or Company Management (19) COVID-19 (127) Capital Markets (13) Capital Structure (1) Capital (65) Cash Flow (1) Cash (2) Central Banking (2) Change Management (67) Change (116) Civil Society or Community... View Details

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Charts & Statistics - Leadership

Medium-High 60 1960 s 19 Civil rights movement gain strength Antiwar sentiment divides electorate FDA approves oral contraceptive pill Influence: High 70 1970 s 19 National Organization for Women mobilizes for Equal Rights Amendment Roe... View Details

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Faculty & Research - Business History

Manufacturing, Inc. (NUMMI) was a joint venture between Toyota and General Motors. It was an opportunity for GM to learn about the Toyota Production System, which was quite different from the mass production processes American automakers... View Details

01 Mar 2021
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How Systemic Racism Can Threaten National Security

military enrollment at the onset of World War II. He found that Black people were 90 percent more likely to sign up for military service—potentially putting their lives on the line—in communities with less overt discrimination. “For... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne

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Human Behavior & Decision-Making - Faculty & Research

again soon. Keywords: Business Startups ; Engineering ; National Security ; Digital Platforms ; Failure ; Problems and Challenges ; Business and Government Relations ; War ; Aerospace Industry ; United States ; Colorado Citation Educators... View Details

18 Jun 2024
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Central Banks Missed Inflation Red Flags. This Pricing Model Could Help.

lower them offers a strategic advantage. Cavallo coauthored the paper, forthcoming in American Economic Review: Insights, with Francesco Lippi, professor of economics at Luiss Guido Carli in Rome and a research fellow at the Einaudi... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Financial Services; Banking

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Events - Business History

conference website. Dec 5 05 Dec 2016 Business History Seminar Fraud: An American History from Barnum to Madoff Edward Balleisen, Duke University Nov 28 28 Nov 2016 Business History Seminar World's Apart: The Cold View Details

23 Feb 2011
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First Look: Feb. 23

PublicationsEngineers and the State in Modern China Author:William C. Kirby Publication:In Prospects for the Professions in China, edited by William P. Alford, William C. Kirby, and Kenneth Winston, 283-314. Routledge Studies in Civil... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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Lehman Brothers Family Partners | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School

Musée de l’Orangerie in Paris exhibited 293 pieces from the collection. Robert Lehman’s bequest of over 2,600 works of art to the Metropolitan Museum resulted in the opening of the Lehman Wing in 1975, often referred to as a museum within a museum. Herbert H. Lehman... View Details

17 Dec 2013
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First Look: December 17

Publications August 2013 Harvard Business Review Press Can China Lead? Reaching the Limits of Power and Growth By: Abrami, Regina M., William C. Kirby, and F. Warren McFarlan Abstract—At the time of the American Revolution, China was... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

04 Apr 2023
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Two Centuries of Business Leaders Who Took a Stand on Social Issues

While shareholders still reign supreme at many companies, a widespread shift toward more responsible business practices is driving more leaders to take a stand on social and environmental issues today, says Harvard Business School Professor Geoffrey Jones. Jones... View Details

Keywords: by Lane Lambert; Consumer Products; Fashion; Retail; Green Technology

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