Courts and Trials - Publications - Faculty & Research

28 May 2019
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A More Perfect Union

As wide and fractured as the partisan divide feels right now, the challenges to America’s underlying democratic systems cut deeper still: The productivity of Congress has declined steeply in the past 20 years. The country’s voting rate in... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; illustration by Dan Bejar

13 Feb 2020
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Not Throwing Away My Shot

Reconstruction fails. Collapses. So Buddy Bolden's life will be one of rapidly constricting opportunity for black Americans, especially in the South, but throughout the country. When he plays his last concert, that's the year that the Supreme View Details

20 Dec 2022
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Singing to the Corn

Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Hi, my name is Julia Hanna. I'm a writer for the HBS Alumni Bulletin, and in July I flew from Boston to Omaha to spend a day with Taylor Keen (MPA 1996/ MBA 1997), a professor... View Details

01 Dec 1996
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An Entrepreneurial Journey

knows, an inspirational business concept is only the beginning of a long and complicated journey marked by unexpected obstacles at every turn. The successful entrepreneur must possess an unshakable belief in his or her goal View Details

01 Dec 2004
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Retirement's Changing Face

proposal to analyze the wreck and film a documentary at the site has been awaiting a decision from a High Court judge in Ireland for the past year. In June, Bemis made an unofficial visit to the wreck,... View Details

Keywords: Personal Services

01 Mar 2018
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‘We were just doing what needed to be done’

Marshall as the first African American Supreme Court Justice, five African American students arrived at HBS. What they encountered—a predominantly white, male campus—seemed out of step for the times and the... View Details

01 Sep 2006
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Down the Memory Chute

(Written and Oral Communication); and MC (Management Communication). For generations of MBA students indentured to a demanding Muse, the trials View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons

01 Jun 2010
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M.I.A. Boards

companies. With developments such as the recent Supreme Court decision allowing companies to spend more freely on political campaigns, the importance of corporate governance is likely to grow. Many boards are effective, View Details

Keywords: John Gillespie;David Zweig; Finance

25 Apr 2023
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Class of 2022 Startups Sweep Alumni New Venture Competition

or more mindful drinking is bigger than just Vanessa and myself. So we said, let’s see if we can create a product that actually serves that market.” After a lot of trial and... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

17 Dec 2017
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How Music Forged a Fighter for Free Expression

watched, and if anything happened to them, if they showed up that day with bruises, the world would know about it. So there was an aspect of helping with the legal defense as much as we could, providing support View Details

24 Mar 2022
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Well Said

college and the effort that I took, at the time, to really improve my speaking skills. And at the time, I didn't really have any resources. So I remember it was very much trial... View Details

01 Oct 1996
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Lasting Impressions

"Harvard 'B' for Peace." It was an extraordinary introduction to student life at the B-School, and as events such as the student killings at Kent State and Jackson State, the U.S. invasion of Cambodia, View Details

Keywords: Deborah E. Blagg

01 Dec 1998
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Managing the Business of Life

trial attorney in corporate litigation, Shuster-Haynes has been the primary caregiver for their children. She maintains a disciplined writing schedule, as well, by carving out time while the children are in school View Details

05 Mar 2020
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Green Light

made to contain the risk that such outside organic matter could introduce. Visitors are asked to dip the soles of their shoes into a shallow plastic water bath, so as to limit contamination by pathogens and insects. Entry into one of the... View Details

Keywords: Dan Morrell; photographed by Scott Nobles

01 Oct 2000
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The Entrepreneurial Venture

being a nuisance. Owades: No offense but I think the best situation is not to need venture capital money! For Calyx & Corolla, the top VCs were courting me, but I realized I didn't need them. So I started the company with private... View Details

05 May 2020
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“Walking a Tightrope”

age of innovation. There are people all over the country in universities and colleges who are actually doing research and conducting randomized control trials to determine what... View Details

01 Dec 1999
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From the Editors

Fenn, Jr., Edward L. Anthony (MBA '52), and Jeffrey L. Cruikshank (51st PMD). Volume I, number 1 of the Harvard Business School Alumni Bulletin appeared on January 3, 1925, after a three-year trial as a... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg

08 Sep 2016
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How We Make It Work

example, learn how to make incredible black truffle lobster and asparagus risotto instead of whipping out a credit card at some nice restaurant. Play sports you’re terrible at (that she loves). Pretend you care about a deposition or View Details

02 Oct 2015
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The ‘F’ Word

and business partners. It took the federal courts nine years to determine in a landmark case that Alibris email practices had violated no privacy laws, caused no harm, nor created undue benefits for the... View Details

Keywords: Walt Disney Studios

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