Prisoners Of War - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Mar 2017
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A Summit Higher Than Everest

sitting next to him: Allen Carpé. Carpé was a World War I veteran and an accomplished research engineer with Bell Telephone Laboratories whose exploits included the stormy first ascent of Mount Logan,... View Details

Keywords: April White; mountain; climb; climbing; adventure

01 Jun 2011
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An Economy Undermined

became securities-trading companies more than money-raising companies. Meanwhile, an ideological war was developing in the country between those who believed government was largely the cause of the economic... View Details

Keywords: Jeff Madrick; Finance

01 Mar 2009
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Buddy, Can You Spare a Trillion

assertive China, leaving others to lament the sins of omission of a weary American titan. Scholars of international relations would no doubt identify the systemic origins View Details

Keywords: Finance; Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

01 Jun 2025
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Narrative Arc

RIGHT AT HOME For Ty Kim, a long career in journalism and filmmaking driven by the power of story (Photo: Christina Gandolfo) When Ty Kim (MBA 2000) joined the television news magazine 60 Minutes, the correspondent Ed Bradley gave him a nickname: “He called me... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; documentary; filmmaking; arts

01 Sep 2007
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Ali Allawi

— some contradictory, some pointless, some incoherent — and the manifestly small size of the occupation force became clear, the cost of resisting and escalating resistance became less and less. In addition... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; National Security and International Affairs; Government

04 Sep 2019
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Alumni and Faculty Books for September 2019

Edited by Margie Kelley Alumni Books A Bend in the Stars by Rachel Barenbaum (MBA 2004) Grand Central Publishing In Russia, in the summer of 1914, as war with Germany looms, Miri Abramov and her brilliant... View Details

25 Aug 2010
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Classroom Hijinks: Games, Parties, Pranks, and Celebrations

decision after World War II to keep their sections in single classrooms. My graduate-school courses seem terribly pallid in comparison. I’m jealous. If you remember other examples of your class or section’s... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

01 Jun 2003
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Ruling from the Bench

Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Leslie Crocker Snyder (HRPBA ’63) is the essence of grace and civility as she welcomes the Bulletin to her courtroom on a gray, snowy day in early March. With her shoulder-length blonde hair, discreet... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; Justice, Public Order, and Safety Activities; Government

01 Sep 2020
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Navigating the Populism Phenomenon

of goods and people—which has been increasing since World War II. We’ve seen a cultural backlash against globalization—against large numbers of immigrants—but perhaps even more... View Details

Keywords: April White

01 Oct 2001
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Courage and Hope in Africa

Sierra Leone, the West African nation of five million people, has been the scene of a brutal civil war for most of the 1990s. An accord signed... View Details

Keywords: Executive, Legislative, and Other General Government Support; Government

01 Mar 2009
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Deep Discovery

The British luxury liner RMS Lusitania was torpedoed by a German submarine on its New York-to-Liverpool run in 1915. The ship sank in 300 feet of water off the coast of Ireland; 1,198 (including 128... View Details

Keywords: Water Transportation; Transportation

01 Dec 1999
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Pinball Wizard

Development in Thailand during the height of the U.S. Vietnam War buildup. He then started a brokerage house in Bangkok before eventually returning to New York and opening his nostalgia-laced startup. "I'm... View Details

01 Sep 2015
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Ink

Book Review: Mix Master by Sean Silverthorne In contemporary culture, a remix is the bringing together of assets in new ways—a song that combines recording samples from Otis Redding or Brenda Lee, say, placed in a new Kanye West wrapper.... View Details

01 Sep 2020
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Alumni and Faculty Books for September 2020

separation, courage, and transformation through five generations of interracial relationships. Fearful of prison time—or lynching—for violating Indiana’s anti-miscegenation... View Details

01 Sep 2005
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Get Ready for Saudi Oil Shock

been at for the last 50 years. It starts opening doors to rationalize a new economy that isn’t as dependent on oil as the economy we created. What steps should we take now to prepare for an oil shortage? You’ve really got to go to a sort View Details

Keywords: Lewis I. Rice; Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services; Petroleum and Coal Products Manufacturing; Manufacturing

01 Feb 2002
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Q&A: Wrestling with the Unthinkable

commensurate with military goals. Can the U.S. economy grow if the war on terrorism is prolonged and inconclusive? Because the American economy rides on the back of the American consumer, the fundamental... View Details

Keywords: counterterrorism; terrorism; National Security and International Affairs; Government

01 Sep 2008
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Is Market Capitalism Headed for Trouble?

threats to the global economic system. It survived two world wars and the Great Depression. It won the Cold War. Doesn’t capitalism reign supreme in the 21st century? Looking forward, we certainly can see challenges that will have to be... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

01 Dec 2022
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Contributing to a Better Future

world war now, but it does feel like we’re living through a very fraught time, and HBS can again be part of contributing to a better future.” In this conversation, Spar outlines the vision for BiGS. Why is... View Details