Prosperity - Publications - Faculty & Research

Clarence H. Shaver

Shaver led United States Gypsum through periods of prosperity and downturns in the construction business. Despite the downturns in the economy, USG consistently paid handsome dividends, and under Shaver’s leadership, USG’s revenues and... View Details

Keywords: Construction & Real Estate

Dorothy Schiff

Schiff was instrumental in the growth and prosperity of the New York Post. While she initially used the publication to promote her liberal viewpoints, she eventually moved the newspaper to a middle ground position. She initiated the... View Details

Keywords: Publishing & Print Media

Olive Ann M. Beech

In 1932, Beech assisted her husband in forming the Beech Aircraft Corporation, and within a short time, the company prospered and dominated the market for privately-owned small, commercial planes. Beech Aircraft was also an important... View Details

Keywords: Automotive & Aerospace

Profile

Di Bai

to contribute to a healthy and sustainable business and social environment." Local prosperity within a global powerhouse In many ways, Di's career continues to be one of transitions. To make the move to HBS, Di found... View Details

11 Dec 2023

Take30 Impact Series: Life Post-HBS with Black & Latino Alumni

Take 30 minutes out of your day to learn about one alum’s journey post-HBS and the difference they are making in the world. On this episode, we’ll feature Efosa Ojomo, MBA 2015, Director for Global Prosperity at the Clayton... View Details

1:45 PM – 2:45 PM EST, 11 Jan 2017
Webinars: Trending@HBS

Problems Unsolved and a Nation Divided

Five years of research from Harvard Business School's US Competitiveness Project, as well as the findings from the 2016 surveys on US competitiveness, present a sobering picture of the deep structural challenges facing the United States. The US needs a national... View Details

Ray W. MacDonald

MacDonald presided over Burroughs during a dramatic growth period for the computer industry in the 1970s, and Burroughs’ products for electronic data processing and financial accounting systems were among those enjoying prosperity... View Details

Keywords: Computers & Electronics

01 Sep 2020
News

Making Democracy Work

challenges that business, government, and society are facing. Navigating the Populism Phenomenon Building a Strong and Prosperous Society Maintaining a Resilient Democracy Reinvigorating Democracy: A Vote for Change View Details

Louis B. Neumiller

Under Neumiller's "home-town-boy" leadership style, Caterpillar's revenues grew from over $100 million in 1941 to $827 million in 1963, prospering through World War II and the global post-war boom. Neumiller built the... View Details

Keywords: Construction & Real Estate

12 PM – 1 PM EST, 18 Feb 2015
Webinars: Trending@HBS

U.S. Competitiveness: An Economy Doing Half Its Job

The HBS U.S. Competitiveness Projects report on the most recent alumni survey highlighted a troubling divergence in the U.S. economy. Middle- and working-class citizens are struggling, as are many small businesses. Professor Jan Rivkin will focus on aspects of the U.S.... View Details

15 Oct 2001
Op-Ed

Lessons from the Rubble

whose knowledge and expertise may prove irreplaceable. People resent the United States for its prosperity, for its power, and for the presumption that prosperity and power give it the right to judge and advise others. —Debora L. Spar A... View Details

Keywords: by Debora L. Spar

Sep 2014
Survey

An Economy Doing Half Its Job

are struggling, as are small businesses. While HBS alumni saw strengths in elements of the business environment that influence firms' success, the weaknesses in elements that drive prosperity for the average American indicate that the... View Details

Portrait Project

Mamongae Mahlare

Africa's canvas of poverty and strife ...to prosperity and peace Take a moment to inhale the sweet scent of flowers, at every opportunity The hopeful fragrance of summer rain on newly-ploughed ground Reminisce of simple village life as a... View Details

Rene C. McPherson

programming language also enabled the company to prosper exponentially through the advent of the internet and its intense requirement for large-scale, real-time data processing. View Details

Keywords: Automotive & Aerospace

01 Sep 2009
News

MBA Oath Maintains Momentum

Oath-takers vow to “safeguard the interests of my shareholders, coworkers, customers, and society” and to shun “my own narrow interests,” while striving to create “sustainable economic, social, and environmental prosperity worldwide.” HBS... View Details

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

Richard S. Fuld, Jr.

the collapse of the internet boom, Lehman prospered by building its bond business, investing in equities in Europe, and enhancing its overall banking and research capabilities. View Details

Keywords: Finance

Frank L. Gillespie

policies, capitalizing on the growing prosperity of the city’s black families. Though it took several years to collect enough funds to manage all of the firm’s expenses, by 1925 Liberty Life had admitted assets of $495,000 and over $8... View Details

Keywords: Finance

16 Feb 2012
Op-Ed

Nitin Nohria: Why US Competitiveness Matters

that our friends abroad cheer for America with foreboding and pessimism, the way sports fans nervously pull for a team whose lead is slimming and whose energy is fading. These outsiders recognize that the system of democratic capitalism that produced centuries of... View Details

Keywords: by Nitin Nohria

19 Nov 2010
Research & Ideas

The Landscape of Integrated Reporting: An E-Book

of us should pay serious attention to. I truly believe business contributes to the prosperity of humanity, and is more important to the continued prosperity of humanity than any other institution. Therefore,... View Details

Keywords: by Nitin Nohria; Accounting

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Crisis Leadership - Bubbles, Panics & Crashes – Historical Collections – Harvard Business School

upheaval. “A business so sensitive as ours to the touch of hard times,” wrote then-owner Royal E. Robbins, could not simply hunker down and wait for prosperity to return. 18 In 1837, 1857, and 1873, shrewd leaders turned crisis into... View Details

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