World War - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Dec 2023
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Wide Horizon

There were three critical events that led John Rodakis (MBA 1997) to form the nonprofit N of One in 2014 and ultimately dedicate his life to surfacing breakthrough autism research. The first occurred on Thanksgiving of 2012. He had driven about four hours with his wife... View Details

Keywords: Dan Morrell; Photos by Sarah Wilson

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Skydeck - Alumni

Programs & Events Skydeck Skydeck is the HBS alumni podcast series that features interviews with HBS alumni from across the world of business, sharing lessons learned and their own life experiences. Subscribe on iTunes , Spotify , or... View Details

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Healthy Outcomes - Managing the Future of Work

Quartz at Work World in motion KATIE PUCKETT 07 Aug 2019 | The Possible Americans feel a burden to future-proof their jobs, while the French are relying on government: Not that employers are off the hook Lila MacLellan 31 May 2019 |... View Details

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Partners - Case Method Project

Harbor City, CA CA 15 of 65 Jennifer Cutler Westridge School Pasadena, CA CA 16 of 65 Mike Davey Saratoga High School Saratoga, CA Subjects: AP U.S. Government, Standard U.S. Government, Grade 12 AP and Standard Economics, Grade 10 World... View Details

08 Jan 2007
Research & Ideas

Who Rises to Power in American Business?

opening of access. The most significant contributor to an opening of access has been education. The impact of the GI Bill after World War II was important in providing education to a new generation of... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

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 about the Comanche and the... View Details

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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... View Details

04 Sep 2001
Research & Ideas

Is Government Just Stupid? How Bad Decisions Are Made

this country. If elected, I will do everything possible to ensure that America has the strongest defense forces in the world and that we are prepared to fight two major wars at a time. If elected, I will do... View Details

Keywords: by Max H. Bazerman, Jonathan Baron & Katherine Shonk

04 Aug 2003
Research & Ideas

Shackleton: An Entrepreneur of Survival

indeed, Scott became a martyr, a great hero for English history. This meant that Shackleton was perceived to be out of the loop when he started to raise money. And as the winds of what would become World War... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

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2023 Reunion Presentations - Alumni

The reactions and feedback from the 21,000+ school leaders globally who have taken the courses. Excerpts from the courses will be shared. Business Development in a World that Never Stops Changing Senior Lecturer Frank Cespedes + More Info... View Details

18 Aug 2022
Op-Ed

Your Best Employees Are Burning Out: A Framework for Retaining Talent

professional workforce that experienced less burnout and often happily remained at a single company during their entire career. Businesses treated Baby Boomers as a corporate liability. Following World War... View Details

Keywords: by Hise Gibson and MaShon Wilson

01 Mar 2019
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The Burden Legacy

16, landed his first job as a reporter and camera assistant with a New York newsreel company. He joined RKO Pictures in California in 1929, rising from production assistant to associate producer. At the dawn of World View Details

Keywords: Linda Kush

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Business History - Faculty & Research

2025) | Case | Faculty Research The case setting is the proposed acquisition of U.S. Steel by Nippon Steel, which elicited a great deal of controversy. The purpose of the case is to look at the history of the American steel industry since View Details

20 Dec 2010
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Panama Canal: Troubled History, Astounding Turnaround

declined after World War II. What happened? A: In defense terms, the United States finally had to recognize something that naval strategists had long realized: The Panama Canal had no strategic value.... View Details

Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert; Transportation

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... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne

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Faculty & Research - Business History

Inclusive Alliances: America Must Rediscover the Ideological Flexibility That Helped It Win the Cold War By: Jeremy Friedman 2024 Working Paper Health, Human Capital Development and the Longevity of Japanese Elites Since 710 By: Tom... View Details

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Events - Business History

Mary E. Hicks, Amherst College 3:30 - 5:00 p.m. Dec 13 13 Dec 2019 Workshop "Capitalism and Commercial Society" Nov 25 25 Nov 2019 Business History Seminar Capitalism and German Imperialism before World War... View Details

31 Mar 2009
First Look

First Look: March 31, 2009

defined task groups. Earning from History: Financial Markets and the Approach of World Wars Author:Niall Ferguson Abstract We are living through a paradox—or so it seems. Since September 11, 2001, according... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

27 Apr 2016
Research & Ideas

How the FBI Reinvented Itself After 9/11

during World War II. From 1943 until the end of the war, HBS completely suspended the MBA program in order to devote itself to the training of Army and Navy personnel. “So you had all these faculty members... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

16 Oct 2023
HBS Case

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... View Details

Keywords: by Lane Lambert; Air Transportation

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