by Troy Smith - Publications - Faculty & Research

28 Aug 2007
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First Look: August 28, 2007

Working Papers Diversification of Chinese Companies: An International Comparison Authors: Joseph P.H. Fan, Jun Huang, Felix Oberholzer-Gee, Troy D. Smith, and Mengxin Zhao Abstract Purpose—This paper provides a systematic comparison of... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

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Digital Archival Resources - Edwin H. Land & Polaroid | Harvard Business School

Education Alumni Baker Library Historical Collections MORE EXHIBITS HOME RESEARCH LINKS POLAROID FILMS SITE CREDITS Polaroid Corporation Annual Reports, 1937-1952 Annual reports typically include a letter to shareholders written by Edwin... View Details

17 Nov 2022
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Blockchain for Good

attempts to help those who remained there, she remembers, were undermined by the cumbersome money-transfer rails of the 1970s. “My mother would try to send over what little money she could spare, but the system made it nearly impossible,... View Details

Keywords: Ralph Ranalli

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A Rewarding Work Life - Edwin H. Land & Polaroid | Harvard Business School

talented pool of graduates from Harvard and MIT as well as Smith College, many of whom were recommended by Clarence Kennedy. The company routinely employed women in top-level research positions, an unusual... View Details

01 Sep 2009
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Rich Wilson

Wilson Illustration by Jeffrey Smith After 121 days at sea, Rich Wilson (MBA 1982) sailed his 60-foot, single-hull sloop Great American III across the finish line in France last March, completing the 2008–09... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; Arts, Sports, Language, Driving, and Other Schools; Educational Services

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BiGS Fellows | Institute for Business in Global Society

our next cohort of Fellows, who will study the impact that models of enterprise ownership have on societal and organizational objectives. You can find the link to apply here . Applications are due by 11:59pm EST on January 19, 2025... View Details

01 Jun 2020
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Unleashed

nothing going right fast enough. The company’s iconic founder and CEO, Fred Smith, had done everything he could think of to save the organization, including gambling the only capital he had left in a desperate trip to Las Vegas (astonishingly, this bought him some... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint

01 Dec 2007
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Mead Treadwell

Treadwell Illustration by Jeff Smith A thirty-year resident of Alaska, Mead Treadwell (MBA ’82) is chairman of the U.S. Arctic Research Commission. The commission, which reports to the President and... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; Oil and Gas Extraction; Mining; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services; Transportation

01 Sep 2004
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Richard J. Stillman (MBA 1940)

through HBS, in 1939, I went on active duty for a year. That was when I, a platoon leader, first met George Smith Patton Jr. during large-scale war games in Louisiana. He was a lieutenant colonel at the time and one of the umpires who... View Details

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From Concept to Product | Baker Library

Morse’s contributions as manager of black-and-white film research: “Since 1948 [Land’s] closest associate in developing and improving the sixty-second process has been a Smith arts major named Meroe Morse. . . . Land credits her with many... View Details

16 Jan 2014
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Learning from Helping Others

on." While Garrett continued to help various causes, she graduated from Smith College with a theater degree and moved to New York in hopes of launching an acting career. But she found a talent selling tax shelters over the phone, and her... View Details

Keywords: Jill Radsken; Health, Social Assistance

01 Dec 2022
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Contributing to a Better Future

Illustration by Dana Smith Debora Spar In preparation for the official launch of HBS’s new Institute for the Study of Business in Global Society (BiGS) in October, the School drew upon the findings of the... View Details

Keywords: April White

23 Oct 2019
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A Bid for the Future

out for its novel approach to the issue. The commonwealth’s economic development authority is a professional, nonpartisan organization overseen by a board of directors appointed by the governor and... View Details

Keywords: Administration of Housing Programs, Urban Planning, and Community Development; Government

01 Dec 1997
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Making Real Progress in the Middle East: The Bottom-Up, Economic Solution

and strike deals long before the Hebron agreement was signed, and this continues even in the wake of the Har Homa settlement at Jabal Abu Ghneim. Today, business-to-business cooperation and alliances across borders are being pursued aggressively View Details

Keywords: Michael Porter, Yagil Weinberg, and Noreena Hertz

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2018 Symposium - Race, Gender & Equity

Alexis Smith Washington presents "Glass Cliffs or Invisible Bridge?" at the 2018 Gender and Work Symposium. Alexis Smith Washington presents "Glass Cliffs or Invisible Bridge?" at the 2018 Gender and Work... View Details

01 Sep 2018
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New Ways to Stay Connected

For more information on any of the programs featured here, please contact us at alumni@hbs.edu. Alumni Dinner Series John Power (MBA 1974) and Todd Doersch (MBA 1983) hosted second-year MBA students at Remington’s restaurant in Chicago in July. Through casual, informal... View Details

01 Dec 2012
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From Where We Stand

Roslyn Braeman Payne (MBA 1970), president, Jackson Street Partners, San Francisco, California A well-known saying attributed to Confucius identifies the essence of life's journey: By three methods we may learn wisdom: first, View Details

07 Apr 2015
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First Look: April 7

many users but also multiple types of users. For example, it's not enough that many customers want to book taxis by smartphone. Drivers must also be willing to accept smartphone bookings. Harvard Business School professor Ben Edelman has... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

14 Apr 2009
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First Look: April 14, 2009

which can be indexed by the number of varieties consumers purchase in equilibrium. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/09-095.pdf Smith and Rawls Share a Room: Stability and Medians Authors:... View Details