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After the Opium War: Treaty Ports and Compradors - A Chronicle of the China Trade

Research Business & Environment Business History Christensen Center for Teaching & Learning Entrepreneurship Faculty & Research Global Healthcare HBS Working Knowledge Institute for Strategy & Competitiveness View Details

22 Jan 2018
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Nancy is “Disrupting History”

06 Sep 2017
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Bridgewater’s Ray Dalio on the ‘Principles’ of Tough Love

In 2011, Ray Dalio (MBA 1973), chairman of Bridgewater Associates, published his “principles” for business online. The document distilled Dalio’s belief in the power of “radical transparency” into 210... View Details

Keywords: Funds, Trusts, and Other Financial Vehicles; Finance

2007
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Irving Fisher, Economic Forecasting, and the Myth of the Business Cycle

By: Walter A. Friedman

A premier economist of the twentieth century and a founder of neoclassical thought, Irving Fisher was also an active participant in the field of economic forecasting. Fisher made theoretical contributions to the understanding of economic fluctuations, popularized the... View Details

Keywords: Forecasting and Prediction; Economics; Business Cycles; Business History; Newspapers; Personal Development and Career

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July 17, 2008
Editorial

What Kind of Leader Would McCain or Obama Be?

By: D. Gergen and A. Zelleke

Keywords: Leadership; Government and Politics

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August 2009
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Life Stories of Recent MBAs: Leading an Integrated Life

By: Nitin Nohria, Daisy A Wademan Dowling and Matthew D. Breitfelder

Keywords: Business Education; Leadership

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07 Aug 2014
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HBS Professor Max Bazerman Honored by Academy of Management

Keywords: Educational Services

11 Jul 2013
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Program Aims to Develop a Generation of Global Citizens

teenager, Abby Falik (MBA 2008) tried to join the Peace Corps upon graduating from high school, only to be rejected because of her age. Some years later, that rejection spurred Falik to develop an idea that in 2008 won the Pitch for... View Details

Keywords: Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services

01 Mar 2017
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Uber CEO Apologizes Over Video Of Dispute With Driver

06 Nov 2019
News

Making Purpose a Central Part of a New Capitalism

25 May 2023
Blog Post

Interview Strategies to Connect with a Wider Range of Candidates

HBS Professor Youngme Moon noted in an HBS After Hours Podcast, “There are so many industries that have a history of relying on the soft stuff, and the soft stuff has worked in the favor View Details

Keywords: All Industries

March–April 2016
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Scrutiny, Norms, and Selective Disclosure: A Global Study of Greenwashing

By: Christopher Marquis, Michael W. Toffel and Yanhua Zhou

Under increased pressure to report environmental impacts, some firms selectively disclose relatively benign impacts, creating an impression of transparency while masking their true performance. We identify key company- and country-level factors that limit firms' use of... View Details

Keywords: Disclosure Strategy; Disclosure; Environmental Performance; Environmental Strategy; Environment; Symbolic; Reporting; Corporate Disclosure; Integrated Corporate Reporting; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact

21 Aug 2015
Blog Post

My Fear of Student Debt: Funding the HBS/HKS Joint Degree

Leadership (CPL), led by David Gergen and Max Bazerman. Each joint degree candidate receives different levels of financial aid based on their need, background, and professional aspirations. Most joint degree... View Details

November 2019 (Revised February 2022)
Teaching Note

Innovation at Uber: The Launch of Express POOL

By: Chiara Farronato and Sarah Mehta

Teaching Note for HBS No. 619-003. Set in March 2018, the Case follows ride-sharing company Uber as it develops and launches a new product called Express POOL. The Teaching Note offers guidance for instructors who wish to use the case either with or without its dataset... View Details

Keywords: Innovation and Management; Innovation Leadership; Innovation Strategy; Technological Innovation; Information Technology; Mobile and Wireless Technology; Applications and Software; Digital Platforms; Decision Making; Technology Industry; California; San Francisco

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Field Course: Business of the Arts - Course Catalog

opportunities and the potential to develop new business and build market share.” Business of the Arts (BOTA) is designed to introduce students to the key issues faced by leaders in this important economic sector. Career Focus: This course... View Details

23 Aug 2022
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Management Lessons from the Sinking of the SS El Faro

2005
Article

Framing the Elusive Concept of Sustainability: A Sustainability Hierarchy

By: Julian D. Marshall and Michael W. Toffel

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March 2022 (Revised June 2023)
Background Note

Climate Issues on the Ground: Snapshots of Diverse American Cities

By: Rosabeth Moss Kanter, Coelin Scibetta and Ryan Barr

This compilation provides brief snapshots of climate action and its geographic and institutional context in 13 U.S. cities that send diverse participants to the Harvard Business School Young American Leaders Program to learn about cross-sector collaboration to address... View Details

Keywords: Cities; Ecosystems; Cross-sector Collaboration; Green Business; U.S. Competitiveness; Economic Sectors; City; Climate Change; Leadership; Change; Boston; Detroit; Minneapolis; Pittsburgh; San Jose; Seattle

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Giants of Enterprise: Seven Business Innovators and the Empires They Built

By: R. S. Tedlow

From the table of contents: Andrew Carnegie: From Rags to Richest; George Eastman and the creation of a mass market; Henry Ford: The Profits and the Price of Primitivism; Thomas J. Watson Sr. and American salesmanship; Charles Revson and Revlon: Consumer Packaged Goods... View Details

Keywords: Business History

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