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The Railroads: The First Big Business - Railroads and the Transformation of Capitalism | Harvard Business School

the railroads linked port cities to outlying areas, and, by the 1850s, they pushed westward and helped settle the frontier. From eastern terminals, American railways grew at an astonishing pace: from 23 miles of track in 1830 to 240,000... View Details

24 Sep 2013
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First Look: September 24

School Case 113-073 Ken Traub at American Bank Note Holographics Ken Traub is hired as CFO for American Bank Note Holographics, the market-leading security holograph company, in January 1999, but discovers... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

13 Jul 2020
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Merck CEO Ken Frazier Discusses a COVID Cure, Racism, and Why Leaders Need to Walk the Talk

just one of four Black CEOs leading a Fortune 500 company. Frazier is also outspoken, having resigned from President Trump’s American Manufacturing Council to make a clear statement against “hatred, bigotry... View Details

Keywords: by Staff; Pharmaceutical

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Buy Now, Pay Later: Introduction

Credits “A river of red ink runs through American history.” — Lendol Calder, Financing the American Dream (2000) There is a myth of a lost golden age of economic virtue. Once upon a time, the story goes,... View Details

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AASU50 - Alumni

1969 Clifford E. Darden, MBA 1969, DBA 1982 A. Leroy Willis, MBA 1969 George Price, MBA 1970 AASU Presidents Five students founded the African American Student Union (AASU) in 1968. Their commitment became a... View Details

02 Mar 2016
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David Moss is Rewriting History

University claims eight United States presidents among its alumni. “What you are doing is writing the Constitution—specifically Article 1, Section 8,” Moss tells the class. It’s no idle practice; Harvard University claims eight United... View Details

Keywords: April White

17 Dec 2013
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First Look: December 17

Publications August 2013 Harvard Business Review Press Can China Lead? Reaching the Limits of Power and Growth By: Abrami, Regina M., William C. Kirby, and F. Warren McFarlan Abstract—At the time of the American Revolution, China was... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

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Greenhill House | About

(1890-1970), US treasury secretary under President Dwight D. Eisenhower from 1953 to 1957. An attorney from Michigan, Humphrey became a leader in the American steel industry as the View Details

01 Mar 2021
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How Systemic Racism Can Threaten National Security

internment camps and barred them from military service. When President Franklin D. Roosevelt authorized a segregated military unit for Japanese Americans in 1943, enlistment rates were miniscule. However, in... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne

29 Aug 2018
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What Should Harley-Davidson’s Management Do?

faced with a situation in which a decision to move jobs overseas to reduce costs and preserve profit performance appeared to be alienating workers, customers, and even the president of the United States. Harley-Davidson had long been held... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Auto

04 Jan 2024
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Great Heights

2009 and 2012, before taking a job as Vice President of Product at Bright.com (which was later acquired by LinkedIn). Changing tech’s culture will be necessary if the industry is to take full advantage of women’s talents, but that means... View Details

Keywords: Amy Crawford

04 Feb 2002
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How To Do Business in Islamic Countries

political system is very short sighted, Hayes said. American politicians, who only look two years down the road to the next election, try to "placate the electorate" with short-term benefits at the expense of long-term... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

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Regional Winners - Alumni

Sophie Jewsbury, MBA 2024, Co-Founder & COO Region: Northeastern U.S./New York Together Achieving Dreams (TAD) 3 out of 4 blind Americans are job-ready, but unemployed. TAD is on a mission to increase employment for the blind and low... View Details

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Leadership Transitions | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School

President Nixon, took over as head of Lehman Brothers. His restructuring of the firm, including reducing the number of employees and expanding its financial services, resulted in record revenues. Under Peterson’s watch, Lehman Brothers... View Details

02 Jun 2010
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First Look: June 2

different approaches adopted by Presidents Boris Yeltsin and Vladimir Putin and concludes with a vision outlined by Russia's third post-Soviet president, Dmitry Medvedev. The case focuses on problems of state authority, fiscal capacity,... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

03 Jun 2013
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The Power of Rituals in Life, Death, and Business

winning team). But what's the point? Behavioral scientist Michael I. Norton became interested in mourning rituals after reading Harvard University President Drew Gilpin Faust's This Republic of Suffering, which describes elaborate ways... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

01 Jun 2023
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Curb Appeal

rate—the amount of waste that it recycles and composts—has for years lingered below 18 percent, a fraction of what some other major American cities have achieved. And DSNY has been slow to adopt tools such as rat-proof containers and... View Details

Keywords: Alexander Gelfand; photography by Vance Jacobs; Justice, Public Order, and Safety Activities; Government

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HBS Alumni Conference: Accelerating Climate Solutions - Alumni

Carter Roberts (MBA 1988) , President & CEO, World Wildlife Fund Debora L. Spar (PMD 62, 1991) , Jaime and Josefina Chua Tiampo Professor of Business Administration; Senior Associate Dean for Business and Global Society; Board Director,... View Details

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Investing in Emerging Industries | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School

College. Baker Library, Harvard Business School. Lehman Brothers "partners' room," 1957. Courtesy of the Center for Creative Photography, The University of Arizona. Photo by Dan Weiner; Copyright John Broderick. Aerial view of Pan View Details

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Buy Now, Pay Later: Cars on Time

Individual cases reveal that in Plymouth, as in the rest of the country, borrowers would go to extraordinary lengths to fulfill their contracts, even in the depths of the Great Depression. 23 James Surowiecki, “Masters of Main Street,” The New Yorker , July 12, 2010.... View Details

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