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Faculty & Research - Business History

Jeremy S. Friedman Business, Government and the International Economy 10 results Tarun Khanna Strategy 4 results Rakesh Khurana Organizational Behavior William C. Kirby General Management 3 results Nancy F. Koehn General Management 24 results Anthony Mayo... View Details

19 Apr 2004
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Birth of the American Salesman

Walter A. Friedman's new book Birth of a Salesman chronicles the rise and development of modern sales management from the 18th century to the present day. Its fascinating cast of dynamic business figures and academic leaders includes John Patterson, Frederick Taylor,... View Details

Keywords: by Laura Linard

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Women’s Leadership Summit - Alumni

and Sciences at Harvard University and Henry Lee Professor of Economics Presented by HBS External Relations in partnership with the HBS Race, Gender, and Equity Initiative . Resources Post Summit engagement Opportunities Following the HBS... View Details

15 Oct 2018
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Shaky Business: How Handshakes Win Negotiations

the table.” A possible future area to study, the researchers suggest, is whether hugs, high-fives, or fist bumps elicit the same amount of cooperation. Related Reading: The Role of Emotions in Effective Negotiations Henry Kissinger's... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

01 Mar 2019
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The Burden Legacy

incoming MBA Class of 2004 to restore confidence in America’s free enterprise system after public trust in business had been shaken by the Enron and WorldCom scandals. And in the wake of the global financial crisis, former Treasury Secretary View Details

Keywords: Linda Kush

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Partners - Case Method Project

Allison Kelly Carrollton High School Carrollton, GA Subjects: Government GA 7 of 12 Michelle Luco North Atlanta High School Atlanta, GA GA 8 of 12 LaToya Morgan Banneker High School Atlanta, GA GA 9 of 12 Chris Rhodenbaugh Henry W. Grady... View Details

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Investment Banking & Securities Underwriting | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School

Library Search Search Search Lehman Brothers: 1850 - 2008 Exhibition Investment Banking & Securities Underwriting By the late 1800s, the next generation of Lehmans began to enter the firm, including Meyer H. (son of Henry Lehman) and... View Details

09 Jul 2020
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It’s Time to Reset Decision-Making in Your Organization

information is significant and avoiding information overload. David J. Collis, the Thomas Henry Carroll Ford Foundation Adjunct Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School, and Michael G. Rukstad, the late senior... View Details

Keywords: by Boris Groysberg and Sarah Abbott

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Business Fundamentals Course - CORe | HBS Online

Henry R. Byers Professor of Business Administration for Harvard Business School and Harvard University’s Vice Provost for Advances in Learning “Economics for Managers is a course that we hope will give you much more confidence and a lot... View Details

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Poor’s Manual: The Rise of Business Analysts - Railroads and the Transformation of Capitalism | Harvard Business School

profits and losses, tracking pricing, assessing standardized procedures, and improving technology. Henry Varnum Poor, author of A History of the Railroads and Canals of the United States (1860), editor of the American Railroad Journal... View Details

01 Sep 2022
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Is It Time to Consider Lifting Tariffs on Chinese Imports?

from them, potentially putting them out of business. You might regard that as bordering on the insane. The matter has caught the attention of no less an observer than Henry Kissinger, who commented recently to Bloomberg News... View Details

Keywords: Re: James L. Heskett

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Baker Library / Bloomberg Center | About

Henry Bloomberg, the late father of New York City Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg (MBA 1966). The architectural and intellectual centerpiece of the HBS campus, Baker Library was dedicated in 1927 and named for George F. Baker (1840-1931), the... View Details

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Faculty - Creating Emerging Markets

, project finance Interviews Vimal Shah Louisa Mojela & Gloria Serobe Funke Opeke Adrian Gore Shirley Zinn Peter Vundla Sizwe Nxasana Henry W. McGee Senior Lecturer of Business Administration Research Interests : channels of distribution... View Details

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Joel Hurd

history multiple times but rarely gets any credit. Who was the founding dean of HBS? Edwin Gay from Detroit. Who showed Joseph Stalin how to industrialize the USSR? Henry Ford of Detroit. Who built the planes, tanks, and guns to win WW2?... View Details

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Teacher Profiles - Case Method Project

Lisle, IL Subjects: American History CA Ricardo Reyes Dominguez High School Paramount, CA UT Holly Reynolds West High School Salt Lake City, UT IL Randie-Lynn Reynolds Lakes Community High School Lake Villa, IL GA Chris Rhodenbaugh Henry... View Details

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Modern Capitalism: Mergers and Syndicates - Railroads and the Transformation of Capitalism | Harvard Business School

Foods, Johnson & Johnson, USX Corp. (United States Steel), Westinghouse Electric, and Weyerhaeuser. The railway system, as historian Henry Adams explained in his celebrated 1907 autobiography, “required new machinery to be... View Details

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Faculty & Advisors - MBA

and the CEO of RMG Networks. A graduate of MIT, Aileen has an MBA from Harvard Business School and is a Henry Crown Fellow of the Aspen Institute. Jessica Lin AB ‘09, Government & Secondary, African Studies, Harvard University Jessica is... View Details

February 2021
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Apple: Privacy vs. Safety (A)

By: Henry McGee, Nien-hê Hsieh, Sarah McAra and Christian Godwin

In 2015, Apple CEO Tim Cook debuted the iPhone 6S with enhanced security measures that enflamed a debate on privacy and public safety around the world. The iPhone 6S, amid a heightened concern for privacy following the 2013 revelation of clandestine U.S. surveillance... View Details

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Buy Now, Pay Later: Cars on Time

arrangement that shared the risk of car loans between dealer and manufacturer. Its goals were, initially, to smooth out seasonal fluctuations in sales, but the ultimate effect was to dramatically increase the numbers of units sold. Henry... View Details

16 Oct 2015
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HBS and the Arts

school for EC year with the confidence of having chosen an industry I am devoted to: the arts. I am excited to continue to mine the resources of classes, faculty, and alumni to build the skills and connections necessary for my career. I may not be on a typical MBA... View Details

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