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Visionary, Innovator, Educator - Georges F. Doriot : Educating Leaders, Building Companies, Baker Library, Harvard Business School

played in our affairs and for the distinction which your fine Army record and vigorous business leadership have brought to our programs over a period of more than forty years. Yours has been an extraordinary View Details

30 Jul 2008
Op-Ed

Why the U.S. Should Encourage FDI

Last year, foreign investors set new records for their acquisition activity in the United States. And 2008 began with nearly daily stories of American financial executives courting foreign direct investors, particularly sovereign wealth... View Details

Keywords: by Mihir A. Desai

01 Sep 2015
News

Ink

Book Review: Mix Master by Sean Silverthorne In contemporary culture, a remix is the bringing together of assets in new ways—a song that combines recording samples from Otis Redding or Brenda Lee, say, placed in a new Kanye West wrapper.... View Details

Fast Answer

Music & Activism: Market Research Resources

“Gen Z” for a recent report on this demographic). Spotify – Musical Map of the World A great geographical look at top Spotify songs, updated weekly (including Cambridge, MA). Statista
Data and... View Details

21 Dec 2018
News

Bridging the Gap

two-thirds are still going to western Europe, where typically they are in an enclave of other American students, speaking English, learning from an American professor; and it’s pretty far from the immersive, perspective-changing experience that, frankly, is fundamental... View Details

Keywords: Educational Support Services; Educational Services

17 Jan 2017
First Look

First Look at New Research: January 17

around a first wave of globalization from the mid-nineteenth century until the 1920s and a second wave that started after World War 2, intensified from the 1980s until around the 2008 global financial crisis. Publisher's link:... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

11 Jun 2012
Research & Ideas

When Business Competition Harms Society

Last winter, a senior admissions officer at Claremont McKenna College resigned, after admitting to inflating reported SAT scores of the incoming class for six years and sending the falsified reports to U.S. News and World Report. “It's... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Auto

01 Jun 2003
News

Ruling from the Bench

courtroom at the same time.” Women were just beginning to gain momentum in the professional world when Snyder enrolled at Case Western Reserve University law school. There, her androgynous first name and stellar academic View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; Justice, Public Order, and Safety Activities; Government

01 Mar 2017
News

Swimming with the Stream

where she was an artist-in-residence last year. In addition to getting her music to the masses, it tracks where her money is coming from—a revolutionary concept, she says, in an opaque world of music revenues where “no one really knows... View Details

Keywords: Dan Morrell

02 May 2017
First Look

First Look at New Research: May 2, 2017

And an audience of customers standing by with their smartphones to record any spectacle seems to have had, until now, unfortunately, no discernable impact on corporate policy guidelines for dealing with uncooperative customers. Companies... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

Profile

Michael Maples

leap across the chasm, from startups to investing. In so doing, he became one of the most successful venture capitalists in the technology sector, with a unique investing philosophy and an enviable track record that makes him a regular... View Details

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Expansion of the Case Method | Baker Library

Catalog, 1959-1960. Harvard-Radcliffe Program in Business Administration records (E73.10B). Previous Next Wartime School, military formation in HBS yard, 1944. HBS Archives Photograph Collection (olvwork375075). During View Details

08 Jan 2001
Research & Ideas

Can Japan Compete? [Part Two]

copied Japanese management techniques. Given the influence of Japan, our book aims to set the record straight on what did and did not work there. The rest of the world should not be emulating policies that... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace & Hilah Geer

Portrait Project

Adam Gassin

subtly whispers its doctrine of the month: Cosmopolitan promotes promiscuity, fame, and luxury as means to happiness. Time depicts presidents, executives, and entertainers at the pinnacle of power. Forbes preaches the gospel of wealth, measuring people by the money... View Details

01 Dec 1999
News

Pearson Hunt

gave me his recording with the instruction: "Don't change a word of it." I never learned if he was pleased with what he saw in print. There was little routine during World War II, when the School hosted a... View Details

Keywords: Pearson Hunt

Profile

Mike Watitwa

with technology, the world around me was shifting at a very fast pace and business models were getting disrupted. I could not think of a better opportunity to grow in these areas than a program that would expose me to hundreds of business... View Details

01 Jun 2000
News

HBS Alumni Association Board of Directors: President's Report

Roundtable, an annual meeting bringing together club representatives from around the world to discuss issues relevant to programming, membership development, and leadership. I will share with you highlights from the Board's meeting in the... View Details

Keywords: Edmund A. Hajim (MBA 1964)

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Buy Now, Pay Later: Credit and Charity

an appraiser to value the goods, salesmen to auction off the unredeemed collateral, and a notary to keep legally binding records of every transaction in an account book such as this one. As this ledger reveals, most borrowers pawned small... View Details

30 Nov 2020
Research & Ideas

COVID Not Slowing VC Investment

the end of the year. Venture funding in a socially distanced world Discouraged entrepreneurs shouldn’t put away their pitch decks yet. For one thing, funding commitments are still outpacing those of past periods of economic distress, the... View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost; Financial Services; Banking

19 May 2011
Research & Ideas

Empathy: The Brand Equity of Retail

business of rationality or emotionality?” To kick off the conversation, Raman relayed what happened when Cleveland Clinic CEO Delos "Toby" Cosgrove visited a class at HBS a few years ago to discuss a case study on the renowned hospital. Dr. Cosgrove was intending to... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Health

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