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      • 1986
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      Banking and Empire in Iran

      By: Geoffrey Jones
      This is the first of two volumes of a business history of a major British bank in the Middle East. Volume 1 traces the history of the bank from its foundation in 1889 as The Imperial Bank of Persia, through the years it was the state bank of Iran, and its development... View Details
      Keywords: Banks and Banking; International Relations; Business History; Economic History; Political History; War; Iran; Russia; Great Britain
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      Jones, Geoffrey. Banking and Empire in Iran. Vol. 1, History of the British Bank of the Middle East. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1986.
      • 1985
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      The Coming of Managerial Capitalism: A Casebook on the History of American Economic Institutions

      By: A. D. Chandler Jr. and R. S. Tedlow
      Keywords: Economic Systems; Managerial Roles
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      Chandler, A. D., Jr., and R. S. Tedlow. The Coming of Managerial Capitalism: A Casebook on the History of American Economic Institutions. Homewood, IL: Richard D. Irwin, 1985.
      • August 1983 (Revised July 1984)
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      Antitrust Movement: Symbolic Politics and Industrial Organization Economics

      By: Richard S. Tedlow
      Keywords: Monopoly; Government and Politics; Industry Structures; Business History
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      Tedlow, Richard S. "Antitrust Movement: Symbolic Politics and Industrial Organization Economics." Harvard Business School Case 384-051, August 1983. (Revised July 1984.)
      • August 1983 (Revised March 1995)
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      Railroad Problem and the Solution

      By: Richard S. Tedlow
      A vehicle for a discussion of the causes and consequences of the Interstate Commerce Act. View Details
      Keywords: Transportation; Rail Transportation; Fluctuation; Outcome or Result; Public Sector; Government and Politics; Business History; Complexity; Problems and Challenges; Rail Industry
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      Tedlow, Richard S. "Railroad Problem and the Solution." Harvard Business School Case 384-032, August 1983. (Revised March 1995.)
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      Business History

      By: Walter A. Friedman
      Walter Friedman serves as co-editor of Business History Review. He has a special interest in the history of marketing and personal selling, and is author of Birth of a Salesman: The Transformation of Selling in America (Harvard, 2004). He is also interested in the... View Details
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      Creating Emerging Markets

      By: Geoffrey Jones
      Harvard Business School has an on-going program to conduct in-depth interviews with top business leaders who have created and managed businesses in Africa, Asia, the Middle East, and Latin America over the last four decades. These interviews, many lasting several... View Details
      Keywords: Business History; Emerging Market
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      Jones, Geoffrey. Creating Emerging Markets. http://www.hbs.edu/businesshistory/emerging-markets/Pages/default.aspx.
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      Happily Ever After: Immigration, Natives' Marriage and Fertility

      By: Michela Carlana and Marco Tabellini
      We study the effects of immigration on natives’ marriage, fertility, and family formation across U.S. cities between 1910 and 1930. Using a shift-share design, we find that natives living in cities that received more immigrants were more likely to marry, have children,... View Details
      Keywords: Immigration; Demographics; History; Employment
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      Carlana, Michela, and Marco Tabellini. "Happily Ever After: Immigration, Natives' Marriage and Fertility." Journal of Economic History (forthcoming). (Winner of European Economic Association Young Economist Award, 2018. Featured in HBS Working Knowledge.)
      • 2024
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      Jerry R. Green (1946-)

      By: Eddie Dekel, John Geanakoplos and Scott Duke Kominers
      Jerry Green has a deep and long-standing connection to Harvard University, and in particular with its Economics Department. This paper begins by reviewing his intellectual background, and then turns to exploring how he has influenced scholars through his wide-ranging... View Details
      Keywords: Economics; Microeconomics; Theory; History; Game Theory; Decision Choices and Conditions; Education Industry; North America; United States; Cambridge; Massachusetts; Boston
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      Dekel, Eddie, John Geanakoplos, and Scott Duke Kominers. "Jerry R. Green (1946-)." In The Palgrave Companion to Harvard Economics, edited by Robert Cord. Palgrave Macmillan, forthcoming.
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      By: Charlotte L. Robertson
      Professor Robertson conducts research on the history of financial markets. Her book manuscript and working papers shed light on the evolution of securities markets and the relationship between finance, governance, and society. Some of the topics she pursues include:... View Details
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      By: Mattias E. Fibiger
      Professor Fibiger conducts research on twentieth-century international history, focusing primarily on political economy and international relations in Southeast Asia.

      Professor Fibiger's first book is entitled Suharto's Cold War: Indonesia, Southeast... View Details
      Keywords: Authoritarianism; Political Economy; Foreign Aid; Foreign Direct Investment; Foreign Policy; Southeast Asia; United States; Finance; International Economy; International Capital Markets; History; International Relations; National Security; Government and Politics; Development Economics; Southeast Asia; United States; Indonesia; Philippines; Malaysia; Singapore
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      By: Jeremy S. Friedman
      Professor Friedman devotes his research to the history of the Left and its struggle to end economic and social inequality. He studies how this struggle evolved, its various cultural contexts, and what paths have been tried and rejected. He has been able to gain access... View Details
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      Research Thrust

      By: Rakesh Khurana
      I am trained in organizational sociology and my main areas of interest lie in macro-organizational theory and the dynamics of executive labor markets. To date, my research has focused on two themes. The first revolves around understanding the forces that govern the... View Details
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      Risk Management as a Function of Government

      By: David A. Moss
      Professor Moss's academic work in this area explores how and why governments manage private-sector risks. Based on historical and institutional research, he argues that risk management constitutes a critical function of government with far-reaching implications. ... View Details
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      Space: Public and Commercial Economics

      By: Matthew C. Weinzierl

      Space is a place of unparalleled possibility for humanity, and it is in the midst of a revolution. In this course, we will learn about this revolution and the companies, such as SpaceX, Blue Origin, Axiom, Planet, and more. We will be joined by leaders in the... View Details

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      You've Got Mail! The Late 19th-Century U.S. Postal Service Expansion, Firm Creation, and Firm Performance

      By: Astrid Marinoni and Maria P. Roche
      This paper examines the impact of the expansion of the US Postal Service in the late 19th century on firm creation and performance. Utilizing newly digitized archival data on historic business establishments, post office locations, and road networks in California,... View Details
      Keywords: Institutional Innovation; Knowledge Exchange; US Postal Service; Firm Performance; Infrastructure; Expansion; Government Administration; Communication; Business History; Entrepreneurship; Public Administration Industry; California
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      Marinoni, Astrid, and Maria P. Roche. "You've Got Mail! The Late 19th-Century U.S. Postal Service Expansion, Firm Creation, and Firm Performance." Management Science (forthcoming). (Pre-published online January 15, 2025.)
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