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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

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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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

01 Sep 2023
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Turning Point: Listen to the Music

always been one of my passions. When I was working for Columbia, I hung a poster on my office wall with a quote from Henry David Thoreau: “The mass of men live lives of quiet desperation.” While my life has had its ups and downs, I’m glad... View Details

Keywords: music; film; purpose; career

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

Library Search Search Search Lehman Brothers: 1850 - 2008 Exhibition Leadership Transitions The fourth generation of Lehman family in Lehman Brothers included Philip Henry Isles, a nephew of Robert Lehman. Isles, who died in 1960, was a... View Details

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Winners & Runners-Up | New Venture Competition

Runner-Up Empower is a specialty merchandiser of useful “lifestyle” products for people with disabilities. Music Games, Int. Dana Soiman Henry Tam Igor Tkachencko Sasha Gimpelson Business Track Runner-Up MGI is a company dedicated to... View Details

20 Dec 2010
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Panama Canal: Troubled History, Astounding Turnaround

the limits of attempts by outside governments to improve business and political conditions in other countries. Answering them, however, required a long and detailed romp through the history of US involvement with what Secretary of War View Details

Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert; Transportation

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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HBS Alumni Conference: Accelerating Climate Solutions - Alumni

founding director of the Risky Business Project, which focused on quantifying the economic impacts of climate change on key US regions and sectors. Gordon has served in senior leadership positions at several nonpartisan think tanks, including the View Details

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The Harvard Business School Faculty Summer Reader 2023

save himself from his inner turmoil. Arthur Brooks is the William Henry Bloomberg Professor of the Practice of Public Leadership at Harvard Kennedy School and Professor of Management Practice at HBS. He is the author of From Strength to... View Details

30 Jul 2018
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Why Ethical People Become Unethical Negotiators

curious or wrong in their environment.” Related Reading: The Role of Emotions in Effective Negotiations Henry Kissinger's Lessons for Business Negotiators Six Ways to Build Trust in Negotiations What do you think of this research? Have... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

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Courses by Faculty Unit - Course Catalog

Spring 2025 Q3Q4 3.0 Field Course: Business of the Arts (also listed under Marketing and General Management) Rohit Deshpande Henry McGee Spring 2025 Q3Q4 3.0 Field Course: Climate Solutions Lab Jim Matheson Spring 2025 Q3Q4 3.0 Field... View Details

15 Feb 2024
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Startup Shepherds

a mobile dental practice called Henry the Dentist. Jenny Fleiss, who launched Rent the Runway with cofounder Jenn Hyman (both MBA 2009) realizes now that they would have allocated their initial resources differently if they had recognized... View Details

Keywords: April White

01 Mar 2005
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Turkish Delight

Oxford University, after picking up Henry Kissinger’s A World Restored, he was hooked. “It’s a work of extraordinary genius about the Congress of Vienna at the end of the Napoleonic Wars. I would still rate it as one of the best two or... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; Executive, Legislative, and Other General Government Support; Government

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Bibliography – The Human Relations Movement – Baker Library | Bloomberg Center, Historical Collections

Pearson. Manufacturing Knowledge: a History of the Hawthorne Experiments. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1991. Horvath, Steven M. and Elizabeth C. Horvath. The Harvard Fatigue Laboratory: its History and Contributions. Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey:... View Details

January 2024
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Vibrant Health

By: Henry McGee and Sarah Mehta

This case is about nutritional supplements company Vibrant Health, among the 100 largest Black-owned businesses in the U.S. After acquiring the company from its white founder in 2007, co-owners Ted and Paige Parker significantly grew its sales. Set in September 2023,... View Details

Keywords: Business Ventures; Race; Entrepreneurship; Nutrition; Ownership; Business Strategy; Growth and Development Strategy; Leadership; Sales; Food and Beverage Industry; Health Industry; Eastern United States

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04 Mar 2019
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What’s the Antidote to Surveillance Capitalism?

Henry Ford, their creation of profits and firm value employs relatively few, very well-paid people, exacerbating income inequality in our economy. They have relatively few expenditures for control over the quality of the information... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Advertising; Consumer Products

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Marketing Awards & Honors - Faculty & Research

Prize from the Psychology Department at Yale University. Julian De Freitas : Recipient of the 2013 Alpheus Henry Snow Award from Yale University. Julian De Freitas : Winner of the 2013 Friends of Music at Yale Prize. Julian De Freitas :... View Details

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News & Commentary - Advancing Racial Equity

Rene Jones 13 Jul 2021 | MBA Creating the Minority Renaissance for Venture Capital: Interview with Henri Pierre-Jacques and Jarrid Tingle, Managing Partners at Harlem Capital 27 Oct 2020 | MBA Turning a Moment into a Movement: How the... View Details

31 Mar 2023
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Can a ‘Basic Bundle’ of Health Insurance Cure Coverage Gaps and Spur Innovation?

purchases. This approach would not only insure more people, but could lead to more innovative, less costly approaches to generating medical breakthroughs, the team says. Chandra, who is the Henry and Allison McCance Family Professor of... View Details

Keywords: by Kasandra Brabaw; Insurance; Health

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