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A Chronicle of the China Trade. The Papers of Augustine Heard & Co., 1840-1877
personal perspectives of the life and trajectory of a nineteenth—century firm—a firm that prospered at the height of the China trade and met its decline with the advent View Details
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the Art of American Advertising - Advertising Products
Centennial Exposition of 1876 in Philadelphia, exhibits featured the latest improvements in printing technologies and the products of commercial lithographers including the... View Details
- 01 Sep 2016
- News
The Big Business of Little Loans
rates on loans if borrowers convince friends and family to back them as well. Baehr and Davis came up with the idea when their first startup was on the brink of failure. They weren’t very concerned about losing View Details
Keywords: Nancy Miller
- 22 Feb 2022
- Research & Ideas
Lack of Female Scientists Means Fewer Medical Treatments for Women
National Institutes of Health that spurred more women to become scientists and discouraged biases among men in the field, Koning says. While male inventors far outnumber women inventors, biomedical patents... View Details
Keywords: by Kristen Senz
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Effects of Climate Change - Business & Environment
The growing region for wheat moves further north each year in the U.S., Europe, and Russia [9] . Storms, heat, and drought also impact crop yields and prices. Visualizing Climate Change Effects 1880-2019 NASA Global Warming Global Warming Global Warming 1880-2019 NASA... View Details
- October 2019 (Revised February 2025)
- Case
A Conversation with Ellen J. Kullman, Chairman & CEO of DuPont, 2009-2015
By: Lynn S. Paine and Will Hurwitz
Ellen J. Kullman, the retired Chairman and CEO of DuPont, describes how she guided the storied science and technology company through a contentious proxy battle with activist investor Trian Partners, which acquired DuPont shares in 2013 and sought to break up the... View Details
Keywords: Agribusiness; Capital Structure; Corporate Accountability; Corporate Governance; Institutional Investing; Leadership; Leadership Style; Management; Transformation; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; Chemical Industry; United States
Paine, Lynn S., and Will Hurwitz. "A Conversation with Ellen J. Kullman, Chair & CEO of DuPont, 2009-2015." Harvard Business School Case 320-017, October 2019. (Revised February 2025.)
- 16 Dec 2019
- Research & Ideas
Taking on the Taboos That Keep Women Out of India's Workforce
powerful. Despite numerous advances in the Indian economy, reduced birth rates, higher levels of female education, and other promising signals (this year saw the highest-ever number View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna
- April 2025 (Revised April 2025)
- Case
JPMorganChase: Leadership in the Age of GenAI
By: Iavor I. Bojinov, Karim R. Lakhani and David Lane
This case study examines JPMorgan Chase's (JPMC) journey in adopting and implementing Generative AI (GenAI) following the release of ChatGPT. It outlines JPMC's initial cautious approach focused on data security, followed by strategic investments in internal platforms... View Details
Keywords: Banks and Banking; Governance Controls; Information Technology; AI and Machine Learning; Analytics and Data Science; Cybersecurity; Digital Platforms; Digital Transformation; Information Management; Information Infrastructure; Technology Adoption; Job Cuts and Outsourcing; Knowledge Management; Knowledge Sharing; Leading Change; Growth and Development Strategy; Marketing; Product Development; Performance Improvement; Customization and Personalization; Financial Services Industry; United States
Bojinov, Iavor I., Karim R. Lakhani, and David Lane. "JPMorganChase: Leadership in the Age of GenAI." Harvard Business School Case 325-066, April 2025. (Revised April 2025.)
- 17 Mar 2008
- Research & Ideas
The Lessons of Business History: A Handbook
overview of business history research worldwide aimed at both researchers and practitioners, addressing challenging issues such as globalization, entrepreneurship, corporate governance, technology and... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 25 Aug 2022
- News
Harnessing the Tools of the Digital Age
Design Institute address these trends? KL: Our aspiration is to help invent the future of capitalism. Let’s figure out how companies can operate ethically with digital View Details
Keywords: April White
- 20 Oct 2003
- Research & Ideas
Gaps in the Historical Record: Development of the Electronics Industry
worldwide in high-tech industries. The technological and institutional infrastructure of the new consumer electronics industry was determined in the crucible View Details
- 01 Mar 2018
- News
Making Sense of the Modern Startup
encouragement. Entrepreneurship is like an intellectual onion, one of his Finance advisors told him. You peel it and peel it, it makes you cry, and there’s nothing in the middle. There were some exceptions to this View Details
Keywords: Jeffrey L. Cruikshank (PMD 51, 1986)
- 08 May 2013
- Research & Ideas
A Company’s Evolving View of Gender Equity
Emerita Deborah Kolb. "Despite bodies of knowledge about social institutions and social issues at the institutional and organizational levels, we know very little about... View Details
- 01 Dec 2000
- News
Opening Doors: Inside the World of Museum Management
Philippe de Montebello, a 37-year veteran of the Met. "We have a strong, diverse, unpredictable revenue base, and the financial demands of running an institution this size are... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young; museums; marketing; management; nonprofits; education; facilities; Internet; Museums, Historical Sites, and Similar Institutions; Museums, Historical Sites, and Similar Institutions; Museums, Historical Sites, and Similar Institutions; Museums, Historical Sites, and Similar Institutions
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Fluid Tasks and Fluid Teams: The Impact of Diversity in Experience and Team Familiarity on Team Performance
By: Robert S. Huckman and Bradley R. Staats
In this paper, we consider how the structures of tasks and teams interact to affect team performance. We study the effects of diversity in experience on a team's ability to respond to task changes by separately examining interpersonal team diversity (i.e., differences... View Details
Keywords: Management; Groups and Teams; Performance; Problems and Challenges; Projects; Experience and Expertise; Change; Diversity; Information Technology Industry; India
Huckman, Robert S., and Bradley R. Staats. "Fluid Tasks and Fluid Teams: The Impact of Diversity in Experience and Team Familiarity on Team Performance." Manufacturing & Service Operations Management 13, no. 3 (Summer 2011): 310–328.
- 06 Aug 2019
- Blog Post
Entrepreneurship and Global Capitalism - Discovering the Business of Storytelling
recipient. When I applied to HBS, I wrote about wanting to be a “leader in Indian cinema, one who enables new voices, new audiences, and new ways of distributing cinema.” I didn’t become a leader in... View Details
Krishna G. Palepu
KRISHNA G. PALEPU is the Ross Graham Walker Professor of Business Administration, and has served previously as Senior Advisor to the President of Harvard University, and Senior Associate Dean at the... View Details
- February 2001 (Revised March 2003)
- Case
ICICI (A)
By: Bharat N. Anand, Nitin Nohria and John Pegg
ICICI was the first Indian company to be listed on the New York Stock Exchange. This case is set in 1998, when the company had to decide whether to enter the retail credit segment of the Indian financial market. Although the retail credit sector presents attractive... View Details
Keywords: Growth and Development Strategy; Diversification; Expansion; Strategic Planning; Competition; Competitive Strategy; Growth Management; Markets; Banking Industry; Financial Services Industry; India
Anand, Bharat N., Nitin Nohria, and John Pegg. "ICICI (A)." Harvard Business School Case 701-064, February 2001. (Revised March 2003.)
- 25 Feb 2020
- News
The Past Informs the Future of Work
technology management, and robotics to simplify and automate support activities. He also addressed dilemmas about whether to allow each division to adopt innovation at its own pace or institute it... View Details
- 14 May 2008
- Research & Ideas
Getting Down to the Business of Creativity
around the same time the industry in India was getting off the ground, other entities were being formed, such as fashion magazines, new kinds of retail outlets, and the National Institute View Details