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1870-1920) Prosperity, Depression and War (c. 1920-1945) Innovation, Finance and Regulation (c. 1950-2008) The American Dream (c. 1790 to the present) Grading and Exam Grading is based 50% on class... View Details
  • 02 Jan 2018
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First Look at New Research and Ideas, January 3, 2018

Vegemite, the iconic Australian spread. The team must decide whether to bid for the division and, if so, how much to offer and how to finance the all-cash bid. Making these decisions was difficult because this would be Bega’s largest... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 23 Jun 2015
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First Look: June 23, 2015

conflict did not. We discuss sarcasm as a double-edged sword: despite its role in instigating conflict, it can also be a catalyst for creativity. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=49283 Forthcoming Innovation Policy and the Economy View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 05 Jun 2012
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First Look: June 5

present day. It covers early entrepreneurial attempts to develop solar energy, the use of passive solar in architecture before World War II, and the subsequent growth of the modern photovoltaic industry. It explores the role of... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 01 Mar 2019
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Alumni and Faculty Books for March 2019

channels; The secret marketing vector that only cleantech companies can use; Harnessing utility companies to help you sell your product; How to establish your credibility; and Financing your sale. Forget It; What's the Point?: Letting Go... View Details
  • 21 Aug 2012
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First Look: August 21

customs and port authority data on the international shipments of all U.S. publicly-traded firms, we show that firms are significantly more likely to trade with countries that have a strong resident population near their firm headquarters. We use the formation of World... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 01 Mar 2009
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Damon Silvers

atmosphere of fear and tension in the workplace. And that’s inappropriate. It shouldn’t be like that. Business groups are already raising a war chest to campaign against the union-backed Employee Free Choice Act, which would bypass secret... View Details
Keywords: Roger Thompson; Administration of Economic Programs; Government; Transportation Equipment Manufacturing; Manufacturing; Transportation
  • 17 Nov 2009
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First Look: Nov. 17

relationship. In this paper we look at this era as economic historians, trying to set events in a longer-term perspective. In some ways China's economic model in the decade 1998-2007 was similar to the one adopted by West Germany and Japan after World View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 01 Jun 2023
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Alumni and Faculty Books

technological changes that blessed our nation with an unparalleled period of prosperity. From this base, millions of people were rescued from the desolation of World War II into the prosperous world initiated from America. Author John... View Details
Keywords: Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information
  • 16 Nov 2009
  • Research & Ideas

The Times Captures History of American Business

a collection of interesting articles across the history of the paper. There were already a few publications on more specific subjects: For example, Floyd Norris, a well-respected columnist at the Times, edited a book on the history of View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Journalism & News
  • 08 Apr 2008
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First Look: April 8, 2008

http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=307076 Financing American Housing Construction in the Aftermath of War Harvard Business School Case 708-032 At the start of WWI, the United... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 23 Jan 2007
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First Look: January 23, 2007

technologies and partners. Focuses on the partnership tensions between global firms and local family-dominated conglomerates. Addresses new venture financing in an asset-intensive business through the assembly of strategic contracts. More... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 01 Sep 2017
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City of Dreams

the Maldives, Bhutan, and Thailand. “As I worked in development, I realized I didn’t understand enough about finance and commerce,” he says, explaining why he applied to HBS. “It was also a bit about taking a step back to understand what... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna; photographed by Alice Carfrae; Sri Lanka; Construction of Buildings; Construction; Administration of Housing Programs, Urban Planning, and Community Development; Government
  • 21 Dec 2010
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First Look: December 21

Gunnar Trumbull, and Peter Tufano Abstract This article describes the consumer finance sector in the U.S. since World War II. We first define the sector in terms of the functions delivered by firms... View Details
  • 19 Jul 2006
  • Research & Ideas

Political Turmoil and Mexico’s Economy

maintained his control in part by creating a banking system that functioned more as a kind of investment club, Maurer says. Local businessmen would agree to lend each other money to finance one another's companies, while also selling... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna
  • 10 Mar 2009
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First Look: March 10, 2009

an empirical analysis of the geographic, economic, and social factors that contributed to the spread of civil war in Nepal over the period 1996-2006. This within-country analysis complements existing cross-country studies on the same... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 22 Apr 2008
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First Look: April 22, 2008

School Supplement 308-091 Supplements the (A) case. Purchase this case: http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=308091 The Deutsche Bank (A) Harvard Business School Case 708-044 Founded in 1870 to help finance... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 01 Feb 1997
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Shaping the Future of Business: Entrepreneurial Evolution at HBS

the decades of research and teaching that began immediately after World War II. By the late 1960s, however, institutional interest in the subject (reflective of broader educational trends) had waned, and the School's "curriculum" in... View Details
Keywords: Nancy O. Perry and Susan Young; profiles by Garry Emmons
  • 06 Mar 2012
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First Look: March 6

for the working class. First, welfare reformers in the interwar period embraced private credit as an alternative to an expansive welfare state. Second, U.S. organized labor in the wake of World War II embraced credit access as a means to... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 26 Jan 2016
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January 26, 2016

three adaptive functions: deceiving others, social status, and psychological benefits. We suggest potential directions for future research. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=50431 forthcoming Journal of View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne