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production technology who used attorneys in connection with his patenting work at a time when Japan was still in the process of formally institutionalizing its patent attorney system. In accordance with Lamoreaux and Sokoloff's influential study of View Details
- 09 Jun 2022
- Blog Post
The MBA Class of 2022 Looks Back
interested in their identities and the complexities that come with them. Getting to know people on a very deep level and trying to understand how they define their identities and how they see themselves in the world is something that I... View Details
- 16 Jul 2020
- Research & Ideas
Restaurant Revolution: How the Industry Is Fighting to Stay Alive
inside The future of the restaurant industry is especially of concern to us. We collectively share 35 years of restaurant and food industry experience, navigating our way through as waitstaff and bartenders, as managers and senior leaders of restaurant groups and the... View Details
- 30 Apr 2007
- Research & Ideas
All Eyes on Slovakia’s Flat Tax
As interest in the flat tax grows, the world seems transfixed on an unlikely country, Slovakia, whose 3-year-old tax reform program is paying early dividends. Essentially applying a uniform tax rate on citizens (and sometimes companies)... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 18 Jun 2024
- Research & Ideas
Industrial Decarbonization: Confronting the Hard Challenges of Cement
Cities like Cairo; Chongqing, China; Delhi; and Kinshasa, Congo are experiencing population explosions accompanied by unprecedented demand for homes, offices, factories, and infrastructure. In the United States, the Biden Administration’s policy-driven infrastructure... View Details
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Historical Data Visualization - Business History
Over Time Politics & Economics Trade Union Membership Trends Over Time Politics & Economics Unemployment Rates Trends Over Time Politics & Economics Urban Population Density Trends Over Time Politics & Economics US Home Ownership Rates... View Details
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Faculty & Research - Business History
political science. 23 Jul 2024 News The New Rules of Trade with China: Navigating Tariffs, Turmoil, and Opportunities Re: Jeremy Friedman, Meg Rithmire, Jaya Wen, William Kirby & Ebehi Iyoha July 2024 (Revised October 2024) Case Knowledge... View Details
- 22 Feb 2018
- Book
The New History of American Capitalism
seemed possible to conceive of the historian’s task as only translating the mysteries of a distant world for those in the present. Now the ways of knowing that held together a particular time, its events and ideas, mattered as well.... View Details
Keywords: Manufacturing
- 05 Feb 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, February 5, 2019
January 2019 Perspectives on Psychological Science Educating Leaders Who Make a Difference in the World By: Amabile, Teresa M. Abstract— No abstract available. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=55580... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 01 Jun 2023
- News
Buy Big, Sell Small
what is okay and what is not okay,” she says. Despite several well-funded competitors, Shruti is betting on ApnaKlub’s “human” approach in an increasingly automated world of customer service. “We stay close to our customers,” she... View Details
- 04 Apr 2023
- Book
Two Centuries of Business Leaders Who Took a Stand on Social Issues
While shareholders still reign supreme at many companies, a widespread shift toward more responsible business practices is driving more leaders to take a stand on social and environmental issues today, says Harvard Business School Professor Geoffrey Jones. Jones... View Details
- 17 Nov 2015
- First Look
November 17, 2015
https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/416018-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 716-024 Evolving Trends in Global Trade The note, while not intended to be historically comprehensive, explores the regulation of international View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 2018
- Introduction
Introduction
BOOK ABSTRACT: When Istvan Hont died in 2013, the world lost a giant of intellectual history. A leader of the Cambridge School of Political Thought, Hont argued passionately for a global-historical approach to political ideas. To better understand the development of... View Details
Reinert, Sophus A. "Introduction." Introduction to Markets, Morals, Politics: Jealousy of Trade and the History of Political Thought, edited by Béla Kapossy, Isaac Nakhimovsky, Sophus A. Reinert, and Richard Whatmore, 1–22. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2018.
- 04 Feb 2002
- Research & Ideas
How To Do Business in Islamic Countries
almost a "third sex," since most companies send men on the assumption that men will be more acceptable. "Women seem to be able to get to people quicker than the men can," he observed. Forward And Back Membership in the View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 16 Apr 2020
- Research & Ideas
Has COVID-19 Broken the Global Value Chain?
the global value chain, and what more might we expect? Laura Alfaro and Ester Faia: In 2012, a survey by the World Economic Forum and [the consulting firm] Accenture, devoted to assess the risk of a disruption in the global supply chain,... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 12 Dec 2005
- Research & Ideas
Using the Law to Strategic Advantage
protection, such as patents, trade secrets, and trademarks. A trademark offers a way to capture the brand equity of a company or a product. BusinessWeek recently calculated that the value of the Coca-Cola brand was worth more than $65... View Details
- 21 Feb 2012
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 21
(forthcoming) How do rankings affect demand? This paper investigates the impact of college rankings, and the visibility of those rankings, on students' application decisions. Using natural experiments from U.S. News and World Report... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 09 Apr 2007
- Research & Ideas
Industry Self-Regulation: What’s Working (and What’s Not)?
issue, managers at buyers and suppliers are faced with hundreds of different supply chain programs—from labeling schemes like Fair Trade and organics, to industry association programs like Responsible Care and Sustainable Slopes, to a... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 16 May 2024
- News
On the Job
Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Dan Morrell: Hi, this is Dan Morrell, host of Skydeck. We all have early memories of on-the-job learnings—those moments that had a lasting impact on how we see the world of work and our place in it. This... View Details
Keywords: first job; leadership; life experience; career lessons; Finance; Oil and Gas Extraction; Mining; Retail Trade
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Events - Business History
(Harvard Business School), “The Manila Galleon: Luxury Trade and the Silk-for-Silver Connection across the Pacific World, XVI-XVIII.” Marcel Anduiza (Harvard Business School), 12 pm to 1:30 pm May 14 14 May 2025 Virtual Seminar Grace... View Details