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- 11 Oct 2024
- Research & Ideas
How AI Could Ease the Refugee Crisis and Bring New Talent to Businesses
says. “What we’re asking is, can we build algorithms that will help find better matches that will allow people to integrate more easily?” The paper presents data from Switzerland and the United States that... View Details
- 24 Feb 2023
- Blog Post
My Classroom Experience During Harvard Business School’s Summer Venture in Management Program
Hall. As we streamed through the entrance, a few conversations began around the room with an extended hand and a smile. “What school do you go to?” (Bowie State University, the University of Houston, Princeton University, Morehouse... View Details
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Labor Practices | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School
engineering to sales. 32 Labor Practices: Slider United States Steel Corporation. Paths of Opportunity in U.S. Steel. [New York?]: United States... View Details
- 17 Sep 2015
Amsterdam MBA Fair
Meet HBS alumni and Admissions staff at this event brought to you by Ivy Circle Netherlands (with the support of Roland Berger Strategy Consultants). The event will feature top MBA programs in the United View Details
- 12 Apr 2018
- Op-Ed
Op-Ed: The Trouble with Tariffs
strategy has been very successful, and its positive balance of trade with the United States reflects the progress it has made. But balance of trade is a lagging indicator of success. With looming... View Details
Keywords: by Willy C. Shih; Manufacturing; Auto; Steel; Air Transportation; Technology; Telecommunications
- 14 Dec 2010
- Op-Ed
Tax US Companies to Spur Spending
individuals who incorporate for business purposes. Implementing such a tax would require measures to prevent some unintended consequences. A large fraction of corporations' excess cash--as much as two-thirds, according to some estimates--is held outside of the View Details
Keywords: by Mihir A. Desai
- Profile
Emily Hannenberg
Personally, I felt an ability to inspire trust in others and lead them toward goals. I had the physical fitness required to contribute as a member of a team, and I shared the military's core values: loyalty, integrity, duty, respect." After graduating from the... View Details
Keywords: Nonprofit/Government/Education
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Henry Villard Business Papers | Baker Library
promoting the Pacific Northwest, and in the development of the electrical industry in the United States and Germany. The collection primarily consists of business records created by Villard and his... View Details
- 22 Sep 2014
MBA2U Munich
Meet HBS alumni and staff at this event brought to you by The MBA Tour and MBA2U initiative. The event will feature top MBA programs in the United States and Europe. View Details
- 03 Dec 2015
- Op-Ed
How "New Nuclear" Power Could Save the Planet—If Regulators Would Allow It
scalable and easier to build than traditional reactors. The company, which grew out of research funded by the Department of Energy, has applied for certification in the United States from the Nuclear... View Details
James A. Farrell
While head of United States Steel, Farrell increased the steel output of the company from 6 million tons to 29 million tons. Upon his retirement, United View Details
Keywords: Metals
- 01 Dec 2008
- News
Business at the Summit
governance models, and their integrity.” Immelt, CEO of GE, described his outlook as generally optimistic. Once the crisis is resolved (and, he remarked, “the government always wins” in these situations), the United View Details
Elmer A. Sperry
A prolific inventor, Sperry was instrumental in creating technological advances in navigation. He invented gyroscopic compasses and stabilizers that became fundamental components for both ships and airplanes. His inventions were adopted by the View Details
Keywords: Fabricated Goods
- 2022
- Case
Charting a Course for Boston: Organizing for Change
By: Lisa C. Cox, Mitchell B. Weiss and Jorrit De Jong
Michelle Wu had been elected on the promise of systemic change, but four days after her November 2021 election and just eleven days before taking office as mayor of Boston, she was still considering how best to staff and manage a range of over-arching priorities.... View Details
Cox, Lisa C., Mitchell B. Weiss, and Jorrit De Jong. "Charting a Course for Boston: Organizing for Change." Cambridge, MA, United States: Bloomberg Harvard City Leadership Initiative Case, 2022.
- December 2012
- Background Note
Jefferson County: Specific Swap Detail
Jefferson County, Alabama, faces an EPA mandate requiring sewer system upgrades. How will they finance the upgrades? What consequences will follow? View Details
Keywords: Local Government; Political Process; Bankruptcy; Debt Management; Financial Planning; Financial Management; Urban Development; City; Infrastructure; Government and Politics; Alabama
Bergstresser, Daniel, Randolph Cohen, and Jeff Klein. "Jefferson County: Specific Swap Detail." Harvard Business School Background Note 213-061, December 2012.
Clarence H. Shaver
Shaver led United States Gypsum through periods of prosperity and downturns in the construction business. Despite the downturns in the economy, USG consistently paid handsome dividends, and under Shaver’s... View Details
Keywords: Construction & Real Estate
- 2015
- Working Paper
Entrepreneurship and Urban Growth: An Empirical Assessment with Historical Mines
By: Edward L. Glaeser, Sari Pekkala Kerr and William R. Kerr
We study entrepreneurship and growth through the lens of U.S. cities. Initial entrepreneurship correlates strongly with urban employment growth, but endogeneity bedevils interpretation. Chinitz (1961) hypothesized that coal mines near cities led to specialization in... View Details
Keywords: Industrial Organization; Chinitz; Agglomeration; Clusters; Cities; Mines; Industry Clusters; Entrepreneurship; City; Mining; Mining Industry; Pittsburgh
Glaeser, Edward L., Sari Pekkala Kerr, and William R. Kerr. "Entrepreneurship and Urban Growth: An Empirical Assessment with Historical Mines." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 13-015, August 2012. (Revised May 2015.)
- 01 Mar 2005
- News
Venture Capital’s Comeback
great ideas abroad and bring them to the United States to launch. That approach works for Domain Associates in Princeton, New Jersey, which invests exclusively in life sciences companies. “We try to license... View Details
- Profile
Juliane Schwetz
Many HBS graduates will manage brands; few, however, will be responsible for a brand as storied – and as important – as the one that will be under Juliane Schwetz’s care: the United States Military Academy... View Details
- 15 Sep 2016
- News
US Competitiveness Report Sees ‘A Nation Divided’
prosperity to millions of Americans if the United States remains mired in crippling political gridlock and vicious rhetoric. In addition to government, business must take responsibility for restoring US... View Details