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    Louis F. Swift

    Capitalizing on his father’s success, Louis Swift continued to expand the meat packing company even further. During his tenure the family company became the largest meat packer in the United States and was... View Details
    Keywords: Food & Tobacco

      Bruce Barton

      In 1919, Barton co-founded the advertising agency for which he acted as president. Barton was responsible for helping to develop a more favorable public image for United States Steel after the Steel Strike... View Details
      Keywords: Services
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      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; Urban Development; Entrepreneurship; City; Mining; Mining Industry; United States
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      • 01 Mar 2008
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      One-on-One with Jim Breyer

      in many ways, reminiscent of the late ’90s here in the United States for similar types of Internet companies. We have an extraordinary team of partners in China led by Quan Zhou, Hugo Shong (AMP 151, 1996),... View Details
      Keywords: Roger Thompson; Finance; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services
      • 01 Sep 2007
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      Alumni Board Goes Global to Pick New President

      commitment to a global mission. “I see a shift in emphasis from the School making a difference inside the borders of the United States to making a difference around the globe,” he notes. That commitment is... View Details
      Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services
      • 01 Feb 1997
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      Mexico on the Brink: A Conversation with Juan Enriquez-Cabot (MBA '86)

      calamitous for the United States as well. What's been the impact of NAFTA on the current situation? Unquestionably, Mexico must modernize its economy; NAFTA is a vital component of that. But when you force a... View Details
      • 01 Jun 2001
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      On the Inside

      Top billing, of course, goes to her boss, George W. Bush (MBA ’75), but Labor Secretary Elaine L. Chao (MBA ’79) is also making a name for herself in the new administration. Chao, who has previously served in several government posts and as president of View Details
      Keywords: Government
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      Black Business Leaders and Entrepreneurship

      education, and veteran status.  See list of survey subjects.  United View Details
      • May 1968 (Revised January 1992)
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      Graybar Syndications

      By: William J. Poorvu
      A potential investor evaluates a proposed offering—a major office building in downtown Manhattan. View Details
      Keywords: Buildings and Facilities; Investment; Construction; City; Valuation; Real Estate Industry; Construction Industry; New York (city, NY)
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      • 01 Mar 2007
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      Porter Ranks Competitiveness

      The United States and Germany remain at the top of the latest global Business Competitiveness Index produced by University Professor Michael Porter and two colleagues at the Institute for Strategy and... View Details
      Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services
      • 01 Sep 2008
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      An American Story

      Hitler’s popularity grew, Boris emigrated to the United States with his wife and four children, settling in Dayton, Ohio. Times were tight and jobs few and far between. Boris heard about work at a shoe... View Details
      Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services
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      Teaching Resources - Business History

      supplement to cases, textbooks, and other readings. Case Method Teaching The C. Roland Christensen Center for Teaching and Learning was established in 2004 to promote and support teaching excellence and innovation within Harvard Business School. It also provides... View Details
      • 01 Mar 2009
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      Damon Silvers

      policymaker in Europe last week, and he confirmed the Japanese auto industry’s belief that its supply chain in the United States would be disrupted should the three automakers fail. That’s because key... View Details
      Keywords: Roger Thompson; Administration of Economic Programs; Government; Transportation Equipment Manufacturing; Manufacturing; Transportation
      • 01 Dec 2011
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      Uncle Sam’s Business Man

      economic growth, and promote American competitiveness. ÃÂ That means that Johnson, who had previously led several Obama administration regional innovation initiatives, logs a lot of time on the road touting the United View Details

        George J. Mecherle

        differential rates, Mecherle started his own firm, State Farm Insurance and began a career that would revolutionize the insurance business – introducing low risk rates, safe driver discounts, and semi-annual payment plans. His company... View Details
        Keywords: Finance
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        Laura Sandoval

        In the late ‘80s, Laura Sandoval’s mother emigrated from Peru to the United States to find a better a future. “We faced some tough immigration challenges,” Laura says. When her father later joined her mother... View Details

          Frank A. Vanderlip

          United States bank, National City’s branch in Buenos Aires, and to the creation of the banking conglomerate American International Corporation, which had operations in 17 countries by 1918. Because of... View Details
          Keywords: Finance
          • 01 Sep 2008
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          Totting Up the Bill for the Iraq War

          Linda J. Bilmes (MBA ’84), are the lost opportunities that the United States could have pursued: expanding services for its own citizens, offering crucially needed leadership on the world stage, and... View Details
          Keywords: Sean Silverthorne; National Security and International Affairs; Government
          • 01 Feb 2001
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          Q&A - Dirty Money: Raymond Baker Explores the Free Market's Demimonde

          Baker returned to the United States and was involved for many years in a variety of trading activities that took him to some two dozen countries in Africa, Latin America, and Asia. Observing further how... View Details
          Keywords: Finance; Government
          • 01 Dec 2020
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          New Releases: Alumni and Faculty Books

          Tzemach Lemmon (MBA 2006) Penguin Press In 2014, northeastern Syria might have been the last place you would expect to find a revolution centered on women's rights. But that year, an all-female militia faced off against ISIS in a little... View Details
          Keywords: Margie Kelley