Northwestern United States - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Dec 2011
News

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

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Introduction - Railroads and the Transformation of Capitalism | Harvard Business School

Railroads Finance Management Business Analysts Mass Distribution Mergers & Syndicates Research Links Introduction More than 240,000 miles of railroad track laid down in the United States from the mid-to-late... View Details

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Scaling Minority Businesses (SMB)

Where can I get started with research for my project assignment? Research Task Suggested Resources Consumer & Business Demographics United States Census Bureau - Demographic... View Details

23 Sep 2010
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How Did You Spend Your Summer Vacation?

A recent issue of the Harbus offers a quick glimpse of what a few MBAs have been up to over the past three months. Internships based in the United States (at Major League Baseball, MTV Networks, and the U.S.... View Details

Keywords: Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

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 Dec 2022
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Program Catalyzes New Streams of Research

the relationship between incarceration, employment, and entrepreneurship (including self-employment). He has a particular interest in the fate of the more than 600,000 people in the United States who return... View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie

24 Apr 2014
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Reinventing perceptions of Africa through wine

Sisters in 1,500 stores between the United States and South Africa, and is eventually expanding into other countries. “Founding the company wasn’t about wine; it was about striving to transform the way the... View Details

22 Dec 2016
Op-Ed

The Small Business Administration is a Model for How to Drive Economic Growth

A recent Washington Post editorial suggested that the United States Small Business Administration (SBA) is, in many ways, a remnant of days gone by. The arguments implied that small businesses that make up... View Details

Keywords: by Karen Mills

10 Feb 2016
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Investing in Sustainability

produced in the United States is never eaten; 3.8 million gallons of fuel are wasted everyday from unnecessary idling. The nonprofit’s investment strategy is far less typical. Sustainable America makes... View Details

2010
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The Agglomeration of U.S. Ethnic Inventors

By: William R. Kerr

The ethnic composition of US inventors is undergoing a significant transformation - with deep impacts for the overall agglomeration of US innovation. This study applies an ethnic-name database to individual US patent records to explore these trends with greater detail.... View Details

Keywords: Information Technology; Geographic Location; Patents; Ethnicity; City; Innovation and Invention; United States

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22 Feb 2016
Research & Ideas

The ‘Mother of Fair Trade’ was an Unabashed Price Protectionist

As Harvard Business School professor Laura Phillips Sawyer sifted through historical documents to trace the history of competition policy in the United States, an interesting figure emerged: Edna Gleason, who became known as the “mother... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Retail; Health; Legal Services

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Kevin S. Rollag

Kevin Rollag came with his family from Panama to the United States when he was fourteen. Although his Tacoma, Washington community respected education, the prevailing assumption, Kevin says, "is that... View Details

01 Mar 2004
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Alumni Relations Gets a New Director

new ways to support the many HBS clubs and associations in the United States and abroad. Since joining Alumni Relations as an assistant director in 1998, Goff has worked closely with numerous reunion... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

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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

December 2012
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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

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01 Jun 2001
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Books: Judo Strategy

Netscape research was documented in Competing on Internet Time, an earlier book by Yoffie and MIT colleague Michael A. Cusumano, and inspired Yoffie to pursue the concept further. After tracking references to judo in the management literature and consulting with judo... View Details

Keywords: Microsoft; Netscape; Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

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Jeff Bernstein

Problem-solving drives Jeff Bernstein's ambitions. After graduating with bachelor's and master's degrees in civil engineering, he managed projects on some of the United States' busiest roadways, such as the Long Island Expressway and the... 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

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2016 Symposium - Race, Gender & Equity

companies from 2000-2010. Tinsley also has collaborated with the White House and U.S. State Department to execute a woman-to-woman mentorship summit and has partnered with the U.S. State Department and the... View Details

09 Oct 2017
Research & Ideas

Fearing Fox News, Democratic-leaning Companies Delayed Negative Announcements

Fox News has influenced how companies disclose financial news. Legal analyst Gregg Jarrett on the set in 2016. Source: Wikipedia Commons, CC 3.0) The United States presidential election of 2000 took place in... View Details

Keywords: by Jen Deaderick; Media & Broadcasting

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