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Robert R. Young
Young set out to take over the holding company that owned the C&O Railroad, and despite losing substantial backing from a group of General Motors executives, Young eventually gained control of the... View Details
Keywords: Transportation
- 15 Mar 2019
- News
A Model of Drive and Impact
experience was not so good and we thought there was a space for a company that provides a more digital experience. And also more transparent. “It's an industry where there's a lack of information. Whenever you try to buy a car, you have a... View Details
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Wartime Innovation - Georges F. Doriot : Educating Leaders, Building Companies, Baker Library, Harvard Business School
production of Army trucks from major car companies including Ford and General Motors. He also boosted rubber supply through a program of higher production and greater citizen conservation. In 1942, Doriot... View Details
- 01 Mar 2007
- News
The Joy of Work
AMABILE: A decade of research shows that to be creative, people need to feel good about their work. After thirty years of research, I am still passionate about creativity,” says Teresa M. Amabile, the Edsel Bryant Ford Professor of... View Details
- 08 Nov 2024
- HBS Case
What Wartime Service Taught These Historic Leaders
the numbers are accurate Widely criticized for his by-the-numbers approach to the Vietnam War as US Secretary of Defense, Bob McNamara’s pioneering use of statistics during World War II and leadership skills at Ford View Details
- 01 Dec 2019
- News
Accelerating a Gas-on-demand Startup
often visiting company parking lots; businesses have been one of Yoshi’s best customers, paying the service’s monthly subscription fee as a job perk for their employees. Yoshi’s eliminate-the-gas-station model has also attracted the... View Details
- 01 Dec 2003
- News
Studying Japan from the Inside
Motor was turned around by Carlos Ghosn. Ghosn was sent from Renault, the French auto company, which acquired management control of the financially distressed Nissan in March 1999. Ghosn motivated Nissan’s middle management and... View Details
- 28 Oct 2014
- News
The First Five Years: Nick Soman (MBA 2010)
in intensive care for four months and rehab for another six. I’m fully recovered now, but it was lonely and eye-opening; I realized I’m going to die someday, and decided to start a company to cure loneliness, which became Reveal.” Why do... View Details
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General File - Photography Collections - Historical Collections
Motor Co. United Fruit Co. Smaller Collections Yousuf Karsh Portraits Margaret Bourke-White Farm Security Administration 1934 Art and Industry Exhibition Early Aviation Electric Railway Jones & Laughlin Steel 19th-Century Boston Portrait... View Details
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Pan-American Photograph Collection - Photography Collections - Historical Collections
Motor Co. United Fruit Co. Smaller Collections Yousuf Karsh Portraits Margaret Bourke-White Farm Security Administration 1934 Art and Industry Exhibition Early Aviation Electric Railway Jones & Laughlin Steel 19th-Century Boston Portrait... View Details
- 01 Dec 2001
- News
Passing the Torch
General Electric, the world's most valuable company and the firm where he has spent his entire career, Immelt good-naturedly dealt with the barrage of attention that accompanied his media coronation. "I've never measured my self-worth by... View Details
- 01 Dec 2019
- News
From Das’s Desk
Joe Fuller talk to business leaders about the forces changing the way we work. Skydeck – Alumni from across the world of business share lessons learned and their own life experiences. Under the Datascope – A series from the School’s Kraft Precision Medicine Accelerator... View Details
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Introduction - Photography Collections - Historical Collections
Motor Co. United Fruit Co. Smaller Collections Yousuf Karsh Portraits Margaret Bourke-White Farm Security Administration 1934 Art and Industry Exhibition Early Aviation Electric Railway Jones & Laughlin Steel 19th-Century Boston Portrait... View Details
- 24 Jul 2018
- Op-Ed
4 Ways Managers Can Exercise Their 'Agency' to Change the World
harness the power of business to address some of society’s most significant problems, not as a separate part of employees’ lives—businessperson by day, volunteer by night—but as an integrated whole, working in a profitable company that... View Details
Keywords: by George Serafeim
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Buy Now, Pay Later: Research Links - Manuscript Collections
library’s collections. Briggs Motor Sales Company Records, 1925-1946 Collection Guide The Briggs Motor Sales collection offers a relatively rare glimpse into the way an early... View Details
- 01 Apr 2002
- News
Dot Vertigo
lessons from companies such as Cisco and drugstore.com and powerhouses such as Charles Schwab, Merrill Lynch, and Ford that have networked their organizations to a strategic advantage. The book ends with a... View Details
- 11 May 2021
- Blog Post
IPO or M&A? How Venture Capital Shapes a Startup's Future
company to a larger one. In contrast, startups funded by a VC syndicate with less familiar co-investors are most likely to exit through a potentially splashy IPO that could let founders retain more control, says Harvard Business School... View Details
Keywords: Venture Capital / Private Equity
- 10 Jun 2008
- First Look
First Look: June 10, 2008
federal government program that encourages companies to voluntarily self-police and self-disclose regulatory violations, we examine how participation affects the behaviors of regulators and regulated facilities. We find that on average,... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 05 Sep 2012
- First Look
First Look: September 5
are discussed. Will Working Mothers Take Your Company to Court? Authors:Joan C. Williams and Amy J.C. Cuddy Publication:Harvard Business Review 90, no. 9 (September 2012) Abstract An abstract is unavailable at this time. Read the article: View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne