World War - Publications - Faculty & Research

12 Nov 2018
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Student Portraits - Armed Forces Alumni Association

Because they are out there, I feel safe. I wrote our war games, so I was forced to consider the possible results of the world’s worst prisoner’s dilemma—nuclear deterrence—way more often than I was comfortable with. Through this... View Details

10 Nov 2003
Research & Ideas

Globalization: The Strategy of Differences

some argue that the process could actually shift into reverse, toward even greater economic isolation, if the experience between the two World Wars is any precedent. Whatever the ultimate direction, though,... View Details

Keywords: by Pankaj Ghemawat

16 Mar 2020
Research & Ideas

How the Coronavirus Is Already Rewriting the Future of Business

unprecedented to have a large cohort of people all over the world start working remotely at the same moment. The only parallel I can think of is from World War II, when waves... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

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Mireya Iglesias Ayala

self-discovery. What is your most memorable classroom moment? One of my favorite cases last semester in Financial Reporting and Control (FRC) was “OXXO's Turf War Against Extra,” which is the largest convenience store chain in Mexico.... View Details

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The Intersection of Public Relations and Photography | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School

writes in Framing the Audience: Art and the Politics of Culture in the United States, 1929–1945 . “ Fortune built on the increasingly populist orientation of the art world as it promoted an integration of culture and capitalism that would... View Details

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Strategy Awards & Honors - Faculty & Research

World on Fire (PublicAffairs, 2020). Frank Nagle : Strategy Research Forum Member, 2021. Maria P. Roche : Winner of the 2021 Best Dissertation Award from the Technology and Innovation Management (TIM) Division of the Academy of... View Details

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Entrepreneurial Management Awards & Honors - Faculty & Research

50 Most Powerful People by Boston Magazine in 2015. Lauren H. Cohen : Winner of the Inaugural Hakan Orbay Research First Prize Award in 2015 for “Resident Networks and Corporate Connections: Evidence from World View Details

08 Feb 2010
HBS Case

Looking Behind Google’s Stand in China

made by your case, perhaps missed by Google, is that companies doing business abroad must be able to see the world through the eyes of the host government. A: The Chinese government was taken aback by the Google announcement. True to... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Technology

18 Oct 2017
Research & Ideas

How Economic Clusters Drive Globalization

to move into palm oil—a much more capital intensive crop to process, with higher barriers to entry for small farmers. Geopolitical forces also played a part in the palm oil industry’s development, Giacomin says. After World View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Agriculture & Agribusiness

08 Mar 2021
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International Women's Day Featured Stories

do not have to be mutually exclusive. Since my childhood, my mother has been a great source of inspiration. She modeled what working full time, raising three children and being an all-around badass could look like. Gender equality can only be achieved if women and... View Details

01 Dec 2009
News

One Man Crime Wave

military matériel at factories in upstate New York. World War II carried MacDonald to India in 1943, and then to Burma, Ceylon, and China as an OSS ordnance officer. To pass the time, and since regular... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; fiction writing; Arts, Entertainment; Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

26 Jun 2017
Research & Ideas

How Cellophane Changed the Way We Shop for Food

the counter on a per-order basis, after conferring with customers individually. Some grocers did experiment with self-service meat marketing in the 1930s, but soon gave up due to refrigeration and packaging challenges. Not until after View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Food & Beverage; Retail; Advertising

29 Oct 2006
Research & Ideas

The History and Influence of Andy Grove

Auschwitz, and other members of his (and his wife's) extended family lost their lives in the Holocaust and because of the fighting in World War II. In 1944 and especially early in 1945, young Andy was a... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Computer

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Courses by Faculty Unit - Course Catalog

Technologies that Will Change the World Shikhar Ghosh Spring 2026 Q3Q4 3.0 Avoiding Startup Failure DJ DiDonna Spring 2026 Q3Q4 3.0 B2B Sales and Distribution (also listed under Marketing) Lou Shipley Spring 2026 Q3 1.5 Business at the... View Details

01 Aug 1998
News

High Honors

of the Boston area who graduated from West Point in 1943, McDermott became a fighter-bomber pilot in World War II. He then served on General Dwight D. Eisenhower's staff before being sent to HBS to learn the... View Details

17 Dec 2008
Lessons from the Classroom

‘Ted Levitt Changed My Life’

order. In fifth grade, he and the late humorist Erma Bombeck started a school newspaper; in high school and later, after serving in World War II, Levitt worked as a reporter and sportswriter for the Dayton... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Education; Retail

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2024 Reunion Presentations - Alumni

commissioning a study and engaging with its results to inform strategic decision making. Trade, Logistics, and Geopolitics: New Realities for Supply Chains Professor Willy Shih No additional materials available + More Info – Less Info From the 1980s until around 2009,... View Details

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Harvard Business School

of Boston who served in World War II, Herb Lyken became a professor of Finance and Accounting at the University of Massachusetts, Boston and taught for 15 years. He was also a founder and board member of the... View Details

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