Eastern United States - Publications - Faculty & Research

22 Nov 2013
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A Passion for Film

Africa, China, and Eastern Europe," he recalls. "There's always pressure to take a somewhat trodden path, but I saw people from completely different backgrounds, and I realized how many opportunities had been given to me." His classmates... View Details

Keywords: Jill Radsken; Motion Picture and Sound Recording Industries; Information

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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

01 Jun 2008
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Alumni Clubs Put Skills to Work

Program, says Janet Cahill, associate director of Alumni Relations at the School. Taking HBS on the road for the Centennial, more than fifty faculty members will deliver special presentations to clubs in the United View Details

Keywords: alumni clubs; Centennial; Educational Services

Forrest E. Mars, Sr.

Uncle Ben’s. By the early 1970s, his candy business amounted to about $200 million in the United States with an additional $55 million in Britain. Of the ten top selling candy bars in the View Details

Keywords: Food & Tobacco

22 May 2020
Blog Post

Reflections on Service - Armed Forces Alumni Association Student Profiles

side-by-side with people from all walks of life. Choosing to serve as an Officer in the United States Navy was one of the best decisions I’ve ever made. REFLECTION ON SERVICE: I am the man I am today because... View Details

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Hispanic and Latinx Heritage Month | Baker Library

knowledge in Baker Collections. Gobierno revolucionario del Perú: bases sociales que lo apoyan Martín J. Scurrah & Abner Montalvo View Record Agriculture and Trade of El Salvador Mary S. Coyner View Record Wage Differences Between United... View Details

08 Oct 2012
Research & Ideas

The Immigrants Who Built America’s Financial System

As today's fiscal deficit and dragging economy continue to cast long shadows, it's easy to forget much darker times in American history. Shortly after winning its independence from Great Britain, the United View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Financial Services; Banking

01 Jun 2004
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Strengthening Ties with Executive Education Graduates

entire spectrum of manufacturing and service enterprises in the United States and upward of 100 other nations. Executive Education alumni are different from MBA alumni in important ways. Unlike the MBA... View Details

Keywords: Ted Fischer; Alumni Association Board of Directors; committee; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

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Lessons in Economics | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School

Slider Selection of springs made by U.S. Steel, American Steel & Wire, Waukegan, Illinois. U.S. Steel Annual Report, 1951. Corporate Reports Collection, Baker Library, Harvard Business School. Douglas A. Fisher. Steel Serves the Nation, 1901-1951: The Fifty Year Story... View Details

May 2025
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The Future of the BBC: Public Ownership vs. Privatization

By: Henry McGee

With viewership of the British Broadcasting Company (BBC) in decline, the country’s Culture Minister must recommend a new funding model for the venerated public institution which will allow the broadcaster to succeed in an increasingly competitive media environment. View Details

Keywords: Television Entertainment; Cooperative Ownership; State Ownership; Privatization; Public Ownership; Competition; Business Model; Media and Broadcasting Industry; United Kingdom

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01 Jun 1999
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Conference Brings Global Perspective to Cape Town

South Africa. He noted that his country's aim is to have a stable, democratic government like those found in the United States and Europe, but he presented the tradeoffs that must be made before such a goal... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young

13 Nov 2018
News

Building a New Real Estate Investment Model

Tawan Davis (MBA 2006) was 15 years old when he first recognized an issue prevalent in American cities. “I asked my grandmother why everyone else had money and we didn’t,” recalls Davis, who grew up in Portland, Oregon, now one of the most rapidly gentrifying cities in... View Details

Keywords: April White; Real Estate

23 Oct 2019
News

A Bid for the Future

state workforce development programs in the United States. “People think about economic development folks making pitches to companies, and wining and dining, and that is part of it,” says Moret. “But what... View Details

Keywords: Administration of Housing Programs, Urban Planning, and Community Development; Government

17 Dec 2015
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Examining Global Workforce Management

in Brazil. Furloughs as an alternative to layoffs are used less frequently in the United States than in the rest of the world. Sucher’s case on Honeywell reveals how the firm—the only one of its US peers to... View Details

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Alfred D. Chandler Papers | Baker Library

lecture and seminar notes and almost the entire body of his professional correspondence. It is rich in research material gathered during his comparative studies of corporate structure and its development in the United View Details

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Closing The Middle-Skills Gap: How Business Leaders Can Help

In this session, Professor Fuller will discuss research on the role of businesses in closing middle-skills gaps. He will explain why the traditional definition of middle skills is inadequate and present a unique view of jobs data. He will argue that by adopting a... View Details

28 May 2019
News

A More Perfect Union

competitiveness. Transformation at this scale will take longer than the typical two-year political cycle, Ballou-Aares says, but already the organization is seeing the first wave of results. Its members are helping drive change in multiple View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; illustration by Dan Bejar

01 Sep 2014
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Faculty Q&A: Cents and Sensibilities

unemployment. Nevertheless, a minimum wage increase is controversial. Why is that? Because the conversation is really about much more than a technical debate on the costs and benefits. Most people are aware that the long-term economic path for the View Details

Keywords: April White; faculty research; writing

01 Sep 2003
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Dean Clark Reflects on the School’s Key Initiatives

than seventy faculty, deans, and rectors from business schools in Spain, Eastern Europe, Nigeria, South Africa, China, and Latin America for the Colloquium on Participant-Centered Learning, an intensive program designed to introduce... View Details

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

18 Jul 2018
Blog Post

Amira Rashad: An Ambidextrous Mind Meets Consumer Needs in the Middle East

largest consumer research panel in the Middle East, and helped Yahoo!'s portal reach nearly 17 million unique users. In 2014, Yahoo! shuttered its Middle East portal, and Amira joined Facebook where she worked closely with both SMBs and large enterprises to expand... View Details

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