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Fred R. Lazarus, Jr.

Through acquisitions and organic growth, Lazarus, Jr. created the largest department store operation in the United States (including Filene’s, Bloomingdale’s, and Bullocks). Lazarus targeted the middle class... View Details

Keywords: Retail

01 Apr 2002
News

Dot Vertigo

"dot nothings"; that legacy systems can be built upon; that the United States is the Internet leader; that PCs provide the only access to the Internet; and that English is the language of the Internet. Nolan... View Details

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

31 Oct 2014
Op-Ed

Ebola’s Call To Arms About Disaster Preparedness

disease is also stymied by the fact that public health in the United States is largely relegated to the states, which vary in their commitment and capacity, and none of which have the resources of the... View Details

Keywords: by Gautam Mukunda; Health

13 Jun 2013
News

Learning Curve

help as many people as I can in my lifetime. The greatest social issue we have in the United States is the disparity in children's education. If you don't get a good education, it's extremely unlikely that... View Details

Keywords: Educational Support Services; Educational Services; Elementary and Secondary Schools; Educational Services; Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations; Personal Services

01 Jun 2006
News

The Baby Business

indeed created a market for babies. Parents can choose the traits they want, clinics advertise for customers, and specialized providers are getting rich — it’s a $3 billion business in the United States... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; Government; Health, Social Assistance

Scott G. McNealy

McLeod presided over a period of infrastructure investment and development for Moore. During his tenure, Moore became one of the premier providers of business forms and printing services in the United States... View Details

Keywords: Computers & Electronics

March 2011 (Revised May 2011)
Case

China Construction America (A): The Road Ahead

How did a Chinese state-owned construction company strike one deal after another in South Carolina despite political backlash and in New York where well-established competitors dominate? The case examines the U.S. market entry strategy of the CSCEC, China's leading... View Details

Keywords: Foreign Direct Investment; Global Strategy; Market Entry and Exit; Negotiation Deal; State Ownership; Construction Industry; China; United States

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Purchase

Fairless oversaw the world’s largest iron and steel producer with total assets over $2 billion. In 1947 alone, Fairless spent $20 million per month for additions and improvements as part of a $500 million expansion initiative designed for full vertical integration.... View Details

Keywords: Metals

Ivan J. Houston

Houston was instrumental in streamlining Golden State’s operations and enabling it to profitably expand. He moved the company into the group insurance field securing business from organizations such as Ford, General Motors, and AT&T. Under his tenure, Golden View Details

Keywords: Finance

01 Jun 2001
News

Group Therapy: The Role of Business Groups in Emerging Economies

Look beyond the United States and Great Britain and you are likely to find networks of companies — ranging from Latin America’s grupos to India’s business houses to Japan’s keiretsu — that are integral parts... View Details

Keywords: Peter K. Jacobs; Market Research, Photo, Translation, Veterinary and Other Services; Professional Services

25 Feb 2020
News

The Influence of Geography on Work and Innovation

Illustration by VectorStock As a doctoral student at HBS, Prithwiraj “Raj” Choudhury identified a little-studied phenomenon in innovation: Managers from emerging markets who migrated to the United States for... View Details

Keywords: April White

25 Sep 2009
News

Are You Being Served?

Recently, I successfully appealed and overturned a ruling handed down against me by the State of Massachusetts. After being found at fault for a minor, non-injury traffic accident, I challenged the decision, hoping to reverse it and... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services

01 Dec 2013
News

Faculty Opinion: Making It Better

Image by Jezper by Regina E. Herzlinger Health care now represents some 18 percent of the American economy. With its costs continuing to rise, and with tens of millions uninsured, we in the United States are... View Details

Keywords: Herzlinger, Regina; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Ambulatory Health Care Services; Health, Social Assistance

01 Dec 2014
News

Opportunities Realized Through Fellowships

fellowship gives me the freedom to pursue my passion for helping suffering communities.” Cenat’s desire to give back stems from her own experience. Her parents immigrated to the United States from Haiti when... View Details

Keywords: fellowships

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FIELD Global Immersion Resources: Boston

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John K. Northrop

After frustrating attempts at aircraft engineering with many other firms, John Northrop founded Northrop Aircraft and helped it grow into a very lucrative defense contractor, providing everything from bombers, fighter jets, and reconnaissance planes to the View Details

Keywords: Automotive & Aerospace

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Wartime Schools Collections | Baker Library

Wartime Schools Collections When the United States entered World War II, Harvard Business School (HBS) found its enrollment dropping as men were called to fight overseas. At the same time, the U.S. military... View Details

17 May 2010
Research & Ideas

What Brazil Teaches About Investor Protection

The current debate in the United States about how to regulate Wall Street focuses on laws, regulations, and monitoring. But lawmakers may want to look to history for guidance, to Brazil 100 years ago, when... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Banking; Financial Services

Wilbert L. Smith

After leaving behind the first family company, Smith-Premier Typewriter Company, Wilbert and his brothers formed the entity that later became L.C. Smith Corona. Under Wilbert Smith’s leadership, the company re-engineered their product, capitalizing on improvements made... View Details

Keywords: Fabricated Goods

Reginald F. Lewis

Just 10 years after founding his investment ventures firm, Lewis had established a $2.5 billion financing business, the largest firm owned by an African American in United States history. Through his... View Details