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R.G. Dun & Company Credit Report Volumes | Baker Library

the first successful commercial reporting agency in the United States and a pioneer in the industry of credit reporting, an important tool in the development of American commerce. Unique in its scale and the... View Details

    Lee Shubert

    Shubert and his brothers broke the Klaw-Erlanger Syndicate which controlled 95 percent of all theaters in the United States at the turn of the century. Beginning with a few theaters in New York and... View Details
    Keywords: Entertainment & Broadcast Media
    • 25 Oct 2016
    • News

    Dimon on the Federal Reserve, Taxes, and his Optimistic Outlook

    In the 45-minute interview with Carlyle Group CEO David Rubenstein, Dimon discussed everything from his early career at Citi to economic policy to the current state of affairs in the United States. “America... View Details

      Lorimer D. Milton

      Under Milton’s leadership, Citizens Trust grew to become one of the top five black-owned financial service institutions in the United States by 1940. It was the first black-owned bank to become a member of... View Details
      Keywords: Finance
      • October 2018 (Revised September 2020)
      • Case

      Testing Autonomy in Pittsburgh

      By: Mitchell Weiss and Brittany Urick
      Pittsburgh’s mayor had been among the first to welcome self-driving vehicles but was now one of many needing to react after a pedestrian fatality involving an autonomous Uber in Arizona. He had originally preferred to roll out “the red carpet” instead of the “red... View Details
      Keywords: Public Entrepreneurship; Government Innovation; Government Experimentation; Autonomous Vehicles; Mayor; Mayor Peduto; Cities; Mobility; Automation; Uber; Argo Ai; Aurora Innovation; Aptiv; Entrepreneurship; Public Sector; Innovation and Invention; Transportation; City; Safety; Business and Government Relations; Transportation Industry; Auto Industry; United States; Pennsylvania; Pittsburgh
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      • 05 Aug 2024
      • Research & Ideas

      Watching for the Next Economic Downturn? Follow Corporate Debt

      focused on housing and household debt for good reason: In the United States, a residential housing loan collapse touched off the deep financial crisis of 2008. But in the decade-plus since, the focus on household debt may mean... View Details
      Keywords: by Rachel Layne

        John P. Thompson

        Continuing the expansion begun by this father, John Thompson, aided by his brother Jere, grew 7-Eleven into the national business it is today. Despite a failed venture into the oil industry with the Citgo chain, Thompson successfully grew 7-Eleven through franchising,... View Details
        Keywords: Retail

          Edward J. Bednarz

          Bednarz secured Pinkerton’s position as the market leader in the office security business. Between 1968 and 1976, Pinkerton’s financial performance was among the top 50 companies in the United States in... View Details
          Keywords: Services
          • 12 PM – 1 PM EST, 09 Jan 2019
          • Webinars: Trending@HBS

          How Better Immigration Policies Foster Business Innovation and Growth

          Talent is a critical factor in driving innovation in science, engineering, and today's knowledge economy. Professor Bill Kerr explores the data and ideas that should drive the next wave of policy and business practice around high-skill immigration. View Details
          • February 2024
          • Case

          Can Cities Beat the Heat? (A): A Comparative Analysis of Climate Actions and Change Enablers in 14 U.S. Cities

          By: Rosabeth Moss Kanter and Jacob A. Small
          Throughout the early 2000's, emphasis was placed on initiatives to adapt to and mitigate climate action in cities. This series presents overviews (snapshots) of 14 U.S. metropolitan regions to help identify similarities, differences, and opportunities for developing... View Details
          Keywords: Climate; Climate Impact; Innovation; Mitigation Policies; Carbon Footprint; Investing; Climate Finance; Renewable; Mobility; City; Climate Change; Adaptation; Renewable Energy; Weather; Problems and Challenges; United States; Boston; Detroit; Miami; Minneapolis; St. Paul; Pittsburgh; Seattle; San Jose
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          • 01 Dec 2000
          • News

          Vivek Ranadivé

          "dream" in conversation more frequently than "market cap," "stock options," or "IPO." A native of Bombay, India, Ranadivé says he feels both international and American. "You can have big dreams here," he remarks. "The United View Details
          Keywords: Julia Hanna; News, Library, Internet, and Other Services; Information; Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments; Finance; Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing; Manufacturing; Telecommunications; Information; Air Transportation; Transportation
          • December 2020
          • Supplement

          Video Interview with Maxeme Tuchman

          By: Rosabeth M. Kanter and Joyce J. Kim
          Four diverse women entrepreneurs launched their ventures in a thriving entrepreneurial ecosystem that was part of a shift to a creative technology-driven economy for Miami. Although Miami was rated the #1 U.S. city for startups in 2017, the region contained structural... View Details
          Keywords: Entrepreneurial Ecosystems; Female Entrepreneur; Racism; Sexism; Entrepreneurship; Business Startups; Diversity; Gender; Race; Prejudice and Bias; City; Culture; Miami
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          Kresge Way | About

          Foundation, the philanthropic organization established by his father, Sebastian S. Kresge. The elder Kresge was a legendary retailing entrepreneur who founded a chain of five-and-ten-cent stores in the United View Details

            Daniel K. Ludwig

            Ludwig created the largest shipping company in the United States (the world’s third largest) and one of the world’s biggest private multinational corporations. His operations spanned 23 countries, employed... View Details
            Keywords: Transportation

              William F. Kerby

              Kerby was responsible for building the Wall Street Journal into the second largest national newspaper in the Unites States with a circulation in excess of 2 million. He championed the company’s... View Details
              Keywords: Publishing & Print Media

                Charles L. Brown

                Brown guided AT&T through one of the largest corporate reorganizations in United States history by settling the government’s antitrust case in 1982. He successfully divested of AT&T’s local phone... View Details
                Keywords: Communications
                • 01 Jun 2001
                • News

                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
                • 01 Jun 2000
                • News

                Going Public: Raymond M. Jefferson

                On October 18, 1995, U.S. Army Captain Ray Jefferson was excited about his future. The West Point graduate had eagerly accepted challenging assignments commanding Ranger and Green Beret units in the United... View Details
                Keywords: Mary Ellen Gardner
                • 01 Dec 2003
                • News

                Books

                with the job, to getting it done well. It’s not much time — even the president of the United States gets one hundred days — but HBS associate professor Michael Watkins insists that it can be done. In his new... View Details
                Keywords: Margie Kelley; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services
                • 28 Mar 2016
                • News

                The Alum Building a Brand New City in Panama

                Colombian billionaire Jaime Gilinski (MBA 1980) is the man behind what Forbes calls “the most audacious real estate project in the world”: the redevelopment of Howard Air Force Base along the Panama Canal. After the United View Details