HBS history - Publications - Faculty & Research

22 May 2020
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Reflections on Service - Armed Forces Alumni Association Student Profiles

Each of these portraits tells a unique story of military service. The HBS students featured represent a small portion of the many veterans who live and learn in our community. They are sons and daughters, brothers and sisters, spouses and... View Details

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Global Impact of the Collapse | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School

Skip to Main Content Lehman Brothers Collection Resources Baker Library Collections Corporate Reports Collection R. G. Dun & Co. Credit Reports HBS Cases Baker Old Class Collection Related Archival Collections Bibliography Site Credits... View Details

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The Hawthorne Plant – The Human Relations Movement – Baker Library | Bloomberg Center, Historical Collections

HBS Home HBS Index Contact Us A New Vision An Essay by Professors Michel Anteby and Rakesh Khurana Introduction Next The Hawthorne Plant The Hawthorne Plant Any company controlling many thousand workers... View Details

24 Apr 2019
Blog Post

Meet the Latino Student Organization

this upcoming year. Priorities for 2019-2020 Next year will mark LASO’s 20-year anniversary. We are excited to commemorate the club’s rich and ever-growing history and feel privileged to contribute to this year-long celebration. To bring... View Details

15 Jul 2008
First Look

First Look: July 15, 2008

history of innovation, by the late 1990s Muzak had anemic financials and low employee morale. When new CEO Bill Boyd took the helm in 1997, he assembled a new management team. The new VP of Marketing, Kenny Kahn, worked with design firm... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

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Ways to Give Today - Alumni

Giving Ways to Give Today Giving Ways to Give Today Show Your Support There are many ways to make your gift to Harvard Business School Your Gift Matters $250 $500 $1,000 $5,000 Other Give View my giving history Hide my giving View Details

24 Oct 2024
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Trailblazing Success with Global Reach and Impact: Scott Wallinger (AMP 82, 1979)

Learn about the career resources available to HBS alumni through HBS Career & Professional Development I didn’t have any formal business training when I came to Harvard Business School’s Advanced... View Details

29 Feb 2000
Research & Ideas

Whence IT Value?

storage capacity, bandwidth and memory — especially on a per-dollar basis — are driving the observed business benefits. However, all of these have been getting better, faster and cheaper at about the same rate throughout the history of... View Details

Keywords: by Andrew McAfee

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Organizational Behavior - Faculty & Research

history of OB at HBS and focuses squarely on the organizational changes and challenges arising from today's increasingly global and more competitive economy. In the last decade, the faculty have been... View Details

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The Women in the Relay Assembly Test Room – The Human Relations Movement – Baker Library | Bloomberg Center, Historical Collections

HBS Home HBS Index Contact Us A New Vision An Essay by Professors Michel Anteby and Rakesh Khurana Introduction The Hawthorne Plant Employee Welfare Illumination Studies and Relay Assembly Test Room Enter... View Details

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Illumination Studies and Relay Assembly Test Room – The Human Relations Movement – Baker Library | Bloomberg Center, Historical Collections

HBS Home HBS Index Contact Us A New Vision An Essay by Professors Michel Anteby and Rakesh Khurana Introduction The Hawthorne Plant Employee Welfare Next Illumination Studies and Relay Assembly Test Room... View Details

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Entrepreneurial Management - Faculty & Research

operate, by examining the history of entrepreneurship across time and national borders and by analyzing the legal and cultural contexts for managerial action. Please also visit the Arthur Rock Center for Entrepreneurship . Recent... View Details

01 Aug 2007
Op-Ed

Company Town: Fixing Corrupt Governments

Ernst & Young, or McKinsey should all get a shot at becoming candidates to run cities and districts with a history of corruption. Entities that are experts at municipal accounting, consulting to foreign governments, or providing... View Details

Keywords: by Eric Werker

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Japan - Global

Japan Tokyo HBS opened the Japan Research Center (JRC) in January 2002. The School has an important history of strengthening ties with constituents in Japan (including companies, universities, government,... View Details

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Faculty & Research - Business & Environment

Note for HBS Case No. 624-069. January 2025 Case Colbún’s Angostura Dam Project (A) By: James K. Sebenius and Nicolas Andrade The A case describes Colbún Chile’s plans for the Angostura dam in the Bío Bío River, a hydroelectric... View Details

November 2017
Teaching Note

Amazon.com, 2016

By: John R. Wells and Gabriel Ellsworth

Teaching Note for HBS No. 716-402. On January 28, 2016, Amazon announced record 2015 operating profits of $2.2 billion on $107 billion of sales, and the markets responded with cautious optimism. For years, founder and CEO Jeffrey Bezos had prioritized growth and... View Details

Keywords: Strategic Analysis; Retail; E-commerce; Amazon; Amazon.com; AmazonFresh; Jeff Bezos; Cloud Computing; Marketplaces; Streaming; E-reader Market; Digital Media; Mobile App; Online Retail; Shipping; Database; Tablet; Kindle; Kindle Fire; Smartphone; Delivery; Market Platforms; Two-Sided Platforms; Competition; Internet; Corporate Strategy; Online Advertising; Business Growth and Maturation; Business Model; Business Organization; For-Profit Firms; Film Entertainment; Games, Gaming, and Gambling; Music Entertainment; Television Entertainment; Profit; Revenue; Global Strategy; Multinational Firms and Management; Taxation; Business History; Human Resources; Resignation and Termination; Books; Human Capital; Working Conditions; Business or Company Management; Goals and Objectives; Growth and Development Strategy; Growth Management; Management Practices and Processes; Industry Growth; Industry Structures; Media; Distribution; Distribution Channels; Order Taking and Fulfillment; Infrastructure; Logistics; Product Development; Supply Chain; Supply Chain Management; Organizational Culture; Public Ownership; Work-Life Balance; Problems and Challenges; Labor and Management Relations; Strategy; Adaptation; Business Strategy; Competitive Strategy; Diversification; Expansion; Integration; Horizontal Integration; Vertical Integration; Hardware; Information Technology; Mobile Technology; Online Technology; Technology Networks; Technology Platform; Web; Web Sites; Price; Software; Marketing; Marketing Strategy; Working Capital; Customer Focus and Relationships; Customer Value and Value Chain; Retail Industry; Advertising Industry; Distribution Industry; Electronics Industry; Entertainment and Recreation Industry; Information Technology Industry; Manufacturing Industry; Motion Pictures and Video Industry; Music Industry; Publishing Industry; Shipping Industry; Technology Industry; Video Game Industry; Web Services Industry; United States; Washington (state, US); Seattle

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23 Aug 2010
Research & Ideas

The Drive to Acquire’s Impact on Globalization

"Humans have evolved a leadership brain," says HBS professor emeritus Paul R. Lawrence. "Good leaders are people with a conscience who respect and reward all the four drives of other stakeholders [the drive to acquire, to... View Details

Keywords: by Paul R. Lawrence

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News & Videos - Case Method Project

Dorchester, MA Play Eleanor Cannon Houston, TX 06 Jul 2017 The Economist How to Teach Civics in School 09 Feb 2017 Harvard Gazette All Hail Partisan Politics 02 Mar 2016 HBS Alumni Bulletin Rewriting History... View Details

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About - Global

School’s efforts to build a deep understanding of and expertise in global business practice and innovation. Executive Education and Harvard Business Publishing represent nearly 50 additional staff members sitting outside the United States. 121 View Details

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Ruth Mulan Chu Chao Center | About

life and legacy of the family matriarch, the late Ruth Mulan Chu Chao. The Ruth Mulan Chu Chao Center was dedicated and celebrated on June 6, 2016 (See letters of congratulations from five U.S. presidents (pdf) ). This HBS Executive... View Details

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