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Winter 2018
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Conversation: Nancy Koehn, PhD '90: The Harvard Business School professor's new book, Forged in Crisis, takes inspiration from Abraham Lincoln, Frederick Douglass, and Rachel Carson.

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20 Jun 2011
Lessons from the Classroom

Fame, Faith, and Social Activism: Business Lessons from Bono

"'Creative capitalism,' 'conscious capitalism,' 'stakeholder capitalism,' call it what you will," Koehn adds. "The larger social footprint and role of business are here to stay." The project, inspired by a... View Details

Keywords: by Kim Girard; Entertainment & Recreation

13 Sep 2004
Research & Ideas

Cash and the Woman-Owned Business

men is exacerbated by several other important factors. Women in business and financial industries tend to move up the managerial ladder at a slower pace, so they stay in lower paying positions much longer. Women often choose... View Details

Keywords: by Candida Brush, Nancy M. Carter, Elizabeth Gatewood, Patricia G. Greene & Myra M. Hart

Book Review

Review of Tobacco in History: The Cultures of Dependence, by Jordan Goodman

Keywords: Social Issues; Consumer Products Industry

January – March 2006
Article

The Use of Bootstrapping by Women Entrepreneurs in Positioning for Growth

By: Candida G. Brush, Nancy M. Carter, Elizabeth J. Gatewood, Patricia G. Greene and Myra M. Hart

Keywords: Growth and Development

23 Apr 2018
Research & Ideas

Sponsorship Programs Could Actually Widen the Gender Gap

Sponsorship on the Competitive Preferences of Men and Women, published in the journal Management Science. The study was co-authored by Coffman and Nancy R. Baldiga, an economics and accounting professor at... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

June 2001
Book Review

Review of Tupperware: The Promise of Plastic in 1950s America, by Alison J. Clarke

Keywords: Consumer Products Industry; United States

25 Aug 2014
HBS Case

Starbucks Reinvented

Harvard Business School Professor and historian Nancy Koehn has studied Starbucks and its leader, Howard Schultz, for close to 20 years. For her, the company represents much more than a phenomenal success... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Food & Beverage

Book Review

Review of Consuming Power: A Social History of American Energies, by David E. Nye

Keywords: Society; History; United States

summer 1992
Book Review

Review of Predators and Prizes: American Privateering and Imperial Warfare, 1739-1748, by Carl E. Swanson

Keywords: War; History; United States

autumn 1992
Book Review

Review of John Jacob Astor: Business and Finance in the Early Republic, by John Denis Haeger

Keywords: Finance; Business History

16 Apr 2001
Research & Ideas

Brand Power from Wedgwood to Dell: Part One

A conversation with Nancy Koehn, author of Brand New: How Entrepreneurs Earned Consumers' Trust From Wedgwood to Dell, HBS Press, 2001. "I am just fascinated by the power, the quirks, the determination,... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

23 Jun 2003
Research & Ideas

Historically Speaking: A Roundtable at HBS

watching the Information Revolution unfold, I was impressed by the sheer number and variety of new goods and services being brought to market.— Nancy F. Koehn Finally, I heard... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Aisner

20 Jan 2003
Research & Ideas

Fixing Corporate Governance: A Roundtable Discussion at Harvard Business School

and in sync with the larger interests of the nation— Nancy Koehn Nancy Koehn: As a historian, I would note that this is not the first time that Americans have gone through... View Details

Keywords: by Garry Emmons

17 Nov 2003
Research & Ideas

The Business Case for Diabetes Disease Management

What should business people in particular know about the pros and cons of attempts to treat and control diabetes—or indeed other chronic diseases? That was the focus of a lively case-study discussion among some fifty participants led by... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Health

2011
Book

Oprah, Leading With Heart

Harvard Business School professor Nancy F. Koehn provides an inspiring example of a leader who leads not just from the head but the heart. Her name: Oprah Winfrey. Here, in this brief eBook, is how she built a media empire and the lessons you can apply to your own work... View Details

Keywords: Entertainment; Leadership