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Historical Data & Sources - Business History

League of Nations Photo Archive Notes: There were no assemblies of the League between 1940 and 1945 Download Data Set in Excel Life Expectancy at Birth The World Bank, “Life Expectancy at Birth, Total (Years)” Notes: Values for Soviet... View Details

21 Jun 2022
HBS Case

Free Isn’t Always Better: How Slack Holds Its Own Against Microsoft Teams

Set Tech Hubs: How Software Brought Talent and Prosperity to New Cities Is A/B Testing Effective? Evidence from 35,000 Startups Related reading from the Working Knowledge Archives Schumpeterian Competition and Diseconomies of Scope:... View Details

Keywords: by Lane Lambert; Information Technology; Technology

09 Jun 2022
HBS Case

From Truck Driver to Manager: US Foods’ Novel Approach to Staff Shortages

Related reading from the Working Knowledge Archives How Mercadona Fixes Retail’s ’Last 10 Yards’ Problem Feedback or ideas to share? Email the Working Knowledge team at hbswk@hbs.edu. Image: Stockphoto/Michael Vi View Details

Keywords: by Pamela Reynolds

11 Jan 2022
Research & Ideas

Feeling Seen: What to Say When Your Employees Are Not OK

trust,” Yu says, “because if there is an expectation, especially that the leader is supposed to take care of their employees, and this is such a difficult time, staying silent can be harmful.” [Image: iStockphoto/Rattankun Thongbun] Related reading from the Working... View Details

Keywords: by Pamela Reynolds

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Events - Creating Emerging Markets

Business Archives in India This one-day conference held at the Harvard Business School India Research Center in Mumbai brought together business historians, business archivists, and business practitioners to discuss the role of oral... View Details

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Cumnock Hall | About

well-appointed offices and support services for HBS emeriti professors. The Center offers a wide array of amenities to retired emeriti faculty at HBS. These features include office space, equipment use, archival document storage,... View Details

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Projects - Business History

special issue of Business History Review, the creation of a new finding aid to the archival collection, and two academic conferences focused on the early modern origins of capitalism. Harvard Program on the Study of Capitalism Through a... View Details

10 May 2022
Research & Ideas

Being Your Own Boss Can Pay Off, but Not Always with Big Pay

are really powerful drivers.” Related reading from the Working Knowledge Archives Food Stamp Entrepreneurs: How Public Assistance Enables Business Bootstrapping Feedback or ideas to share? Email the Working Knowledge team at... View Details

Keywords: by Jay Fitzgerald

19 Jan 2024
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The Values and Virtues of a Quick Fix

of business. It’s produced by the External Relations Department at HBS. Our audio engineer is Craig McDonald. It is available on Apple, Spotify, and wherever you get your favorite podcasts. And If you could take a moment to rate and review us, we’d be grateful. For... View Details

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Contemporary African Art | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School

of ancestry and identity; archives and history; memory and trauma; legacies of colonialism and apartheid; globalization and trade; and climate and natural resources. The works in this exhibition offer another view of the continent, one... View Details

11 Apr 2022
Research & Ideas

A World of Difference: What Keeps Companies from Becoming More Inclusive

it’s just a virtuous cycle. We’ve never seen an organization that didn’t attract more and more diversity when people there behaved inclusively. Gino: I agree, and there is research that backs you up. This article originally appeared in the HBS Alumni Bulletin.... View Details

Keywords: by Jen McFarland Flint

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Invention of the Polarizer - Edwin H. Land & Polaroid | Harvard Business School

Digital Archival Resources Archival Collections Bibliography SITE CREDITS 4. Edwin H. Land, "Annual Christmas Message to Employees of Polaroid Corporation," University Theatre, Cambridge, MA, December 23,... View Details

04 Jan 2022
What Do You Think?

Firing McDonald’s Easterbrook: What Could the Board Have Done Differently?

place there I predict that the metaverse will soon be used to achieve business ends. It will be interesting to see what unforeseen applications arise in management for this fascinating new entertainment medium.” Do you agree? What do you think? Related reading from the... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

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Research Design - Impact Investments

research is archival and constructs a timeline of how our sampled companies evolved, including key events such as executive hires and departures, mergers and acquisitions, set-backs and successes, as well as exits. Next, we conduct... View Details

02 Aug 2022
Research & Ideas

6 Strategies for Building Socially Responsible—and Profitable—Companies

A dozen years ago, Harvard Business School Professor George Serafeim wondered why some companies operated with an eye toward the greater good, while most did not. Back then, he always got the same response: Corporate leaders thought social and environmental practices... View Details

Keywords: by Lane Lambert

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The Idea of Instant Photography - Edwin H. Land & Polaroid | Harvard Business School

Development, Project Code SX-70 Introducing One-Step Photography TAKING THE PRODUCT TO MARKET Impact of the New Medium Medium of Artistic Expression A NOBLE PROTOTYPE OF INDUSTRY Harvard Business School and Polaroid Innovation and Entrepreneurship TIMELINE POLAROID... View Details

01 Jun 2011
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Who Was George F. Baker?

Within that context, the Baker family recently donated a major collection of Baker’s papers and memorabilia to the library, archives that no doubt will help scholars and students take fuller measure of the “Sphinx of Wall Street.” View Details

Keywords: Finance

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Data Storage - Research Computing Services

Archiving a Project space Project space usage is reviewed and confirmed on a yearly basis. Inactive project spaces will be backed up and archived only after contacting the primary faculty sponsor. View Details

17 Feb 2022
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When Employees Feel a Sense of Purpose, Companies Succeed

skincare group, and the like. And it holds “innovation days” during which employees can pursue their own work-related projects. DEEP PURPOSE. Copyright © 2022 by Ranjay Gulati Reprinted here with permission from Harper Business, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers.... View Details

Keywords: by Ranjay Gulati

25 Apr 2024
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Origin Stories

Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Dan Morrell: Hi, this is Dan Morrell, host of Skydeck. Where we come from and how we were raised has a profound effect on who we become. The recipients of this year’s Alumni Achievement Award grew up... View Details

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