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The Canton Trade and The Hong Merchants System - A Chronicle of the China Trade
Research Business & Environment Business History Christensen Center for Teaching & Learning Entrepreneurship Faculty & Research Global Healthcare HBS Working Knowledge Institute for Strategy & Competitiveness Leadership Networked Business...
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Alumni had the opportunity to meet Dean Srikant M. Datar , connect and network with other alumni in the region, and hear how the School is addressing critical challenges facing business and society. These events were supported by...
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Building Iconic Brands and Brighter Futures: Interview with Glossier CEO, Kyle Leahy - Recruiting
York back to her home state of Massachusetts to attend Harvard Business School. “HBS opened up my global perspective,” said Leahy. “It allowed me to see the world through the international platform HBS provides, but also opened my way of View Details
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Working at HBS - Employment
theory and research being developed by the Business School was evident. Communicating the leading business issues of the day began with the publication of the first Harvard Business Review in 1922. Today, millions of cases are sold...
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- 5 Sep 2013
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The Color of Taste: Selling Food in Clear Packages in the Early-Twentieth-Century United States
By: Ai Hisano
This paper examines the role of color in the marketing and retailing of food products by focusing on the increasingly popular presentation of food in clear packages in the early-twentieth-century United States. In the 1910s, a candy company began using cellophane to...
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Hisano, Ai. "The Color of Taste: Selling Food in Clear Packages in the Early-Twentieth-Century United States." Paper presented at the CHORD Conference, Centre for the History of Retailing and Distribution (CHORD), Leeds, UK, September 5, 2013.
- 04 Sep 2001
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Governing the Family-Run Business
these systems by clarifying family-business-ownership needs and managing the conversations needed to agree on goals, values, and policies. If you are in a family enterprise, you need to learn the basics of...
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Hidden Workers, Untapped Talent - Managing the Future of Work
retirement—limit their hours. By learning about and accommodating the needs of these workers, firms can encourage part-time employees to take on more hours—helping ease the talent shortage and raise...
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Frameworks & Key Concepts - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness
and transformed thinking in states, cities, and regions—defines competitiveness based on the measure of productivity, and focuses on the microeconomic foundations of competitive advantage. Understanding & Analyzing Competitiveness These...
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- October 2019 (Revised March 2021)
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Modern Automation (B): Robotics
By: William R. Kerr and James Palano
Driven largely by advances in perception and situational awareness, robots in the 2010s were gaining functionality that allowed them to be applied to fundamentally new types of work. The expanding range of new tasks that could be completed by machines had significant...
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Artificial Intelligence;
Future Of Work;
Technology Commercialization;
Information Technology;
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Employment;
AI and Machine Learning
Kerr, William R., and James Palano. "Modern Automation (B): Robotics." Harvard Business School Background Note 820-069, October 2019. (Revised March 2021.)
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Harshini Chengareddty
female partner at a consulting firm trying to navigate her very successful career alongside equally demanding personal commitments. The conversation we had in class, and for many days after, was one of my favorites because while I expected to View Details
- 09 Nov 2023
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From the Brink
Antonio Weiss (MBA 1994), Adam Chepenik (MBA 2010), Sebastián Negrón-Reichard (JD/MBA 2024) As the senior top official in the US Treasury Department on domestic finance issues, Antonio Weiss (MBA 1994) could see Puerto Rico’s financial meltdown coming, like watching a...
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Ralph Ranalli
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Rafaella Mazza
is like Riding on a rollercoaster. To be honest, HBS often feels like too much, too fast. I was surprised by how much I was being pulled in different directions (social, career, academics, etc.). Sometimes I look at my Outlook agenda and...
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Soltan Bryce
school, then returned to the farm for chores and homework.” Although the experience was rewarding, it also revealed a darker side. “I had a front row seat to the difficulties of sustaining a small family farm while learning about...
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Business History Business History 2014 Book Business History By: Walter A. Friedman and Geoffrey Jones This volume contains a selection of 42 foundational articles on the discipline of business history written between 1934 and the present day View Details
- 16 Apr 2020
- Blog Post
Am I Eligible for the 2+2 Program?
We receive quite a few questions about eligibility for the 2+2 Program, so we thought we’d put together a blog post to outline the basics and share answers to some FAQs. You can also download the 2+2 Program Brochure to learn more. First...
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- 29 Apr 2021
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PRIDE at HBS: Forty Years of Progress
“Joe, do you have an interest in being one of next year’s co-presidents of PRIDE?” “Umm, not really. It sounds very daunting, and I don’t think I am up for the task.” “You’ll do great. Weren’t you on a nuclear submarine? It’s certainly...
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- 22 Apr 2016
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Working With Organizations That Recruit at HBS: An Interview with Mary-Kate Johnson
depends so much on the specific company needs and culture. My job is less about sharing information on what we offer on campus and more about gathering information to better help companies achieve their goals. What have you learned in...
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- 17 Nov 2023
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HBS Veteran Spotlight: Rex Willis (MBA 2024)
shift in my career interests. In the program, I resonated the most with the emphasis on discipline, professionalism, and teamwork that the program sought to instill in its cadets. Moreover, it challenged me to become better by entrusting...
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- 07 Mar 2023
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Deconstructing LEGO’s Decarbonization
essays posted on the HBS Business and Environment Initiative’s Blog that highlights their reflections. Learn more about this IFC course on Decarbonization and Sustainable Production by watching this five...
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- 22 Nov 2023
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So You Want to Join a Startup
Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Dan Morrell: At age 29, Gus Bessalel (MBA 1988) decided to leave consulting for a decidedly less glamorous life as an entrepreneur, working out of a storage room in the bowels of an underground hotel...
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