by William R. Kerr, William Lincoln - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Apr 2002
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University Elections

Harvard Business School alumni are invited to participate in Harvard University’s elections for both the Board of Overseers and the Harvard Alumni Association (HAA). The elections will determine five new Overseers and six new HAA Directors. Ballots will be mailed View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Government

17 Jul 2012
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First Look: July 17

identified and classified in terms of specifying, allocating, and utilizing capacity. The first two categories reflect challenges faced by infrastructure providers; the last category, challenges faced by... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Oct 2000
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Faculty Retirements

evaluating new packaged goods, and a paper he cowrote on this topic received the 1983 William O'Dell Award for the most significant article published by the Journal of Marketing Research. A graduate of the... View Details

12 Aug 2014
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First Look: August 12

Performance of Indian Manufacturing By: Ghani, Ejaz, Arti Grover Goswami, and William R. Kerr Abstract—We investigate the impact of the Golden Quadrilateral (GQ) highway project on the Indian organized... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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Buy Now, Pay Later: The Secondary Credit Market

the Uniform Small Loan Law, legalizing thousands of small lenders and providing some measure of consumer protection for their clients. 30 25 William R. Simpson and Florence Simpson, with Charles Samuels,... View Details

01 Mar 2018
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‘We were just doing what needed to be done’

Edited by Jennifer Gillespie FOUR FOUNDERS From left: Clifford Darden, Lillian Lincoln Lambert, Theodore Lewis, and Leroy Willis (photos courtesy of HBS Archives) Just over 50 years ago, at the end of a... View Details

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Timeline - Race, Gender & Equity

Philadelphia printers conduct first successful strike for increased wages 1787 United States Constitution adopted 1790 William Pollard is issued the first patent for a machine that roves and spins cotton 1794 Eli Whitney patents gin that... View Details

30 Jan 2007
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First Look: January 30, 2007

Working PapersDo Employment Protections Reduce Productivity? Evidence from U.S. States Authors:David H. Autor, William R. Kerr, and Adriana D. Kugler Abstract Theory predicts... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

01 Dec 2014
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Alumni and Faculty Books for December 2014

that his generation is leaving them and what they will need to do about it. Japan and the Shackles of the Past (What Everyone Needs to Know) by R. Taggart Murphy (MBA 1981) (Oxford University Press) Japan is... View Details

01 Sep 2020
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Alumni and Faculty Books for September 2020

Edited by Margie Kelley Alumni Books The Book of Esports: The Definitive Guide to Competitive Video Games by William Collis (MBA 2011) RosettaBooks Almost overnight, esports—or... View Details

01 Dec 2013
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Curing Health Care

Blackley (MBA 2007), Frank Williams (MBA 1995), and Harvard alumnus Tom Peterson with the backing of the UPMC Health Plan and The Advisory Board, a global research, technology, and consulting firm founded by... View Details

Keywords: Ambulatory Health Care Services; Health, Social Assistance; Management; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

01 Dec 2013
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Faculty Books

and geopolitical change and uncertainty; compete on a global scale; and operate in a socially responsible and accountable manner. Can China Lead? Reaching the Limits of Power and Growth by Regina M. Abrami, View Details

01 Apr 1997
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Facing the Music

industry's release of an unprecedented total of twenty thousand new titles. Is there trouble brewing for the business with a beat, a virtually recession-free industry for the past fifty years? To shed some light on the situation, the Bulletin spoke with Jay View Details

Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso

January 2008
Article

Entrepreneurship and Urban Success: Toward a Policy Consensus

By: Zoltan J. Acs, Edward L. Glaeser, Robert E. Litan, Lee Fleming, Stephan J. Goetz, William R. Kerr, Steven Klepper, Stuart S. Rosenthal, Olav Sorenson and William C. Strange

Like all politics, all entrepreneurship is local. Individuals launch firms and, if successful, expand their enterprises to other locations. But new firms must start somewhere, even if their businesses are conducted largely or exclusively on the Internet. Likewise,... View Details

Keywords: Business Headquarters; Business Startups; Development Economics; Economy; Entrepreneurship; Policy; Taxation; Growth and Development Strategy; Product Development; Business Processes; Expansion; Internet

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May 2012
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Start-Up Chile: April 2012

By: Lynda M. Applegate, William R. Kerr, Josh Lerner, Dina D. Pomeranz, Gustavo A. Herrero and Cintra Scott

Start-Up Chile is a unique program to encourage entrepreneurs to bring their new ventures to Chile. Policymakers must evaluate its effectiveness in achieving economic and social goals. View Details

Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Venture Capital; Policy; Chile

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Bibliography - Edwin H. Land & Polaroid | Harvard Business School

And Mark an Era: The Story of the Harvard Business School . Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1958. Full Text Available . Cruikshank, Jeffrey L. A Delicate Experiment: The Harvard Business School 1908-1945 . Boston: Harvard Business School Press, 1987. Full Text... View Details

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Harvard Business School

Thomas was appointed Dean and William R. Berkley Chair of Georgetown University's McDonough School of Business. In January 2018, he became the 12th president of Morehouse College. Dr. Thomas has devoted his... View Details

01 Apr 2002
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Back in Business

affected by the attack (see sidebar). "I wanted to fight back in the best way I could." And Mayor Giuliani's successor, Michael R. Bloomberg (MBA '66), voiced the sentiments of many city residents when he... View Details

Keywords: 9/11; NYC; New York City; Government

09 Feb 2010
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First Look: Feb. 9

unavailable at this time. Opening Platforms: When, How and Why? Authors:Thomas R. Eisenmann, Geoffrey Parker, and Marshall Van Alstyne Publication:Chap. 6 in Platforms, Markets and Innovation, edited by... View Details