World War II - Publications - Faculty & Research

28 May 2019
News

Alumni Achievement Awards 2019

Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff Rough start: “I remember coming home from the Naval Academy for Christmas leave as a freshman, and my GPA going into finals was a 0.91. But I loved the challenge, and I adapted.” Ahoy there: “My first command was a View Details

17 Jul 2017
Op-Ed

Op-Ed: As America Recedes from Global Leadership, Its CEOs are Stepping Up

important causes. The first came during World War II and its aftermath when the future of the world hung in the balance and depended heavily on... View Details

Keywords: by Bill George

01 Dec 2018
News

Trade Off

started World War I, and it all collapsed. As percentages of GDP, we didn’t return to those earlier levels of global capital flows until the 1990s. Global free trade is not the natural order of things.... View Details

Richard J. Reynolds

increased their popularity by giving them away to World War I soldiers, one of the many advertising schemes that grew Camel into one of the most popular cigarette brands. View Details

Keywords: Food & Tobacco

Robert D. Stuart, Jr.

Joining the family firm after serving in World War II, Robert Jr. was responsible for Quaker Oats’ biggest diversification since his Uncle John was president. Much of Stuart’s expansion came in non-food... View Details

Keywords: Food & Tobacco

Charles M. Schwab

Though Bethlehem was originally spun off from U.S. Steel, Schwab positioned the company to become a major competitor of its former parent. Under Schwab’s leadership, Bethlehem was a large supplier for Allied Forces in World View Details

Keywords: Metals

Victor Emanuel

During World War II, Emanuel produced all types of military aircraft, including giant bombers, aircraft carriers, and cruisers. After the war, Emanuel led the conversion of AVCO from a producer of aircraft... View Details

Keywords: Automotive & Aerospace

28 Jun 2004
Research & Ideas

Microfinance: A Way Out for the Poor

how to unlock goods and services for the remaining four billion." Poverty is the "normal state" of the world, he said. Fifty percent of global citizens live on less than $2 a day. Poverty reigns, despite the fact that since View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

02 Mar 2023
News

A Century of Birthday Candles

resident. “The View From 100” recounts how Duff was 6 years old at the beginning of the Great Depression and just finishing high school when the United States entered World War II. Most of the boys in her... View Details

Keywords: Educational Support Services; Educational Services

Juan T. Trippe

supporting the Allied Forces in the Pacific during World War II. Such dealings, in conjunction with Trippe’s acquisition of landing rights all over the world, helped PanAm become an industry leader in... View Details

Keywords: Transportation

Herman G. Fisher

America’s suburban make-up after World War II, and Fisher’s ability to capture this market through discount mass marketing, revenues at Fisher-Price grew sharply reaching over $26 million in 1966. View Details

Keywords: Fabricated Goods

11 Dec 2018
Research & Ideas

Free Trade Needs Nurturing—and Other Lessons from History

and started World War I, and it all collapsed. As percentages of GDP, we didn’t return to those earlier levels of global capital flows until the 1990s. Global free trade is not the natural order of things.... View Details

Keywords: by Staff; Auto; Aerospace; Chemical; Consumer Products; Electronics; Energy; Industrial Products; Manufacturing; Shipping; Transportation

01 Mar 2012
News

In Memoriam

expert on commercial banking and a master of case-method teaching, died in November at the age of 94. Williams’s influence on American banking in the post–World War II decades is difficult to overstate.... View Details

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

Martin W. Clement

lines from New York City to Philadelphia, Baltimore, Washington, and Harrisburg. At the end of World War II, Pennsylvania Railroad controlled 6% of the railway mileage in the U.S., but more than 20% of the... View Details

Keywords: Transportation

Web

Commencement 2020 Address | About

generation that met the challenge of World War II and the Marshall Plan came to be known as the Greatest Generation. You, the Class of 2020, are as prepared as anyone to meet... View Details

01 Oct 1997
News

Antitrust in Historical Perspective

only a recent phenomenon. For most of American history, companies in the domestic economy either were protected by tariff laws or were so much stronger than non-U.S. firms that they could act pretty much as they pleased. During the postÐWorld View Details

Keywords: Thomas K. McCraw and Richard S. Tedlow

01 Dec 1999
News

A Class Act

Miller wrote in a 1948 issue. "After July 1, these class notes will emanate from Crossett, Arkansas, where I will be busily engaged in learning the forest products industry." The Bulletin's expanded alumni reporting during World View Details

Keywords: Nancy O. Perry

Portrait Project

Matt Brady

I took my last breath on the side of a mountain, one summer's day in Afghanistan, when my Army helicopter was shot out of the sky. My name, along with 18 other Americans, joined a growing list of casualties from an escalating war on... View Details

01 Oct 1998
News

Class of 1949 Gift Supports HBS Faculty Development

when competition for outstanding talent has intensified among private industry and other top-tier business schools." The Class of 1949, one of the first post-World War II HBS classes to be awarded MBA... View Details