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The Gift of Global Talent

Migration & Offshore Outsourcing William R. Kerr 19 Feb 2019 | Stanford Social Innovation Review The $4.8 trillion immigration issue that is being overlooked by Washington Lori Ioannou 13 Feb 2019 | CNBC Trump's war View Details

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Charts & Statistics - Leadership

less than a day for the war effort Atomic bomb ENIAC computer Penicillin used extensively to treat soldiers' infections Synthetic rubberx Influence: High 50 1950 s 19 Television sales expand dramatically Transistors used in portable... View Details

01 Sep 2023
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Alumni and Faculty Books

crisis. Based on unprecedented access to Indonesian archives and a wealth of international sources, Suharto’s Cold War narrates the first decades of the Suharto regime at the national, regional, and global... View Details

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The Challenge of Color - The High Art of Photographic Advertising - Baker Library | Bloomberg Center

Colorless: American Photography and Material Culture Between the Wars . Ann Arbor: University of Michigan, 1991, p. 6. See Stein, note 11, p. 119. “Margaret Bourke-White on Color Photography and... View Details

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Historical Data & Sources - Business History

23, 2013 UNESCO, “Progress of Literacy in Various Countries, a Preliminary Statistical Study of Available Census Data since 1900,” (1953), accessed April 22, 2013 UNESCO “World Illiteracy at Mid-Century,” (1957), accessed April 21, 2013 UNESCO, Compendium of statistics... View Details

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

1965 41 By 1943, Edwin Land began to turn his thoughts to the post-war production efforts of Polaroid. The corporation had significantly expanded its research and engineering division for military activities and would need to focus on a... View Details

18 Nov 2022
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What Does It Take to Safeguard a Legacy in Asset Management?

in a business environment awakening to equity and inclusion. One of the first Black portfolio managers, Eddie Brown, founded the eponymous firm in 1983. It was only the second Black-founded investment firm in the US. Its performance in... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Financial Services

25 Jun 2007
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HBS Cases: Beauty Entrepreneur Madam Walker

As the daughter of newly freed slaves on a Louisiana plantation, Sarah Breedlove's prospects at birth in 1867 foretold grinding poverty and toil. Over time, she graduated from the cotton fields to the washtub, marrying at the age of 14... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Beauty & Cosmetics

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AASU50 - Alumni

the student organization, the African-American Alumni Association, and the faculty of the Leadership Initiative hosted a range of events focused on the advancement of African American business leaders. The activities culminated in a... View Details

27 May 2015
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What is an HBS Section?

HBS is a big place. We think it’s one of the great advantages of our program (lots of students = lots of alums = a big global network for you to access). We receive a lot of questions about our size, like “with a first year class of 930... View Details

11 Mar 2024
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In Harmony

Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Hi, my name is Julia Hanna; I’m an associate editor at the HBS Alumni Bulletin. Last November I flew to Seoul, South Korea to interview Michael... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; photograph by Jun Michael Park

01 Sep 2007
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Alfred D. Chandler Jr. Remembered

Chandler observed. Alfred DuPont Chandler Jr. was born in Guyencourt, Delaware, on September 15, 1918. A 1940 graduate of Harvard College, Chandler returned to Harvard after service as a Navy officer in World View Details

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

young boy for dismantling a phonograph, from then on "nothing or nobody could stop me from carrying through the execution of an experiment." 6 As a child, he was drawn to the beauty and utility of chemistry and optics. Kaleidoscopes and... View Details

15 Jun 2021
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Zone Defense

war zones around the world. Brandon Tseng calls it “self-driving technology for defense.” The long-distance, 2.8-pound quadcopter drones, running on Shield AI’s Hivemind software, can navigate through... View Details

Keywords: April White; drone technology; military; security; entrepreneurship; leadership; Air Transportation; Transportation

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have served their country in times of war and peace. The granite wall is intended to inspire us to reflect on the enduring contributions of veterans and others who have dedicated their lives to service, and... View Details

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Finance Awards & Honors - Faculty & Research

Best Paper Prize in Asset Management from the Midwest Finance Association for "The Market for Sharing Interest Rate Risk: Quantities and Asset Prices" with Umang Khetan, Jane Li, and Ioana Neamtu. Ishita Sen : Winner of the 2025 Western Finance Association Award for... View Details

August 2012 (Revised March 2015)
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Egypt: Turbulence, and Transition?

By: Diego Comin, Mohamed Heikal and Adam Said

The case goes over the evolution of politics and institutions in Egypt over the last 50 years. The case provides new insights on the reasons for violent political transitions and also explores the effects of political instability on productivity and competitiveness. View Details

Keywords: Institutional Change; Military; Competitiveness; Democracy; Revolution; Productivity; History; Transition; Economic Systems; Competition; War; Performance Productivity; Organizations; Government and Politics; Volatility; Egypt

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21 Feb 2007
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What a U.N. Partnership with Big Business Could Accomplish

reduce poverty within their borders. Several years ago, world leaders gathered in Monterrey, Mexico, and gave poverty reduction top priority. They committed themselves to halve the number of people living on less than $1 a day by 2015.... View Details

Keywords: by George C. Lodge & Craig Wilson

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Strategy Awards & Honors - Faculty & Research

HBR Prize for the best article of the year in Harvard Business Review for “Reskilling in the Age of AI” (September–October 2023) with Leila Doumi, Sagar Goel, Orsolya Kovács-Ondrejkovic, and Raffaella Sadun. Tiona W. Zuzul : Included as View Details

16 Mar 2020
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How the Coronavirus Is Already Rewriting the Future of Business

will help customers be more helpful The rapid spread of COVID-19 reminds us how our wellbeing is interconnected, and the flurry of heartwarming responses people have exhibited in the face of this crisis reveals our tremendous willingness and ability to help View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

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