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Kim B. Clark

Kim B. Clark joined the Harvard faculty in 1978 and served as Dean of the Faculty at Harvard Business School from 1995 to 2005. He received the B.A. (1974), M.A. (1977), and Ph.D. (1978) degrees in economics from Harvard University.

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The Origins, Current State, and Future of Capitalism

By: Sophus A. Reinert

Starting with the dawn of market capitalism in Renaissance Italy, Professor Reinert works at the intersection of economic ideas, policies, and practices in history, particularly as seen through the lens of national strategies in international competition. He seeks to... View Details

2016
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Antonio Serra and the Economics of Good Government

By: Rosario Patalano and Sophus A. Reinert

Little is known of Antonio Serra except that he wrote his extraordinary 1613 Short Treatise on the Causes That Make Kingdoms Abound in Gold and Silver even in the Absence of Mines in a Neapolitan jail and that he died there soon afterwards. However, the... View Details

Keywords: History; Books; Government and Politics; Economics

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Christie's and Leonardo da Vinci's Salvator Mundi: The Value of a Brand

By: Jill Avery

A 16th century Renaissance masterpiece, missing for 137 years, believed by many to have been destroyed and then rediscovered less than a decade ago, becomes the most expensive painting ever sold, all the while surrounded by controversy. Did the buyer of Leonardo da... View Details

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Great American Business Leaders of the 20th Century - Leadership

suffrage Harlem Renaissance Rampant bootlegging and organized crime Influence: Medium 30 1930 19 Escapism in radio serials Prohibition repealed Golden age of movies Influence: Medium-Low 40 1940 19 Patriotism soars GI Bill Influence:... View Details

01 Dec 2023
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Wide Horizon

There were three critical events that led John Rodakis (MBA 1997) to form the nonprofit N of One in 2014 and ultimately dedicate his life to surfacing breakthrough autism research. The first occurred on Thanksgiving of 2012. He had driven about four hours with his wife... View Details

Keywords: Dan Morrell; Photos by Sarah Wilson

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Tommaso Ruggeri

Italian heritage that dates back to the Roman Empire and later to the Middle-Ages communes. Growing up playing in its centuries-old narrow streets, attending medieval games, and admiring its Renaissance art and architecture was an... View Details

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Projects - Business History

activities of seven generations of one branch of the Medici family engaged in the manufacture and export of wool, and they remain unique in the annals of business history. Renaissance Medici wool firms present an important early case of... View Details

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Partners - Case Method Project

CA 25 of 65 Carol Green Dennis The Harker School San Jose, CA CA 26 of 65 Lionel Green Renaissance Valley Academy Hemet, CA CA 27 of 65 Willa Greenstone Westridge School Pasadena, CA CA 28 of 65 Charles Hanson Menlo School Atherton, CA... View Details

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Teacher Profiles - Case Method Project

Experience in Social Studies, AP U.S. History MD Eric Green Baltimore Polytechnic Institute Baltimore, MD RI Ian Green Rocky Hill Country Day School East Greenwich, RI CA Lionel Green Renaissance Valley Academy Hemet, CA MA Lisa Green... View Details

13 Jul 2020
Research & Ideas

Merck CEO Ken Frazier Discusses a COVID Cure, Racism, and Why Leaders Need to Walk the Talk

I was a race man. Neeley: I don't know any other way to end. I can talk to you for hours and hours. You're the Renaissance man to me. Thank you so much for spending this time with me. I appreciate you. You inspire me and rooting for you... View Details

Keywords: by Staff; Pharmaceutical

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Faculty and Research - Alumni

and that they disseminate to business leaders and scholars around the world. MANUFACTURING A RENAISSANCE IN THE DEEP SOUTH A faculty excursion to the Golden Triangle helped deepen research expertise and build bonds across academic units... View Details

23 Nov 2021
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The Vinyl Renaissance: Take Those Old Records Off the Shelf

cassettes or digital content. My fear is that the growth of the industry is going to be limited by capacity. Gazette: Why do a few older technologies, like vinyl, fountain pens, and mechanical watches, enjoy a renaissance while most do... View Details

Keywords: by Christine Pazzanese, Harvard Gazette; Music

29 Nov 2017
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How to Succeed in Business (According to a 15th Century Trade Merchant)

reception celebrating the release. The library’s late medieval and early Renaissance Italian business records housed in HBS’s Historical Collections in Baker Library are among the largest and most important collections in the world... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna

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The 20th Century Zeitgeist - Leadership

Medium-High 20 1920 s 19 Social divisions arise between rural and urban areas Women's suffrage Harlem Renaissance Rampant bootlegging and organized crime Influence: Medium 30 1930 s 19 Escapism in radio serials Prohibition repealed Golden... View Details

25 Jun 2007
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HBS Cases: Beauty Entrepreneur Madam Walker

Walker most, Miller suggests, may have been more personal: the desire to provide her only child, Lelia, with a better life and the formal education that she herself had never received. (Lelia later became a prominent hostess and esteemed participant in the Harlem View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Beauty & Cosmetics

28 Jun 2022
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The Moral Enterprise: How Two Companies Profit with Purpose

How can government and business work together in this fractious political moment, when finding solutions to pressing problems like inequality and climate change are more urgent than ever? Rebecca Henderson, Harvard University’s John and Natty McArthur University... View Details

Keywords: by Avery Forman

06 Jan 2014
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Technology Re-Emergence: Creating New Value for Old Innovations

industries, and technologies re-emerge from the brink of collapse. And while his initial research has focused on the watch industry, his findings also help explain a recent resurgence of independent bookstores, a renaissance of streetcars... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Apparel & Accessories; Technology; Consumer Products

14 Jan 2020
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The Business Case for Becoming a Jack-of-All-Trades

new idea.” In other words, we may be a long way from the Renaissance, but when it comes to novel developments, there still might be some value in being a Renaissance man or woman. “Having more diversified knowledge and being a... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

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