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- 01 Sep 2011
- News
Extraordinary People
their communities,” she states. “They want to build their businesses and create jobs, and they want to make a difference.” Mills lives in Brunswick, Maine, with her husband, Barry Mills, the president of Bowdoin College, and their three... View Details
Keywords: Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Arts, Entertainment; Finance; Executive, Legislative, and Other General Government Support; Government; Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations; Personal Services; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services
- 01 Sep 2007
- News
Getting Security Right
want to live very much the way Americans do. President Bush MBA ’75 believes that, and most, if not all, of today’s presidential candidates share the same view. We disagree. We think there are many people... View Details
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Bibliography - Edwin H. Land & Polaroid | Harvard Business School
Nasrin Rohani. Polaroid . Charleston, SC: Arcadia, 2005. Ehrenfried, George. “Working with Edwin Land.” Optics & Photonics News 5, no. 10 (October 1994). Full text available (Harvard users only) Fierstein, Ronald K. A Triumph of Genius: Edwin Land, Polaroid, and the... View Details
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Financing New Ideas - Georges F. Doriot : Educating Leaders, Building Companies, Baker Library, Harvard Business School
Library Visionary, Innovator, Educator I n 1960, ARD invested $3.6 million in 18 companies and, by 1961, the firm became the first venture capital firm with shares listed on the New York Stock Exchange. In the article "Scientific Risk-Taking Keeps Paying Off for View Details
- 04 Sep 2013
- News
From HBO to HBS
media company's relatively unknown cable TV subsidiary, Home Box Office. He took the job at HBO and stayed for 34 years, recently retiring as president of HBO Home Entertainment, the network's DVD and digital program distribution... View Details
- 08 Feb 2018
- Op-Ed
What’s Missing From the Debate About Trump’s Tax Plan
values can we infer from President Trump’s new tax plan? In the past few weeks, a number of commentaries have excoriated or celebrated the plan, but most have relied on conventional wisdom such as “Republicans care only for the rich.” If... View Details
Keywords: by Matthew Weinzierl
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Harvard Business School
Films HBS Archival Collections Bibliography Site Credits Visiting the Exhibit More Baker Library Exhibits Baker Library Special Collections For nearly 50 years, African Americans on the HBS faculty have forged extraordinary careers that... View Details
- 01 Mar 2009
- News
Model Patient
again: As the very first person to enroll in an innovative new health-care program in Massachusetts, she may be leading the way to medical coverage and care for the 47 million Americans who are currently uninsured. Rhenisch’s experience... View Details
- 01 Mar 2008
- News
Where Are They Now?
1990, Zaleznik has consulted to numerous companies on matters of succession and conflict resolution. He has also served on the boards of several major corporations, including The TJX Companies, American Greetings, King Ranch, Inc., and... View Details
- 01 Jun 2007
- News
Fixing America’s Leadership Deficit
four years after the current president leaves office will be among the most consequential we’re going to live through. The decisions we make, or don’t make, will be of enormous importance to American history... View Details
Keywords: Government
- 01 Oct 1997
- News
Patricia ("Tosh") Rapoport Barron
Equanimity has been the hallmark of Tosh Barron's life, one filled with precipitous moments and tests of character that might have overwhelmed a lesser person. From her quiet, comfortable office at Xerox Corporation headquarters in Stamford, Connecticut, where she... View Details
Keywords: Nancy O. Perry
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2018 Symposium - Race, Gender & Equity
in this area, and her work has been published in numerous peer-reviewed journals including Social Problems, Gender & Society, and American Behavioral Scientist. She is currently serving as President of... View Details
- 06 Apr 2020
- Research & Ideas
Where Do Workers Go When the Robots Arrive?
across the business environment. The subject is also a hot political potato, from Republican President Donald Trump's dramatic trade approach to proposals from Democrats on automation, robots, and job loss. A new study looks at worker... View Details
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Lessons in Economics | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School
antitrust issues increasingly factored into the strained relationship between the government and the steel industry. In testimony to the Senate Subcommittee on Antitrust and Monopoly in 1957, American steelmakers argued they could not... View Details
- 01 Sep 2007
- News
Letters to the Editor
“bottom-line” assessment of “right-wing” HBS graduate President George W. Bush (MBA ’75): growing economy, narrowing budget deficit, and no jihadist attacks on U.S. soil since 9/11. I understand the rationale for the Kennedy School as a... View Details
Keywords: Educational Services
- 01 Jun 2010
- News
Alumni Books
Compare this with the American saying “the squeaky wheel gets the grease,” and it’s clear that different cultures teach different values, which often translate into distinct ways of doing business. In today’s global business world,... View Details
- 01 Jun 2005
- News
One-on-One with Grover Norquist
Norquist Illustration by Rob Barber Grover G. Norquist (MBA ’81) may not be a household name, but he’s definitely a Washington institution. As president of Americans for Tax Reform, which he founded in 1985,... View Details
Keywords: Government
- 01 Mar 2011
- News
James McNerney Jr.
come together. It’s about being more globally competitive and creating jobs in the United States, which is a dialogue the President wants to have. You traveled recently throughout Asia with President Obama... View Details
- 20 May 2019
- Research & Ideas
Activist CEOs Are Rising Up—and Their Customers Are Listening
When former Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz announced earlier this year he was thinking about running for president of the United States, it wasn’t a new idea. Past CEOs seeking the White House have included Carly Fiorina, Ross Perot, Herman Cain, Steve Forbes, Mitt... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 01 Sep 2003
- News
Gregg Petersmeyer
or government, influences people’s behavior,” Petersmeyer declares. “So the President would publicly and relentlessly assert that ‘Any definition of a successful life must include serving others.’ Each day we told a story — a symbolic... View Details