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Debbie Rosenbaum
conversation flowed between, and in spite of, different dialects. Born in Miami, I grew up in a bilingual city and a multi-language household. When my grandparents fled an anti-Semitic Europe before World View Details
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Management Training Program: 1945 - 1955 | Baker Library
School. Crossroads for Educated Women After World War II, the Training Course in Personnel Administration was renamed the Management Training Program and experienced a brief postwar enrollment boom. The new... View Details
Edward V. Rickenbacker
Prior to purchasing Eastern in 1938, Rickenbacker had successful careers in automobile racing and the auto industry at large, in addition to his distinguished service in the United States military in World View Details
Keywords: Transportation
Paul W. Litchfield
substantial expansion and investments. Under his direction, Goodyear began to experiment in the development of airplane parts and fighter aircraft, becoming one of the ten largest producers in this field during World View Details
Keywords: Automotive & Aerospace
- 01 Dec 2017
- News
Flight Path
were moments of magic that reminded me of Star Wars and the video games I played growing up,” he says. But it’s a long way from amateur get-togethers to a TV-ready, professional sport. Backed by $12 million in venture capital (a figure... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
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Introduction - Georges F. Doriot : Educating Leaders, Building Companies, Baker Library, Harvard Business School
establishing the first Master of Business Administration program in Europe by helping establish the Institut Européen d’Administration des Affaires. Doriot learned the art of bringing science and industry together in World View Details
- 01 Apr 1997
- News
Learning from the Past
After witnessing the civil war that has ravaged his country for almost three decades, an historian makes this observation about the moral decline of the nation: "The ancient simplicity into which honor so largely entered was laughed down... View Details
Keywords: James E. Aisner
- 01 Sep 2011
- News
‘Green’ Trailblazers
capital Carter Roberts (MBA 1988) World Wildlife Fund Worldwide locations World's largest independent conservation organization Brian Robertson (MBA 2004) Amonix Seal Beach, California; North Las Vegas, Nevada; and Torrance, California... View Details
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Additional Archives - Creating Emerging Markets
Columbia Center for Oral History The CCOH’s collection includes six interviews made in the 1970s with prominent Argentinean business leaders. Oregon State University, Special Collections & Archives: Series II (Oral History Sound... View Details
Frank A. Seiberling
Despite being forced out of his firm during its post World War I financial troubles, Seiberling’s diligence and faith in the growth of the rubber business allowed his company to become the largest... View Details
Keywords: Automotive & Aerospace
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Wall of Recognition of Service to Country | About
Wall of Recognition of Service to Country The Wall of Recognition of Service to Country is a tribute to all Harvard Business School community members who have served their country in times of war and peace. On Tuesday, November 3, 2015,... View Details
- 01 Mar 2006
- News
HBS Global Forum Set for June
upward of 1,000 alumni to consider the interweaving of the public and private worlds and the impact on financial markets, innovation and technology, executive compensation, and society as a whole. The forum will feature presentations by... View Details
Samuel M. Vauclain
States and its World War I allies, including Russia, France and Britain. Combining his vision for Baldwin with his support of post-war rehabilitation in Europe, Vauclain expanded Baldwin into 12 countries,... View Details
Keywords: Transportation
- 01 Dec 1999
- News
Pearson Hunt
gave me his recording with the instruction: "Don't change a word of it." I never learned if he was pleased with what he saw in print. There was little routine during World War II, when the School hosted a... View Details
Keywords: Pearson Hunt
- 21 Apr 2003
- Research & Ideas
Will American Brands Be a Casualty of War?
theme. Silverthorne: In general, what effect will the war and the perceived unilateral tactics of the president have on the reception of American brands overseas? Quelch: During the 1990s, American brands such as Coca-Cola, Marlboro, and... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Sep 2007
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Ali Allawi
Governing Council. A member of a prominent Shia family who fled after the revolution of 1958, Allawi was educated in England and the United States, worked for the World Bank, and later became an investment banker. He watched the fall of... View Details
- 16 Nov 2009
- Research & Ideas
The Times Captures History of American Business
the door, so to speak. There is not a huge amount in the book about political history, which is an integral part of business. World Wars I and II were enormously influential on... View Details
- 08 Oct 2012
- Research & Ideas
The Immigrants Who Built America’s Financial System
or those of other states. The national government, which had borrowed huge sums from foreign creditors to fight the long War of Independence, lacked the power to tax its citizens and repay its debts. “It was something of a miracle that... View Details
- 01 Feb 2000
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Jerry Shafir: A Simmering Success Story
celebration, considering Kettle Cuisine's long and bumpy road to profitability. The son of a Polish Jew who fought in the British army during World War II and who later became... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
Clarence M. Woolley
of the major European markets. As business picked up in the United States in the 1910s, especially with the onset of World War I, American Radiator began handling annual sales of $10 million and by the time... View Details
Keywords: Fabricated Goods