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After the Opium War: Treaty Ports and Compradors - A Chronicle of the China Trade

became a partner in 1850. Albert Heard came to China after graduating from Yale and became a partner in 1856, the same time that Augustine II went home and John returned to China to take his place. By 1857,... View Details

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Baker Library / Bloomberg Center | About

challenge for future generations of HBS leaders and students, Baker elaborated, “It must be remembered always that the standard of excellence which must be maintained comes not simply from the outside of the buildings, but View Details

21 Jun 2022
HBS Case

Free Isn’t Always Better: How Slack Holds Its Own Against Microsoft Teams

Set Tech Hubs: How Software Brought Talent and Prosperity to New Cities Is A/B Testing Effective? Evidence from 35,000 Startups Related reading from the Working Knowledge... View Details

Keywords: by Lane Lambert; Information Technology; Technology

12 Aug 2020
Research & Ideas

Why Investors Often Lose When They Sue Their Financial Adviser

proliferation of arbitration Companies from internet service providers to nursing home operators use arbitration to shield themselves from expensive, protracted lawsuits.... View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost; Financial Services

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Greenhill House | About

research centers around the world—assist faculty, students, and alumni in their work, encouraging a global outlook in research, study, and practice. It is also home to Executive Education Staff and Research Support staff. About the Name... View Details

25 Mar 2021
Research & Ideas

Steer Clear of the Blind Spots That Derail Experiments

an experiment almost a decade ago in which the company allowed a randomly selected subset of employees to work from home for nine months while the rest of the team stayed in... View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost

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Making the Decision to Attend: Our Participants Share Their Stories

trust, thinking strategically, analyzing trade-offs, working in a global organization, an understanding the role of the CEO." Daniela Terminel CEO Global Health Corps If you want to go deeper into the HBS participant experience, visit our... View Details

01 Mar 2024
News

Action Plan: Wild at Heart

At first glance, Heather Evans (MBA 1983) might not seem the likeliest candidate for a career in ecological landscaping. A former chief marketing officer and “true urbanist” (“to the extent I used to hate visiting people in the country!”), Evans spent most of her life... View Details

Keywords: Christine Speer Lejeune; gardening; entrepreneurship; sustainability

24 May 2010
Research & Ideas

Stimulus Surprise: Companies Retrench When Government Spends

Recent research at Harvard Business School began with the premise that as a state's congressional delegation grew in stature and power in Washington, D.C., local businesses would benefit from the increased federal spending sure to come... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

30 Apr 2001
Research & Ideas

Big Companies, Big Opportunities—Big Questions

for corporate groups in Latin America from working within protected economies and industries to being completely open to the global economy," he said. "We're going to have to be much more... View Details

Keywords: by Julie Jette

10 Oct 2023
Blog Post

Policy Drivers for Environmental Justice: What Businesses Need to Know

investment in a program but rather the amount that the Just Solutions Collective identified as EJ specific. Additionally, some details will be included from the Senate Democrats’ summary of EJ in the IRA.[18] The Senate Democrats state... View Details

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Buy Now, Pay Later &mdash Easy Payments: The Rise of Installment Selling

purchase that would contribute to income rather than simply depreciate with time. A similar argument justified the purchase of a home sewing machine, which reduced average time for making a shirt from... View Details

14 Mar 2017
First Look

First Look at New Research, March 14

reputational gains from the agreement for the city, “We were worldwide news. In that way it worked out really well.” But she acknowledged that there were also skeptical points of view. “The only immediate... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

02 Nov 2016
Blog Post

The Benefits of a Residential Campus

for all of the first year and the first semester of the second year before moving off campus to live with my partner in Back Bay (about a 10 minute drive from campus, a 50+ minute public transportation ride door to door). First, if you’re... View Details

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Buy Now, Pay Later: Cars on Time

1918, half of all cars on the road were Fords, but by 1930, three out of four cars and trucks were bought “on time,” most of them from other manufacturers. 24 A rare surviving collection of papers from a... View Details

28 Jan 2020
Book

Advanced Leadership Requires More Than Outside-The-Box Thinking

benefits from Principals Connect; they seemed to feel that something was being imposed on them from outside. Outside? Hallquist was starting in her home community where... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

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

developing. EXPLORE MORE OF THE EXHIBIT EXPLORE x HOME EMERGENCE OF A NEW TECHNOLOGY The Invention of the Polarizer A RESEARCH & MANUFACTURING COMPANY Commercialization of the Polarizer Innovation and the War Effort A Rewarding View Details

11 Dec 2023
Blog Post

Building Iconic Brands and Brighter Futures: Interview with Glossier CEO, Kyle Leahy

that personally inspired me.” To make this career transition, Leahy made the move from New York back to her home state of Massachusetts to attend Harvard Business School. “HBS opened up my global... View Details

29 Aug 2022
Op-Ed

Income Inequality Is Rising. Are We Even Measuring It Correctly?

and stock different kinds of trousers. Ortega offers new answers And so it is with inequality measures as well: In our analyses of data from the United States, we show that the Gini coefficient—while often a decent measure—is not the best... View Details

Keywords: by Jon M. Jachimowicz, Kristin Blesch, and Oliver P. Hauser

02 Jun 2020
Research & Ideas

Coronavirus Careers: Cloud Kitchens Are Now Serving

Review) What Quarantine Can Teach You About Spending and Happiness (Wall Street Journal) Read COVID-19 coverage from Working Knowledge Emerging trends Before the onset of COVID-19, a number of trends were... View Details

Keywords: by Lena Ye and Geoffrey Jones; Food & Beverage

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