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Inclusive Alliances: America Must Rediscover the Ideological Flexibility That Helped It Win the Cold War By: Jeremy Friedman 2024 Working Paper Health, Human Capital Development and the Longevity of Japanese Elites Since 710 By: Tom... View Details

January 2023 (Revised April 2024)
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First to Fight? Culture, Tradition, and the United States Marine Corps (USMC)

By: Ranjay Gulati, Akhil Iyer and Joel Malkin

Over a history of more than 240 years, the United States Marine Corps has forged a distinct culture and institutional identity centered on its “warrior ethos.” In the wars of American history, Marines fought with uncommon valor, rising to international prominence for... View Details

Keywords: Change Management; Transformation; Talent and Talent Management; Government Administration; Management Practices and Processes; Management Systems; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Organizational Culture; Performance Effectiveness; United States

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04 Aug 2003
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Shackleton: An Entrepreneur of Survival

indeed, Scott became a martyr, a great hero for English history. This meant that Shackleton was perceived to be out of the loop when he started to raise money. And as the winds of what would become World War I started whipping across... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

20 Dec 2010
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Panama Canal: Troubled History, Astounding Turnaround

the limits of attempts by outside governments to improve business and political conditions in other countries. Answering them, however, required a long and detailed romp through the history of US involvement with what Secretary of War... View Details

Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert; Transportation

06 Feb 2020
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What We Learned from Reading Jeff Bezos’ Patents

time breaking through the corporate shields that Bezos has erected. (A former analyst recalled to us that on a trip to the company, she saw the World War II slogan “Loose Lips Sink Ships” on a bathroom wall.) So we wondered if there... View Details

Keywords: by Tricia Gregg and Boris Groysberg; Retail

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Teacher Profiles - Case Method Project

PA Bowen Borgeson Hill School Pottstown, PA TX Bryan Boucher St. Mark’s School Dallas, TX Subjects: AP U.S. History, US History and Government CT Karen Boyea Greenwich High School Greenwich, CT Subjects: AP U.S. History, College Prep/Honors U.S. History, College/Honors... View Details

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The 20th Century Zeitgeist - Leadership

Influence: Medium 30 1930 s 19 Advances in aviation Nylon Fiberglass Instant photography Air-conditioning begins to realize commercial potential Influence: High 40 1940 s 19 Planes and ships built in less than a day for the war effort... View Details

19 Oct 2022
Op-Ed

Cofounder Courtship: How to Find the Right Mate—for Your Startup

greatest cofounding teams have war stories about stressful situations in their relationships and what they learned from these experiences. Using insights from the listening tour, along with your personal preferences, write a cofounder job... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Austin

04 Apr 2023
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Two Centuries of Business Leaders Who Took a Stand on Social Issues

While shareholders still reign supreme at many companies, a widespread shift toward more responsible business practices is driving more leaders to take a stand on social and environmental issues today, says Harvard Business School Professor Geoffrey Jones. Jones... View Details

Keywords: by Lane Lambert; Consumer Products; Fashion; Retail; Green Technology

05 May 2020
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China Tariffs and Coronavirus a Double Hit to American Retailers

that US companies have disproportionately borne the brunt of the increased tariffs on China, as the ongoing trade war nears the two-year mark. “The situation may get more pressing for some of these companies that will be hit with a... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

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Speeding Up the Trade: Clippers and Steamships - A Chronicle of the China Trade

With their shallow draft, steamships could sail closer to land and venture into the rivers. After the Second Opium War between Great Britain and China (1856–1860), additional Chinese coastal ports as well as inland rivers, especially the... View Details

01 Aug 2022
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Does Religious Belief Affect Organizational Performance?

Katherine Lawrence put it: “The current JIT rose out of both hubris and myopia.” Citing the Ukranian War and its impact on logistics, she points out that “our transportation networks and systems are susceptible to variables we cannot... View Details

Keywords: Re: James L. Heskett

01 Mar 2021
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How Systemic Racism Can Threaten National Security

military enrollment at the onset of World War II. He found that Black people were 90 percent more likely to sign up for military service—potentially putting their lives on the line—in communities with less overt discrimination. “For... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne

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Gallatin Hall | About

Treasury’s accountability. Gallatin set aside revenues to reduce the federal debt and raised internal taxes to help defray the cost of the War of 1812. After his tenure as treasury secretary, he participated in the 1814 peace conference... View Details

01 Oct 2014
Working Paper Summaries

Who Runs the International System? Power and the Staffing of the United Nations Secretariat

Keywords: by Paul Novosad & Eric Werker

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Great Negotiator Study Initiative

By: James K. Sebenius

What can be legitimately be learned from closely studying great negotiators at work? Since 2000, the Program on Negotiation (PON)—an active inter-university consortium mainly comprised of numerous faculty from across... View Details

Political Standards

The University of Chicago Press November 2015.

Prudent, verifiable, and timely corporate accounting is a bedrock of our modern capitalist system. In recent years, however, the rules that govern corporate accounting have been subtly changed in... View Details

Chip Bergh

Chip Bergh is a Senior Lecturer at Harvard Business School. Prior to joining HBS, Chip served as president and chief executive officer of Levi Strauss & Co. (LS&Co.) from September 2011 until January 2024. He also served on the Company’s Board of Directors... View Details

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Aldrich Hall | About

eliminated from the 1920s campus construction for economic reasons, and growing enrollments in the wake of World War II stretched the limits of provisional facilities in Baker and Carpenter Halls. With extensive input from Dean Donald K.... View Details

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Documenting the Wartime Effort | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School

into World War II gave the steel industry a financial boost from the depths of the Great Depression as well as an opportunity for image burnishing. Large corporations and government worked together on the joint goal of supplying steel for... View Details

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