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Affinity Groups | Employment
of the staff community feel included and well positioned to thrive. Employee Engagement Research shows that participation in staff affinity groups often leads to higher rates of employee engagement, satisfaction, and retention. This is... View Details
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Archival Collections - Georges F. Doriot : Educating Leaders, Building Companies, Baker Library, Harvard Business School
Harvard Business School, including an extensive collection of student reports from the Manufacturing course. This collection also contains documents from Doriot's involvement with American Research and Development (ARD), including his... View Details
- 01 Sep 2015
- News
Research Brief: Bankruptcy as a Better—Not Bitter—End
Are big banks using bankruptcy as a bullying tactic? A recent report by the American Bankruptcy Institute suggested that a longtime—and increasingly popular—mechanism in the US code that allows for expedited, less-democratic asset sales... View Details
Keywords: Erin Peterson
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Research Links: Records of Railroad Companies & Personal Papers - Railroads and the Transformation of Capitalism | Harvard Business School
the transcontinental railroad in the United States and in promoting the development of the Pacific Northwest. In the 1860s, Villard acted as the liaison between German investors and American railroad companies. Materials in this extensive... View Details
- 19 Mar 2007
- Research & Ideas
Handicapping the Best Countries for Business
labor policies. As to foreign direct investment, any American business person contemplating an investment elsewhere must take into consideration all of the policies mentioned above, as well as for the... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 13 May 2022
- Blog Post
Climate Stories Episode #5: Phyllis Newhouse, CEO, Entrepreneur, Leader
future; it was scalable to a global market; the company had a Black female CFO, an Asian American attorney as well as a number of women engineers; the company was already in alignment with Athena’s goal of... View Details
- 11 Sep 2019
- Research & Ideas
Germany May Have the Answer for Reducing Drug Prices
(again) American political leaders have repeatedly tried and failed to stem spiraling drug costs. US President Donald Trump said in May that he expected drugmakers to voluntarily cut their costs, providing few details. However, a View Details
- 02 Jul 2001
- Research & Ideas
George C. Lodge
prolific outpouring of twelve books as well as a host of cases and articles (including two McKinsey Awards for best article of the year in Harvard Business Review). In addition, he was one of the chief architects of Business, Government,... View Details
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- 01 Dec 2016
- News
How DC is Taxing the Country
startup formation has been on the decline since the early 1980s; and real median household income is well below its peak in 1999. Most economic gains have gone instead to the wealthy and big businesses. Today’s 5.1 percent unemployment... View Details
Keywords: Francis Storrs
- 01 Jun 2014
- News
A Look at Olook
July 2011, after a year-and-a-half at McKinsey and about six months as the cofounder of Dafiti, which he calls a "Zappos clone"—a kind of Brazilian knockoff of the famous American online shoe seller. Olook sells its own brand as View Details
- 01 Dec 2014
- News
Innovation: Frozen Assets
knew she was onto something when her son started snagging Luvo meals from the freezer after school. “This is a space where the consumer is actually ahead of the food industry,” Day says. “We have the opportunity to disrupt the whole frozen-food aisle.” Day is View Details
Keywords: Janelle Nanos
- 13 Nov 2007
- Research & Ideas
Six Steps for Reinvigorating America
It's no coincidence that the new book America the Principled is coming out just as the U.S. presidential election gets into full swing, says its author, Harvard Business School professor Rosabeth Moss Kanter. She wants us all to rethink the View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Sep 2011
- News
Extraordinary People
Business Administration (SBA), she regularly visits companies across the country, often holding discussions with business owners and local bankers. After successful roles in consulting and venture capital, she is well versed in the issues... 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
- 09 Jul 2001
- Research & Ideas
Does Misery Love Companies? How Social Performance Pays Off
guiding the conduct of the business enterprise. . . . The world cries out for repair. While some people in the world are well off, many more live in misery. Ironically, the magnitude of the problem defies easy recognition. With the global... View Details
Keywords: by Joshua D. Margolis & James P. Walsh
- 01 Oct 1996
- News
Leading In a New Era
planning activities at American and the four AMR Eagle carriers, as well as the company's cargo division. « Back Joining Liz Claiborne Inc. in 1994 as vice chairman and COO, Paul Charron became president and... View Details
Keywords: Nancy O. Perry
- 24 Jul 2000
- Research & Ideas
Something Ventured, Something Gained: A European View of Venture Capital
1946, when the late Georges Doriot, a long-time and legendary member of the HBS faculty, founded American Research and Development as a willing and able source of financing for the new ventures that were coming to life just after World... View Details
- 20 Sep 2012
- Research & Ideas
US Competitiveness at Risk
international competition. That was a sign that the US was not doing well in businesses that have to compete internationally. The data also showed what many had known—that wages started stagnating well over... View Details
Keywords: Re: Michael E. Porter & Jan W. Rivkin
- 23 May 2019
- News
Michael G. Mullen, AMP 109, 1991
forces to lie about who they were,” he says. “I could not reconcile that difference.” By allowing gay people to serve openly, he invited a more diverse group of Americans to serve their country. The ripple effect can be seen in a greater... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
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Seen and Unseen | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School
Skip to Main Content Contemporary Black Artists at Harvard Business School Search Baker Library Search Search Search Overview SEEN AND UNSEEN REPRESENTATIONS OF NATIVE AMERICANS IN ART, ADVERTISING, AND COMMERCE November 2022 - February... View Details
- 01 Apr 1998
- News
Going For The Summit
women - has climbed well above the competition. With some two million visitors to its Web site each month, iVillage attracts more than twice as much traffic as its nearest competitor. "We've established a commanding lead," Carpenter... View Details
Keywords: Caroline Chauncey