Economic History - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Feb 1999
News

Too Much of a Good Thing?

teaches Business, Government, and the International Economy in the MBA Program, cites several periods in history when excess capacity has been blamed for economic upheaval. Emmons says that "accurate... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons

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Bibliography – The Human Relations Movement – Baker Library | Bloomberg Center, Historical Collections

North. The Industrial Worker: a Statistical Study of Human Relations in a Group of Manual Workers . Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1938. Secondary Sources Adams, Stephen B. and Orville R. Butler. Manufacturing the Future: a History... View Details

03 Mar 2009
First Look

First Look: March 3, 2009

the history of Big Spaceship since its founding in 2000. Then the case shifts to a discussion of external dynamics: the firm's value proposition, which focused on providing start-to-finish, strategy-driven digital marketing solutions; its... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

12 Oct 1999
Research & Ideas

Porter’s Perspective: Competing in the Global Economy

modern competition; how they arise and decline; how they affect productivity, new business formation, and economic growth; and the roles both the private and the public sectors can have in developing them. Q: So, even in an age of... View Details

Keywords: Re: Michael E. Porter

29 Aug 2012
Working Paper Summaries

Entrepreneurship and Urban Growth: An Empirical Assessment with Historical Mines

Keywords: by Edward L. Glaeser, Sari Pekkala Kerr & William R. Kerr; Manufacturing

December 2008
Case

The Financial Crisis of 2008

By: J. Gunnar Trumbull

This case presents excerpts from the speeches of observers to the 2008 financial crisis, including former and current central bankers, a private banker, and a Nobel-prize winning economist. They present different interpretations of the causes of the financial crisis... View Details

Keywords: Financial Crisis; Financial Management; Policy; History; Perspective

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02 Jun 2020
Research & Ideas

Coronavirus Careers: Cloud Kitchens Are Now Serving

perceived as a cool phenomenon with a ton of money to be earned if the model can be made to work. Nothing made the point better than former Uber CEO Travis Kalanick’s founding of the startup CloudKitchens. The economics are appetizing... View Details

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

09 Oct 2001
Research & Ideas

Driven: How Human Nature Shapes Organizations

question of drives, every job in our theoretical four-drive organization would offer an opportunity for the incumbent to employ some personal skills, skills for which they not only have an innate head start but also a personal history of... View Details

Keywords: by Paul Lawrence & Nitin Nohria

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Finance Awards & Honors - Faculty & Research

: Awarded the 1994 Newcomen Business History Paper Prize for “The Rise and Fall of Venture Capital” ( Business and Economic History , Winter 1994). 1991 Stuart C. Gilson :... View Details

27 Nov 2000
Research & Ideas

The Dynamics of Standing Still: Firestone Tire & Rubber and the Radial Revolution

In the decades prior to the advent of radial tires," writes Donald Sull in Business History Review, "Firestone Tire & Rubber was viewed by some observers as the best managed U.S. tire company." But in the face of French... View Details

Keywords: by Donald N. Sull; Manufacturing; Transportation

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Business in Global Society - Alumni

economic system faces huge threats from global crises and asks students to reimagine the role of the corporation and of capital in society. How You can Help The easiest way for donors to ensure that the School can advance business as a... View Details

20 May 2024
Blog Post

Get to Know Class Day Student Speaker Erik Roberts

with his MBA from Harvard Business School (HBS) on May 23, 2024, and will be addressing his fellow classmates the day before, on Class Day, about the value of humility, generosity, and the importance of thinking and feeling deeply. Upon graduating from the University... View Details

February 2022
Article

Taxation and Innovation in the 20th Century

By: Ufuk Akcigit, John Grigsby, Tom Nicholas and Stefanie Stantcheva

This paper studies the effect of corporate and personal taxes on innovation in the United States over the twentieth century. We build a panel of the universe of inventors who patent since 1920, and a historical state-level corporate tax database with corporate tax... View Details

Keywords: Innovation; Income Taxes; Corporate Taxation; Firms; Inventors; State Taxation; Business Taxation; R＆D Tax Credits; Taxation; Innovation and Invention; History; United States

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Published Materials - Creating Emerging Markets

2019 Article Enterprise & Society Oral History and Writing the Business History of Emerging Markets By: Geoffrey Jones and Rachael Comunale NOV 2018 Article Australian Economic... View Details

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General Management Awards & Honors - Faculty & Research

Winner of the Inaugural European Business History Association Lifetime Achievement Award in 2022. Rosabeth M. Kanter : “Haier: Incubating Entrepreneurs in a Chinese Giant” (HBS Case 318-104) with Nancy Hua Dai was selected as a Case... View Details

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In the News - Creating Emerging Markets

Hidden Business History Turkey’s economic development story has always been something of a black box for scholars to understand, perhaps in part because many of the most successful business enterprises there... View Details

04 Mar 2019
What Do You Think?

What’s the Antidote to Surveillance Capitalism?

Future at the New Frontier of Power, author Shoshana Zuboff identifies surveillance capitalism as the danger in our midst—not totalitarian government or even business institutions that practice surveillance capitalism. She presents surveillance capitalism as “a new... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Advertising; Consumer Products

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

Skip to Main Content Exhibition Homepage Exhibition Introduction The Founding of U.S. Steel and the Power of Public Opinion The Intersection of Public Relations and Photography Documenting the Wartime Effort Labor Practices Post-war PR Campaigns Reaching Wide Audiences... View Details

06 Aug 2009
Working Paper Summaries

Buy Local? The Geography of Successful and Unsuccessful Venture Capital Expansion

Keywords: by Henry Chen, Paul A. Gompers, Anna Kovner & Josh Lerner

26 Jul 2022
Research & Ideas

Burgers with Bugs? What Happens When Restaurants Ignore Online Reviews

eases but labor shortages persist, these sites offer another way for consumers to navigate a bumpy return to normalcy, particularly in the service industry. Consumer Reviews and Regulation: Evidence from NYC Restaurants, a recent working paper for the National Bureau... View Details

Keywords: by Kara Baskin; Entertainment & Recreation; Food & Beverage; Retail

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