Publications

Career Coach

Aaron Mitchell

with a demonstrated history of executing change, Aaron has become globally recognized for his historic work pioneering Netflix’s 2% Cash Holdings Pledge of $100 Million into Black Owned Banks. An initiative that not only led to critical... View Details

20 Oct 2022
News

Lebanon Alumni Host US Ambassador for Dinner and Discussion

2019, so we're excited to get a large turnout to help us build further momentum as we move out of COVID.” A historian by training, Professor Fibiger’s work focuses on Asia’s 20th century. Professor Robertson’s research centers on the View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

01 Dec 2009
News

The Story of Israel’s Economic Miracle

ingredient is the fact that Israel’s “economic miracle” is no miracle at all but rather the product of a calculated start-up mentality that permeates its history and culture. “Israel is the first start-up nation in history, the result of... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne; National Security and International Affairs; Government

2019
Working Paper

Racial Heterogeneity and Local Government Finances: Evidence from the Great Migration

By: Marco Tabellini

Between 1915 and 1930, during the First Great Migration, more than 1.5 million African Americans migrated from the South to the North of the United States, altering the racial profile of several northern cities for the first time in American history. I exploit this... View Details

Keywords: Migration; Race; City; Financial Condition; Government and Politics; History; United States

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December 2009 (Revised April 2012)
Case

Neoprene

By: Tom Nicholas and Felipe Tamega Fernandes

In 1931, during one of the worst economic crises in U.S. history, Du Pont announced the discovery of an innovative rubber synthetic product—neoprene. Yet at the time of the announcement, Du Pont did not have any neoprene to sell. Manufacturing facilities were still... View Details

Keywords: Financial Crisis; Business History; Innovation and Invention; Product Development; Risk and Uncertainty; Science-Based Business; Commercialization; Chemical Industry; United States

01 Jun 2007
News

Power Trip

least four consecutive years of top financial performance or have led a business or service that changed the way people live and work. Our previous book, In Their Time: The Greatest Business Leaders of the Twentieth Century, shows that... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

12 Dec 2012
Research & Ideas

Power to the People: The Unexpected Influence of Small Coalitions

Maryland professor at the time of his death in 1998, Olson believed that big corporations and industry organizations wielded control over policy. Diffuse groups could not effect policy change because individuals within the group did not have a sufficiently large View Details

Keywords: by Kim Girard

04 Mar 2013
Lessons from the Classroom

Lessons from Running GM’s OnStar

point there was financial pressure from Wall Street," Huber says. "Why did we own these things?" According to Huber, he was chosen for the initiative because, as a locomotive guy, he had no preconceived notions about EDS,... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Auto

February 2023 (Revised February 2024)
Case

Doing Business in Istanbul, Turkey

By: Prithwiraj Choudhury, Leonard A. Schlesinger, Namrata Arora and Umut Arslan

This case examines the challenges and opportunities of doing business in Turkey. It highlights Turkey's economic transformation in the decades leading up to 2024 in the context of its history, culture, and politics. The case gives an overview of some of the main... View Details

Keywords: Business History; Business and Government Relations; Technological Innovation; Foreign Direct Investment; Economic Growth; Financial Crisis; Technology Industry; Tourism Industry; Turkey

criteria of success since I leave with more questions than answers, and three broad lessons that I would like to share. The first is that as much as history is shaped by political figures and pivotal events, it is also shaped by... View Details

01 Jun 2013
News

Brick by Brick

Case Study Illustration by Corbis/Matthias Kulka Sometimes, a company's history contains more drama than a Russian novel. A recent case, "LEGO," explores how the toy maker grew to global dominance from humble beginnings, the mistakes that... View Details

Keywords: toys; Miscellaneous Store Retailers; Retail Trade

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Buy Now, Pay Later: Research Links - Printed Collections

credit. The collection is strongest in Western Europe and the United States from the fifteenth through1850. Thematic strengths are the history of political economy, economic philosophy, business theory, commerce, finance, taxation, money... View Details

15 Dec 2015
News

Jacek Makowski (MBA 1960)

Jacek Makowski (MBA 1960) When asked about his motivation for supporting financial aid for HBS students from his native Poland, energy industry entrepreneur and investor Jacek Makowski reveals his deep regard for history—both Poland’s and... View Details

December 2019 (Revised June 2024)
Supplement

The Dutch East India Company in 1612 (B)

By: Lynn S. Paine and Giuseppe Dari-Mattiacci

The case relates the decision made in the A case and what happened in the aftermath. View Details

Keywords: Corporate Governance; Globalized Firms and Management; Organizational Structure; Laws and Statutes; Financial Markets; Business and Shareholder Relations; Business and Government Relations; Business History; Shipping Industry; Netherlands

February 2025
Case

Doing Business in Casablanca, Morocco

By: Karen G. Mills, Ahmed Dahawy and Choetsow Tenzin

This case examines the challenges and opportunities of doing business in Morocco. The case explores the various historical, cultural, and social factors that impact the business environment. It also highlights Morocco’s unique economy where cash remains a dominant... View Details

Keywords: Business Model; Cultural Entrepreneurship; Social Entrepreneurship; Business History; Business and Government Relations; Technological Innovation; Cash; Culture; Financial Services Industry; Financial Services Industry; Morocco