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- 14 Nov 2019
- Book
Lifting the Lid on Turkey's Hidden Business History
government intervention in the economy. Businesses in Turkey like many emerging markets also had to navigate great turbulence. Between the 1960s and 1980s, there were repeated military coups, and hyper-inflation between the 1970s and... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 19 Jun 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, June 19, 2018
military’s shooting down of a Russian military airplane over the Turkish-Syrian border. The incident threatened to undermine the countries’ political and economic ties, and starting from late 2015, the dialogue between Ankara and Moscow... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 08 Mar 2016
- Research & Ideas
Solving an Economic Mystery Surrounding Argentina and Chile
cycles of growth followed by downturns. Policy instability grew as civilian-led governments alternated with de facto military governments. Eventually Chile, and to some extent Argentina, opened their economies to new wave of globalization... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 03 Oct 2006
- First Look
First Look: October 3, 2006
the world's most populous country has turned old convictions on their heads, emerging from decades of isolation to become a hive of high-tech manufacturing, a major diplomatic and military power, and one of the world's largest holders of... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 30 May 2005
- Research & Ideas
Germany’s Pioneering Corporate Managers
supervision. While Thyssen delegated tasks and expected managers to achieve certain objectives, Taylor's management principles had managers and workers run through a checklist of motions or functions to be fulfilled in order to achieve a certain objective. By analogy,... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- Web
Educating Leaders - Georges F. Doriot:Educating Leaders, Building Companies, Baker Library, Harvard Business School
in the military and at ARD, Doriot emphasized the value of first-hand experience in the business world. "He wanted us to hear what it's like in real business ," Draper remembers. 17 Through his wealth of connections, Doriot invited... View Details
- 11 Dec 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, December 11, 2018
convince ICC’s Investment/Credit Committee to provide capital despite the many risks associated with investing in Argentina. Due to Argentina’s vast energy resources, its modern political history has been deeply intertwined with its “energy” history. In its many View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- Web
Impact Stories - Business & Environment
enormous pressure, making it critical that farmers find ways to save money. To survive this long, they’ve had to change constantly." Donnie Benjamin MBA 2015 | Mapping the Future of Sustainability "My experiences in the military showed me... View Details
- 01 Jun 2007
- News
Up from the Ashes
recognize these essential characteristics, Schumpeter concludes, “does a meaningless job.” In using the term “business strategy” which he did not coin but did popularize and likening corporate initiatives to military behavior, Schumpeter... View Details
- 01 Jun 2020
- News
Post-Office
especially for a company in New York or Silicon Valley. The second strategic benefit is hiring. Think about all the talent that is being left behind because they can’t migrate to the US due to the current immigration system. I have done research on View Details
- 01 Jun 2004
- News
Life Lessons
the loss of my father taught me perseverance, independence, and hard work,” he observes. “It prepared me for later challenges.” After a charismatic West Point recruiter visited his high school, Sundy applied for and received an appointment to the United States View Details
- 12 Jul 2020
- Book
The Harvard Business School Faculty Summer Reader 2020
Then the Civil War broke out and he became one of the best military leaders in history, and a better president than I had realized before reading the book. In second place is Walter Isaacson-Evan Thomas’ The Wise Men: Six Friends and the... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
- 13 Feb 2019
- News
We’re All Going to Get Hacked
is very human—frail. And, in fact, very few people graduate these days with any training of how to make a software package hard. There are people who learn how to do that and they write military systems, and even those aren’t perfect.... View Details
- 01 Mar 2011
- News
Making Their Way
medical industry; shelving units for retail consumer products; and high-tolerance firing pins for military applications. When it comes to per-piece cost for metal stampings, the United States is very competitive with China because labor... View Details
- 01 Sep 2010
- News
Fair Trade
complex scents, both of which contrast with the Asian preference for light scents.” For an industry which looks global, it has some decidedly local characteristics . World War I helped launch the beauty revolution. In close quarters, soap use and hygiene were View Details
- 25 Sep 2012
- First Look
First Look: September 25
leaders have higher stress levels than non-leaders. But if leaders also experience a heightened sense of control-a psychological factor known to have powerful stress-buffering effects-leadership should be associated with reduced stress levels. Using unique samples of... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 16 Sep 2015
- News
Built for Speed
doors, the meeting was a bit looser than standard protocol dictated. “So, Rogers, what are you going to do after this deployment?” asked the general. “You know, sir, I think I’m going to take a different job.” Rogers’s route to the View Details
- 10 Oct 2019
- Blog Post
Coming Out at Business School
portrait project series organized by the PRIDE club. Visit our Instagram @hbsadmissions for more information and fun facts about the LGBTQ+ community here at HBS. Ronnie Wimberley - Class of 2021 In almost every one of the 11 schools I enrolled in growing up as a View Details
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Commencement 2016 Address | About
Business School directly from their military service, which in recent years has often included tours of Iraq or Afghanistan. We have more than 50 of these students graduating today. They talk about honoring their country by their... View Details
- 01 Jun 2024
- News
Conducting Business
In 2015 I moved from New York City to Madison, Connecticut, where I met, quite by chance, Ginny Vancil and her brother, Richard. I thought, How many Vancils can there be in the world? I asked if they knew Richard “Dick” Vancil, who was my first professor for my first... View Details