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- 18 Jun 2001
- Lessons from the Classroom
Why Leaders Need Great Books
another book the students read, Robert Bolt's play A Man for All Seasons, about Sir Thomas More and his long battle with King Henry VIII. "It's not as if these people have perfectly formed and satisfactory characters, and then march... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 05 Feb 2009
- Research & Ideas
In Praise of Marketing
through the marketing ranks is much higher in the United States than Europe. The marketers at Wal-Mart, Google, and Lenovo are in the best tradition of Henry Ford and his Model T. They seek to democratize access to their products by... View Details
- 29 Oct 2007
- HBS Case
Marketing Maria: Managing the Athlete Endorsement
global business, with international stars such as soccer players Ronaldinho and Thierry Henry as well as tennis star Roger Federer being particularly sought-after endorsers. Q: What was the evolution of using athletes to promote... View Details
- 29 Nov 2020
- News
Alumni Leading From the Front: Provider Perspectives on the Pandemic
- 22 Feb 2022
- News
An Rx for Small Business Recovery
Karen Gordon Mills served in President Barack Obama’s cabinet as head of the Small Business Administration (SBA) during the height of the Great Recession. “Back then, I thought small businesses were weathering the worst financial crisis of my lifetime,” says Mills, now... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
- 12 Aug 2002
- Research & Ideas
‘Let the Buyer Beware’ Doesn’t Protect Investors
The American regulatory agencies, described by Henry Kaufmann as "...less than robust... Understaffed, under-funded, and badly fragmented," have been, in his words, "slow to recognize some of the more serious abuses"... View Details
Keywords: by D. Quinn Mills
- Web
Medium of Artistic Expression - Edwin H. Land & Polaroid | Harvard Business School
periodicals like Aperture magazine. Harold Livesay observes that in the way Henry Ford envisioned the Model T as an affordable means of transportation for all, so too did Land see his products as opening "vistas of art and communication... View Details
- Web
Wartime Innovation - Georges F. Doriot : Educating Leaders, Building Companies, Baker Library, Harvard Business School
former teaching assistant, served as Doriot's chief assistant throughout the war. Henry W. Hoagland (HBS MBA '39), another student of Doriot's, also worked as an aide to Doriot in the Military Planning Division. In an early assignment for... View Details
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Harvard Business School
named in his honor. From 1974 to 1976, Dr. Brimmer taught Finance at HBS, where he was the Thomas Henry Carroll Ford Foundation Visiting Professor. Dr. Brimmer authored or co-authored 10 books and published more than 100 articles focused... View Details
- 01 Dec 2009
- News
Seven Honored with Alumni Achievement Award
family, your friends, and your health. What devices do you use? I’m a nerd. I use everything you can think of: BlackBerry, Kindle, computer. What role do social media play in your life? None. View complete profile. Henry M. Paulson Jr.... View Details
- 01 Oct 2000
- News
Faculty Retirements
associate dean and director of Faculty Hiring and Planning and senior associate dean and chair of the MBA Program, first taught at HBS from 1971 to 1979 and was the Thomas Henry CarrollFord Foundation Visiting Professor from 1985 to 1986.... View Details
- 01 Sep 2009
- News
Read All About It!
When Business History Was Business News UTAH, 1859: East meets West and America opens for business. Henry Guttmann/Getty Images Newspapers, so the saying goes, write the first draft of history. In her new book, The Story of American... View Details
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Seen and Unseen | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School
company with the area. Later Arbuckle Bros. would market its product as the “coffee that won the West.” Frontispiece from Henry Villard photograph album, 1883 . Baker Library Special Collections, Harvard Business School, olvgroup12715 As... View Details
- 24 Nov 2008
- Research & Ideas
Harvard Business School Discusses Future of the MBA
the value of business school research. Henry Mintzberg of McGill University in Montreal devoted a book to his contention that "conventional MBA programs train the wrong people in the wrong ways with the wrong consequences."... View Details
- 16 Apr 2001
- Research & Ideas
Brand Power from Wedgwood to Dell: Part One
and Field all understood that they needed consumer feedback. Success wasn't based on just what they offered as it came out of their factories or—in the case of Field—onto their sales floor. Wedgwood conducted some of the first focus groups on record with aristocrats... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 31 Jul 2015
- Research & Ideas
The Faculty Reader: Who is Reading What This Summer?
national leadership can be, I recommend Doris Kearns Goodwin’s Leadership: In Turbulent Times, which I’m delighted to say accompanies my new book on JP Morgan’s list of 14 picks for summer reading. Henry McGee I've just started reading a... View Details
- 23 May 2019
- Book
These Entrepreneurs Take a Pragmatic Approach to Solving Social Problems
way New England eats. As executive director of the Henry P. Kendall Foundation, his family’s philanthropic organization, Kendall is dedicated to increasing the production and consumption of local, sustainably produced food. He was... View Details
- 11 Feb 2021
- Blog Post
Good Leadership Is an Act of Kindness
in these times, it might be the most crucial one. To paraphrase Henry David Thoreau, kindness is an investment that never fails. ABOUT THE AUTHORS Boris Groysberg is the Richard P. Chapman Professor of Business Administration at Harvard... View Details
Keywords: All Industries
- 01 Sep 2011
- News
Extraordinary People
Buying lobster at Watson’s near her Brunswick home. Leading a meeting with her team at the SBA. Strolling with her son Henry on Bowdoin’s campus. Throughout her career, Karen Gordon Mills has owned, managed, mentored, and invested in... 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
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Educating Leaders - Georges F. Doriot:Educating Leaders, Building Companies, Baker Library, Harvard Business School
"The able and fine manufacturers all over the nation...gave practical sense and meaning to my classes," he wrote, helping students "not only to reflect, but to act." 18 His guest lecturers over the years included Leslie Groves, the head of the Manhattan Project; View Details