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- 02 Jan 2018
- Op-Ed
'Dear Working Knowledge'--Our Favorite Reader Comments of the Year
for two reasons: 1) You can build dramatic tension by starting a list. How an African History Scholar Became a Modern Righter of Wrongs Malcolm Harper comments: Thank you, very much, for bringing this to my attention. I lived in Nairobi... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 06 Apr 2010
- First Look
First Look: April 6
Khaire Publication: Business History Review (forthcoming) Abstract Identity is an important resource for firms, since it is a critical precursor of an important strategic resource—legitimacy. However, identities of new firms in new... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 05 May 2023
- News
Fail Better
president of Lazard and former vice chairman of Citigroup. As the longest tenured head of an investment banking group in the history of Wall Street, he became one of its most prominent Black executives, advising on transactions valued at... View Details
- November 2017
- Case
The 'Wonder Drug' That Killed Babies
By: Joshua Lev Krieger, Tom Nicholas and Matthew Preble
In the early 1960s, a popular drug taken by patients worldwide for a range of maladies was found to cause severe birth defects and other health problems in babies born to mothers who had taken it during a certain stage of fetal development. As many as 10,000 children... View Details
Keywords: Regulation; Business and Government Relations; Business and Community Relations; Business and Stakeholder Relations; Product Marketing; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Business History; Health; Government Legislation; Corporate Accountability; Ethics; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Pharmaceutical Industry; Public Administration Industry; United States; United Kingdom; Australia; Germany; Europe
Krieger, Joshua Lev, Tom Nicholas, and Matthew Preble. "The 'Wonder Drug' That Killed Babies." Harvard Business School Case 818-044, November 2017.
- 10 Apr 2018
- First Look
First Look at New Research, April 10, 2018
Has Entered the Mainstream By: Chatterji, Aaron K., and Michael W. Toffel Abstract—Leaders in all sectors, from business to sports to education, are increasingly wading into controversial political and social issues. Based on interviews... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 15 Jan 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, January 15, 2019
case. Purchase this case:https://hbsp.harvard.edu/product/719020-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 719-043 Saudi Arabia: A Brief Background This note provides a brief overview of the history of Saudi Arabia as well as the economic and... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 04 Jun 2013
- First Look
First Look: June 4
fund under the Bay Partners' banner, Deshpande wondered if that was realistic, and even desirable, given the firm's tumultuous history over the last seven years. Other Bay XI LPs and some other potential investors were urging Deshpande to... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- Fast Answer
Historical Research - India
the import trade in China and India, 1847-1860. Kress Collection The Kress Collection of Business and Economics includes over a thousand titles related to the history, culture and economy of India, with particular strengths in European commerce with and... View Details
- 01 Dec 2008
- News
Leadership: Getting Down to Fundamentals
of motives and identification with groups, norms, and culture. In economics we talked about the role leadership plays in coordination and how economic models can help us understand that. History points us to the role of the biographer and... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 01 Jun 2003
- News
Ruling from the Bench
that was hastily withdrawn once her gender became apparent. “I’m sorry, we don’t hire women,” the interviewing partner politely told her. After graduating at the top of her class in 1966, she received offers from firms in New York and... View Details
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2018 Symposium - Race, Gender & Equity
illuminates the complexities of the 21st century color line at the 2018 Gender & Work Symposium In this interview at the 2018 Gender and Work Symposium, Adia Harvey Wingfield, Professor of Sociology at Washington University in St. Louis, shares about the View Details
- 05 Mar 2013
- First Look
First Look: March 5
and Finance Hypothesis Pass the Test of History? Authors:Musacchio, Aldo, and John D. Turner Publication:Business History Abstract For the body of work known as the law and finance literature, the development of financial markets and the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 14 Mar 2016
- Research & Ideas
The Surprising Connection between 1930s Weather and Today's Labor Unions
to shake the effects of some lousy weather. “I think the reason why this paper is important, especially now, is that unions are a hotly debated issue within policy and within our political process,” Cohen says. “Some people say we... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 04 Apr 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research, April 4
forthcoming American Political Science Review Voter Registration Costs and Disenfranchisement: Experimental Evidence from France By: Braconnier, Céline, Jean-Yves Dormagen, and Vincent Pons Abstract—A large-scale randomized experiment... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Sep 2005
- News
London Forum Highlights the Best of HBS
especially timely, coming as they did on the heels of a failed EU budget summit in Brussels and the French and Dutch “no” votes on the proposed EU constitution. For those in the audience not well-versed in European politics and economics,... View Details
- 01 Jan 2006
- News
William H. Donaldson, MBA 1958
ten-year time frames for your next move. It's better to focus on what you're doing and stick with it until it becomes redundant or isn't fun anymore.” CURRENT READING Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln, by Doris... View Details
- 22 Jul 2008
- First Look
First Look: July 22, 2008
Working PapersFixing Market Failures or Fixing Elections? Agricultural Credit in India Authors:Shawn A. Cole Abstract This paper integrates theories of political budget cycles with theories of tactical electoral redistribution to test... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 21 Sep 2016
- Research & Ideas
Shabana Azmi: Leveraging Bollywood Fame into Social Good
fighting intolerance and religious extremism. All of which makes her seemingly an unusual interview subject for Harvard Business School's Creating Emerging Markets series, sponsored by the HBS Business History Initiative, which has... View Details
- 01 Dec 2022
- News
December 2022 Alumni and Faculty Books and Podcasts
Edited by Margie Kelley Alumni Books Pilgrimage to the Museum: Man’s Search for God Through Art and Time By Stephen Auth (MBA 1985) Sophia Institute Press In Pilgrimage to the Museum, author-curator Stephen Auth takes you on a colorful journey through the View Details
- 01 Dec 2020
- News
New News
different outlets. Instead of saying we’re the outlet that is the best at political news or at financial news, we provide access to the best and most unbiased reporting for any given subject material. We want to make fact-first news easy... View Details