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- 22 Jul 2002
- Research & Ideas
How Business Strategy Tamed the “Invisible Hand”
It was also stipulated that the policies of each department must maintain a "balance in accord with the underlying policies of the business as a whole."6 In the early 1950s, two professors of business policy at Harvard, George... View Details
Keywords: by Pankaj Ghemawat
- 01 Sep 2004
- News
Richard J. Stillman (MBA 1940)
through HBS, in 1939, I went on active duty for a year. That was when I, a platoon leader, first met George Smith Patton Jr. during large-scale war games in Louisiana. He was a lieutenant colonel at the time... View Details
- 16 Apr 2008
- Lessons from the Classroom
Chris Christensen: Legend of the Classroom
1946, Christensen began working with Business Policy chair George Albert Smith to encourage students to examine companies' policies and strategies in relation to the... View Details
- 01 Dec 2022
- News
December 2022 Alumni and Faculty Books and Podcasts
Embracing Creative Tensions to Solve Your Toughest Problems By Wendy K. Smith (PHDOB 2006) and Marianne W. Lewis Harvard Business Review Press Life is full of paradoxes. How can we each express our individuality while also being a team... View Details
- 01 Dec 1999
- News
From the Editors
"the personal items that have been a popular feature of the regular section in the Harvard Alumni Bulletin." The first few issues of the magazine were overseen by an editorial board. By 1926, when George E. Bates (MBA '25) was appointed... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
- 01 Jun 2022
- News
June 2022 Alumni and Faculty Books
Jr., and other leaders to become larger-than-life figures; why society works the way it does, and what you can do to positively impact it, and the importance and power of close relationships. Fin Tales: Saving Cadillac, America’s Luxury Icon By John View Details
- 07 Aug 2012
- Research & Ideas
Off and Running: Professors Comment on Olympics
them. John D.Macomber, Senior Lecturer of Business Administration and former chairman and CEO of the George B. H. Macomber Company, a general contractor. Mega sporting events like the Olympics bring a global spotlight, plenty of cash, and... View Details
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Burden Park | About
honor.” Accepting the gift, Dean George P. Baker voiced the School’s “profound gratitude,” noting the importance of having a building on campus “capable of seating more than an entire MBA class at one time.” In addition to their... View Details
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Innovation & the War Effort - Edwin H. Land & Polaroid | Harvard Business School
produced by the Polaroid Corp." 27 In 1943, Newsweek magazine featured on its cover a photograph of U. S. Army General George Patton wearing Polaroid goggles. 28 The Polaroid facility included a machine gun training room with 20-foot high... View Details
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Timeline - Race, Gender & Equity
Complex Number Calculator is demonstrated by George Stiblitz 1941 A. Philip Randolph threatens march on Washington to protest racial discrimination in defense jobs 1942 Enrico Fermi's University of Chicago team produces the first... View Details
- 26 Mar 2007
- Research & Ideas
Learning from Failed Political Leadership
of Illusion: American Leadership in the Media Age. The book weaves together insights from economics, leadership studies, history, geopolitics, and national security to make a case for strategic independence and improved leadership assessment in the U.S. In this... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 10 Jun 2002
- Research & Ideas
Reinventing the Industrial Giant
could save a great deal of money through this B2B exchange, and Chairman John Smith Jr. claimed that "we think e-business will have an even greater impact on the way we operate than e-commerce." 85 Besides saving money,... View Details
- 22 Nov 2024
- News
Healthcare Club Hosts its 25th Annual Conference; Alumni Step Out for Global Networking Night; Meet the Club Leader: Andrea Fantacone
conference panels featured HBS faculty as moderators, including Amy C. Edmondson, Novartis Professor of Leadership and Management, who sat down with Sir Andrew Witty for a fireside chat; Robert Huckman, the Albert J. Weatherhead III... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- Web
2022 Symposium - Race, Gender & Equity
Simmons Graduate School of Management, in Boston. Prior to joining the HBS faculty, she taught at Columbia University and Harvard's Kennedy School of Government. Professor Ely received her Ph.D. in Organizational Behavior from Yale University and her Bachelor’s degree... View Details
- 07 Apr 2015
- First Look
First Look: April 7
2015 Journal of Financial Economics The Ownership and Trading of Debt Claims in Chapter 11 Restructurings By: Ivashina, Victoria, Benjamin Iverson, and David C. Smith Abstract—What is the ownership structure of bankrupt debt claims? How... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 11 Apr 2000
- Research & Ideas
Financial Services 24/7
brave new world. The transformation ignited by the Internet is creating a new paradigm in the financial services industry, characterized by surprising business structures. "The competitive landscape is changing dramatically," says Dwight B. Crane, the School's View Details
Keywords: by Susan Young
- 01 Feb 2000
- News
Financial Services 24/7
compete in this brave new world. The transformation ignited by the Internet is creating a new paradigm in the financial services industry, characterized by surprising business structures. "The competitive landscape is changing dramatically," says Dwight B. Crane, the... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 01 Sep 2013
- News
The First Scrum
club to a luncheon in recognition of winning the World B School Rugby Tournament at Duke University. 2007 Prince Albert II of Monaco hosts the HBS Old Boys at a luncheon featuring liveried servants, white gloves, and champagne in flutes.... View Details
- 11 Apr 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research, April 11
forthcoming Journal of Accounting & Economics Career Concerns of Banking Analysts By: Horton, Joanne, George Serafeim, and Shan Wu Abstract—We study how career concerns influence banking analysts' forecasts and how their forecasting... View Details
- 29 May 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, May 29, 2018
February 2018 Journal of Accounting & Economics Bank CEO Materialism: Risk Controls, Culture and Tail Risk By: Bushman, Robert, Robert Davidson, Aiyesha Dey, and Abbie Smith Abstract—We investigate how the prevalence of materialistic... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman