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A Rewarding Work Life - Edwin H. Land & Polaroid | Harvard Business School
Innovation and Entrepreneurship TIMELINE POLAROID FILMS RESEARCH LINKS Digital Archival Resources Archival Collections Bibliography SITE CREDITS 31. Land, "Research by the Business Itself," 1. 32. Harold C. Livesay, American Made: Men Who... View Details
- 04 Sep 2019
- Research & Ideas
'I Know Why You Voted for Trump' and Other Motivation Misperceptions
After Donald Trump won the US presidency in 2016, many Americans who hadn’t voted for him wondered: What exactly motivated so many other voters to choose him? It was a question right in the research... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 30 Aug 2018
- News
Sharing a Passion for Art
Photos by Richard Bolger Joop van Caldenborgh (AMP 71, 1975) crossed the world many times in three decades as founder and president of the Netherlands-based Caldic Chemie, BV, an international distributor of compounds for industrial,... View Details
- 01 Apr 2002
- News
Pamela Thomas Graham
giving advice and not being in the position to actually execute it." Today, as president and CEO of CNBC, the financial news network viewed in almost 200 million households worldwide, the Detroit native's job is all about execution. Her... View Details
- 01 Sep 2003
- News
Andrea Silbert
president of HSA and knew that she wanted to be an entrepreneur. She was offered a deferred admittance to HBS and took a position at Morgan Stanley after graduation. Her two years on Wall Street provided a strong foundation. “It was a... View Details
- 01 Aug 1998
- News
Spring Reunions: Milestones and Memories
technology and entertainment. Since graduation, his career path has wound its way through pay-per-view television programming and new media business development to his current job as president of E! Online. Based on his experience writing... View Details
Keywords: Eileen K. McCluskey
- 21 Feb 2012
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 21
managed. Firms in developing countries, such as Brazil, China, and India tend to be poorly managed. American retail firms and hospitals are also well managed by international standards, although American... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 09 Mar 2021
- News
Community Colleges as Engines of Economic Opportunity
Island Promise. The state legislature approved it in 2017, making Rhode Island one of some 20 states that have adopted similar programs. Sara Enright (MBA 2004), vice president of student affairs and chief outcomes officer at the... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie
- 25 Oct 2011
- Research & Ideas
Chasing Stars: Why the Mighty Red Sox Struck Out
In the fall of 2009, baseball's Anaheim Angels knocked the Boston Red Sox out of the American League Division Series in a humiliating three straight games. Within a matter of weeks, Sox general manager Theo Epstein had launched one of the... View Details
- 08 Mar 2011
- First Look
First Look: March 8
companies devised political strategies that maneuvered a reluctant President Roosevelt into supporting their interests, and the Mexican government more than fully compensated them as a result. Neither wages for oil workers nor Mexican... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 19 Jul 2006
- Research & Ideas
Political Turmoil and Mexico’s Economy
1910, faster than the contemporary United States. "A dog with a bone in its mouth neither barks nor bites," Diaz is reported to have said. When Franciso Madero became Mexico's new president in 1911, he attempted to govern as a... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna
- 19 Aug 2022
- Blog Post
Climate Stories Episode #8: The Role of Solar and Wind Farming (and Other Tools) in the United States’ Clean Energy Future
cinematic. At age 27, Ester left a farm in the Philippines for a new life in Hong Kong. Eventually, she married an American journalist, who later became a diplomat. After ten years of marriage in Thailand, they parted ways, and instead of... View Details
- 25 Feb 2022
- Blog Post
Climate Stories Episode #1: Kameale C. Terry
jobs that provide a sense of dignity for individuals.” Terry is riding the crest of the electric vehicle wave. The White House has an aspirational target of 50% of all new cars sold in the U.S. being zero-emissions models by 2030. And View Details
- 21 Dec 2018
- News
Bridging the Gap
two-thirds are still going to western Europe, where typically they are in an enclave of other American students, speaking English, learning from an American professor; and it’s pretty far from the immersive,... View Details
- 01 Sep 2020
- News
In My Humble Opinion: Screen Tested
best, and here’s what my best looks like. On some days, my best is pretty raggedy. And that’s okay.” “It’s been a time of deeply human leadership.” “It’s been a time of deeply human leadership.” Harden came to Hello Sunshine through the Chernin Group’s Otter Media.... View Details
- 01 Dec 2010
- News
Innovation Takes Center Stage
chasing the American dream. I never thought I would be Dean of Harvard Business School.” When Harvard President Drew Faust called on May 4 to inform him that he was her choice, Nohria, drawing on his years... View Details
Keywords: Roger Thompson
- 01 Dec 2015
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for December 2015
start and grow their own business. The president of the worldwide MIT Alumni Association, he brings an insider’s view based on three decades of successful, serial entrepreneurship in Silicon Valley. His book combines practical principles,... View Details
- 08 Nov 2024
- HBS Case
What Wartime Service Taught These Historic Leaders
favor. Eisenhower prepared to win, Simons says, but kept a second speech ready to deliver to his men if the gambit failed. The rest is history: Eisenhower went on to become president of the US, using the skills he developed in the... View Details
- 13 Aug 2008
- Research & Ideas
The Inner Life of Leaders
candidacy in the Boston Psychoanalytic Institute and then applying for and being granted a waiver of medical and psychiatric prerequisites so that I could receive full training in clinical psychoanalysis. The American Psychoanalytic... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 01 Sep 2008
- News
Letters to the Editor
alumni. He states that the “once-moderate centrist Republican Party has shifted to the right edge of the scale” and goes on to promote Democrats’ “market-oriented, solutions-driven politics.” Please note that the Republican standard-bearer, John McCain, is well in the... View Details