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- 2007
- Book
From Higher Aims to Hired Hands: The Social Transformation of American Business Schools and the Unfulfilled Promise of Management as a Profession
By: Rakesh Khurana
Is management a profession? Should it be? Can it be? This major work of social and intellectual history reveals how such questions have driven business education and shaped American management and society for more than a century. The book is also a call for reform.... View Details
Keywords: Social History; Business Education; Moral Sensibility; Profit; Leadership; Managerial Roles; United States
Khurana, Rakesh. From Higher Aims to Hired Hands: The Social Transformation of American Business Schools and the Unfulfilled Promise of Management as a Profession. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2007. (Winner of Association of American Publishers Best Professional/Scholarly Publishing Book in Business, Finance and Management. Winner of Max Weber Award for Distinguished Scholarship for the book which makes an outstanding contribution to scholarship on organizations, occupations, and/or work presented by American Sociological Association.)
- 4 Nov 2007 - 7 Nov 2007
- Conference Presentation
From Demon Rum to Dr. Pepper: Social Movements, Entrepreneurial Opportunity, and the Emergence of the American Soft Drink Industry
By: Shon R. Hiatt and Wesley Sine
- Article
Betty Crocker no hyōshō to amerika shakai no hensen [The Portraits of Betty Crocker and the Transformation of American Society]
By: Ai Hisano
Hisano, Ai. "Betty Crocker no hyōshō to amerika shakai no hensen [The Portraits of Betty Crocker and the Transformation of American Society]." Amerika Taiheiyō kenkyū [Pacific and American Studies] 9 (March 2009): 128–141.
- 2023
- Editorial
American and Chinese Universities Must Reject Calls to Disengage: Restrictions on Entry of Scholars Will Set Back U.S. Advances
By: William C. Kirby
Keywords: Higher Education; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Competition; China; United States
Kirby, William C. "American and Chinese Universities Must Reject Calls to Disengage: Restrictions on Entry of Scholars Will Set Back U.S. Advances." Nikkei Asia (2023).
- 2001
- Working Paper
Social Enterprise Series No. 20: Business Leadership Coalitions and Public-Private Partnerships in American Cities: A Perspective on Regime Theory
By: James E. Austin and Arthur McCaffrey
- Book Review
Review of Power Loss: The Origins of Deregulation and Restructuring in the American Electric Utility System, by Richard F. Hirsh
By: Willis Emmons
Emmons, Willis. "Review of Power Loss: The Origins of Deregulation and Restructuring in the American Electric Utility System, by Richard F. Hirsh." Journal of Economic Literature 39, no. 3 (September 2001): 941–943.
- July 1, 2018
- Editorial
The IRS Can Save American Health Care: Letting Workers Spend Pretax Dollars on Insurance Would Do a Lot—Without Requiring Congress to Act
By: Regina E. Herzlinger and Joel Klein
Herzlinger, Regina E., and Joel Klein. "The IRS Can Save American Health Care: Letting Workers Spend Pretax Dollars on Insurance Would Do a Lot—Without Requiring Congress to Act." Wall Street Journal (online) (July 1, 2018).
- 01 Dec 2019
- News
3-Minute Briefing: Leslie Hale (MBA 2001)
surround myself with very smart people. But don’t confuse my desire to be collaborative with an inability to make decisions. I’m honored and humbled to be the first African American woman to become CEO of a publicly traded real estate... View Details
- September 2019 (Revised October 2019)
- Case
Burunda Prince at The Farm, a Comcast NBCUniversal Innovation Hub (Powered by Boomtown)
By: Linda A. Hill, Eric Mankin and Emily Tedards
After a successful inaugural year, Burunda Prince, the Managing Director of Comcast’s startup business accelerator The Farm, was getting ready for an eventful 2019. Comcast was America's largest cable and internet service provider, having built a profitable business... View Details
Keywords: Innovation; Accelerator; Entrepreneur; Startup; Outsourcing; Hiring; Talent; Culture; Ecosystem; Digital; Women; African Americans; Leadership; Innovation and Invention; Entrepreneurship; Business Startups; Management; Diversity; Selection and Staffing; Organizational Culture; Media; Entertainment; Transformation; Atlanta
Hill, Linda A., Eric Mankin, and Emily Tedards. "Burunda Prince at The Farm, a Comcast NBCUniversal Innovation Hub (Powered by Boomtown)." Harvard Business School Case 420-057, September 2019. (Revised October 2019.)
- 01 Sep 2020
- News
3-Minute Briefing: Mark Mason (MBA 1995)
In the summer when it got really hot, my brother and I would buy cases of water. We grew up in Queens near Linden Boulevard and we would stand on the corner and sell bottles of water to people who stopped at the light. We always had this knack for creating... View Details
- 18 May 2018
- Conference Presentation
Roundtable, "Author Meets Reader" review of American Fair Trade. Comments on the book from Professors Benjamin Waterhouse, Joanna Grisinger, Victoria Saker Woeste, and Elizabeth Sanders.
By: Laura Phillips Sawyer
Phillips Sawyer, Laura. Roundtable, "Author Meets Reader" review of American Fair Trade. Comments on the book from Professors Benjamin Waterhouse, Joanna Grisinger, Victoria Saker Woeste, and Elizabeth Sanders. Paper presented at the Policy History Conference, Institute for Political History, Tempe, AZ, May 18, 2018.
- June 10, 2022
- Book Review
What the Research Really Says about American Immigration, Book review of Streets of Gold: America's Untold Story of Immigrant Success, by Ran Abramitzky and Leah Boustan
By: Michael Luca
Luca, Michael. "What the Research Really Says about American Immigration, Book review of Streets of Gold: America's Untold Story of Immigrant Success, by Ran Abramitzky and Leah Boustan." Washington Post (June 10, 2022).
- Book Review
Review of The American State from the Civil War to the New Deal: The Twilight of Constitutionalism and the Triumph of Progressivism, by Paul D. Moreno
By: Laura Phillips Sawyer
Phillips Sawyer, Laura. "Review of The American State from the Civil War to the New Deal: The Twilight of Constitutionalism and the Triumph of Progressivism, by Paul D. Moreno." Economic History Review 67, no. 4 (November 2014): 1186–1187.
- 2023
- Book Review
Review of 'Radical American Partisanship: Mapping Violent Hostility, Its Causes, and the Consequences for Democracy' by Lilliana Mason and Nathan P. Kalmoe (University of Chicago Press, 2022)
By: Laura Jakli
Jakli, Laura. "Review of 'Radical American Partisanship: Mapping Violent Hostility, Its Causes, and the Consequences for Democracy' by Lilliana Mason and Nathan P. Kalmoe (University of Chicago Press, 2022)." Public Opinion Quarterly 87, no. 1 (2023): 235–238.
- 2011
- Book
Dirección estratégica en países emergentes: Elementos fundamentales para plantear el crecimiento de las empresas latinoamericanas [Strategic management in emerging countries: Fundamental tools to plan the growth of Latin American firms]
By: Roberto Vassolo and Luciana Silvestri
This book seeks to help managers in emerging economies formulate and implement strategy, design their organizational structure, and nurture their organization's identity as part of an integrated, holistic process. Chapters cover classic topics such as industry analysis... View Details
Keywords: Organizational Identity; Organizational Alignment; Emerging Economies; Strategy; Business or Company Management; Organizational Structure; Organizational Culture; Developing Countries and Economies
Vassolo, Roberto, and Luciana Silvestri. Dirección estratégica en países emergentes: Elementos fundamentales para plantear el crecimiento de las empresas latinoamericanas [Strategic management in emerging countries: Fundamental tools to plan the growth of Latin American firms]. Buenos Aires, Argentina: Ediciones Granica, 2011, Spanish ed.
- May 2014 (Revised August 2014)
- Teaching Note
Women MBAs at Harvard Business School: 1962–2012
By: Boris Groysberg and Robin Abrahams
Keywords: Female; General Management; American History; Economic History; Business History; Career Planning; Nonverbal; Sexism; Leadership Development; Organizational Behavior; Women; HBS; Harvard Business School; Management; Leadership; Personal Development and Career; Education; Globalization; Gender; United States
- 2022
- Working Paper
Multinationals and Varieties of Capitalism: When U.S. Giants Stepped into the Swiss Coordinated Labor Market in the 1950s
By: Sabine Pitteloud
This working paper investigates unintended consequences of U.S. FDI in Switzerland in the 1950s-1960s: the increased competition that U.S. firms generated within the national labor market and the challenge their hiring practices constituted for the institutional... View Details
Keywords: Multinationals; Capitalism; Business ＆ Government Relations; Foreign Direct Investment; Immigration Policy; History; Switzerland; Americanization; R＆D; Labor History; Labor Market Institutions; Tax Havens; ＂USA,＂; Business Interest Association; Lobbying; Labor and Management Relations; Business History; Multinational Firms and Management
Pitteloud, Sabine. "Multinationals and Varieties of Capitalism: When U.S. Giants Stepped into the Swiss Coordinated Labor Market in the 1950s." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 22-075, June 2022.