War On Terror - Publications - Faculty & Research

George W. Lucas

Lucas has produced and directed some of the most successful films in history including the Star Wars Trilogy and the Indiana Jones series. Through his Industrial Light and Magic subsidiary, he has pioneered some of the most dramatic... View Details

Keywords: Entertainment & Broadcast Media

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Viktor Puzakov

It seems that throughout his life, Viktor Puzakov is always digging deeper, literally and figuratively. As a young man interested in the technical sciences and in travel, he focused on fluid dynamics and rock mechanics to position himself... View Details

27 Mar 2014
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From Marx to Marketing

Enterprises were over, and was very sorry about that," he recalls. "But that was superseded by my elation that East German people would be freed from the horrible yoke and terror of the Soviet system." For its part, as the world's leading... View Details

Paul G. Hoffman

Hoffman, the Studebaker company executive, is one of the few auto company presidents to have risen from the sales department. In the first nine-months of his tenure, sales totaled 30,194, which put the company fourth among the independent... View Details

Keywords: Automotive & Aerospace

04 Sep 2019
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Alumni and Faculty Books for September 2019

science’s greatest race amidst the chaos of World War I, and a love story as epic as the railways crossing Russia. Kellogg on Branding in a Hyper-Connected World edited by Alice Tybout and Tim Calkins (MBA... View Details

C. Donald Dallas

Dallas grew Revere Copper & Brass, a merger of six brass and copper companies, into a $100 million annual business. Dallas, keen on communication, wrote a monthly letter, which was sent to the homes of all Revere employees. Following... View Details

Keywords: Metals

01 Dec 1999
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A Class Act

Class of 1925 February 1940 The first known casualty among the alumni of the Business School during the present war was Lt. Claus von Bohlen und Halbach, son of the head of the Krupp works in Essen, Germany. He was an aviator in the... View Details

Keywords: Nancy O. Perry

01 Jun 2000
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Professors Fox, Mace Remembered

He later took on similar responsibilities in the Pacific until the war ended. In 1946, Mace returned to HBS and one year later created what was probably the first course in... View Details

Josiah K. Lilly

Lilly, a trained pharmacist and the founder of the family drug manufacturer, set up the first scientific division in the company and focused on standards of manufacturing and scientific development. Among other products, the company... View Details

Keywords: Healthcare

01 Mar 2009
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Deep Discovery

on civilians, one that helped bring the United States into World War I. However, it has long been suspected — indeed, shipping documents declare — that the Lusitania was... View Details

Keywords: Water Transportation; Transportation

01 Sep 2007
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Ali Allawi

— some contradictory, some pointless, some incoherent — and the manifestly small size of the occupation force became clear, the cost of resisting and escalating resistance became less and less. In addition to the insurgency, is there a civil View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; National Security and International Affairs; Government

01 Dec 2016
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Inside the Bestseller List with Gayle Tzemach Lemmon

who served alongside male-only US Special Operations teams in Afghanistan became a bestseller and is being turned into a movie by Reese Witherspoon. But Lemmon, now a senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations, is proudest of the... View Details

Keywords: April White

Edward V. Rickenbacker

Prior to purchasing Eastern in 1938, Rickenbacker had successful careers in automobile racing and the auto industry at large, in addition to his distinguished service in the United States military in World War I. Once joining Eastern... View Details

Keywords: Transportation

Paul W. Litchfield

substantial expansion and investments. Under his direction, Goodyear began to experiment in the development of airplane parts and fighter aircraft, becoming one of the ten largest producers in this field during World View Details

Keywords: Automotive & Aerospace

William T. Grant

Grant opened his department store operation in 1906 with a 25 cent-limit on all merchandise. Grant created this 25 cent niche market at a time when department store prices began at 50 cents and Kresge and Woolworth sold their merchandise... View Details

Keywords: Retail

Samuel M. Vauclain

States and its World War I allies, including Russia, France and Britain. Combining his vision for Baldwin with his support of post-war rehabilitation in Europe, Vauclain expanded Baldwin into 12 countries, allowing it to become View Details

Keywords: Transportation

01 Sep 2005
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Get Ready for Saudi Oil Shock

been at for the last 50 years. It starts opening doors to rationalize a new economy that isn’t as dependent on oil as the economy we created. What steps should we take now to prepare for an oil shortage? You’ve really got to go to a sort... View Details

Keywords: Lewis I. Rice; Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services; Petroleum and Coal Products Manufacturing; Manufacturing

Samuel F. Hinkle

Starting as a chemist with Hershey, Hinkle played a prominent role in the development of Hershey’s Chocolate Syrup, Krackel, Mr. Goodbar and fortified chocolate bars issued as K, C, and D rations during World War II. As CEO, Hinkle put... View Details

Keywords: Food & Tobacco

Bernard F. Gimbel

and Milwaukee, Gimbel ran Saks Fifth Avenue stores in New York, Chicago, Detroit and Beverly Hills. During World War II, Gimbel earned huge profits on scarce consumer goods, which he had purchased earlier at... View Details