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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
Keywords: Retail
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Scott Quigley
embark on a critical mission to turn the tide of the war in Iraq. As I depart from HBS, I reflect on the personal values, life lessons, business insights, and leadership... View Details
- 01 Mar 2017
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The Realities of the Refugee Crisis
to work. What’s unusual about flows that come out of war settings is the refugees are mostly there to get away from a war, not to find a job. KF: In our survey, we asked about people’s professions in Syria. The number View Details
Keywords: April White
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Harvard Business School and Polaroid - Edwin H. Land & Polaroid | Harvard Business School
during World War II and the emergence of venture capital firms after the war also fueled the growth of high-tech startups. The greater Boston area flourished into a hub of innovation; many firms would expand... View Details
- 01 Sep 2007
- News
Getting Security Right
on emerging geopolitical and economic trends, and on vital lessons from military history. You argue that it is not the war in Iraq or Islamic extremists who pose the greatest... View Details
- 01 Jun 2005
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Faculty Research Online
who bid on everything from chips to consultants, should be wary in bidding wars of the consequences of competitive arousal and of wanting to win at any cost. View Details
- 01 Apr 2002
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Breakthrough International Negotiation
When the stakes are high - in business, politics, or everyday life - it pays to take a page from the playbook of the world's greatest negotiators. And if you want to learn how to be a world-class negotiator, consider how Richard Holbrooke helped defuse the View Details
- 01 Dec 1999
- News
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
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Jorge Roberts
fought in World War II, Energy to wake up at six o'clock to care for his baby girl, so his wife can go to the gym, Inspiration for his daughter so she can find her little girl on the balcony, Acceptance of... View Details
- 01 Dec 2015
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Ink
Robert Galford (MBA 1976), Cary Greene (MBA 1994), and Bob Frisch. The book is based on the Simple Sabotage Field Manual, which the Office of Strategic Services, precursor to the CIA, issued in 1944 to help European resisters introduce... View Details
- 01 Mar 2018
- What Do You Think?
Two Decades Later, is the 'New Economy' Finally Here?
joined this train of thought as he commented, “A new economy has not arrived, if we define it as one that will sustain humanity on the planet for eternity ” The reasons it has not arrived are many, he... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 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
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Jimmy Tran
As a child, I asked questions relentlessly. Why is the sky blue? Why do birds chirp? My life consisted of a string of questions connected by bouts of limited understanding. One question would lead to another and then another, like a stack... View Details
- 30 May 2017
- News
At Home with History
kept six, all of which are already owned or will eventually be owned by the CAHPT and open to the public. The houses Jenrette worked to preserve for future generations to visit are “part of our heritage,” he said. “Each one could be a... View Details
- 01 Sep 2017
- News
Ink: Miami’s Dark Neon Era, the Language of Success, and Getting Psyched Up
and two other amazing, true stories NEW Hotel Scarface by Roben Farzad “There’s so much unresolved about Miami’s cocaine coming-of-age. I found the address where the Cold War crashed into the war View Details
- 26 Mar 2007
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Learning from Failed Political Leadership
to write this work? What are some of the illusions you uncovered, and which ones strike you as most important to grapple with? A: Our country is in the midst of a major controversy regarding U.S. foreign relations and questions of View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
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Expansion of the Case Method | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School
Advanced Management Program Brochure, 1946. Executive Education Brochures and Promotional Materials. HBS Archives (E25B.4). Download page 1 Advanced Management Program brochure . Expansion of the Case Method: Body 2 During World War II,... View Details
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Bankers, Financiers, and Statesmen - Coin and Conscience
Vanity and Virtue Misers, Moneylenders, and Thieves Money Devil Biblical and Mythological Scenes Love and Money Politics and War Louis-Philippe Speculation and Credit Bankers, Financiers, and Statesmen Stock Exchanges printer-friendly... View Details
- 01 Jun 2012
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Kiwi Star
WHINERAY: A national hero looks back. Photos by (L) Getty Images; (R) David White/ New Zealand Herald One of five brothers growing up in New Zealand during World War II, Sir Wilson Whineray (MBA 1969)... View Details