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Strategic Plan | Information Technology

into the future. 3. Modernize Foundational Technology for Digital Transformation We modernize and enhance our strategically critical enterprise systems to ensure the business of the School can be done... View Details

Nelson Doubleday

1947 as the largest publishing house in the nation with annual sales over $30 million. Doubleday was a keen manager who readily terminated unprofitable enterprises and embraced modern advertising techniques and market strategies. View Details

Keywords: Publishing & Print Media

Frederick L. Maytag II

As president, Maytag II directed a $40 million modernization program, setting up many subsidiary plants in the United States and abroad. He was instrumental in advancing the home laundry appliance field. During his tenure, sales were... View Details

Keywords: Fabricated Goods

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Lynda Benglis Cloak-Wave Pedmarks 1998 | About

Museum; Los Angeles County Museum of Art; Museum of Modern Art, New York; The National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, Australia; San Francisco Museum of Modern Art; Tate Modern, London; and the Whitney... View Details

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Louise Bourgeois Eye Benches II 1996-1997 | About

quality of your eyes and the strength of your eyes that are expressed here. Nobody is going to keep me from seeing what is instead of what I would like.” In 1982, Bourgeois was the first female artist to have a retrospective at New York’s Museum of View Details

13 Aug 2001
Lessons from the Classroom

Parents’ Guide to Harvard Business School

experience to students' parents, Narayandas leads a mini-case study of Coca-Cola as it decides whether to deploy a new generation of interactive vending machines. Narayandas also discusses the evolution of the modern enterprise, and the... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

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Lynda Benglis Migrating Pedmarks 1998 | About

Angeles County Museum of Art; Museum of Modern Art, New York; The National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, Australia; San Francisco Museum of Modern Art; Tate Modern, London; and the Whitney Museum of... View Details

Willis H. Carrier

Carrier was a pioneer in the field of mechanical refrigeration. Perfecting an air cooling system, Carrier first introduced air conditioning to theaters in the 1930’s and later went on to develop elaborate, but affordable, air conditioning systems for businesses. His... View Details

Keywords: Fabricated Goods

Otto Haas

Along with chemist Otto Rohm, Haas founded one of the world’s largest specialty chemical producers. Under his leadership, Rohm and Haas discovered two major products that have had a significant impact on business and society – Plexiglas and chemical paint binders (used... View Details

Keywords: Chemicals & Industrial

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Behavioral Economics for Managerial Decision Making - Course Catalog

understanding of the behavioral biases that can hinder effective decision-making. It also requires a foundational understanding of the modern analytical toolkit, which can mitigate the risk of mistakes and guide managerial decisions. This... View Details

17 Sep 2020
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HBS Grads Launch Cybersecurity Nonprofit to Fight Infodemic

Spangler in late October 2019 when Bastian and I met for one of those “coffee chats” where students learn about each other’s background. Bastian and I ended up geeking out on the current security problems facing the modern internet:... View Details

Bowman Gray, Jr.

In 1954, Gray introduced Winston cigarettes, the company’s first filter-type cigarettes, and the Salem brand in 1956. By 1965, Winston had emerged as the nation’s #1 selling cigarette brand, replacing Camel, with Salem not far behind. Gray developed Whitaker Park, the... View Details

Keywords: Food & Tobacco

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Dream Realities - The High Art of Photographic Advertising - Baker Library | Bloomberg Center

image of the industry itself. Exhibitions like those sponsored by the NAAI played a part in fostering these intertwined ambitions. Nathan Lazarnick. Advertisement for Seagram's whiskey, ca. 1934. olvwork490159 Jackson Lears, "Uneasy Courtship: View Details

01 Dec 2008
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The CEO and the Functions of Leadership

are performed to a high standard. There is a vast literature on the choices, structures, and supporting systems involved in modern management, including strategy, organization structure, planning and resource allocation, and management... View Details

01 Mar 2018
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In My Humble Opinion: Urban Renewal

photo by Christina Gandolfo photo by Christina Gandolfo Dan Rosenfeld (MBA 1979) witnessed the birth of the modern environmental movement while growing up in Portland, Oregon, an experience that has shaped his perspective as a real estate... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna

01 Sep 2005
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Faculty Research Online

Time to Rethink the Corporate Tax System? Corporations have turned tax obligations into profit centers, bringing into question the whole rationale for business taxes. Associate Professor Mihir Desai discusses problems with the modern... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

25 Mar 2019
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Rent The Runway Joins the Unicorn Club

milestone, CEO Jennifer Hyman (MBA 2009), told Forbes that the company “has created a new consumer behavior of dynamic ownership and clothing rental has become an essential utility in our members’ lives.” Hyman goes on to say that RTR is meeting the market’s changing... View Details

Keywords: Clothing and Clothing Accessories Stores; Retail Trade

01 Jun 2007
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A Classics Enterprise

time with a hefty publisher’s advance. Soon he was funding and editing a series of classical histories, including Xenophon’s Hellenica, Arrian’s work on Alexander, and Polybius’s Histories. After a successful career in the oil-field equipment business, Strassler has a... View Details

Keywords: ancient Greece; Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

24 Apr 2014
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Understanding how trust impacts delivering superior performance

relational contracts—a practice its rival Toyota successfully deployed—which are essential to all modern design and manufacturing. A focus on relational contracts could lead to superior performance. “Public support for economic growth has... View Details

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Chinese Competition and Emerging Technologies - A Chronicle of the China Trade

less risky for smaller firms to compete and easier for Chinese merchants and compradors to become brokers. “Chinese would similarly displace Westerners in many areas of economic enterprise as they gained skills and developed modern... View Details

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