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- 18 Jul 2014
- News
Team Players
only worked in Boston, it was an eye-opening experience," Blumkin recalls. "Every day, we discussed a case in a different industry." Her studies led to a career in marketing, first at big companies such as American Express and Walt... View Details
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Archival Collections - Georges F. Doriot : Educating Leaders, Building Companies, Baker Library, Harvard Business School
of the materials were created or gathered by Elfers as he wrote Greylock: An Adventure Capital Story, a company history published in 1995. The collection includes a series of Greylock & Co. analysis reports,... View Details
- 23 Jul 2001
- Research & Ideas
How Relationships are Building Biotech
Creativity (Oxford University Press) spells it all out. The Missing Link Higgins became interested in this missing link after watching a young biotech company go through two public offerings in the early 1990s. The observations she made... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace & Mallory Stark
- 19 Oct 2012
- News
Past and Present
something that people have always enjoyed doing but that very few have had the resources or time to pursue,” Sullivan says. ”By leveraging technology, the Internet, and network-effect scale, we’ve sparked mainstream interest in family View Details
Walter S. Carpenter, Jr.
Carpenter was only the second man not of the duPont name in the 145-year history of the company to have been elected president. Carpenter expanded duPont to include diversified chemical lines and grew sales... View Details
Keywords: Chemicals & Industrial
- 01 Sep 2014
- News
HBS Faculty Explore Ideas Around the World
Building an Evidence Base for Emerging Markets It’s one thing to research the history of companies in Europe, the United States, or Japan, where libraries, archives, and public records are abundant. But what... View Details
Keywords: faculty research
Seth E. Thomas, Jr.
Having joined the company immediately after college, Thomas was responsible for the largest wave of expansion in the history of his great-grandfather’s firm. In addition to introducing a line of electric... View Details
Keywords: Fabricated Goods
- 26 Aug 2016
- News
Connecting with the Past
inbox is filled with success stories that describe his efforts as “holy work” and “nothing short of a miracle.” One person wonders, “Do you have any idea how many lives you’ve changed?” Another researcher comments, “From medical history... View Details
Keywords: Jill Radsken
- 01 Sep 2008
- News
The MBA Turns 100
programs I jotted down during the sessions, one put a particularly fine point on doubts about the true value of the degree. Not long ago, companies hired MBAs for their specialized knowledge in disciplines and business functions. Now they... View Details
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Introduction - Georges F. Doriot : Educating Leaders, Building Companies, Baker Library, Harvard Business School
Clubs Faculty & Research Business & Environment Business History Christensen Center for Teaching & Learning Entrepreneurship Faculty & Research Global Healthcare HBS Working Knowledge Institute for Strategy & Competitiveness Leadership... View Details
- 01 Mar 2008
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Classroom Legend
behavior. HBS professor Kenneth Andrews, a close colleague of Christensen’s at this time, once observed that this tendency “led to much closer study of company situations. The strong appeal of his cases and of his writing about them is... View Details
- 19 Jul 2006
- Research & Ideas
Political Turmoil and Mexico’s Economy
countries," he says. "Some are military, some are financial. Does this affect the cost of capital? Does the borrowing cost for the sovereign governments go up or down, and what is the cost of capital for companies that have... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna
- 20 May 2013
- Op-Ed
Making America an Industrial Powerhouse Again
Critics have denounced this proposal as yet another government intrusion into the market and a futile attempt to "pick winners." What these critics ignore is that the US government has a long history of investing in research... View Details
- 01 Jun 2008
- News
Where Are They Now?
devotes himself to several principal pursuits. In addition to the BSG/Concours Executive Forum, an invitation-only program for chief information officers (CIOs) of leading companies worldwide, he runs a six-month leadership development... View Details
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Collection Areas | Baker Library
development of the case method, changes in curriculum, the intersection of the School and innovations in business, and the global impact of Harvard Business School. American Business History Records Baker Library holds nearly 1,600... View Details
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Companies: capital changes and distributions
How do I look up capital changes (such as stock splits and dividends) for a specific company? Use Capital Changes (Go to Tax - Estates, Gifts and Trusts) Enter a company into the Search box. OR Use Bloomberg: Type the... View Details
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DEC - Georges F. Doriot : Educating Leaders, Building Companies, Baker Library, Harvard Business School
Clubs Faculty & Research Business & Environment Business History Christensen Center for Teaching & Learning Entrepreneurship Faculty & Research Global Healthcare HBS Working Knowledge Institute for Strategy & Competitiveness Leadership... View Details
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Archival Collections - Edwin H. Land & Polaroid | Harvard Business School
Clubs Faculty & Research Business & Environment Business History Christensen Center for Teaching & Learning Entrepreneurship Faculty & Research Global Healthcare HBS Working Knowledge Institute for Strategy & Competitiveness Leadership... View Details
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Contemporary Corporate Archives | Baker Library
of Venrock Associates, a venture capital company founded by members of the Rockefeller family. Lehman Brothers Records Records the history of the investment banking firm from 1868 until 2007, the bulk of the... View Details
- 31 Aug 2016
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Managing McDonald’s Makeover
that the iconic brand is “keeping pace with changing tastes and habits.” The move was reportedly unexpected, given McDonald’s history of promoting from internal ranks. (Kempczinski was brought on last year.) In quickly tapping a relative... View Details