Materialism - Publications - Faculty & Research

16 Sep 2015
Op-Ed

The Real Duty of the Board of Directors

ownership of modern corporations is a central point of our new paper, Materiality in Corporate Governance: The Statement of Significant Audiences and Materiality. Aiming to improve corporations’ public disclosures, we argue that the board... View Details

Keywords: by Robert G. Eccles & Tim Youmans

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Takedown Policy | Baker Library

Takedown Policy Digitized, born-digital, and/or ingested content (hereafter Digital Collections) is made accessible online for purposes of education and research. Because special collections consist of materials generated or collected by... View Details

Portrait Project

Abbas A. Kanji

roles in community organizations to help people in East Africa reach their material and spiritual potential are all things I want to do in life. If I can accomplish this I will have succeeded. For success in my mind is to be able to use... View Details

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Contemporary Corporate Archives | Baker Library

contain a variety of resources, from paper records to audio-visual materials to digital materials of all types. Highlights Polaroid Corporation Collection Records from one of the most creative and innovative... View Details

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HBS - Financials | 5 Year Summary

134 132 Executive Education 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 Enrollment 13,101 10,881 12,605 12,070 11,361 HBS Online 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 Enrollment 39,566 29,192 19,568 12,936 9,142 Faculty 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 Faculty Positions (full-time equivalents) 256 244 233... View Details

01 Mar 2006
News

Chandler Donates Papers to Baker Library

a historian works. Comprising 224 boxes, Chandler’s papers include, among a wealth of other material, virtually all his lecture and seminar notes and professional correspondence; his editorial work on the papers of Theodore Roosevelt and Dwight D. Eisenhower; View Details

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

Alfred B. Dick Jr.

During World War II, under Dick’s direction, approximately 50% of A. B. Dick and Company’s facilities were devoted to war materials production. After the war, Dick launched the 400 series of A. B. Dick Mimeographs. Dick expanded the... View Details

Keywords: Fabricated Goods

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Collecting Strategy | Baker Library

future have access to original materials that support their research and teaching. Our emphasis is on the content of materials, not the format. We strive to collect comprehensively including born-digital View Details

01 Jun 1999
News

Spangler Center Groundbreaking

superintendents who had gathered for the occasion. The idea was to guess the correct amounts of the various building materials needed to construct the facility. The numbers are based on estimates from Spangler Center project managers... View Details

15 Feb 2012
Op-Ed

Occupy Wall Street Protestors Have a Point

the world about the problems they thought might constitute material threats to the sustainability of market capitalism. As part of Harvard Business School's centennial celebration a few years ago, we convened groups of business leaders in... View Details

Keywords: by Joseph L. Bower, Herman B. Leonard & Lynn S. Paine

07 May 2008
Research & Ideas

The Intellectual History of Harvard Business School

environment in which it exists and develop materials which generate discussion about a variety of issues which, though of critical importance, are often not susceptible to proof. The Leadership and Organizational Behavior course succeeds... View Details

Keywords: by Richard S. Tedlow; Education

03 Nov 2022
Blog Post

Introducing the Creating Emerging Markets Sustainability Series

characterize business in developed market economies. CEM has reached a worldwide audience consisting both of practitioners and consultants, as well as university professors and students who have incorporated the materials into their... View Details

01 Dec 2016
News

Carving a Niche

years more typical at larger ski manufacturers. “We don’t look at a manufacturing plant as a hole to fill every year,” says Hoye. “It’s more a question of observing what people are trying to do when they ski, and figuring out how to make it better and more fun using... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna

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Workshops & Technical Talks - Research Computing Services

Training Training Workshops & Technical Talks 33ms See below for trainings, reference materials, and resources at Harvard and beyond. R R workshop materials (e.g., Intro to R; R Regression models) from Harvard's Institute for Quantitative... View Details

06 Mar 2025
Blog Post

IFC India 2025: Sustainability in Action: Inside Hindustan Unilever’s Public Sanitation and Plastic Recycling Facilities

Professor Vikram Gandhi’s Immersive Field Course (IFC) “Development while Decarbonizing: India’s Path to Net-Zero" delved into the critical aspect of decarbonization and sustainability goals amid India's rapid development. The course presented an opportunity for... View Details

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Case Method 100 Years | Baker Library

case method could be adapted for use with individuals who could not travel to campus. 1962 to 1963 Stimulating Global Case Development The Division of International Activities established. One goal is to “stimulate the collection of case View Details

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Prompt-a-thon Invites HBS IT Staff to Sharpen GenAI Skills | Information Technology

participants used prompting best practices to guide their work. Provide Instructions: Specify the task you want the tool to complete as well as your goal Be Detailed: Provide context and feedback to the tool Use Examples: Give the tool reference View Details

Discovery Process

all, most students don’t go on to become historians. My classes attracted lots of students interested in business, finance, and entrepreneurship, and watching how MBAs engaged with historical material gave me more strategies for... View Details

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Access & Use Baker Library | Baker Library

to plan your visit. Staff hired by HBS Research Staff Services. HBS Online participants: contact infoservices@hbs.edu to plan your visit. Researchers using National Endowment for the Humanities materials housed at Baker Library: contact... View Details

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Photographs & Prints | Baker Library

industrial photography from the 1920s to the 1950s, a critical period in the development of industrial and commercial photography. The holdings described here are discrete collections exclusively containing photographs. Various manuscript collections also include... View Details

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