Social History - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Jun 2011
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Where Conservation Means Business

spent a lot of time on lately is removing amber-colored dried tape anchoring the corners of early 20th-century photos from the United Fruit Company archives. Seventy-five photo albums document decades of social and business View Details

Keywords: Roger thompson

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Eileen Stephan

challenges MBA students, alumni and other job seekers encounter, and has extensive insight into how businesses approach talent acquisition. Eileen holds a BA in History and International Relations from Boston University. She lives in... View Details

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August 2002 (Revised February 2005)
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Gillette Company (D): Implementing Change

By: Rosabeth M. Kanter

How a strategic change agenda is implemented depends on leaders below the top in every function and geographic region translating the agenda into actions. But those actions do not always unfold as planned. This case examines the first 16 months of a turnaround from the... View Details

Keywords: Business History; Competitive Strategy; Strategic Planning; Change Management; Organizational Design; Organizational Culture; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Behavior; Leading Change; Retail Industry

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01 Mar 2008
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Alumni Books

have distilled six counterintuitive practices these organizations use to improve the world. They offer lessons for readers interested in creating significant social change, including nonprofit managers, donors, and volunteers. The... View Details

Keywords: Noel Capon; Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

28 May 2019
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INK: Maker’s Manual

and the larger world. A culmination of four years of extensive research, this book (excerpted below) chronicles some of the myriad ways alumni are living the mission through social impact. “It is impressive and inspiring to see the... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint

31 Jan 2017
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First Look at New Research: January 31, 2017

2017 Cambridge, MA: Belknap Press of Harvard University Press Democracy: A Case Study By: Moss, David Abstract—Democracy: A Case Study invites readers to experience American history anew and come away with a deeper understanding of the... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

10 Mar 2009
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First Look: March 10, 2009

Panama Canal, 1903-1937 Authors: Noel Maurer and Carlos Yu Publication: Journal of Economic History 68, no. 3 (September 2008) Abstract The Panama Canal was one of the largest public investments of its time. In the first decade of its... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

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Harvard Business School and Polaroid - 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

October 2020 (Revised April 2022)
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When Institutions Fail: HIV/AIDS in the 1980s

By: Tom Nicholas and Christian Godwin

During the early 1980s, young gay men in urban centers such as San Francisco and New York City began contracting a mysterious illness that would come to be known as HIV/AIDS. A diagnosis meant almost certain death, with a less than 1% survival rate. Conflicting... View Details

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01 Dec 2018
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Ask the Expert: Gimme Shelter

high land prices, ensures that homes will be unaffordable to most. I highly recommend Richard Rothstein’s The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America, about how land use policies have shaped some of the... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint

18 Aug 2021
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Alumni on the Black Lives Matter Movement

2021 AUGUST 12 Edwards Lifesciences Corporation recently announced that it has established a $100 million Social Impact Investment Fund “aimed at advancing racial equity through economic development, especially in predominantly Black and... View Details

15 Sep 2015
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On the Road: HBS in Israel

time in Jerusalem as possible. There is so much history in this small, stunning city. I will have to go back again to see more. Why does HBS travel to Israel? We go to Israel regularly because we love our HBS Israeli students and alumni,... View Details

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John Smith-Ricco

In college, John Smith-Ricco did not have business ambitions; instead, he intended to pursue advanced degrees in history aimed at a career as an academic. But a research fellowship in South Africa changed his perspective. "I was... View Details

03 Sep 2024
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Business of Animal Protection Club

focused clubs to learn about the history of the club, the impact and mission, and the types of programming that members can participate in. What if we told you that there is an environmental issue of profound moral importance and deep... View Details

01 Dec 2011
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Li & Fung's Global Footprint

treat the company. So it’s a mirror; it’s totally different than in the West. Any advice for American business schools? I really believe that a new social contract has to emerge between businesses and the communities where they operate.... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; Miscellaneous Manufacturing; Manufacturing; Wholesale Trade

17 Jun 2020
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Black MBA Students Pen Letters to the HBS Community: Letter 2/5

shape the moment we find ourselves in. When we consider Eric Garner, Sandra Bland, Michael Brown, Tamir Rice, or Trayvon Martin – how far have we really come? The American Myth is that legislation and civil rights reforms provided a break with the View Details

29 Oct 2000
Research & Ideas

Building a Powerful Prestige Brand

Her objective of working with retailers known for carrying high-quality, premium-priced merchandise probably owed something to the social aspiration that drove her. Her interest in such stores was also strategic. Estée suspected that her... View Details

Keywords: by Nancy F. Koehn; Beauty & Cosmetics; Consumer Products; Retail

01 Mar 2018
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March 2018 Alumni and Faculty Books

of risk capital are contributing increasingly to a massive expansion in new business, all underpinned by a deep social change and a willingness to “do things differently,” especially among the young. Drawing on his experiences and more... View Details

01 Jan 2011
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Peter Harf, MBA 1974

cooking and washing for 14 people," he recalls. "She had tremendous energy. There was no money, but lots of love and happiness." As a boy, Harf shared a room with a great uncle, born in 1886, who instilled in him an avid interest in View Details

01 Jan 2008
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Meg Whitman, MBA 1979

service PayPal, launching a classifieds business, and acquiring Skype, a leading online communications firm. “We’ve had a chance to make business history and at the same time have an incredible social... View Details

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