The Great Divergence - Publications - Faculty & Research

29 Aug 2023

The MBA Tour: Montréal

Interested in learning more about the Harvard MBA? Join us on August 29th at The MBA Tour: Montréal hosted by GMAC. This in-person event is a great opportunity to learn more... View Details

24 Aug 2023

The MBA Tour: Ottawa

Interested in learning more about the Harvard MBA? Join us on August 24th at The MBA Tour: Ottawa hosted by GMAC. This in-person event is a great opportunity to learn more... View Details

01 Jun 2009
News

the interviewer of my sterling qualities. When I returned from California and appeared for a subsequent interview, I was told that my admission was a no-brainer based on having a father like that! Richard A. Bobbe (MBA 11/’47) Valhalla,... View Details

Keywords: News, Library, Internet, and Other Services; Information

13 Oct 2009
Research & Ideas

7 Lessons for Navigating the Storm

their own weaknesses. Please elaborate; you write in your book that "learning how to express your vulnerabilities on appropriate occasions is an emerging leadership skill." A: One of the great... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

22 Aug 2023

The MBA Tour: Calgary

Interested in learning more about the Harvard MBA? Join us on August 22nd at The MBA Tour: Calgary hosted by GMAC. This in-person event is a great opportunity to learn more... View Details

20 Jul 2023

The MBA Tour: Atlanta

Interested in learning more about the Harvard MBA? Join us on July 20th at The MBA Tour: Atlanta hosted by GMAC. This in-person event is a great opportunity to learn more about... View Details

01 Jun 2012
News

Straight to the Heart

but growing quickly. What’s driving that trend? People have realized through the recession that they can lose their job, they can lose their home, but there can still be “life stability” if they have a great... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; marriage; social media; matchmaking; Personal Services

07 Jun 2004
Research & Ideas

The Competition of Countries

Countries, like companies, need development strategies to succeed in a world of growing globalization. Professor Richard H. K. Vietor is an expert on business regulation and the international political economy. Vietor has taught at... View Details

Keywords: by Cynthia Churchwell

12 Oct 2023

The MBA Tour: Europe

Interested in learning more about the Harvard MBA? Join us on October 12th at The MBA Tour: Europe hosted by GMAC. This virtual event is a great opportunity to learn more about... View Details

26 Sep 2023

The MBA Tour: Asia-Pacific

Interested in learning more about the Harvard MBA? Join us on September 26th at The MBA Tour: Asia-Pacific hosted by GMAC. This virtual event is a great opportunity to learn... View Details

26 Aug 2023

The MBA Tour: Toronto

Interested in learning more about the Harvard MBA? Join us on August 26th at The MBA Tour: Toronto hosted by GMAC. This in-person event is a great opportunity to learn more... View Details

27 Jul 2023

The MBA Tour: Houston

Interested in learning more about the Harvard MBA? Join us on July 27th at The MBA Tour: Houston hosted by GMAC. This in-person event is a great opportunity to learn more about... View Details

01 Sep 2009
News

Home from the Sea

sailing feat yet. It was time for me to place another call to update his amazing story (see article). Last March, skippering the 60-foot Great American III, Wilson completed this year’s Vendée Globe, an... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Arts, Entertainment

12 Mar 2007
Research & Ideas

The New Real Estate

of 3.6 percent or 100 basis points below the risk-free ten year Treasury, and 400 bps below where they were just four years ago. Housing has already taken its lumps in the U.S., Australia, and View Details

Keywords: by Arthur I. Segel; Construction; Real Estate

11 Nov 2022
Blog Post

Meet the HBS Armed Forces Alumni Association

helped me with my transition out of the military and to a community of people that came from similar backgrounds as me. Some veterans will have it easy transitioning out. Some veterans won’t. I wanted to be part of an organization that... View Details

01 Jun 2008
News

The Prophet of Start-Ups

great that in 1965 the SEC even raided ARD’s offices to conduct a “surprise audit.” Doriot was so enraged at the SEC that he kept a file of vituperative letters addressed to... View Details

Keywords: Spencer E. Ante; George Doriot; Charles F. Kettering; Lawrence Lowell; F. Warren Hellman; Finance; Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments; Finance

June 1978 (Revised August 1987)
Background Note

Note on the Motorcycle Industry--1975

Discusses several changes in the motorcycle industry: the emergence of Japanese competitors; the growth in demand for light motorcycles; and the emergence of recreational uses; and how these changes have affected older United States and British manufacturers. View Details

Keywords: Change; Motorcycle Industry; Japan; Great Britain; United States

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01 Sep 2011
News

Letters to the Editor

contributions that Howard's great friend and colleague Pat Liles made to entrepreneurial teaching at HBS before his untimely death in the spring of 1984. He and Howard made a View Details

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

09 Nov 2023
HBS Case

What Will It Take to Confront the Invisible Mental Health Crisis in Business?

impervious to mental health struggles. What can be done to better support people at the top? Cohen: This is a great point. There was a paper looking at the deaths of executives... View Details

Keywords: by Kara Baskin; Health

October 2022
Case

Margaret Thatcher: Changing the World

By: Robert L. Simons and Shirley Sun

This case traces the rise of Margaret Thatcher, the daughter of a shopkeeper, from a small industrial town in England to the longest-serving leader in the Western world. The case describes how she became interested in politics at an early age, attended Oxford, and... View Details