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- 01 Feb 1999
- News
Too Much of a Good Thing?
predicts. That all has social fallout, of course. Salter notes that one result in the United States will be a widening income gap as a growing pool of less-educated, low-skilled American workers see jobs that match their abilities... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
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Events - Business History
Tobacco" Scott Reynolds Nelson (University of Georgia), 3:30 pm - 5:00 pm Dec 2 02 Dec 2024 Business History Seminar Seth Rockman, (Brown University) “Plantation Goods: A Material History of American Slavery" Co-Sponsored by Baker Library... View Details
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Leadership Transitions | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School
trading, took over leadership from Peter Peterson in 1983. [15] Glucksman placed a greater emphasis on trading versus investment banking, causing tensions between the two divisions. The firm experienced a decline in profits coupled with a weakening economy. A year... View Details
- Portrait Project
Dimitra Taslim
I grew up in a Southeast Asia that was very different from the one today. I grew up in a “frontier” market. I aspired towards being Western. I wore Vans shoes. I read Hemingway. Western was better. Children of American expats would always... View Details
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The 20th Century Zeitgeist - Leadership
each coming into play to a varying degree at different times. The best leaders can sense the winds of change and adapt with the times. Great American Business Leaders: 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s the 20 th... View Details
- 22 Dec 2022
- Blog Post
TOP 10 MBA VOICES BLOGS OF 2022
Entrepreneurs-in-Residence (EiRs) at the HBS Rock Center. Read More>>> CELEBRATING ASIAN AMERICAN & PACIFIC ISLANDER HERITAGE MONTH AT HBS May is Asian View Details
- 05 Mar 2013
- First Look
First Look: March 5
emerging Asian markets. Paper: http://www.asiabusinessinsights.com/articles.html#sub_articles_E-commerce_in_Asia Issuer Quality and Corporate Bond Returns Authors:Greenwood, Robin, and Samuel G. Hanson Publication:Review of Financial... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 11 Aug 2021
- Blog Post
The Equity Network: How HBS Helped Me Launch a Tech-Enabled Social Enterprise
Network, a social enterprise empowering the next generation of diverse business leaders by democratizing access to professional networks. She is also Co-President of the HBS Tech Club and Co-VP of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion for the View Details
- 16 Mar 2020
- Research & Ideas
How the Coronavirus Is Already Rewriting the Future of Business
will be illuminated sharply by the coronavirus as, for example, when an American equipment manufacturer discovers that a British supplier of a major assembly that they thought they had fully vetted must suspend production because they... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
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Research - Behavioral Finance & Financial Stability
address to the American Finance Association, David Scharfstein argues that pension policies have persistent and deep effects on the development of capital markets. The choice between public pay-as-you-go and privately funded pensions has... View Details
- 12 Dec 2011
- HBS Case
HBS Cases: Clocky, the Runaway Alarm Clock
boutiques? (Nanda stuck with small museum shops and specialty catalogs at first, in spite of all the advance publicity.) Is it better to partner with an American product design firm and risk prohibitive expense, or to team up with a... View Details
- 09 Dec 2013
- Research & Ideas
Cultural Disharmony Undermines Workplace Creativity
precursor to creativity in a global context. For example, when given the words "Great," "Street," and "Berlin," they should correctly answer "Wall," connecting the Chinese "Great Wall," American "Wall Street," and German "Berlin Wall."... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
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Business, Government & the International Economy Awards & Honors - Faculty & Research
Article Prize from the Society for Historians of American Foreign Relations (SHAFR) for "A Diplomatic Counter-Revolution: Indonesian Diplomacy and the Invasion of East Timor" ( Modern Asian Studies , March... View Details
- 20 Oct 2010
- Op-Ed
Export Competitiveness: Reversing the Logic
the current economic and financial crisis, countries around the globe are looking for ways to reignite economic growth. Traditionally, export-led growth has been perceived as one of the most promising pathways to do so. The experience of several waves of View Details
Keywords: by Christian Ketels
- 13 Mar 2005
- Research & Ideas
The Tricky Business of Nonprofit Brands
organization cohesion. The brand is the glue holding the components of the global organization together. Q: Some NGO brands, such as the Red Cross, are recognized worldwide. When a humanitarian crisis such as the recent Asian tsunami... View Details
Keywords: by Manda Salls
- 03 Dec 2020
- Research & Ideas
Cut Payroll Costs with Transparency, Fairness, and Compassion
initially furloughed their workers during the pandemic, but some of those workers were subsequently laid off. Furloughs have long been used in some European and Asian countries but are less common in the United States. Many European... View Details
Keywords: by Boris Groysberg and Sarah Abbott
- 15 Jan 2013
- First Look
First Look: January 15
HamelHarvard Business School Case 113-054 On January 1, 2012, the LEGO Group announced a major new initiative to enhance its market penetration in Asia. Later in the year, a cross-functional group of senior managers gathered at company headquarters to discuss the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
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Charts & Statistics - Leadership
Great American Business Leaders of the 20th Century Charts & Statistics Birthplace Education Gender & Ethnicity Tenure Birthplace of Leaders Foreigners Gain CEO Access After Mid-Century Pre-1950 Founder 73% Family Business 2% Other CEO... View Details
- 11 Jul 2019
- Blog Post
Meet the MBA Class of 2020
Google, Facebook, Asian Institute of Management, Procter & Gamble HBS ACTIVITIES Digital Initiative Student Advisory Board Enrico Ferrari “REAL SUCCESS COMES FROM EMPOWERING OTHERS. I AM NO ONE ON MY OWN.” HOME REGION Carpi, Italy... View Details
- 05 Nov 2021
- Op-Ed
Is the Business World Finally Ready for the Wisdom of Shibusawa?
Eiichi Shibusawa continues to gain influence in Japan—even though he died almost a century ago. Japan’s government announced earlier this year that the 19th century business leader would be the face on 10,000 yen ($90) bank notes—the highest value denomination in... View Details