Early Modern Imperialism - Publications - Faculty & Research

22 Aug 2006
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First Look: August 22, 2006

Working PapersCartels and Competition: Neither Markets nor Hierarchies Author:Jeffrey Fear Abstract This article provides an overview on the rise and fall of cartels since the late 19th century when the modern cartel movement properly... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

2020
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Business, Ethics and Institutions. The Evolution of Turkish Capitalism in a Comparative Perspective

By: Asli M. Colpan and Geoffrey Jones

This chapter offers a survey of the evolution of Turkish capitalism from the 19th century Ottoman Empire until the present day. It shows that Turkish business over the last century and a half was shaped in an institutional context similar to those in many developing... View Details

Keywords: Business Groups; Capitalism; Entrepreneurship; Ethics; Government and Politics; History; Religion; Business History; Turkey; Central Asia; Middle East

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Jackson; Indian Removal; Trail of Tears Banking and Politics in Antebellum New York (1838) This case looks closely at state-level politics and the relationship between political parties and banking in early 19th century New York,... View Details

24 Oct 2023
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From P.T. Barnum to Mary Kay: Lessons From 5 Leaders Who Changed the World

phone, “You can do it, Mary Kay, you can do it.” When she launched her own firm, Beauty by Mary Kay, she leaned on the early lesson her mother taught her about motivation to inspire her salespeople. “Especially in the beginning, the... View Details

Keywords: by Avery Forman

23 Jan 2024
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How to Keep Employees Productive: Support Caregivers

furtively wedged between meetings and deadlines. Shifts to remote work and flexible hours during early pandemic lockdowns, for example, made care obligations less secretive. But it might not persist: About 50 percent of employers plan to... View Details

Keywords: by Kara Baskin

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The Founding of U.S. Steel and the Power of Public Opinion | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School

made, and the finished steel products. In the early twentieth century, steel provided the foundation for the construction of infrastructure and new cities in the West, the increased use of the automobile, and the production of materials... View Details

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Named Fellowship Funds - Alumni

hours a week to cover expenses, but still accumulated a large amount of debt, a sum that increased while he earned his MBA. Bachelor began saving very early for his children's college education so they would not experience the same... View Details

15 Feb 2022
Book

When Working Harder Doesn’t Work, Time to Reinvent Your Career

Lawyers, financial professionals, doctors—these types of workers often expect their abilities to remain steady or grow with time. But Brooks points to data showing that’s not the case. In almost every high-skill profession, he finds, decline sets in between a person’s... View Details

Keywords: by Avery Forman

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Strategy - Faculty & Research

of scaling its lending operations and achieving profitability in an evolving fintech landscape. It explores Tonik's journey from its launch in 2018 to early 2024, highlighting the company's innovative approach to digital banking, its... View Details

17 Mar 2015
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First Look: March 17

allows bank depositors to remain "sleepy": they do not have to pay attention to transient fluctuations in the market value of bank assets. In contrast, shadow banks create money-like claims by giving their investors an early... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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Investment Banking & Securities Underwriting | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School

M. Mazur and Myron Samuel. Principles of Organization Applied to Modern Retailing . New York: Harper & Bros., 1927. R. H. Macy & Co., Inc., Stock Certificate, October 1, 1926. Lehman Brothers Deal Books, Baker Library, Harvard Business... View Details

16 Jan 2006
Research & Ideas

What Customers Want from Your Products

they consumed the shake on the premises or drove off with it, and so on. He was surprised to find that 40 percent of all milk shakes were purchased in the early morning. Most often, these early-morning customers were alone; they did not... View Details

Keywords: by Clayton M. Christensen, Scott Cook & Taddy Hall; Consumer Products

01 Sep 2023
News

Money Does Grow on (Family) Trees

speedy and seamless technology. Any family tree documenting the modern genealogy industry would have its roots in Utah at the turn of the 20th century. In 1894, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints established the Genealogical... View Details

Keywords: April White; Illustrations by Fabio Consoli; News, Library, Internet, and Other Services; Information

09 Dec 2002
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Unilever—A Case Study

Company, which began by importing and exporting into West Africa but, beginning in the 1950s, turned to investing heavily in local manufacturing, especially brewing and textiles. The United Africa Company employed around 70,000 people in the 1970s and was the largest... View Details

Keywords: by Geoffrey Jones; Consumer Products; Entertainment & Recreation; Food & Beverage; Manufacturing; Retail

13 Dec 2011
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First Look: Dec. 13

years. In this period, Norway was at the forefront with regard to implementing legislation regulating cartels, yet the legislation was not an antitrust legislation in the modern sense. It was aimed not only at protecting consumer... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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Community Values - MBA

environment and are at the heart of a School-wide aspiration: to make HBS a model of the highest standards essential to responsible leadership in the modern business world. Our values are a set of guiding principles for all that we do... View Details

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Biography - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

In 2000, Harvard Business School and Harvard University jointly established the Institute for Strategy & Competitiveness to provide a home for his research. Research & Scholarship Michael Porter’s early work was on industry competition... View Details

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Events - Business History

East India Company in the late Eighteenth Century Elizabeth Cross, Georgetown University Oct 21 21 Oct 2019 Business History Seminar Do Merchants Have No Country? Companies, States, and Transnational Networks in Europe’s Early View Details

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Community Values | About

the heart of a School-wide aspiration: to make HBS a model of the highest standards essential to responsible leadership in the modern business world. Our values are a set of guiding principles for all that we do wherever we are and with... View Details

01 Mar 2024
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In Harmony

in the world. I really thought I’d won the lottery.” Early in his career, however, Kim realized something: He wasn’t certain of the finance industry’s inherent value to society—and he wasn’t sure being a great banker was his destiny. “But... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; photographs by Jun Michael Park; private equity; fiction; financial crisis; leadership; Korea

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