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and interdisciplines who study capitalism in non-urban locations. This conference was organized by the Program on the Study of Capitalism at Harvard University. Oct 16 16 Oct 2017 Business History Seminar Legal Change and Business View Details

F. Warren McFarlan

Professor McFarlan earned his AB from Harvard University in 1959, and his MBA and DBA from the Harvard Business School in 1961 and 1965 respectively. He has had a significant role in introducing materials on Management Information Systems to all major programs at... View Details

Keywords: computer; computer; computer; computer; computer; computer; computer

07 Sep 2011
First Look

First Look: Sept. 7

(particularly graphics related), power consumption, and suitability for new computer form factors (tablets, all-in-one machines, etc.). AMD planned to launch Fusion at the beginning of 2011 with a high-end processor, code-named Llano, to... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

20 Oct 2003
Research & Ideas

Gaps in the Historical Record: Development of the Electronics Industry

The Computer Industry The evolution of the computer industry also has an exciting, largely untold story. In no major industry has a single enterprise so shaped its evolution as... View Details

Keywords: by Alfred D. Chandler Jr.; Consumer Products

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Globalization - Faculty & Research

out that immigration can enhance the competitiveness of multinational firms. 2013 Chapter Multinational Enterprises and Incomplete Institutions: The Demandingness of Minimum Moral Standards By: Nien-he Hsieh Multinational View Details

01 Aug 2001
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Richard B. Fisher (MBA '62)

of his first assignments—an analysis of the economic feasibility of a Canadian hydroelectric plant—required him to master the FORTRAN and COBOL programming languages. "Building a computer model was no mean feat in 1962," Fisher recalls.... View Details

Keywords: Richard B. Fisher; Warren A. Law; Alumni Achievement Award; Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management of Companies and Enterprises

2023
Book

Deeply Responsible Business.: A Global History of Values-Driven Leadership

By: Geoffrey Jones

Corporate social responsibility has entered the mainstream, but what does it take to run a successful purpose-driven business? This book examines leaders who put values alongside profits to showcase the challenges and upside of deeply responsible business. Should... View Details

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01 Sep 2023
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Case Study: The Home Team

of time in which Nester can engage a customer: A prospective buyer tours a house, gets serious about it, and decides to put in an offer—and now they need Nester. To reach more buyers, Kennealey started offering an enterprise package to... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; Real Estate

01 Sep 2007
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Alfred D. Chandler Jr. Remembered

Indeed, Chandler concluded, by the mid-2oth century, the multiunit, multifunctional enterprise administered by salaried managers had become the “most powerful institution in the American economy.” In his 1962 book Strategy and Structure,... View Details

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Historical Data & Sources - Business History

Download Data Set in Excel IBM: Countries of Operation J. Connolly, History of Computing in Europe, 1967 IBM Annual Reports, various years Directory of American Firms Operating in Foreign Countries , various editions OneSource Map created... View Details

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HBS - Financials | Supplemental Financial Information

HBP, HBS Online, and Executive Education as operating expenses, in a profit-seeking enterprise they would in large part be considered cost of goods sold. These expenses include direct costs for staff compensation, specialized outside... View Details

08 Sep 2008
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The Value of Environmental Activists

There are many methods, most financial, to measure the success of companies in meeting goals. But the question becomes a lot harder at Harvard Business School when MBAs are challenged to measure the efforts of environmental organizations like Greenpeace and the World... View Details

Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert; Energy; Utilities

14 Jun 2023
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Dean Datar Meets with Alumni in East Asia

Dividing the current efforts of the School into three priorities, he offered insights into work that is underway on the role of business in society, digital innovation, and reimagining learning. "I don't think there is another institution other than business and free... View Details

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John H. McArthur | About

his tenure provided a continuing base for research and teaching in entrepreneurship. Another venture McArthur nurtured was the Social Enterprise Initiative, launched in 1993 with a gift from the late John C. Whitehead (MBA 1947 and former... View Details

15 Jul 2019
Book

Many Executives Are Afraid of Finance. Here's How They Can Gain Confidence

what’s the best way for managers to communicate financial information to shareholders? “People who want to have advanced roles in enterprise confront financial questions more and more, and they have to be more fluent in the financial... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

11 Jul 2019
Blog Post

Meet the MBA Class of 2020

BREAKTHROUGHS PEOPLE THOUGHT IMPOSSIBLE A YEAR AGO.” HOME REGION Wayne, PA UNDERGRAD EDUCATION College of William & Mary, Economics, 2014 PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE Verily, Google, Symplivety HBS ACTIVITIES Digital Impact Initiative, The Future Society, Health Care Club,... View Details

25 Jun 2013
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First Look: June 25

transfer of IP addresses, numeric identifiers required by all computers connected to the Internet. Excessive fragmentation of IP address blocks causes growth in the Internet's routing table, which is socially costly, so an IP address... View Details

Keywords: Anna Secino

10 Nov 2003
Research & Ideas

Globalization: The Strategy of Differences

enterprise has shown that there are fundamental tensions between pursuing scale economies and playing the spreads. (See the table "Conflicting Challenges.") The data indicate that there is some merit to classifying companies... View Details

Keywords: by Pankaj Ghemawat

12 Oct 1999
Research & Ideas

Porter’s Perspective: Competing in the Global Economy

problems that hold back the rest of their economy. The problem is, isolated zones for processing foreign inputs and exporting all these outputs are the antithesis of cluster development. Emerging nations must create programs and incentives that encourage View Details

Keywords: Re: Michael E. Porter

01 Aug 1998
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High Honors

an entrepreneur. With several other HBS graduates, he undertook a decidedly low-tech startup: plastic phone book covers to carry local advertisements in Massachusetts. The company, the National Merchandising Corporation, was such a success that over the next six years,... View Details

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