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William C. Norris
An electrical engineer by trade, Norris pioneered Control Data Corporation (CDC) into a leading mainframe computer maker, giving IBM heavy competition during the 1970s and 1980s. Norris was also a great philanthropist, building CDC... View Details
Keywords: Computers & Electronics
- 01 Sep 2020
- News
The Devil You Don’t Know
Illustration by David Plunkert Illustration by David Plunkert Edited by Dan Morrell What examples from history can we reflect on as we begin to address the economic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic and prescribe solutions for policy and private enterprise? I want to... View Details
- 02 Mar 2023
- News
A Century of Birthday Candles
resident. “The View From 100” recounts how Duff was 6 years old at the beginning of the Great Depression and just finishing high school when the United States entered World War II. Most of the boys in her... View Details
- 21 Aug 2017
- News
The Principles That Divide Us Might Be Greater Than Those That Bind Us Together
get. I'm watching how conflict is being handled as a guide, and I'm not encouraged.” In a new essay on LinkedIn, noted hedge fund manager Ray Dalio (MBA 1973) writes that Americans are divided in ways not seen since the Great View Details
- 01 Mar 2003
- News
New Book Recounts Storied Class of ’49
made big contributions, too. Although the “49ers” chose a miner heading for the Gold Rush as their class emblem, growing up during the Depression gave them a different perspective on wealth. Their initial salaries averaged only $4,000,... View Details
Keywords: Laura Singleton
- 02 Mar 2017
- What Do You Think?
Is China About to Overtake the US for World Trade Leadership?
currency, triggering a chain reaction that some believe contributed to the Great Recession of 2008. Here’s their thinking: Although the depressed value of the yuan increased the cost of raw materials... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
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Instrument of Pictorial Publicity - The High Art of Photographic Advertising - Baker Library | Bloomberg Center
industrial lines.” 7 In the 1930s, many believed the failing U.S. economy threatened the private enterprise system itself, and as the Great Depression wore on a sense of obligation arose among business... View Details
- 01 Mar 2009
- News
The Case for Studying Financial History
certainly anticipated something very large because the parallels are not just with the Great Depression but with the financial crisis of 1914, which in many ways was more spectacular. So, this was a case of... View Details
- 01 Mar 2008
- News
Avoiding a Succession Crisis
The rapid changes at Merrill Lynch and Citigroup highlight the problem many firms face as they consider succession. What we are seeing should be surprising and disturbing to us all: At investment banks of great importance, the board of... View Details
- 01 Dec 2007
- News
Rediscovering America
from depression to optimism,” explains Kanter, who says she grew up “thinking that Americans have a special responsibility to improve the state of the world.” While her agenda is ambitious, Kanter notes, “The country can accomplish a... View Details
- 25 Mar 2008
- News
Whistling Past the Graveyard
cite when claiming that the economy is basically doing OK. It was those “fundamentals” that Herbert Hoover was extolling just before the Great Depression hit. Some of the fundamentals, macro and micro,... View Details
- 09 Apr 2016
- Blog Post
Meet The HBS Sound Society
Sound Society was joined by the Handel and Haydn Society’s musicians and H2 Young Professionals group. We hope that this is just the beginning of a long lasting partnership. Finally, Sound Society made great strides to connect students on... View Details
Keywords: Entertainment / Media / Sports
- 01 Mar 2018
- News
Ink: Alumni Books and Recommendations
dominant architect of the building boom in the early 20th century. But the Depression ended all that. Nothing like 740 or 834 was built for another 75 years. What newer additions to the New York skyline will future generations be... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 04 Aug 2014
- Op-Ed
Why Small-Business Lending Is Not Recovering
years during the crisis and subsequent recovery. In addition, collateral owned by small businesses lost value during the financial crisis, potentially making small business borrowers less creditworthy today—in fact, small business credit scores are lower now than... View Details
- 16 Feb 2004
- Research & Ideas
European Private Equity—Still a Teenager?
with a lot of turbulence: "a very dramatic run off" of activity in the 1980s, followed by a decline in activity that led to a depression for much of the early 1990s, followed by a gradual recovery during the mid-1990s. "The... View Details
- 22 Feb 2016
- Research & Ideas
The ‘Mother of Fair Trade’ was an Unabashed Price Protectionist
state policing powers rather than intrastate trade. Aided by the Great Depression The Fair Trade Act brought businesses to California and led to other states enacting similar legislation. The View Details
- 01 Dec 2020
- News
New Releases: Alumni and Faculty Books
including Dollar Shave Club, Rent the Runway, and “pay as you fly” insurance for drone flights. Finally, the authors outline the challenges in adopting these new models and offer guidance to overcome them. Spirituality After Harvard: My Path Out of View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Dec 2010
- News
Additional alumni books for your consideration.
company to still lose money, Byrnes explains how managers can rethink their business for maximum profit. Along the way, he punctures such harmful myths as revenues are good, costs are bad; all customers should get the same great service;... View Details
- 09 Jan 2014
- Research & Ideas
The Entrepreneurs Who Invented Economic Forecasting
New Deal. Still, it was an important stepping-stone from the previous generation who did not fathom a role for government in modifying the business cycle at all. Q: What effect did the Great Depression have... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 06 May 2015
- Research & Ideas
A Flood of Picassos Threatens to Water Down the Art Market
Pablo Picasso's legacy is a curious one in that he composed and left behind some 70,000 works of art, but never did draft a will. Thus, the divvying up of his assets has been a charged and factious exercise in a family already made brittle in various ways by the View Details