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02 Sep 2002
Research & Ideas

The Role of Government When All Else Fails

represents a highly important development in the ongoing transformation of American risk management policy. Q: How do the events of September 11th illustrate the role of government in risk management? A: As I explain in the preface, I finished writing my View Details

Keywords: by Laura Linard

07 Nov 2011
Research & Ideas

The Forgotten Book that Helped Shape the Modern Economy

and Antonio Serra, generally acknowledged to have been the world's first economist. Harvard Business School is uniquely able to facilitate such research. Not only does Baker Library hold one of the greatest collections of Medici View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

20 Dec 2004
Research & Ideas

How an Order Views Your Company

impact stayed. Kash, John, and I worked very hard to capture our findings in a single document. Alan Weber, at the time the Editor of the Harvard Business Review, did a magnificent job of taking our manuscript and making it accessible to... View Details

Keywords: by Sarah Jane Johnston

01 Sep 2017
News

History’s Lessons

to complete the manuscript of Silent Spring, which documents the effects of pesticides such as DDT on the environment and the campaign of misinformation surrounding their use. “Leaders are obligated...to translate information into... View Details

Keywords: Abraham Lincoln; Ernest Shackelford; Rachel Carson

05 Dec 2017
Research & Ideas

What We've Learned from 101 Entrepreneurs in Emerging Markets

Institute of Management in Pune. In most months, nearly 100 full-length interview manuscripts are downloaded. Cheng Gao: Many fellow students from across micro and macro topic areas have expressed interest in using the material for a wide... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

01 Sep 2009
News

E Ink’s Wild Ride

can thumb through a copy of The Smithsonian Book of Books by Michael Olmert, tracing the history of text from ancient scrolls to illuminated manuscripts to Gutenberg’s invention of the printing press and beyond. Published in 1992, it... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; e-books; e-reading; News, Library, Internet, and Other Services; Information; Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing; Manufacturing

26 Feb 2008
First Look

First Look: February 26, 2008

MacCulloch Publication:In Populism and Natural Resources, edited by William Hogan and Federico Sturzenegger, manuscript Abstract We study the correlation between a belief concerning individualism and a measure of luck in the US during the... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

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country and (5) understand the role of Italy in the birth of modern capitalism, including the history of double accounting, banking and its impact on trade and the arts. While on campus, we will visit Baker Library’s Medici Collection, comprising more than 150 ledgers... View Details

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