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Breaking Down the Barriers - The High Art of Photographic Advertising - Baker Library | Bloomberg Center

this trend. “Stieglitz worked hard to establish photography as a truly modern art,” Michele Bogart writes. “Steichen was of a different generation and sensibility. He could build upon the aesthetic and institutional foundation Stieglitz... View Details

01 Jun 2011
News

Alumni Books

Alchemists of Loss: How Modern Finance and Government Intervention Crashed the Financial System by Kevin Dowd and Martin Hutchinson (MBA ’73) (Wiley) The authors discuss modern finance as a U.S. invention,... View Details

Keywords: Finance; Monetary Authorities-Central Bank; Finance; National Security and International Affairs; Government

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The Ownership Project | Institute for Business in Global Society

Christopher Eaglin Videos Play Video duration: 1:31 The wealth gap: Rethinking equity ownership in modern business. Harvard Business School professor Ethan Rouen explains how the evolution of ownership structures - particularly the... View Details

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IT Strategy: Creating a Frictionless Experience with Federated Identity and Access Management | Information Technology

systems, simplifying the user experience and enhancing security. Our efforts to streamline user provisioning involve standardizing account lifecycle management across HBS and establishing a reliable source for identity data, governance, and administration. Furthermore,... View Details

17 Jul 2017
Op-Ed

Op-Ed: As America Recedes from Global Leadership, Its CEOs are Stepping Up

As America recedes from global leadership under President Donald Trump’s “America First” policies, a new generation of business statesmen is stepping up to take on global issues of monumental importance: global trade, climate change, job creation, and healthy living.... View Details

Keywords: by Bill George

14 Mar 2016
Research & Ideas

The Surprising Connection between 1930s Weather and Today's Labor Unions

detailed in Cohen’s new working paper, The Impact of Forced Migration on Modern Cities: Evidence from 1930s Crop Failures, co-written by HBS finance professor Christopher J. Malloy and Quoc Nguyen, an assistant finance professor at the... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

13 May 2002
Book

Bringing the Master Passions to Work

unknown that lurks in other minds and to harness these minds for our ends. Impeccable justification is the hallmark of successful persuasion. Much of modern science bears the mark of the ambitious who needs to conquer other minds through... View Details

Keywords: by Mihnea C. Moldoveanu & Nitin Nohria

01 Dec 2020
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The Camel and the Unicorn

predecessors to modern computers. The computing revolution naturally followed, in part fueled by government projects like ARPANet, the Defense Department initiative that would lay the foundation for the View Details

25 Jun 2019
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Ann Sarnoff To Lead Warner Bros. Studio

Sarnoff also discussed the challenge of meeting the needs of the modern audience. “We need to emotionally connect with our audiences and build a connection that can last into future generations,” she told Deadline. “They’re experiencing... View Details

Keywords: Arts, Entertainment

10 Jan 2005
Research & Ideas

How to Put Meaning Back into Leading

early-twentieth-century social scientists is what we call "the meaning and organization problem." One of the main trends of modern society was the rise of large formal work organizations. Capitalists and managers encouraged the... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

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2019 Symposium - Race, Gender & Equity

Professor at Stanford University, presents Flash Talk, “Identity Theft Rediscovering Ourselves after Stroke”, at the 2019 Gender and Work Symposium. Finsta: A Mental Health Resource for the Modern Age: What happens when authenticity and... View Details

01 Sep 2016
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Alumni and Faculty Books for September 2016

Rothschild, creator of the modern bond market; and William Lever, of the employee-owned John Lewis Partnership. Entrepreneurs in Every Generation: How Successful Family Businesses Develop Their Next Leaders by Allan Cohen (MBA 1961) and... View Details

15 May 2019
Research Event

The Unconventional Capitalism That Shapes Business History

Lalocracio In thinking about the current contested state of global capitalism, and what to do about it, much can be learned from the debates I heard at the recent Harvard Business School conference, Seeking the Unconventional in Forging Histories of Capitalism, which... View Details

Keywords: by Geoffrey G. Jones; Education

25 Mar 2014
Research & Ideas

China’s Economic System has Difficult Road Overcoming its Political System

curse to the economic fortunes of the county. On the one hand, it has poured massive investment into infrastructure improvements, as anyone who has witnessed the incredible growth of mega-cities such as Shanghai and Shenzhen can see. Along with that, View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

25 Jul 2011
Research & Ideas

How Disruptive Innovation is Remaking the University

evolved over the past several hundred years. Even more than most organizations, traditional universities are products of their history. That history is shared, because most universities have emulated a handful of elite American schools that began to assume their View Details

Keywords: by Clayton M. Christensen & Henry J. Eyring; Education

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Buy Now, Pay Later: Research Links - Secondary Resources

Remington Rand and the Industry They Created, 1865-1956 (Princeton, N.J: Princeton University Press, 1993). Dun & Bradstreet Corporation. Dun & Bradstreet and the Rise of Modern Business: A History of the Dun & Bradstreet Corporation (New... View Details

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Burden Park | About

hospital, music, and St. Thomas Episcopal Church in New York, where she was a lifelong member. William A.M. Burden (AB 1927) Florence and William’s eldest son, William A.M. Burden (AB 1927) , father of William III, spanned aviation, government, View Details

01 Dec 2017
News

Examining the Magnitude of Syria’s Refugee Crisis

The flow of refugees from Syria following years of civil war has been called the worst humanitarian crisis in modern times. Working in collaboration with HBS’s global research centers, two HBS professors have brought a better... View Details

02 Mar 2011
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Last Look - March 2011

class is being taught by General Mills.” David Krieger (MBA ’00) and Beth Ferguson (MBA ’01) agreed. Beth provided details: “These chorus women were the troops to General Mills (Andrew Vogel)Â as he sang ‘I am the very model of a modern... View Details

Keywords: Keith Larson

01 Jun 2025
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Crucible: Relocation

Illustration by Caroline Tomlinson When we discussed the concept of crucibles at HBS, my best guess then—based on my dating record and polycystic ovaries—was that I might struggle with finding a life partner and with fertility. As I re-emerge from my first real... View Details

Keywords: Zhang, Qian

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