War - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Aug 2002
News

Seventy Years Out: Class of 1932 Celebrates Reunions

career was with the Air Force, in and out of uniform. His active duty in World War II took him to New Guinea, the Philippines, and Japan, and he later served in Korea. A statistics major, in 1960 he published Sampling in a Nutshell, a... View Details

George W. Lucas

Lucas has produced and directed some of the most successful films in history including the Star Wars Trilogy and the Indiana Jones series. Through his Industrial Light and Magic subsidiary, he has pioneered some of the most dramatic... View Details

Keywords: Entertainment & Broadcast Media

Harvey S. Firestone, Jr.

Firestone inaugurated the company’s Liberian manufacturing operations and developed and expanded the company’s auto supply and service stores. Firestone manufactured over 50% of all mobile anti-aircraft gun units during World War II and... View Details

Keywords: Automotive & Aerospace

Edward G. Budd

During the 1910s and 1920s, Budd constructed a successful business supplying car bodies, including an all-steel sedan body, to auto manufacturers such as General Motors, Studebaker, Ford and Chrysler. In the 1930s, Budd pioneered the fabrication of stainless steel.... View Details

Keywords: Automotive & Aerospace

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Site Credits - Edwin H. Land & Polaroid | Harvard Business School

EXHIBIT EXPLORE x HOME EMERGENCE OF A NEW TECHNOLOGY The Invention of the Polarizer A RESEARCH & MANUFACTURING COMPANY Commercialization of the Polarizer Innovation and the War Effort A Rewarding Working Life INSTANT PHOTOGRAPHY The Idea... View Details

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Biblical and Mythological Scenes - Coin and Conscience – Baker Library | Bloomberg Center, Historical Collections

Vanity and Virtue Misers, Moneylenders, and Thieves Money Devil Biblical and Mythological Scenes Love and Money Politics and War Louis-Philippe Speculation and Credit Bankers, Financiers, and Statesmen Stock Exchanges printer-friendly... View Details

01 Oct 1998
News

Putting on the Wheels

Thailand, India, Poland, and Argentina, even if there is a one- or two-year setback, there will be growth," he declares. For a man who rightly saw the potential in a town that looked like a Cold War relic, such faith in the power of... View Details

Keywords: Mary Ellen Gardner

21 Jul 2022
News

How Sumner Feldberg Helped Transform Retail

as a meteorologist for the Amy Air Forces during World War II before attending HBS. There he joined the class of 1949—which also included “James E. Burke, who later headed Johnson & Johnson; C. Peter McColough of Xerox Corp.; Thomas S.... View Details

Keywords: Miscellaneous Store Retailers; Retail Trade

08 Mar 2017
News

Helping vets become resident landlords

thing called the VA Loan Guarantee. That’s a no-money-down home-buying power, which was a result of the GI Bill after World War II. And what they particularly don’t know is that you can use this up to a no-money-down $417,000 to $721,000... View Details

01 Sep 2004
News

Corey, Lombard Remembered

marketing, distribution, and organizational strategy. He also headed the Division of Research for six years, overseeing an expansion of the School’s commitment to research and the launch of the HBS Press. Corey, a 1941 graduate of Amherst College, served in the Navy... View Details

25 Aug 2010
News

Classroom Hijinks: Games, Parties, Pranks, and Celebrations

decision after World War II to keep their sections in single classrooms. My graduate-school courses seem terribly pallid in comparison. I’m jealous. If you remember other examples of your class or section’s hijinks in the classroom,... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

01 Jun 2021
What Do You Think?

Are Employers Ready for a Flood of 'New' Talent Seeking Work?

willing and able to train new employees in large numbers will have an advantage in this kind of war for talent." That means that we can expect a flood of capable people, mostly women, seeking work during the coming months as the pandemic... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

01 Oct 1997
News

Antitrust in Historical Perspective

Before he became a federal judge, the controversial Robert Bork once labeled antitrust "a policy at war with itself." In this case, he was right. Antitrust laws are problematic. That is not, however, to say that they are without value.... View Details

Keywords: Thomas K. McCraw and Richard S. Tedlow

22 Jul 2002
Research & Ideas

How Business Strategy Tamed the “Invisible Hand”

Ghemawat The organizational challenges involved in World War II were a vital stimulus to strategic thinking. The problem of allocating scarce resources across the entire economy in wartime led to many innovations in management science.... View Details

Keywords: by Pankaj Ghemawat

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ARD - Georges F. Doriot : Educating Leaders, Building Companies, Baker Library, Harvard Business School

Library Visionary, Innovator, Educator I n the 1930s, investments were generally targeted for trusts, pensions, and other conservative funds rather than emerging industries. 32 The urgent military needs during World War II had fostered... View Details

01 Jun 2008
News

Greed, Gullibility, and Optimism

phenomenon in the United States. In the years leading up to the Great Depression and World War II, there was a very high percentage of recent immigrants in the United States, and home ownership was beyond the means of most. Before World... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg; Finance; Management; Real Estate

01 Jun 2018
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In Memoriam: Hugo Uyterhoeven

World War II, including rationing, bombardments, and Nazi occupation. Uyterhoeven joined the HBS faculty in 1960; his interests focused on business policy and the role of the middle manager. He taught many courses in the MBA Program,... View Details

Portrait Project

Mike Lynch

I never saw the rocket-propelled grenade that was meant to kill me that morning. I just heard it scream over my head and erupt in a deafening explosion behind me. The sights and sounds and smells of war were magnified in that instant: the... View Details

Ernest H. Volwiler

its pharmaceutical products. He contributed to the commercialization of penicillin and sulfa drugs during World War II and produced top level financial returns for Abbott during his tenure as CEO. View Details

Keywords: Healthcare

05 Feb 2019
First Look

New Research and Ideas, February 5, 2019

Refugees' Attitudes Towards Compromise and Civil War Termination By: Fabbe, Kristin, Chad Hazlett, and Tolga Sınmazdemir Abstract— Civilians who have fled violent conflict and settled in neighboring countries are integral to processes of... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

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