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Historic Industry & Trade Literature | Baker Library

Historic Industry & Trade Literature Baker Old Class The Baker Old Class collection is Baker Library’s first circulating collection. These materials offer a depth and breadth rarely seen in business literature collections. The extensive... View Details

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Prompt-a-thon Invites HBS IT Staff to Sharpen GenAI Skills | Information Technology

participants used prompting best practices to guide their work. Provide Instructions: Specify the task you want the tool to complete as well as your goal Be Detailed: Provide context and feedback to the tool Use Examples: Give the tool reference View Details

Discovery Process

all, most students don’t go on to become historians. My classes attracted lots of students interested in business, finance, and entrepreneurship, and watching how MBAs engaged with historical material gave me more strategies for... View Details

01 Jun 2023
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Batteries Included

materials and doesn’t require problematic materials (such as cobalt or nickel) common in other lithium-ion battery chemistries. I imagine it has great possibilities.” Fleetzero has embraced those... View Details

Keywords: Catherine O’Neill Grace; Water Transportation; Transportation

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Manuscript Collections - A Chronicle of the China Trade

1831, Russell & Co. rose to become the largest American commission house in China until the firm’s demise in 1891. The collection includes order books, invoices, freight books, insurance documents, and letter books. The earlier material... View Details

01 Dec 2019
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What’s Behind the Explosive Growth of Sustainable Investing?

creating educational material around that is going to be another big step forward. SC: Another hope is that some of the material that we teach in this course could eventually move into the first-year finance... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint

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Instant Photography Is Launched | Baker Library

at American Optical Society, February 21, 1947. Polaroid Corporation Records, Photograph & Visual Materials Collection, b. X.616, f. 6. On February 21, 1947, Land introduced his instant photography process at the Optical Society of... View Details

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WRDS - Wharton Research Data Services | Baker Library

databases and copyrighted material on the WRDS system is only for internal or academic research. You may not use data downloaded from WRDS for any commercial endeavor. In addition, you may not reveal, disclose, transfer, or share username... View Details

Expanding Horizons

my own ability to analyze the decisions of business leaders in my historical research. My research has benefited enormously from the resources available at Harvard Business School. The materials available across the Harvard libraries... View Details

09 Apr 2013
First Look

First Look: April 9

Cases & Course Materials Harvard Business School Case 612-016 Lowell General Physician Hospital Organization This case focuses on the Alternative Quality Contract (AQC), a novel payment program designed to incentivize providers to... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

04 Oct 2006
Lessons from the Classroom

Surviving Success: When Founders Must Go

fit. "Initially we allocated very few pages to the search process itself, but as we got into it, we realized how much rich material was there," says Wasserman. "An added plus was the issue of how involved Lew should be in... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Technology

01 Sep 2003
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New York Club Honors Goldman Sachs CEO

attend one of HBS’s Executive Education nonprofit management programs. This year, the club provided four such scholarships. Please add the Bulletin to your mailing list and contact the editors directly with updates on your club’s recent activities. We will print as... View Details

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

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Research Links: Photographs - Railroads and the Transformation of Capitalism | Harvard Business School

General File Photograph Collection, Series XVII:724 The General File Photograph Collection includes photographs and other materials relating to various railroads, including: Baltimore and Ohio Railroad; Boston and Maine Railroad’s 4000... View Details

24 Jun 2014
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Gary (MBA 1963) and Terie Roubos

been reading the materials that Harvard sends, but this was the first time I became aware we could have an annuity attached to it,” says Gary. “Once I learned that was possible, I thought that it was a perfect opportunity for us.” (June... View Details

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Social Media Guidelines for Faculty and Staff | About

Preserves the integrity of the HBS learning environment by not publishing or distributing case materials or course content to anyone who has not enrolled in a class, particularly those outside of the HBS community. In addition, if you are... View Details

01 Jun 2003
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Ruling from the Bench

(unless it involved the defendant), a practice that often served only to humiliate the victim and introduce material irrelevent to the proceedings at hand. In 1983, then New York Mayor Ed Koch appointed Snyder to a judgeship. With her... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; Justice, Public Order, and Safety Activities; Government

01 Jun 2011
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Where Conservation Means Business

value of the Historical Collections is immense,” says Nicholas. “Original materials constitute ‘hard evidence.’ They help students to appreciate the significance of historical context, and they provide a mechanism through which they can... View Details

Keywords: Roger thompson

17 Jun 2020
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Toronto Copes with COVID-19 Via Webinars; Alumni Respond to Pandemic in Philippines

COVID-19 Crisis portal. The material in this portal has been organized into six key topics: The Crisis Economy, Leadership Skills in a Crisis, Leading Your Team, Managing Yourself, Managing Cash Flow, and Reimagining the Future. For each... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

01 Apr 2000
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A Place in the Sun

for Fijians, and plans are under way for a $2 million hospital for the islanders. "The Fijians don't have much material wealth, but they have an extreme amount of happiness, which derives from their character, their security, their... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna and Garry Emmons

11 Dec 2018
First Look

New Research and Ideas, December 11, 2018

partners to build her fashion business and legendary luxury brand based on understated elegance. Chanel’s famous “little black dress” was accompanied by many other innovations including the use of jersey as material for daytime clothing... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

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