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- 01 Feb 2001
- News
In Dot-Calm Era, Conference Examines Options for Entrepreneurs
near-failure. Other keynotes included David P. Perry's "The Ups and Downs of the Modern Entrepreneur." Perry (MBA '97) is the founder of the B2B marketplace Chemdex (which recently closed its doors) and CEO of its parent company, Ventro... View Details
Keywords: Information
- 01 Dec 1997
- News
Merton's Economics Research Wins Nobel Prize
whose work has had a major impact on modern financial markets." "We are enormously proud that Bob Merton has received this honor," noted HBS Dean Kim B. Clark. "He has made and continues to make fundamental contributions to finance and... View Details
- 14 Apr 2023
- Blog Post
New MBA Course Asks Students: What’s More Important—Purpose or Profits?
purpose in modern society invigorating. “The module was absolutely brilliant. It got me thinking on many tangents that generally aren’t covered here in the regular course,” one first year student commented. “I look forward to learning... View Details
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The Art of American Advertising: 1865 - 1910
“Posting” Brand Name Management A Marketing Revolution “Advertising is a distinct art, as much so as the art of coal mining or of engine building,” noted copywriter and author Nathaniel C. Fowler wrote in 1889. 1 Fowler was referring to View Details
- 04 Sep 2019
- News
INK: Out of Exile
role of stories in your own life? I come from a storytelling culture. My great-grandmother’s village in Iran had almost no modern amenities, so people told stories as entertainment and to keep up with news. Then, as a refugee you have a... View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint
- 01 Jun 2010
- News
Health IT at the Bedside
ordered not to eat anything in advance of a test but was still given his usual dose of insulin. At hospitals that have modern IT systems, when food is being withheld for studies, corrected insulin orders are automatically suggested in the... View Details
- 06 Feb 2014
- Research & Ideas
The Art of American Advertising
compared with modern marketing techniques, the Reconstruction Era actually shared some advertising commonalities with the dot-com boom. "The rise of the Internet in the 1990s had an enormous impact on global business and industry,... View Details
- 01 Jun 2016
- News
Rethinking Housing in the Motor City
single-family houses—the largest strictly single-family housing market in the country,” Rhea explains. Lafayette Park, the Detroit neighborhood where he grew up in the 1970s, is one of the few exceptions. Populated with high rises and townhouses designed by View Details
Keywords: April White
- 07 Jun 2016
- First Look
June 7, 2016
lines from these things to quantitative and evidence-based evaluation of enterprise performance and to financial valuation. The approach is generalizable to any modern industry. The materials, wholly consistent with what is known from... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Jun 2005
- News
One-on-One with Grover Norquist
state legislatures, and governorships to sign the pledge. Today, 222 members of the House, 46 senators, the President, more than 1,200 state legislators, and 6 governors all have signed. And that has changed the modern political process... View Details
Keywords: Government
- 18 Sep 2007
- Research & Ideas
How Brand China Can Succeed
the board. The cars China exports better be as good as Hyundais and Toyotas. Third, China must use the Olympics as an event for national progress, not just Beijing progress. To spread the modernizing impact of the Olympics, China is... View Details
Keywords: by John Quelch
- 22 Sep 2017
- News
The Epicenter of Miami’s Vice
Why do you think that is? White: It's so bizarre to have a modern day gold rush kind of you know wild west thing happen in modern history. After all, we're talking about something that happened, in this... View Details
- 12 Apr 2018
- Op-Ed
Op-Ed: The Trouble with Tariffs
side) competing with a lack of an industrial policy (on the US side). Going all the way back to the mid-1980s, the Chinese government has been mapping a pathway for the country to become a modern economy possessing core technological... View Details
Keywords: by Willy C. Shih; Manufacturing; Auto; Steel; Air Transportation; Technology; Telecommunications
- 01 Mar 2011
- News
Alumni Books
roaring into the modern world. World 3.0: Global Prosperity and How to Achieve It by Pankaj Ghemawat (PhDBE '82) (Harvard Business Review Press) Reacting to the global financial crisis, governments are pushing for increased protectionism.... View Details
- 09 Jan 2014
- Research & Ideas
The Entrepreneurs Who Invented Economic Forecasting
underscored the risk and uncertainty inherent to capitalism itself. Sean Silverthorne: Why did you decide to write this book? Walter Friedman: The idea came to me years ago when teaching "Creating Modern Capitalism," a short course that... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 20 Mar 2000
- Research & Ideas
No Place Like Home: America’s Housing Crisis and Its Impact on Business
food, shelter is perhaps the most basic human need. In modern society, stable, safe housing is more than a matter of comfort and convenience; it positively affects childhood development, individual self-esteem, and family viability.... View Details
- 12 Jul 2011
- News
Phone Fun
“Mobile phones are becoming more, not less relevant,” he observed in Campaign, noting that the devices are such a mainstay of modern culture that young consumers will find a way to afford them, even during economic downturns. A key... View Details
- 01 Jul 2008
- First Look
First Look: July 1, 2008
innovation strategy under market uncertainty is also addressed. Purchase this note: http://harvardbusinessonline.hbsp.harvard.edu/ b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=508090 Myths and Lessons of Modern Chinese History Harvard Business... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
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Courses by Faculty Unit - Course Catalog
Debora L. Spar Fall 2025 Q1Q2 3.0 Capitalism: Past, Present, Future Sophus A. Reinert Fall 2025 Q1Q2 3.0 Creating the Modern Financial System David Moss Spring 2026 Q3Q4 3.0 Entrepreneurship and Global Capitalism (also listed under... View Details
- 26 Feb 2019
- Blog Post
Forget Cash. Here Are Better Ways to Motivate Employees
Whillans co-wrote a recent article in Compensation & Benefits Review, “Winning the War for Talent: Modern Motivational Methods for Attracting and Retaining Employees,” with Anais Thibault-Landry of the Université du Québec à Montréal... View Details
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