Early Modern Imperialism - Publications - Faculty & Research

17 Jan 2023
In Practice

8 Trends to Watch in 2023

As 2023 begins, businesses and employees face an uncertain economy and labor market, as the twin dilemmas of inflation and interest rates weigh on forecasts. Harvard Business School faculty share the top trends that they believe will shape the workplace and markets... View Details

Keywords: by Avery Forman

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Skydeck - Alumni

of the 2024 Alumni Achievement Award share takeaways from early experiences in the working world Origin Stories Recipients of the 2024 Alumni Achievement Award reflect on how family and where they grew up formed them—personally and... View Details

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Events - Business History

East India Company in the late Eighteenth Century Elizabeth Cross, Georgetown University Oct 21 21 Oct 2019 Business History Seminar Do Merchants Have No Country? Companies, States, and Transnational Networks in Europe’s Early View Details

26 Oct 2021
Research & Ideas

What Companies Want Most in a CEO: A Good Listener

skills in executive searches reflects specific firm needs, in particular the need to coordinate more—and more complex—activities within firms,” the paper says. Managers at all levels need social skills Sadun and Fuller, along with co-authors Stephen Hansen of the View Details

Keywords: by Jay Fitzgerald

01 Mar 2024
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In Harmony

in the world. I really thought I’d won the lottery.” Early in his career, however, Kim realized something: He wasn’t certain of the finance industry’s inherent value to society—and he wasn’t sure being a great banker was his destiny. “But... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; photographs by Jun Michael Park; private equity; fiction; financial crisis; leadership; Korea

10 Feb 2015
First Look

First Look: February 10

http://www.benedelman.org/publications/pricecoherence-2015-01-28.pdf Cases & Course Materials Harvard Business School Case 314-122 The Tate's Digital Transformation John Stack was the visionary head of digital transformation at the Tate, a collection of four... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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2023 Reunion Presentations - Alumni

appear. In this session, we discuss the current Early Prediction – Early Detection – Early Intervention strategy, with its goal of preventing the onset of AD before symptoms... View Details

04 Jun 2024
Research & Ideas

Navigating Consumer Data Privacy in an AI World

Harnessing customer data well is central to any modern business, as is earning consumers’ trust that their information will stay private. With data breaches growing more common, regulations are tightening across the globe to bolster... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Technology; Information Technology

01 Jun 2023
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Curb Appeal

million a year, and which critics argue is both financially and environmentally unsustainable. In the early 1970s, the city switched from metal trash cans to plastic bags, thereby establishing what Cohen has called a “rat nutrition... View Details

Keywords: Alexander Gelfand; photography by Vance Jacobs; Justice, Public Order, and Safety Activities; Government

19 Apr 2010
Research & Ideas

The History of Beauty

for washing became associated with Western civilization, and even as an essential entry ticket for immigrants seeking to become true Americans. The transformation of perfume also marks an important stage in the evolution of the modern... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Beauty & Cosmetics

01 Mar 2019
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The Burden Legacy

the first structure on the HBS campus to break away from the Georgian Revival style. The professional life of William A.M. Burden, son of William Sr. and father of William III, spanned aviation, government, modern art, and business. After... View Details

Keywords: Linda Kush

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Partners - Case Method Project

Island South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Texas Utah Vermont Virginia Washington West Virginia Wisconsin Wyoming CO 1 of 13 Denny Bain Poudre High School Fort Collins, CO Subjects: American Government, US History, Economics CO 2 of 13 Matt Beeson Colorado View Details

22 Feb 2018
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The New History of American Capitalism

and modern agriculture. The New History of American Capitalism By Sven Beckert and Christine Desan The new history of American capitalism builds on these disciplinary trends in history, economics, political science, and law; indeed, it... View Details

Keywords: Manufacturing

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Teacher Profiles - Case Method Project

Subjects: College Prep/Honors U.S. History, History of the Modern World MA Isaac Miller Madison Park Technical Vocational High School Boston, MA Subjects: AP U.S. Government, Criminal Justice LA Kelly Miller Northshore High School... View Details

16 Jul 2012
Research & Ideas

Are You a Strategist?

advantage. It also made it very easy for leaders to think of strategy solely as an analytical exercise. "If we're being honest, I was part of the problem," Montgomery says. Montgomery and fellow HBS professor Michael Porter—who is considered to be the father of the... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

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Spreading the Word – The Human Relations Movement – Baker Library | Bloomberg Center, Historical Collections

Mayo’s The Human Problems of Industrial Civilization , in the journal The Human Factor , 1934 The Depression and massive layoff of employees at Western Electric helped bring the Hawthorne experiments to a grinding halt in the early 1930s.... View Details

13 Jan 2009
First Look

First Look: January 13, 2009

world-class business. Following modern management practices, keeping sharp attention to cost control and capital operations, making aggressive entries into international markets, and maintaining a special corporate culture, Chairman Chen... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

01 Jun 2023
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Elevator Pitch: Block by Block

Illustration by Drue Wagner Illustration by Drue Wagner Curtis Wong (MBA 2019) Founder and CEO, Cloud Apartments Concept: Cloud Apartments is a product company within the rental apartment space. Its flagship line of modular apartments, Cloud S, is built in factories... View Details

Keywords: entrepreneurship; construction; housing; design; Construction of Buildings; Construction

15 Aug 2022
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University of the Future: Finding the Next World Leaders in Higher Ed

“Will China threaten American supremacy?” asks Kirby in his new book Empires of Ideas: Creating the Modern University from Germany to America to China. "Public institutions in the United States educate three-quarters of all American... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Education

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Our Curriculum - Business History

18th century to the present. Some cases highlight the introduction of new financial markets (such as the Dojima futures market in early modern Japan), or the creation of new instruments (such as... View Details

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