by Nancy Koehn - Publications - Faculty & Research

June 2001
Book Review

23 Apr 2001
Research & Ideas

Brand Power from Wedgwood to Dell: Part Two

entrepreneurs, says HBS professor Nancy F. Koehn. In Part One of a discussion about her recent book—in the April 16 issue of HBS Working Knowledge—Koehn described the brand-building savvy of three entrepreneurs in the past, as well as... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

March 25, 2001
Article

An Information Age Led by Business, So Far

By: Nancy F. Koehn

Keywords: Information; Business Ventures

Citation

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13 Jun 2019
News

‘A new era’: Trump and 2020 hopefuls are singling out more American companies by name

01 Feb 1997
News

Shaping the Future of Business: Entrepreneurial Evolution at HBS

case-method style of teaching explain much of the subsequent entrepreneurial success enjoyed by HBS alumni; certainly the real-world record of achievement compiled by HBS graduates would seem to bear that... View Details

Keywords: Nancy O. Perry and Susan Young; profiles by Garry Emmons

11 Feb 2002
Research & Ideas

Secrets of the Successful Businesswoman

business," declared Nancy Koehn in her opening keynote talk at the conference. A historian, author, and Harvard Business School professor, Koehn drew on exciting moments... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

09 Jan 2014
Working Paper Summaries

Economic Transition and Private-Sector Labor Demand: Evidence from Urban China

Keywords: by Lakshmi Iyer, Xin Meng, Nancy Qian & Xiaoxue Zhao

01 Jun 1997
News

Blockbuster Deals

disappointments? To learn more about some of the ramifications, pitfalls, and managerial issues associated with the M&A; process, the Bulletin asked a number of HBS faculty members to comment on the M&A; phenomenon from their several vantage points and areas of... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons and Nancy O. Perry

20 Feb 2006
HBS Case

Oprah: A Case Study Comes Alive

The best and brightest executives in the world are common visitors to the MBA classrooms at Harvard Business School, giving students a personal opportunity to talk to the likes of Ann Fudge, Lou Gerstner, Meg Whitman, and Jack Welch. Still, when Professor View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Media & Broadcasting; Consumer Products; Entertainment & Recreation

01 Dec 1997
News

Growing Together

and what was once considered the province of nonprofit organizations are becoming increasingly blurred." Businesses, says Austin, are finding they can benefit in many ways by working to strengthen the communities in which they operate.... View Details

Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso and Nancy O. Perry

09 Nov 2017
News

America is seduced by 'leadership bling' and lacks true leaders

18 Nov 2002
Research & Ideas

Enterprising Women—a History

professor Nancy Koehn, pointing out that women played key roles in the early American economy through the development of cottage industries and in the organization and work of benevolent societies. The exhibit does a wonderful job in... View Details

Keywords: by Laura Linard

November 9, 2017
Editorial

America is Seduced by 'Leadership Bling' and Lacks True Leaders

By: Nancy F. Koehn

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02 Nov 2017
News

How Leaders Are Shaped

08 Oct 2017
News

Episode 157

Winter 2018
Other Article

Conversation: Nancy Koehn, PhD '90: The Harvard Business School professor's new book, Forged in Crisis, takes inspiration from Abraham Lincoln, Frederick Douglass, and Rachel Carson.

By: Nancy F. Koehn

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13 Sep 2004
Research & Ideas

Cash and the Woman-Owned Business

men is exacerbated by several other important factors. Women in business and financial industries tend to move up the managerial ladder at a slower pace, so they stay in lower paying positions much longer. Women often choose... View Details

Keywords: by Candida Brush, Nancy M. Carter, Elizabeth Gatewood, Patricia G. Greene & Myra M. Hart