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Poor’s Manual: The Rise of Business Analysts - Railroads and the Transformation of Capitalism | Harvard Business School

of Standard and Poor’s, which provides research and analysis of company stock and bonds. Management Mass Distribution Site Credits Henry Varnum Poor, Poor’s Manual of the Railroads of the United States , New York: H. V. & H. W. Poor,... View Details

07 Oct 2021
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Planning Ahead

took the thoughtful approach that he has honed working for more than 30 years in the credit markets and applied it to his own situation. Ketchum established a bequest intention that will support HBS as part of his estate plan. Making a... View Details

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Bubbles, Panics & Crashes – Historical Collections – Harvard Business School

the 1920s Research Links Site Credits Introduction Financial crises have happened before, and - if history is any guide - they will happen again. One year after the subprime mortgage crisis, this Baker Library Historical Collections... View Details

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Payment and Financial Aid - HBS Online

Payment Methods Loans Grants Payment Methods We accept payments via credit card, wire transfer, Western Union, and (when available) bank loan. We also allow you to split your payment across two separate View Details

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Research & Development, Project Code SX-70 - Edwin H. Land & Polaroid | Harvard Business School

Education Alumni Baker Library Historical Collections MORE EXHIBITS HOME RESEARCH LINKS POLAROID FILMS SITE CREDITS “The transfer from the field of polarized light to the field of photography was for us all a miraculous experience, as if... View Details

22 Mar 2024
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Driving Impact in Emerging Markets with HBS Alum Nneka Chime (MBA 2015)

always find folks that you connect with, personally and professionally, who you can help or can help you,” she said. She credits her HBS section as a key support network, as well as the HBS alumni she has connected with in Nigeria.... View Details

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Augustine Heard & Co.: Building a Family Business - A Chronicle of the China Trade

Related Collections Site Credits When the proposition was first made of my going to China with Uncle Augustine I jumped at it. I knew it involved a question of years, but there was a romantic side to it which appealed to my imagination. I... View Details

November 2010
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Lessons Learned? Brooksley Born & the OTC Derivatives Market (A)

By: Clayton S. Rose and David Lane

On May 7, 1998, the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission, chaired by Brooksley Born, issued a "Concept Release" inviting public comment on the relevance and appropriateness of existing regulation of the over-the-counter (OTC) derivatives market, a market with a... View Details

Keywords: Financial Crisis; Credit Derivatives and Swaps; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Policy; Business and Government Relations; Financial Services Industry; Public Administration Industry; District of Columbia

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1929: The Great Crash - Bubbles, Panics & Crashes – Historical Collections – Harvard Business School

the 1920s Research Links Site Credits 1929: The Great Crash Unique historical materials in Harvard University collections throw light on the role of the regional exchanges in the stock market crash of 1929, and the regulation of the... View Details

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Harvard Business School

Archival Collections Bibliography Site Credits Visiting the Exhibit Black Faculty Members at Harvard Business School, 1954-Present* Student Pioneers The Value of Business Education The Golden Age of Black Business AASU Early Years &... View Details

30 Jan 2020
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The Upside of Highlighting a Product's Downsides

Administration. “Those who choose the offering will engage with it more.” Equally important, the researchers found that in this context, identifying negatives prominently had an “insignificant effect” on customer acquisition rates. Trade-off transparency at a View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost

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Joiner - Entrepreneurship

experience: Entrepreneurial Sales and Marketing Launching Tech Ventures Founders’ Journey Startup Operations Field X (provides funding) Get additional startup experience: Work on a project for a startup for credit through an Independent... View Details

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Agents of Change: The Founding of the AASU - The Value of Business Education

Archival Collections Bibliography Site Credits Visiting the Exhibit The Value of Business Education Student Pioneers The Value of Business Education The Golden Age of Black Business AASU Early Years & Influence AASU Founders Core Demands... View Details

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Introducing One-Step Photography - Edwin H. Land & Polaroid | Harvard Business School

Education Alumni Baker Library Historical Collections MORE EXHIBITS HOME RESEARCH LINKS POLAROID FILMS SITE CREDITS “All that should be necessary to get a good picture, is to take a good picture, and our task is to make that possible.”... View Details

27 Mar 2024
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Video: Inspirational Women in Business

And humility, sharing credit where credit is due, and taking more than your share of the blame. Aastha Bhardwaj: The former CEO of PepsiCo, Indra Nooyi— Veronica Chua: The first woman of color and immigrant... View Details

03 Dec 2014
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Can the Brilliant Jerk Be Managed Effectively?

problems for colleagues. They are demanding to the point of being abusive, they make promises to clients that their colleagues cannot meet, they take too much credit for success, and they generally are unable to adhere to commonly shared... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

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Serving the Public Interest Through Competition: British Railroads - Railroads and the Transformation of Capitalism | Harvard Business School

of workmen and the public as a whole.” 10 Thus, while Parliament supported railroad entrepreneurs’ efforts to purchase private land, it also fostered competition and restricted regional monopolies as a way of serving the public good. The First Big Business French &... View Details

23 Jun 2008
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Innovative Ways to Encourage Personal Savings

award prizes as part of the savings product's return. Rotating Savings and Credit Associations, known as ROSCAs, draw impetus from the spirit of communities and social networks. The varied solutions that Tufano and colleagues have set out... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Financial Services

24 Jan 2020
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Clayton M. Christensen Dies at 67

Dilemma: When New Technologies Cause Great Firms to Fail. It became a New York Times bestseller and received the Global Business Book Award for the best business book published in 1997. More than two decades later, business leaders from around the world continue to... View Details

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By: Boris Vallee

Professor Vallée focuses on financial innovation, investigating it from different angles. This research thread has led him to relate the methods and insights of corporate finance and banking with those of other subfields, including household finance, public finance,... View Details

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