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- 26 Mar 2019
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New Research and Ideas, March 26, 2019
and routine sequences possible. This abridged version of the note does not reference the case "OXXO's Turf War Against Extra." It is intended to be used in a classroom setting where "OXXO's Turf War Against... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 06 Nov 2012
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First Look: November 6
bankrupt fighting its War of Independence against Britain. At the war's end, the national government owed tremendous sums to foreign creditors and its own citizens. But lacking the power to tax, it had no means to repay them. The Founders... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 10 Sep 2013
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First Look: September 10
Abstract—This working paper examines the growth of corporate environmentalism in the West German chemical industry between the 1950s and the 1980s. German business has been regarded as pioneering corporate environmentalism after World War... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 28 May 2013
- Research & Ideas
Can LEGO Snap Together a Future in Asia?
licenses properties from blockbuster films such as Star Wars and Harry Potter. “It's really easy for them to be nimble and meet demand” LEGO's ambition has at times exceeded its reach. By 2004, the company's overdiversification into theme... View Details
- 24 Apr 2006
- Research & Ideas
Managing Alignment as a Process
standard for workers in construction, farming, and other professions that require strenuous outdoor labor. SMI built a successful national sales base from its headquarters in Massachusetts by establishing channels with large department and specialty shoe stores. During... View Details
- 25 Sep 2000
- Research & Ideas
More Than the Sum of Its Parts: The Impact of Modularity on the Computer Industry
The computer age began some six decades ago with general-purpose machines with Star Wars-like names such as ENIAC and EDVAC. They were powered by vacuum tubes, big enough to fill an entire room, and developed by mathematicians under the auspices of what was then known... View Details
- 05 Feb 2019
- News
Protecting the Power Grid
US Army War College was having a three-day workshop on critical infrastructure threats. He wangled an invitation from a retired general and drove seven hours from his home in New Hampshire to Carlisle, Pennsylvania, where he listened to... View Details
- 26 Aug 2016
- News
Connecting with the Past
Conference Palace in Baghdad, built for the Conference of the Non-Aligned Movement. When Iraq went to war with Iran, the conference moved to India and the palace sat unused until the United States destroyed it during the 1990–1991 Gulf... View Details
Keywords: Jill Radsken
- 01 Sep 2003
- News
Globalization Revisited
today, Levitt’s article caused a minor sensation when it first appeared. Apart from its insightful specifics, its language (“globalization” was a novel term) and expansive vision offered a hopeful alternative to the grim reality of a world economy locked down in an... View Details
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Lab/Capstone 2 Entrepreneurial Management Spring 2026 Q3Q4 3.0 John Macomber Real Property Finance Fall 2025 Q1Q2 3.0 Deepak Malhotra War & Peace: The Lessons of History for Leadership, Strategy, Negotiation & Humanity Negotiation,... View Details
- 01 Aug 2008
- Research & Ideas
Does Market Capitalism Have a Future?
In June, Professor Joe Bower (with fellow HBS professors Dutch Leonard, David Moss, and Lynn Paine) led an HBS faculty colloquium on "The Future of Market Capitalism." The HBS Alumni Bulletin spoke with Bower shortly after the event. It survived two world... View Details
Keywords: by Garry Emmons
- 01 Jun 2003
- News
Ruling from the Bench
position currently held by Robert Morgenthau, Snyder, who often pins a small American flag on her robes, is drawn to the ongoing war against terrorism. “I would love to find some way to help, but haven’t figured out how I would fit in... View Details
- 01 Jun 2011
- News
Where Conservation Means Business
influence the present.” Looking ahead, Baker Library Collections director Laura Linard says the library is concentrating on acquiring collections that document contemporary global business during the post–World War II era. With each... View Details
Keywords: Roger thompson
- 04 May 2020
- Research & Ideas
Predictions, Prophets, and Restarting Your Business
crisis war room, and the speech about resilience. It’s unclear whether social distancing has made people more eager to transact online, or whether it simply demonstrates the limitations of communicating virtually. The historian William... View Details
Keywords: by Frank V. Cespedes
- 11 Oct 2024
- Research & Ideas
How AI Could Ease the Refugee Crisis and Bring New Talent to Businesses
can be painfully slow and difficult—and the decade-long surge of refugees and asylum seekers has left staff members scrambling to make timely placements, Paulson says. The war in Ukraine, coupled with ongoing conflicts and instability in... View Details
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Post-war PR Campaigns Reaching Wide Audiences | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School
TV Bibliography From the Director Site Credits Visit & Contact Us Special Collections Baker Library Search Search Search U.S. Steel Exhibition Post-war PR Campaigns Reaching Wide Audiences Post-war PR Campaigns Reaching Wide Audiences: Header Post View Details
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SPACE: Space, Public and Commercial Economics - Course Catalog
been a domain of great power competition from the Cold War to today. Understanding the inseparability of space and national security is essential to forming a theory of commercial space’s past, present, and future. Class session 14: Your... View Details
- 01 Apr 2002
- News
Q&A - Mark Fields
usually transformed itself rapidly when faced with gaiatsu, or foreign pressure. It happened in the 1850s when Commodore Perry arrived and again in the aftermath of World War II. The country is going through the same sort of thing right... View Details
- 01 Oct 2002
- News
Sam Hayes
in a responsible manner relative to the public and their own shareholders. In my view, these are the most widespread allegations of wrongdoing on Wall Street since World War II. People got sloppy. People got greedy. Now we've got to... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 29 Aug 2024
- Research & Ideas
Shoot for the Stars: What to Know About the Space Economy
becoming increasingly salient, as geopolitical tensions are on the rise. If you think back to the original Space Age, it was all about the Cold War rivalry and the United States and the Soviet Union trying to demonstrate superiority. As... View Details