War - Publications - Faculty & Research

11 Dec 2018
First Look

New Research and Ideas, December 11, 2018

attention to the importance of Chanel’s networks among the cultural elite and European high society. It explores how she embraced the rise of Anti-Semitism among many members of the upper class at that time. During World War II, Chanel... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

03 Oct 2013
Research & Ideas

Lehman Brothers Plus Five: Have We Learned from Our Mistakes?

constitute an impressive 49 percent of the world's capital markets. But the job picture is bleak, with over four million people unemployed for more than 26 weeks. Productivity growth has been negative for four years. Compared to the other ten downturns since World... View Details

Keywords: Re: Multiple Faculty; Banking; Financial Services; Construction; Real Estate

21 Aug 2012
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First Look: August 21

customs and port authority data on the international shipments of all U.S. publicly-traded firms, we show that firms are significantly more likely to trade with countries that have a strong resident population near their firm headquarters. We use the formation of World... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

09 Aug 2010
Research & Ideas

How to Speed Up Energy Innovation

Is there a special sauce for stimulating innovation in the energy sector, a concoction to spur cost-effective developments toward solving the climate change problem? HBS professor Rebecca Henderson doesn't claim to know all the ingredients for that special sauce. But... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Energy; Utilities

01 Mar 2009
News

Damon Silvers

atmosphere of fear and tension in the workplace. And that’s inappropriate. It shouldn’t be like that. Business groups are already raising a war chest to campaign against the union-backed Employee Free Choice Act, which would bypass secret... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; Administration of Economic Programs; Government; Transportation Equipment Manufacturing; Manufacturing; Transportation

01 Jun 2010
News

Michael Depatie

General Services Administration. The ballroom was once the Postmaster General’s library, and a cupola lets in natural light. During the Civil War it was used as a hospital operating room where amputations were performed. Now we have... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; Amusement, Gambling, and Recreation Industries; Arts, Entertainment; Accommodation; Hospitality

07 Sep 2019
Op-Ed

Even for Non-Believers, These Are the Next Steps on Climate Change

coastal cities like Mumbai or Lagos or Bangkok as people seek jobs or flee wars or drought. The fact of migration exposes more people to weather-related disturbances. If sea rise were to accelerate, many of the newcomers would be in... View Details

Keywords: by John Macomber

10 Apr 2014
Research & Ideas

Book Excerpt--‘Accelerate: Building Strategic Agility for a Faster-Moving World’

year 1900 to fully grasp. Our sophisticated modern-day management processes did not exist in or prior to the nineteenth century because they simply weren't needed. After the Civil War in the United States, for example, there were only a... View Details

Keywords: Re: John P. Kotter

01 Aug 2012
What Do You Think?

Should CEOs Worry About ‘Too Big to Succeed?’

cause the lack of sufficient organic growth as opposed to the growth by mergers and acquisitions. As he put it, "Toobigs are enormously complex, with massive, self defeating strategies at war within, producing a lower return."... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Manufacturing; Financial Services

25 Aug 2009
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First Look: August 25

globalization strategy. After explaining the historical origins of France's preeminence in upscale fashion, the case explores the challenges to this position from New York after World War 2, and the importance of Christian Dior's New Look... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

30 Apr 2019
News

Leading Schools That Change Lives

the ground up really appealed to me.” Kennealey then began thinking about extending the Nativity model to the developing world—specifically Rwanda, where he had made contact with a group of indigenous nuns who were trying to open pathways to education for girls... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg; Educational Support Services; Educational Services

20 Feb 2013
News

Thanking Veterans Online

degree in Russian literature from Harvard. The colonel offered to write a letter of recommendation for Hall, but only if it was addressed to Harvard Business School. "I told him I couldn't see myself at Harvard. I was in a war zone, and I... View Details

Keywords: veterans; identity; Advertising, Public Relations, and Related Services; Professional Services; Retail Trade

16 Jun 2003
Research & Ideas

Historical Perspective: Levitt Shaped the Debate

one hand, could write a doctoral dissertation titled, "World War II Manpower Mobilization and Utilization in a Local Labor Market" and, three decades later, pen an opinion piece for The New York Times headlined, "Yes, Throw... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

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Digital Archival Resources - Edwin H. Land & Polaroid | Harvard Business School

(September-October 1959). Full Text Available (Harvard Users Only). EXPLORE MORE OF THE EXHIBIT EXPLORE x HOME EMERGENCE OF A NEW TECHNOLOGY The Invention of the Polarizer A RESEARCH & MANUFACTURING COMPANY Commercialization of the Polarizer Innovation and the View Details

01 Jan 2008
News

Meg Whitman, MBA 1979

connecting over a shared interest. The discussion boards were alive with people interested in teapots, Civil War memorabilia, and stamps.” Despite seeing the potential, even Whitman admits eBay grew beyond her wildest dreams. Today eBay,... View Details

01 Feb 2018
News

HBS Professor Emeritus Hugo Uyterhoeven Dies at 86

the hardships of World War II, with its shortages, rationing, bombardments, and Nazi occupation. After the war ended, at the age of 17, he went to Switzerland, where he obtained his federal high school... View Details

July 2020 (Revised September 2020)
Case

The Honor Foundation: Accessing Special Operations Talent

By: Boris Groysberg and John Masko

In 2020, The Honor Foundation (THF), a nonprofit dedicated to helping U.S. military special operators to transition into civilian careers, was facing a series of strategic challenges. THF had been founded in 2013 by former Navy SEAL trainee Joe Musselman, who observed... View Details

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06 Jun 2017
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First Look at New Research and Ideas: June 6, 2017

grocery and dry goods, such as canned foods and boxed breakfast cereals. It was not until after World War II that the majority of American grocers adopted self-service to meat and produce sections. Business historians have explored the... View Details