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HBS - The year in Review

contemporary art program. The bronze work Sentinel (Mami Wata) by artist Simone Leigh takes inspiration from an animistic deity celebrated throughout Africa and the African diaspora and invites reflection on the way African cultural View Details

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A Campus Built on Philanthropy | About

Baker Library Historical Collections Exhibition “A Concrete Symbol / The Building of the Harvard Business School, 1908 – 1927). Those first HBS facilities, with modern upgrades, still represent the core of today’s vibrant campus, now... View Details

23 May 2005
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What Could Bring Globalization Down?

cables to Germany, after war broke out in 1914. The Lusitania (which was sunk on May 7, 1915) is simply a good symbol for the end of this first age because so much had previously depended on safe navigation between New York and Europe. Q:... View Details

Keywords: by Cynthia Churchwell

01 Feb 2001
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What Makes a Good Leader

innovation," he observes. "Leadership under these circumstances demands creativity." However, when it comes to leadership, creativity may not always take the most obvious form. "Look at Gandhi," urges Nohria. "By sitting at a loom and weaving his own clothing, he View Details

Keywords: Management

05 Jul 2023
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GCC Alumni Celebrate Grand Opening of New Club Center

symbol of the HBS community's commitment to nurturing thought leaders and advancing policy discussions." Expected activities at The House include networking sessions, workshops and seminars, panel discussions, a guest speaker series,... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

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The Role of Leaders - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

customers, channels, suppliers, competitors and financial markets The benefits of strategy are greatest when it is communicated widely in the organization Communicating strategy requires a simple and vivid way of describing the essence of the company’s unique position... View Details

13 Nov 2023
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HBS Veteran Spotlight: Lindsey Chrismon (MBA 2025)

dream of stepping onto the field without their cleats, I was reminded that I should never approach a day without full dedication to my team. Those cleats became symbolic of my responsibility to always be prepared and they represented a... View Details

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Social Enterprise - Faculty & Research

the committee's creation and provides an insider's perspective on what has made it so effective. 2014 Article Corporate Social Responsibility Reporting in China: Symbol or Substance? By: Christopher Marquis and Cuili Qian This study... View Details

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Corporate bond ratings

Where can I find ratings of corporate bonds? In Bloomberg: Hit the yellow CORP key (F3), then hit GO. Type TK then hit GO for Ticker Symbol Look Up. Type in issuer name; select correct issuing body; select specific security. Type in CRPR... View Details

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Financials: segment data

FA GEO LSEG Workspace: Locate the company by name or ticker symbol Click on the Financials tab and select Segments. Use the drop-down under View to select Business Line by Segment or Geographic Line by Segment or... View Details

22 Aug 2005
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Restoring a Global Economy, 1950–1980

balance of trade in the 1960s, and the devaluation of the U.S. dollar and the end of its convertibility into gold in 1971, provided symbolic signs of the ending of an era. There remained many restrictions on the flow of capital, trade,... View Details

Keywords: by Geoffrey Jones

21 Mar 2019
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The Ferrari Way

in 2015 (ticker symbol RACE). Meanwhile, the automotive industry has been shifting through its biggest changes in decades, with companies scrambling to keep up with the pace of innovation—including drivetrain electrification, wireless... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Auto

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Bloomberg: corporate actions calendar

What kind of information is included in Bloomberg's Corporate Action Calendar? In Bloomberg type CACT and hit GO to get to the Corporate Actions menu. You can search by: Date Corporate action type Country Company name, for details on: Class actions Corporate... View Details

01 Sep 2023
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Made in Italy

HBS faculty members and students visited Lamborghini’s headquarters in Bologna during the immersion to learn how the company became experts in electric car technology. Photo courtesy Lamborghini IMMERSIVE FIELD COURSES OFFERED AS ELECTIVES IN 2023 Denmark and... View Details

Keywords: April White

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Advisory Board - Entrepreneurship

CNET Networks, Bonnie was a managing director at Tiger Management, a New York-based investment firm. Jon Burgstone (MBA 1999), Symbol Capital Mr. Burgstone is Managing Director of Symbol Capital, a San... View Details

19 Apr 2010
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The History of Beauty

strove to create a brand that symbolized style and elegance, he got his first order by smashing a bottle of his perfume on the floor of a prominent Parisian department store, in a successful gambit to get customers to smell it. He created... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Beauty & Cosmetics

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Patent terminology: Classification codes

different areas of technology to which they pertain. Patent classes are deconstructed into detailed “sub” levels. The layout of the classification symbols may include Section, Class, Subclass, Group, and/or Subgroup. Typical... View Details

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Events - Business History

Groups: Comparisons across Developed Countries Ben Schneider, MIT Oct 30 30 Oct 2017 Business History Seminar Decoding the Balance Sheet: Material Objects, Symbolic Capital, and the Liquidation of the League of Nations Carolyn Biltoft,... View Details

19 Jan 2015
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Is Wikipedia More Biased Than Encyclopædia Britannica?

For more than a century, the long, stately rows of Encyclopædia Britannica have been a fixture on the shelves of many an educated person's home—the smooshed-together diphthong in the first word a symbol of old-world erudition and... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Publishing

19 Apr 2004
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Birth of the American Salesman

Loman are familiar names to many Americans. Why do you think the salesman has become the symbol of American business? A: Salesmen have always held a special place in American culture. This was true from the earliest days of the republic,... View Details

Keywords: by Laura Linard

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