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Ropes & Gray LLP in Boston. He is a veteran of the United States Navy, in which he was an officer on a guided-missile frigate in the Middle East force in the early 1990s. Adam Friedman MD ‘09, Harvard University; PhD ‘09, Harvard... View Details

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Curriculum - Case Method Project

schools in New York State in 1851. Coverage: Colonial Era – 1851; public education; Common School Movement; Horace Mann; Massachusetts; New York State; naturalization of immigrants; religious diversity; Second Great Awakening A Nation... View Details

19 Mar 2007
Research & Ideas

Handicapping the Best Countries for Business

If you are an executive of a multinational looking for geographies in which to expand your markets, operations, and investments, is China more attractive than India? South Africa better than Mexico? Does Russia have more promise than the View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

23 Apr 2008
Op-Ed

The Gap in the U.S. Treasury Recommendations

The U.S. Treasury recommendations for restructuring the nation's system of financial regulation are an important start in the process of strengthening the United States financial system. The proposal is to be commended for some of its... View Details

Keywords: by Dwight Crane; Banking; Construction; Real Estate; Financial Services

29 Jun 2007
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First Look: June 29, 2007

focus exclusively on estimates of expected payoffs, such as credit ratings, without considering the state of the economy in which default is likely to occur. Such investors are likely to be attracted to securities whose payoffs resemble... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

27 Jun 2005
Research & Ideas

Asian and American Leadership Styles: How Are They Unique?

Political connections and family control are more common in Asian businesses than in the United States. In addition, says HBS professor D. Quinn Mills, American CEOs tend to use one of five leadership styles: directive, participative,... View Details

Keywords: by D. Quinn Mills

28 Apr 2010
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Earth Day Reflections

opportunity to engage in a virtual dialogue on these matters. Some major corporations are starting to take the lead in this effort, including United Technologies Corporation, Philips (the Dutch electronics and health care giant), the... View Details

Keywords: by Staff

28 Apr 2011
Op-Ed

While Waiting for Japan’s Recovery, Let’s Enhance Supplier Competitiveness at Home

coming off welfare to avert a potentially large national problem (and a political problem for President Clinton). Intermediary organizations such as local and national nonprofits provided training and helped... View Details

Keywords: by Rosabeth Moss Kanter

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Placement - Doctoral

studies, are uniquely individualized. Factors like departmental fit, location preferences, dual career choices, and family needs shape these decisions. We celebrate when students secure a position that brings them joy! Students are... View Details

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The Founding of U.S. Steel and the Power of Public Opinion | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School

United States Steel Corporation, then the largest company in the world. The merger included Andrew Carnegie’s Carnegie Steel Company, Elbert H. Gary’s Federal Steel Company, and William Henry Moore’s View Details

31 Oct 2022
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Why the Largest Minority Group Faces the Most Hate—and How to Push Back

Like: When Bias Creeps into AI, Managers Can Stop It by Asking the Right Questions How Systemic Racism Can Threaten National Security Hate Crime Increases with Minoritized Group Rank Feedback or ideas to... View Details

Keywords: by Pamela Reynolds

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Business, Government & the International Economy - Faculty & Research

are that companies exposed to China and US-China competition adopt a governance framework that is well-informed, holistic, enduring, authoritative, and tailored to review strategic and national security... View Details

23 Sep 2008
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First Look: September 23, 2008

Working PapersSecuring Online Advertising: Rustlers and Sheriffs in the New Wild West Author:Benjamin G. Edelman Abstract Read the news of recent computer security guffaws, and it's striking how many problems stem from online... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

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Finance - Faculty & Research

Mortgage Convexity By: Samuel G. Hanson Most home mortgages in the United States are fixed-rate loans with an embedded prepayment option. When long-term rates decline, the effective duration of mortgage-backed View Details

10 Oct 2023
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In Empowering Black Voters, Did a Landmark Law Stir White Angst?

Hate—and How to Push Back How Systemic Racism Can Threaten National Security Feedback or ideas to share? Email the Working Knowledge team at hbswk@hbs.edu. Image: HBSWK View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne

01 Sep 2023
News

In My Humble Opinion: Futures Investor

In the half-century since his graduation, Theodore Roosevelt IV (MBA 1972) has earned widespread respect as both a forward-thinking investment banker and an influential activist through his efforts to address climate change and preserve public lands. For much of that... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg; climate change; investment banking; leadership; carbon tax

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People - Behavioral Finance & Financial Stability

Family Associate Professor of Business Administration Marco Di Maggio is Ogunlesi Family Associate Professor of business administration in the Finance Unit and a faculty research fellow at the National... View Details

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Podcast - Business & Environment

and has spent the last 15 years scaling a national logistics and digital infrastructure platform for resale. In this episode James describes why the company decided to handle physical goods rather than act as a pure marketplace, how... View Details

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Advisory Board - Entrepreneurship

of the National Retail Federation, the Board of Trustees at the Sidwell Friends School in Washington D.C. the Board of Council for Public Leadership, Harvard’s John F. Kennedy School of Government and is an... View Details

26 Apr 2011
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First Look: April 26

optimal commodity taxation. We then calibrate the model to evidence on the relationship between skills and preferences and extensively examine the quantitative case for taxes on future consumption (saving). In our baseline case of a unit... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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