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Buy Now, Pay Later: Introduction

Collections to show how previous generations devised creative ways of lending and borrowing long before credit cards. The exhibit also shows how the credit industry evolved over time. Though credit is not new, it is newly visible.... View Details

14 Jan 2019
Op-Ed

These 4 CEOs Created a New Standard of Leadership

ultimately set the new standard of leadership in this era, never wavering from their purpose and values. They became role models for the business community by serving society through their organizations, strengthening their companies and communities at the same time.... View Details

Keywords: by Bill George; Health; Banking; Food & Beverage; Consumer Products

19 Apr 2004
Research & Ideas

Birth of the American Salesman

different tasks: explaining and servicing products, collecting information, and pressuring people to make purchases by overcoming resistance. Salesmen learned to answer specific questions about a product and its application, and to grant... View Details

Keywords: by Laura Linard

01 Dec 2023
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Venturing Forth

five-year investment period. Right now, some of those mega-funds raised in the boom times are feeling bloated, and limited partners have been stepping in and asking to cut the size of funds and release them from legal commitments. Because VC firms make money by View Details

Keywords: Janelle Nanos; Funds, Trusts, and Other Financial Vehicles; Finance

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Why Your Gift Matters - Alumni

collection of articles and videos highlighting faculty research The HBS Economic Model Our distinctive economic model helps sustain the School’s excellence. Alumni philanthropy is a vital component of this model. The highlights below... View Details

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Baker Library / Bloomberg Center | About

Baker include the de Gaspé Beaubien Reading Room , which houses the School’s renowned historical collection of rare business books, the largest in the world, and documents dating from the 15th century. The new Frist Faculty Commons... View Details

29 Aug 2022
Op-Ed

Income Inequality Is Rising. Are We Even Measuring It Correctly?

education related to inequality levels? Not only do these measures of inequality capture more information about the income distribution, but using these measures may also offer novel insights about how inequality affects important societal outcomes. We View Details

Keywords: by Jon M. Jachimowicz, Kristin Blesch, and Oliver P. Hauser

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Bibliography | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School

Skip to Main Content Lehman Brothers Collection Resources Baker Library Collections Corporate Reports Collection R. G. Dun & Co. Credit Reports HBS Cases Baker Old Class View Details

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HBS Alumni Conference: Accelerating Climate Solutions - Alumni

perspective of collaboration. But this becomes a delicate balance between anti-competitive legal territory and the benefits of the collective development of standards and crystallization of emerging demand signals, all paving the way for... View Details

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Participation - Christensen Center for Teaching & Learning

Assessment & Feedback Sample Class Students and instructors are co-creators of class participation, and the stakes may be quite high, not only for collective and individual learning, but also for performance evaluation. (For example, at... View Details

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A Chronicle of the China Trade. The Papers of Augustine Heard & Co., 1840-1877

China Trade Bibliography Manuscript Collections Related Collections Site Credits “Business is too important and interesting not to be chronicled somehow,” Albert Heard wrote. 1 He was referring to his... View Details

31 Jul 2023
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Striving for Imperfection

young experimentalist the time to explore his curiosity. JF: Yeah because curiosity creates a space for ideas to come in from the outside, right. And that gets to another idea in your book of collective intelligence and open source... View Details

Keywords: Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management

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Commodities, Currencies, and Balancing of the Trade Deficit - A Chronicle of the China Trade

of the China Trade Introduction Doing Business with China Augustine Heard & Co. The Canton Trade Commodities & Currencies Treaty Ports & Compradors Clippers & Steamships Exploring Trade Links Chinese Competition Expatriate Traders Influence of the China Trade... View Details

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Research - Behavioral Finance & Financial Stability

productivities at collecting deposits and making loans. They find that deposit productivity is responsible for two thirds of the value of the median bank and most variation in value across banks. Variation in productivity is driven by... View Details

12 Jun 2014
Working Paper Summaries

The Triumph of the Humble Chief Risk Officer

Keywords: by Anette Mikes

17 Oct 2013
Working Paper Summaries

Sharing Design Rights: A Commons Approach for Developing Infrastructure

Keywords: by Nuno Gil & Carliss Y. Baldwin

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Globalization - Faculty & Research

and Louis Wells on foreign investment in emerging markets - helped pave today’s global research path. Supported by eight Global Research Centers that facilitate our contact with global companies and the collection of international data,... View Details

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Hamilton Hall | About

the Revolutionary War and a delegate to the Constitutional Convention that adopted the US Constitution in 1787, Hamilton was also a renowned financier. During his tenure as treasury secretary from 1789 to 1795, Hamilton established a strong, centrally controlled... View Details

26 Oct 2022
Research & Ideas

How Paid Promos Take the Shine Off YouTube Stars (and Tips for Better Influencer Marketing)

reputations, the authors collected data from more than 850 beauty-and-lifestyle YouTube influencers. They evaluated more than 85,000 videos posted over a one-year period that began in 2019 and found that almost 6,000, or 7 percent, were... View Details

Keywords: by Kara Baskin; Technology; Media & Broadcasting

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