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- 19 Jan 2023
- News
Forged in Fire
new Emerging Leaders edition of True North, which includes Foster's story as an example of the importance of crucible experiences in defining leaders. And in this episode of Skydeck Foster and George share the lessons of their own crucibles, discuss the value of... View Details
- 01 Jul 2014
- First Look
First Look: July 1
http://www.upenn.edu/pennpress/book/15241.html August 2013 Journal of Public Economics The Promise of Positive Optimal Taxation By: Weinzierl, Matthew Abstract—A prominent assumption in modern optimal tax research is that the objective of... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 26 Mar 2007
- Research & Ideas
Learning from Failed Political Leadership
growing rapidly and modernizing its military as fast as it can, and will be a major threat beginning in about another ten years. Even Europe, which is now trying to move unification forward by anti-Americanism (which we cannot stop, no... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 29 Aug 2024
- Research & Ideas
Shoot for the Stars: What to Know About the Space Economy
coming down, I’m relatively optimistic that more of what seems like sci-fi will become reality over the next couple of decades. If you think about data as being the backbone of the modern economy, and the transmission of information... View Details
- 01 Jun 1996
- News
Four Professors to Retire
Information Technology, published last year by the HBS Press, McKenney argues that while modern information technology provides the tools that make innovation possible, corporate managers are the ones who actually apply those tools... View Details
Keywords: Elaine Gottlieb and John Prestage
- 01 Dec 2012
- News
Rival Visions
West among the twenty appointed up to that time in any department. He did more than any other federal official to oversee settlement and economic growth in the West, and to turn America's public lands into a force for the public good. This was his signature... View Details
- 21 Apr 2009
- First Look
First Look: April 21, 2009
organization, which are increasingly inadequate in modern sectors, where innovation relies on platforms and horizontal ecosystems of firms producing complementary products. Using three case studies—:software, animation, and mobile... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 21 May 2019
- Blog Post
Asian Pacific American Heritage Month at HBS
European influences; traditions with a distinctly modern aesthetic. Chris Sun - MBA ‘19 Tell us about your background: I was born in Zhengzhou, a small city in China about 4-hours away from Beijing. My parents, seeking better... View Details
- 08 Sep 2010
- First Look
First Look: September 8, 2010
monopoly of nitrates. The Guggenheims invested in Chilean nitrates after synthetics were developed by German chemists. Their strategies to modernize the industry collapsed with the outbreak of the Great Depression, during which Chile... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- Web
Commencement 2016 Address | About
to summon help, leading rescuers back to his crew—all of whom, remarkably, survived. As I re-read his story on our trip to Antarctica, my admiration for Shackleton kept increasing. Even in a large modern ship, the seas were rough. How he... View Details
- 30 Nov 2017
- News
Happy Meals (Are Here Again)
Above: Chris Kempczinski is one of the alumni working to modernize McDonald’s. Nick Karavites owns 24 McDonald’s restaurants in the Chicago area and the surrounding suburbs, and when he visits them, he always keeps his eye out for a... View Details
- 16 Dec 2011
- Research & Ideas
Reintroducing Intellectual Ambition to the Study of Business History
"capitalism" fail to examine the role of the firm, perhaps the central institutional innovation of the last two centuries. Business historians have a chance to shift debates on the subject of modern government through the use of... View Details
Keywords: by Geoffrey Jones & Walter Friedman
- 12 Apr 2004
- Research & Ideas
What Great American Leaders Teach Us
business encyclopedias, and other sources. In many cases, these individuals were cited for the advances that they made in American business—opening new markets, creating new industries, instituting modern management practices, or... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Jun 2004
- News
Luxe Redux
forever. But we’ve introduced products that have added more modern style so you don’t have to be over 50 to appreciate what we’re doing,” says McEvoy. Today, Queen Elizabeth II wears her Burberry trench coat. But so does supermodel Kate... View Details
- 01 Dec 2016
- News
Alumni Books of 2016
Rothschild, creator of the modern bond market; and William Lever, of the employee-owned John Lewis Partnership. Wicked Strategies: How Companies Conquer Complexity and Confound Competitors by John C. Camillus (DBA 1972) (Rotman-UTP... View Details
- 22 Feb 2016
- Research & Ideas
The ‘Mother of Fair Trade’ was an Unabashed Price Protectionist
federal laws to monitor competitive practices. Ultimately, her vision for American capitalism bridged a populist preference for proprietary ownership and a progressive impulse toward the modern regulatory state.” Currently, Sawyer is... View Details
- 05 Aug 2014
- First Look
First Look: August 5
GDP, trade, and the budget. Internationally, Saudi Arabia's Middle East region was a mess; troubles as always with Israel and Palestine, but also with Syria, Egypt, Iraq, and Iran. In all of this, a central question loomed: could Saudi Arabia View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 14 Dec 2009
- Research & Ideas
Can Entrepreneurs Drive People Movers to Success?
sending appropriate instructions. With modern IT, these tasks are far easier than in the past. Morgantown's system attracted early complaints for its cost and visual intrusion. But Morgantown's PRT stacks up well against decades of... View Details
- 19 Feb 2019
- Blog Post
The First Five Years: '30 Under 30' Edition
music that tackles issues of modern gender equality today, and I travel the world to speak and perform about these issues.” Tucker: “I’m a principal at Troy, a venture capital firm investing in what we believe are the most... View Details
Keywords: All Industries
- 18 Nov 2014
- First Look
First Look: November 18
Perspective on the Growth of the Koç Group in Turkey By: Coplan, Asli M., and Geoffrey Jones Abstract—This working paper examines the origins and development of the Koç Group, which grew to be the largest business group in Turkey. This enterprise was an important actor... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne