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Buy Now, Pay Later: The Secondary Credit Market
and journalistic exposés. Attacks on loan sharking in the press also inspired reformers. In 1909, the Russell Sage Foundation, led by the Columbia graduate students Arthur Ham and Clarence Wassam, dedicated itself to “the loan shark... View Details
- 04 Aug 2015
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Brazil Alumni Connect Around a ‘Vision’ for the New HBS
alumni in the region, as well as with HBS faculty members and administrators. The evening featured remarks by Dean Nitin Nohria, Professor William A. Sahlman, Senior Associate Dean for External Relations and... View Details
- 01 Sep 2014
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Convening Power
Spangler Center, Klarman Hall will be designed by Boston-based William Rawn and Associates, architects of the recently opened Tata Hall, as a vibrant space with an eye toward flexibility, adaptability, and... View Details
- 01 Sep 2004
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Steve Barger (MBA 1974)
Growing up, Steve Barger spent his summers picking crops in Oregon until he was old enough to work in the cannery his father ran. A graduate of Williams College, he has two children and is married to his hometown sweetheart. Barger is... View Details
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Leadership Transitions | Baker Library
Leadership Transitions The fourth generation of Lehman family in Lehman Brothers included Philip Henry Isles, a nephew of Robert Lehman. Isles, who died in 1960, was a partner and a director of the Lehman Corporation and the One William... View Details
- 01 Mar 2012
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Competitiveness at Risk
project is chaired by Professors Michael Porter and Jan Rivkin, who are joined by a team of HBS faculty together with thought leaders from other institutions. It aims to inspire alumni, other business... View Details
- 01 Apr 2001
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New Ventures New Gains
played a crucial role in shaping the career paths of many HBS students. Class Project to Religious Quest Like the businesses that have sprung up from the contest, origins of the HBS Business Plan Contest can be traced to a classroom exercise. In 1996, Alison J. Berkley... View Details
- 08 May 2015
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An alternative view of the role of the corporation in society
Do corporations do well by doing good? Or do firms that engage in environmental and social initiatives destroy shareholder wealth? George Serafeim, the Jakurski Family Associate Professor of Business Administration, has studied how... View Details
- 01 Dec 2012
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Alumni Book Briefs
Responsibility of Power by Edward B. Atkeson (AMP 64, 1972) (Rowman & Littlefield) Beyond Justice (a novel) by Allen Dark (MBA 1972) (CreateSpace) Gaia's Limits Kindle Edition View Details
- 08 Feb 2011
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 8
PublicationsProspects for the Professions in China Authors:William P. Alford, William Kirby, and Kenneth Winston, eds Publication:Routledge Studies on Civil Society in Asia. London: Routledge, 2010 Abstract Professionals are a growing... View Details
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Lehman Brothers Timeline | Baker Library
Lehman Brothers Timeline 1844 Henry Lehman emigrates from Rimpar, Germany, and settles in Montgomery, Alabama, where he opens a general store specializing in dry goods. 1847 to 1850 Henry Lehman is joined by his brothers Emanuel and... View Details
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A Separate Campus - A Concrete Symbol: The Building of Harvard Business School 1908-1927 – Baker Library | Bloomberg Center, Historical Collections
Guidelines for this national campaign stated its principle tenet was “service to the country” by fulfilling the need for trained executives indoctrinated in business ethics. 8 4 Dean’s Report to the President of Harvard University,... View Details
- 01 Jun 2006
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Surviving Success
surrounding the key moment at which a founder hands off his or her “baby” to a new CEO. “In my initial research on founders, I focused on the question of compensation and issues around building a board,” says Wasserman. “After interviewing seven or eight founders, I... View Details
- 25 Mar 2014
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Book Excerpt: ‘Can China Lead?’
book excerpt The Importance Of Being Innovative From Chapter 4, Can China Lead: Reaching the Limits of Power and Growth By Regina M. Abrami, William C. Kirby, and F. Warren McFarlan One can surely doubt that... View Details
- 21 Dec 2021
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Top 10 MBA Voices Articles of 2021
As 2021 comes to a close, we wanted to share a roundup of our most read MBA Voices blogposts from 2021. Revisit our 10 most popular stories from the past year highlighting HBS students, alumni, and resources for prospective students. CELEBRATING THE FIRST HBS... View Details
- 01 Jun 2003
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Rock Gift to Support Entrepreneurial Studies
details). His service to HBS is long–standing: In 1981, he and his classmate, Fayez Sarofim, funded the first professorship at HBS in the field of entrepreneurship (which has been held by Howard H. Stevenson since its inception). From... View Details
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Teaching & The Case Method | Baker Library
Discussion Teaching,” Education for Judgment . 1 HBS cases average 10 to 20 pages of text followed by supporting exhibits of tables and illustrations. Students break into small groups to study cases and practice presenting their analyses.... View Details
- 15 Dec 2024
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Alumni and Faculty Books
Your Company and Yourself By Rick Williams (PMD 33, 1977) Amplify Publishing Leaders create the future with the decisions they make. Impactful leaders believe they can create the future, and they change... View Details
- 01 Mar 2005
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In the Blood
Clay with 2004 Kentucky Derby champion Smarty Jones. To leave Lexington’s Bluegrass Airport, exit on Man O’ War Boulevard, named for one of history’s greatest Thoroughbred champions. It’s a little like taking the new Ted Williams Tunnel... View Details
- 01 Jun 2015
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Ink
Rational Blueprint for Success, by William N. Thorndike Jr. (Photos: Harvard Business School) “The author, a practicing physician and professor at Harvard’s Medical School and School of Public Health, argues... View Details