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- 01 Jun 2019
- News
City on a Hill
justifiably wary of outside experts telling them how to better themselves. Since 1965, the Appalachian Regional Commission, or ARC, an economic development agency established as part of President Johnson’s War on Poverty, has poured... View Details
- 01 Sep 2020
- News
The Devil You Don’t Know
playbook—maybe in even a larger and more extreme way. It’s what in military circles people call “fighting the last war.” This is a familiar trap, when military planners become so obsessed with the last war that they focus all of their... View Details
- 21 May 2018
- HBS Case
How Would You Price One of the World's Great Watches?
like A. Lange & Söhne., founded in 1845 in the village of Glashütte, Germany. It began making precision pocket watches that eventually became world famous. After World War II, the East German country expropriated the company and... View Details
- 04 Aug 2008
- Research & Ideas
How Female Stars Succeed in New Jobs
detailed their results four years ago in the Harvard Business Review article, "The Risky Business of Hiring Stars." Since launching his research into the war for talent, however, Groysberg has started to notice something quite... View Details
- 02 Jan 2007
- Research & Ideas
Most Popular Articles of 2006
Here then are our most-read stories in 2006. Microsoft vs. Open Source: Who Will Win? Using formal economic modelling, professors Pankaj Ghemawat and Ramon Casadesus-Masanell consider the competitive dynamics of the software wars between... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 20 Sep 2004
- Research & Ideas
How Consumers Value Global Brands
feel part of something bigger and give you a sense of belonging." A Costa Rican best expressed the aspirations that consumers associate with global brands: "Local brands show what we are; global brands show what we want to be." That isn't exactly new. In... View Details
- 12 Apr 2004
- Research & Ideas
Waking Up a Sleeping Company
to garner approval. I had learned from my days in the Defense Department during the Vietnam War the perils of well-rehearsed, positive presentations that avoid the essential realities. My approach led to criticism from some managers. They... View Details
Keywords: by Bill George
- 01 Oct 1998
- News
Andresen Becomes First European and First Exec. Ed. Graduate to Endow HBS Professorship
1934. His mother died when he was four, after giving birth to his brother, and his father was killed by the Nazis as an active underground opponent at the end of World War II. Raised by his stepmother, Andresen served as an apprentice and... View Details
- 01 Feb 2000
- News
Jerry Shafir: A Simmering Success Story
celebration, considering Kettle Cuisine's long and bumpy road to profitability. The son of a Polish Jew who fought in the British army during World War II and who later became the owner of a scissors and shears distributorship in New York... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
- 01 Jun 2007
- News
Power Trip
status markers. Religion as a social marker was supplanted by education after World War II. The GI Bill expanded access to higher education to a much more diverse social class. Until midcentury, a college degree wasn’t considered... View Details
- 15 Dec 2015
- First Look
December 15, 2015
Huntsman Corporation (A) In July 2007, after several failed attempts to acquire Huntsman Corporation, Hexion/Apollo prevailed in a bidding war for the company and signed a definitive merger agreement. Apollo had down bid Huntsman during... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 18 Dec 2012
- First Look
First Look: December 18
War II when the issue became a particular concern. Policy makers considered that existing financial institutions could neither provide the necessary due diligence nor the pool of risk capital that was necessary to spur entrepreneurial... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 24 Apr 2007
- First Look
First Look: April 24, 2007
magazine journalism early in the 1930s, Luce was able to cover some of the largest political and social events of the 20th century, including Charles Lindbergh's flight, World War II, the Cold War, and the Vietnam War. Combining his... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- Web
A Rewarding Work Life - Edwin H. Land & Polaroid | Harvard Business School
their own alumni association as well to sustain their ties to and memory of the company. EXPLORE MORE OF THE EXHIBIT EXPLORE x HOME EMERGENCE OF A NEW TECHNOLOGY The Invention of the Polarizer A RESEARCH & MANUFACTURING COMPANY Commercialization of the Polarizer... View Details
- 28 May 2019
- News
Alumni Achievement Awards 2019
Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff Rough start: “I remember coming home from the Naval Academy for Christmas leave as a freshman, and my GPA going into finals was a 0.91. But I loved the challenge, and I adapted.” Ahoy there: “My first command was a World View Details
- 01 Dec 2005
- News
A Matter of Opinion
Christopher Hitchens, a surprising Iraq war advocate, quit in a huff in 2002, accusing the magazine of being soft on Saddam. Firebrand columnist Alexander Cockburn remains on board, but derides The Nation as only “slightly left of center... View Details
- 29 Jan 2013
- First Look
First Look: Jan. 29
post-Cold War period, with an emphasis on the political factors, external and domestic, impeding and contributing to the full realization of the potential of energy ties between Russia and China. Purchase this... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 12 Jul 2021
- News
Alumni Confront the COVID-19 Crisis
OCTOBER 6 Rajendra Aneja (AMP 175, 2008) brought his expertise in marketing in rural areas to the task of stopping the spread of the COVID-19, which he deems “the biggest and most serious problem facing mankind since World War II.” In... View Details
- 09 Jul 2024
- Research & Ideas
Are Management Consulting Firms Failing to Manage Themselves?
requiring further non-client service staff to support and manage expansion. The war for talent To realize aggressive hiring goals, particularly from 2015 onward, consulting firms broadened their efforts to recruit from the same talent... View Details
- 15 Sep 2009
- First Look
First Look: September 15
company, with a focus on changing relationships between manufacturing technology and R&D between the mid-1940s and the mid-1960s. Pfizer first moved into pharmaceuticals through participation in the U.S. government's penicillin effort during World View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace