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The Visible Hand of History
As the Alfred D. Chandler Jr. International Visiting Scholar at HBS in 2018, I was curious to learn more about the way business history is embedded in research and pedagogy in a View Details
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Oral Histories | Baker Library
Oral Histories Videos Barbara Hackman Franklin (HRPBA 1963, MBA 1964) I really think that the whole business school experience — and now I'm talking about both years — taught me to think in a way I hadn't... View Details
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Oral Histories | Baker Library
Oral Histories Transcripts Betty J. Diener (HRPBA 1963, MBA 1964, DBA 1974) Interview by Livingston Grant, March 27, 2000. Harvard-Radcliffe Program in Business Administration Oral View Details
- 08 Feb 2016
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A Better Way to Teach History
- 12 Dec 2018
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Free Trade Needs Nurturing—and Other Lessons from History
- 11 Dec 2018
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Free Trade Needs Nurturing—and Other Lessons from History
Question: What patterns emerge from history that can help us better understand where we are today? Sophus Reinert: To many people, globalization is teleological, something that necessarily becomes stronger over time and leads to an... View Details
Keywords: by Staff; Auto; Aerospace; Chemical; Consumer Products; Electronics; Energy; Industrial Products; Manufacturing; Shipping; Transportation
- 01 Mar 2008
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A History of Women at HBS
SIGN ME UP: Registration at Baker Library in 1960 BAKER LIBRARY HISTORICAL COLLECTIONS The presence of female students on the HBS campus is no longer a novelty, but a new Centennial year exhibit at the Baker Library | Bloomberg Center reveals a time in View Details
- 16 Jul 2010
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Harvard Scholar Writes Beauty History Book
- 1993
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The Fourth Phase of Marketing: The History of Marketing and the Business World Today
By: R. S. Tedlow
Keywords: Marketing
Tedlow, R. S. "The Fourth Phase of Marketing: The History of Marketing and the Business World Today." In The Rise and Fall of Mass Marketing, edited by G. Jones and R. S. Tedlow. London: Routledge, 1993.
- 08 Feb 2016
A Better Way to Teach History
- 13 Jun 2014
- HBS Conference
Business History in Africa, Asia, and Latin America: Integrating Course Development and New Research
- 14 Feb 2019
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The Delicious History of Hershey Chocolate
- 01 Jan 2008
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Joseph J. Spengler Award for "Best Book in History of Economics"
- 07 Jul 2016
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Teaching History in the Present Tense
When Professor David Moss debuted his case-based class, History of American Democracy, he introduced a new way of thinking about the subject: “We’re looking at history as not just a series of things that... View Details
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Women's History Month | Baker Library
Foundation: Business Education for Women at Harvard University, 1937-1970 Building the Foundation traces the early history of business education for women at Harvard University... View Details
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Origins and Development of Global Business
By: Geoffrey Jones
This chapter explores how business enterprises have been powerful actors in the spread of global capitalism between 1840 and the present day. Emerging out of the industrialized Western economies, global firms created and co-created markets and ecosystems through their... View Details
Keywords: Global Business; Multinational; Globalization; Business History; Strategy; Africa; Asia; Europe; Latin America; Middle East; North and Central America; Oceania
Jones, Geoffrey. "Origins and Development of Global Business." Chap. 2 in The Routledge Companion to the Makers of Global Business, edited by Teresa da Silva Lopes, Christina Lubinski, and Heidi J.S. Tworek, 17–34. New York: Routledge, 2019.
- 2010
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Beauty Imagined: A History of the Global Beauty Industry
By: Geoffrey Jones
The global beauty business permeates our lives, influencing how we perceive ourselves and what it is to be beautiful. The brands and firms that have shaped this industry, such as Avon, Coty, Estée Lauder, L'Oréal, and Shiseido, have imagined beauty for us. This book... View Details
Keywords: Globalized Markets and Industries; Brands and Branding; Industry Growth; Beauty and Cosmetics Industry
Jones, Geoffrey. Beauty Imagined: A History of the Global Beauty Industry. Oxford ; New York: Oxford University Press, 2010.
- November 2010
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Technical Note: An Abridged History of the American Corporation
By: Rakesh Khurana, Andrew David Klaber and Eric Baldwin
This note examines the development of the corporate form in the United States from the eighteenth century to the present, focusing primarily on legal issues. It identifies several major trends in the history of the American corporation: the transition of corporations... View Details
Keywords: Accounting; Corporate Accountability; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; History; Code Law; Managerial Roles; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Private Ownership; United States
Khurana, Rakesh, Andrew David Klaber, and Eric Baldwin. "Technical Note: An Abridged History of the American Corporation." Harvard Business School Technical Note 411-069, November 2010.
- 01 Mar 2009
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The Case for Studying Financial History
HISTORY LESSONS: Ferguson shares his views on the global financial crisis with an attentive crowd at the Harvard Book Store in Cambridge. Professor Niall Ferguson, born in Glasgow and educated at Oxford and Cambridge universities, argues... View Details