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- 01 Dec 2019
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Alumni and Faculty Books for December 2019
Edited by Margie Kelley Alumni Books Far as the Eye Can See: A History of Seeing by Susan M. Denham (MBA 1993) The History Press From the mastery of fire a million years ago, humans have repeatedly invented... View Details
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Wartime Innovation - Georges F. Doriot : Educating Leaders, Building Companies, Baker Library, Harvard Business School
military supplies by understanding the perspectives of business and industrial organizations. 27 A steady stream of individuals who trained at HBS entered the Quartermaster Corps, and Doriot also reached out to HBS graduates to assist him... View Details
- 10 Oct 2018
- News
Building Paths to Success
Michael Traill’s (MBA 1987) change-of-life moment came early one sleepless Saturday morning in 2001. He found himself staring at the clock, which read 5:56 a.m., unable to sleep, too troubled by the plight of a boy he was coaching on his... View Details
Keywords: Jill Radsken
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Global Activities 2020-2021 - Global Activities 2021
Global Activities 2021 REPORT In a year shaped by the pandemic, Harvard Business School’s global presence has enabled the School to be at the forefront of the study of emerging trends. Faculty members draw on the resources and expertise... View Details
- 22 Sep 2009
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First Look: September 22
Glaeser, William R. Kerr, and Giacomo A.M. Ponzetto Publication:Journal of Urban Economics (forthcoming) Abstract Employment growth is strongly predicted by smaller average establishment size, both across... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Jun 2020
- News
Effective Communication in the Age of Zoom
meeting can be boring and repetitive, just sitting at your computer. So the necessary task is to what I call DBB—don't be boring. So you might need to start with playing a high-energy song as people are arriving into the Zoom room. You know, you could play “Happy”... View Details
Keywords: Zoom
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2018 Symposium - Race, Gender & Equity
Professor Rogers worked at Bain and Company Consulting firm, Cummins Engine Company and UNC Ventures, a venture capital firm. He received the ‘Bicentennial Medal for Distinguished Achievement’ by an alum from View Details
- 04 Oct 2016
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October 4, 2016
information and instead message to shareholders and analysts something of opposite sign. The data suggest they may be motivated in part by subsequent personal stock-trading opportunities. Publisher's link:... View Details
- 01 Mar 2023
- News
March 2023 Alumni and Faculty Books
Billy from Affton By William S. Thompson (MBA 1970) Bowker Identifier Services The exploits and adventures of Bill Thompson, a neighborhood guy chosen by his peers to lead,... View Details
- 02 Mar 2016
- News
On Credit
also be a bank cashier, postmaster, sheriff, or even another businessperson. Each was known by a number or initials. While no key exists to their identities, it’s believed that Abraham Lincoln, Ulysses S. Grant, Grover Cleveland, and... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 05 Dec 2016
- News
The Dragon’s Tale
(photo by Kevin Frayer/Getty) When F. Warren McFarlan and a small group of HBS colleagues arrived in Beijing in July 1979, they stepped off the plane into a country struggling for a toehold in the 20th century. “They brought ladders up to... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
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A Culture of Innovation | Baker Library
polarizing filters in gunsights, binoculars, periscopes, rangefinders, and goggles. In 1945, net sales reached $16 million, and the number of company employees grew to over 1,000. 5 At the end of the war, the company’s military contracts began to shrink. View Details
- 19 Oct 2022
- News
If I Were You
that we will get, is the most important. And then obviously, above all, build that lifelong relationship with fellow students, classmates, alumni, faculty, and you know, just maintain that network of community. That’s, I think, the biggest value of the HBS education.... View Details
- 01 Jun 2010
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M.I.A. Boards
Illustration by Dan Page In a company as large, complex, and prestigious as Lehman Brothers, one would expect to have found seasoned, astute, well-informed directors to oversee the managers and the risks the firm undertook with... View Details
- 21 May 2019
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Confronting the Future of Climate Change in the Midwest
New weather patterns brought on by climate change will require updated farming practices, effective water management, and innovative pest and disease management in the Midwest and around the globe. Increasingly, the business community is... View Details
Keywords: Agriculture
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Year in Review | Annual Report 2024
students, with an average fellowship of $43,949. Students Arrive Incoming MBA students moving in to the residence halls. During START, MBA students bond both with their section and their class as a whole. Incoming MBA students are seated View Details
- 15 Apr 2008
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First Look: April 15, 2008
alternative definitions of market-type dispersion and to other determinants of franchising such as the stores' geographic distance from headquarters and geographic dispersion. Additional analyses also suggest that chains that do not franchise at all may cope with... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Dec 2003
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Can Manufacturing Keep Its Edge?
cheaper) to manufacture in China. So depending on one’s perspective, China can be seen as both a challenge and an opportunity for U.S. manufacturing. For Sharpe and Katz, it is competitor and partner. As a competitor, there’s broad agreement that China maintains an... View Details
- 01 Dec 2004
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Retirement's Changing Face
(with varying degrees of success, by his own account). Lately, he’s been trying to scale back. “It’s an evolution that’s felt very normal and comfortable,” says Bemis. “There haven’t been any big differences because I’m a... View Details
Keywords: Personal Services
- 05 Apr 2018
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A Philanthropic Eye Reframes African American Abstract Art
of African American artists,” she says. Over time, Joyner’s collecting has evolved to include pieces by mid-career American artists such as Mark Bradford, Glenn Ligon, Julie Mehretu, and Lorna Simpson. More recently, she has sought out... View Details
Keywords: Jill Radsken