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01 Mar 2021
Research & Ideas

How Systemic Racism Can Threaten National Security

internment camps and barred them from military service. When President Franklin D. Roosevelt authorized a segregated military unit for Japanese Americans in 1943, enlistment rates were miniscule. However, in Hawaii, where far fewer... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne

26 Jan 2022
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Making Peace with Anger

themselves in your story, what do you want them to learn? WW: So, in YPO, Young Presidents Organization, you can’t give fellow YPOers advice, you can only share experiences. And so when you’re in forum in YPO and someone has an issue, you... View Details

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McArthur Hall | About

administrative, and classroom facilities dedicated to Executive Education. About the Name Dean Kim B. Clark, Dean John H. McArthur & Harvard University President Neil Rudenstein McArthur Hall was named in honor of John H. McArthur (MBA... View Details

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Buy Now, Pay Later: Cars on Time

Individual cases reveal that in Plymouth, as in the rest of the country, borrowers would go to extraordinary lengths to fulfill their contracts, even in the depths of the Great Depression. 23 James Surowiecki, “Masters of Main Street,” The New Yorker , July 12, 2010.... View Details

06 Oct 2020
Sharpening Your Skills

18 Tips Managers Can Use to Lead Through COVID's Rising Waters

Professor of Business Administration. Tip: Use COVID-19 as a time to reflect Make time for introspection. The coronavirus represents a historic inflection point that is likely to forever change us, as did the assassination of President... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

February 2008 (Revised February 2008)
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Lincoln Financial Group (B): Making LFD a Reality

LFG reorganizes its business in order to improve customer intimacy. However, to implement the strategy, they need to effect significant changes in the skills of their salespeople. This case series straddles human resource management, corporate strategy, and sales... View Details

Keywords: Organizational Change and Adaptation; Customer Focus and Relationships; Financial Services Industry

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25 Apr 2024
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Origin Stories

Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Dan Morrell: Hi, this is Dan Morrell, host of Skydeck. Where we come from and how we were raised has a profound effect on who we become. The recipients of this year’s Alumni Achievement Award grew up... View Details

01 Sep 2022
What Do You Think?

Is It Time to Consider Lifting Tariffs on Chinese Imports?

stimulate debate about important issues in a community whose media were controlled at the time by one family with one point of view. It got me on a list prepared by an alumnus (and ignored by the person to whom he sent it, the President... View Details

Keywords: Re: James L. Heskett

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Teele Hall | About

enrollments. In addition, Teele presided over the School’s 50th anniversary celebration in 1958, which attracted more than 2,000 visitors, including then vice president Richard Nixon. Of the changes enacted... View Details

01 Dec 2023
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Case Study: Staking a Claim

Illustration by Nhung Lê Kate Terry (MBA 2005) knows that no one attends their fifth-grade career fair and comes home hoping to pursue a career in insurance—but that’s exactly where she wound up. “I really fell in love with it,” she says. As cofounder and CEO of... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; Insurance Carriers and Related Activities; Finance

31 Mar 2011
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From SpinPop to SpinBrush: Entrepreneurial Lessons from John Osher

lot of companies spend a lot of resources playing defense. We want to play offense, we want to innovate, pilot, template it, build for scale, and go," said Mark Norman (HBS MBA 1994), president and COO of Zipcar, the time-sharing car... View Details

Keywords: by Dennis Fisher; Consumer Products

29 Aug 2018
What Do You Think?

What Should Harley-Davidson’s Management Do?

faced with a situation in which a decision to move jobs overseas to reduce costs and preserve profit performance appeared to be alienating workers, customers, and even the president of the United States. Harley-Davidson had long been held... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Auto

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Morgan Hall | About

establishment of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City and served as its president from 1904 to 1913. At the time of his death, Morgan’s art collection was valued at $50 million. View Details

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Strategy Awards & Honors - Faculty & Research

Penelope Rossano (HBS Case 712-490). 2014 Andy Wu : Winner of the 2014 Penn Prize for Excellence in Teaching by Graduate Students, University of Pennsylvania. Andy Wu : Winner of a 2014 President Gutmann Leadership Award, Graduate and... View Details

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Mellon Hall | About

construction of Harvard Business School's original campus . The building was named for Andrew W. Mellon (1855-1937), who was appointed treasury secretary by President Warren G. Harding in 1921 and continued to serve under View Details

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Buy Now, Pay Later &mdash Easy Payments: The Rise of Installment Selling

Bruce Davies, Peacefully Working to Conquer the World: Singer Sewing Machines in Foreign Markets, 1854–1920 (New York: Arno Press, 1976). Copyright © Presidents and Fellows of Harvard College Harvard University Harvard Employment Digital... View Details

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Dillon House | About

his father’s investment firm in 1938 and led Dillon Read as chairman from 1946 to 1953. He served in the US Navy during World War II and was decorated for his actions in combat. In 1953 Dillon was appointed ambassador to France by View Details

11 Mar 2024
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In Harmony

Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Hi, my name is Julia Hanna; I’m an associate editor at the HBS Alumni Bulletin. Last November I flew to Seoul, South Korea to interview Michael Kim (MBA 1990) of MBK Partners. Often referred to as one of... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; photograph by Jun Michael Park

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The Gift of Global Talent

higher. This is a must-read for policy makers. ” Janet Napolitano President of the University of California, former Secretary of Homeland Security and Governor of Arizona Podcast The gift of global talent: Why talented people are the... View Details

30 Apr 2020
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Fighting Climate Change Requires a New Capitalism

Rebecca Henderson spent her young adult years living two lives. At work, she preached the risks of resisting change to MBA students at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, drawing on lessons she learned while watching factories close as a management consultant.... View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost; Energy

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