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James W. Cannon

In 1898, Cannon’s mill produced the first cotton towel ever finished in the South. About 1906, Cannon built Kannapolis, the largest unincorporated town in the world, as a mill town that included schools, churches, and parks. Upon his... View Details

Keywords: Fabric & Apparel

Ransom E. Olds

Olds was one of the early pioneers of the automobile industry. He is credited with the design of the “curved dash” which was both functional (keeping passengers warm) and stylish. Olds’ first car, the “runabout,” was mass produced in 1901... View Details

Keywords: Automotive & Aerospace

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Polaroid Films | Baker Library

Cambridge. Produced for Polaroid Stockholders Meeting, 1969-1970 Play Video duration: 0:52 Edwin Land in a new factory space. Produced for Polaroid, Dr. Land Stockholders Meeting, 1969-1970 Play Video... View Details

14 Apr 2021
Research & Ideas

The High Cost of the Slow COVID Vaccine Rollout

Government officials should have poured much more money into producing and distributing COVID-19 vaccines to save more lives and rescue the economy faster, according to new research co-authored by 16 researchers including Harvard Business... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Health

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Industrial Production & Materials - Business & Environment

Confronting Climate Change Industrial Production & Materials Refrigerant gases, cement, and plastic are materials ripe for innovation Industrial activity that produces many of the materials used in commerce, as well as consumer products... View Details

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Veronica Pinchin

hard work, and a little bit of luck, you will always produce something of value. When my grandfather passed away earlier this year, he left behind a world made better by his being in it. His was a life filled with love, hard work, and... View Details

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Industrial Life Photograph Collection - Photography Collections - Historical Collections

1920s to the early 1940s—from hardhats operating rail trucks in the depths of the International Salt Company mines to uniformed women of the California Fruit Growers Exchange packing produce in cavernous factory spaces. Detroit, Michigan... View Details

15 Feb 2023
Blog Post

Creating Emerging Markets Sustainability Series - Closing the ‘Intention-Action’ Gap

intention-action gap with tools such as effective marketing which communicates their sustainable practices in a recognizable and transparent way. The CEM project offers a unique insight into the issue from the perspective of leading executives in emerging markets,... View Details

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Greta Garbo and Rouben Mamoulian on the set of Queen Christina - The Human Factor – Baker Library | Bloomberg Center, Historical Collections

The Message The Product The Production The Worker The Audience Bibliography previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 next Greta Garbo and Rouben Mamoulian on the set of Queen Christina ca. 1934 Motion Picture Producers and Distributors of America... View Details

01 Mar 2009
News

HBS Posts Strong Results in 2008

The business of business education produced another year of strong results for HBS during fiscal 2008, which ended last June. Applications for the core MBA Program reached a five-year high of 8,661, and the percentage of admitted students... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

01 Dec 2005
News

One-on-One with Peter Cuneo

and current vice chairman of Marvel Entertainment, Inc. Home to some 5,000 characters including Spider-Man, the Fantastic 4, the X-Men, and the Incredible Hulk, Marvel employs about 200 people worldwide, not including the small army of freelance writers and... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; comic books; Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information; Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management

30 Aug 2006
Op-Ed

The Compensation Game

negotiating with an athlete can be expected to be guided by the club's interests, while the player's agent is looking out for the client's demands. When independent buyers and sellers hammer out a transaction this way, the market's invisible hand is commonly expected... View Details

Keywords: by Lucian Bebchuk & Rakesh Khurana

26 May 2016
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Alan F. Horn, MBA 1971

President and COO, 20th Century Fox 1987 Cofounds Castle Rock Entertainment; named Chairman and CEO 1989 Castle Rock produces When Harry Met Sally and Seinfeld 1999 Named President and COO, Warner Bros. 2004 Awarded Pioneer of the Year,... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young

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The Spread and Adoption of Option Pricing Models - Option Pricing in Theory & Practice: The Nobel Prize Research of Robert C. Merton - Exhibits - Historical Collections

for the practical implementation of the Black-Scholes model. Within six months of the original publication of the Black-Scholes formula, it had become so widely used by traders at the CBOE that Texas Instruments produced a handheld... View Details

19 Sep 2016
News

Sustainable Farming in the Arid World

three things for us. One is to desalinate water, the other is to produce electricity, and [the third is] to produce heating and cooling. That allows us to be incredibly neutral from an environmental impact... View Details

Paul B. Wishart

Under Wishart’s direction, Minneapolis-Honeywell Regulator Company, a pioneer producer of automatic control devices, became Honeywell, Incorporated, a diversified electronics manufacturer. While putting Honeywell on a path of... View Details

Keywords: Computers & Electronics

John T. Connor

Connor was a key leader in expanding Merck into international markets. He was an ardent supporter of research and development that enabled Merck to produce a series of successful pharmaceutical applications. His success at Merck led to... View Details

Keywords: Healthcare

01 Dec 2002
News

Building a Network for Social Enterprise in Latin America

Angela Serino, manager of corporate responsibility for Natura, a Brazilian cosmetics company, and Maria de Graça Fernandes Branco, principal of Matilde Elementary and High School. The pair are subjects of a case produced by the SEKN that... View Details

12 Jul 2018
News

In the Market for Environmental Change

provide maple syrup to local school breakfast programs. Lots of kids in rural places, and certainly in rural Vermont, are coming to school without having had an adequate start to the day. It's been a wonderful gift to be able to produce... View Details

William C. Procter

Under Procter's guidance, P&G grew out of its mid-western roots as a soap producer into a national consumer goods conglomerate. Procter was responsible for the creation of many famous brands, including Crisco shortening, but also... View Details

Keywords: Personal Care & Home Products

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