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15 Jul 2025
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Outrage at the Death of a Tree

Tarun Khanna, Jorge Paulo Lemann Professor at the Harvard Business School, reflects on creativity, innovation, and inclusive economic systems. You can subscribe to his Substack newsletter here: https://tarunkhanna.substack.com/ During a recent family visit to St Louis... View Details

05 Oct 2016
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Wells Fargo Scandal Is Par For The Course In The Long History Of Big Business Corruption

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Augustine Heard & Co.: Building a Family Business - A Chronicle of the China Trade

of the China Trade Introduction Doing Business with China Augustine Heard & Co. The Canton Trade Commodities & Currencies Treaty Ports & Compradors Clippers & Steamships Exploring Trade Links Chinese... View Details

04 Mar 2011
Working Paper Summaries

From Social Control to Financial Economics: The Linked Ecologies of Economics and Business in Twentieth Century America

Keywords: by Marion Fourcade & Rakesh Khurana; Education

Article

Should Business Have Human Rights Obligations?

By: Nien-he Hsieh

Businesses and their managers are increasingly called upon to take on human rights obligations. Focusing on the case of multinational enterprises (MNEs), the paper argues we have reason to reject assigning human rights obligations to business enterprises and their... View Details

Keywords: Human Rights; Ruggie Principles; Corporate Responsibility; Multinationals; Rights; Multinational Firms and Management; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact

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Scaling Minority Businesses (SMB)

size. Look at the American Community Survey for granular data relating to employment, transportation to work, housing, expenditures, etc. US Census: Business & Economy - A wide range of variables... View Details

01 Dec 2002
News

Bad Times for Business

business figures, such as John D. Rockefeller — gave many observers pause. The reaction was increased oversight and antibig business sentiment. I think such moments are part of... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons

01 Dec 1999
News

Business Ethics Fellow Honored

maintained an interest in ethics and its teaching. The Henry B. Arthur Fund for Business Ethics was established in 1987 by Arthur's daughter, Janice A. McCoy Miller (HRPBA '61), and his then son-in-law Bowen H. ("Buzz") McCoy (MBA '62).... View Details

21 Jun 2017
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Meet the Oddball Entrepreneurs Who Invented Green Businesses

20 Apr 1989 - 22 Apr 1989
Lecture

The Rise of Japan in International Business: Implications for the American Business Environment

By: W. Carl Kester

Keywords: Business Ventures; Situation or Environment; Japan; United States

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01 Dec 2002
News

Bad Times for Business

And monarchs tend to surround themselves with courtiers — that’ s the cronyism aspect. Some boards consist largely of people chosen by the CEO, and they’ re there to help each other out. Business is also... View Details

29 Jan 2021
News

Holding Business to Account

consumer and employee loyalty, the brand equity it has built. And if you take a slightly longer-term view, you see that,” she observes. “We’re in the business of asking our companies for more accountability... View Details

16 Feb 2022
News

Holding Business to Account

many others. “These kinds of changes are positive for the company's fundamentals—for its profitability, its long-term success, its consumer and employee loyalty, the brand equity it has built. And if you take a slightly longer-term view,... View Details

9 AM – 10 AM EDT, 20 Mar 2019
HBS Online

HBS Online Business Analytics

Develop a data mindset and the analytical skills to interpret and communicate data. This course will demystify data analysis and equip you with concrete skills to apply in your work or further studies. Program Dates: March 20, 2019 - May 15, 2019 View Details

14 Aug 2024
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DEI: A strategic imperative for business

01 Sep 2004
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HBS Business Plan Contest

The School’s eighth annual Business Plan Contest proved that entrepreneurship is alive and well at HBS: Close to forty teams entered plans to be judged by a panel of experts. This year’s traditional track... View Details

07 Apr 2003
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Should Global Business Initiatives Be Devalued?

an interesting concept of the importance of a "national brand."—Jim Heskett Others, while agreeing with this thesis, were not so sanguine about whether this will happen without greater efforts to... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

April 2020 (Revised April 2023)
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TransDigm in 2017: The Beginning of the End or the End of the Beginning?

By: Benjamin C. Esty and Daniel Fisher

TransDigm was a highly acquisitive company that manufactured a wide range of highly engineered aerospace parts for both military and commercial customers. Over the ten years ending in 2016, its stock price had increased ten times, and both EBITDA and revenues had grown... View Details