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- 27 May 2019
- Working Paper Summaries
Voting Trusts and Antitrust: Rethinking the Role of Shareholder Rights and Private Litigation in Public Regulation, 1880s to 1930s
- 23 Nov 2015
- News
The Historian Who Came in from the Cold
- 08 Sep 2014
- News
How to see into the future
- 01 Dec 2013
- News
Case Study: Citizen Buffett
- 02 Aug 2018
- News
Learning From Henry Kissinger
- 12 Apr 2017
- News
Is Sears Going The Way Of The Wooly Mammoth?
- 26 Sep 2017
- Working Paper Summaries
Merchants and the Origins of Capitalism
Keywords: by Sophus A. Reinert and Robert Fredona
- June 1991 (Revised November 2004)
- Case
John Jacob Astor, 1763-1848
Astor, the wealthiest American of his time, engages in fur trading, shipping, real estate investment, and general merchandise trading. Astor's career illustrates the immediate pre-modern management era: types of decisions, time horizons, and number of transactions. View Details
Keywords: Business or Company Management; Business History; Personal Development and Career; United States
McCraw, Thomas K. "John Jacob Astor, 1763-1848." Harvard Business School Case 391-261, June 1991. (Revised November 2004.)
- 21 Aug 2008
- News
Stylin’ at Gallatin
history with Harvard University and the B-School. With them was Jarred Dore from Richard White Sons, the general contractor. What I saw made one thing clear: Dormitory living ain’t what it used to be. We’re talking a private bathroom in... View Details
- February 1986 (Revised June 1988)
- Supplement
Donna Dubinsky and Apple Computer, Inc. (C)
Dubinsky and her boss' boss reflect on what was learned through this difficult chapter in Apple's history. May be used with Donna Dubinsky and Apple Computer, Inc. (A), (B), (D) and (E). View Details
Jick, Todd D., and Mary C. Gentile. "Donna Dubinsky and Apple Computer, Inc. (C)." Harvard Business School Supplement 486-085, February 1986. (Revised June 1988.)
- 01 Dec 2007
- News
Homeward Bound
On a bright mid-August morning, a hard-hat crew aided by a massive crane replaced the centuries-old Russian bell atop Baker Library with a newly cast HBS Centennial Bell. The old bell, considered a Russian national treasure, was returned to Moscow’s Danilov Monastery,... View Details
- 1996
- Book
Staying Afloat in the Construction Industry: Economic and Political Trends for the 1990s
By: D. Q. Mills
Mills, D. Q. Staying Afloat in the Construction Industry: Economic and Political Trends for the 1990s. Los Angeles: BNi Publications, 1996.
- Article
National Image as a Competitive Disadvantage: The Case of the New Zealand Organic Food Industry
By: Geoffrey Jones and Simon Mowatt
This article examines why organic agriculture and food consumption developed more strongly in some countries than others between the 1970s and the 2000s. The focus is the limited growth of the New Zealand organic sector, which contrasts with countries such as Denmark,... View Details
Keywords: Industrial Organization; Chinitz; Agglomeration; Clusters; Cities; Mines; Political Economy; FDI; Agribusiness Industry; Agriculture; Agribusiness; Entrepreneurship; Business History; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; Food and Beverage Industry; Retail Industry; New Zealand; Denmark
Jones, Geoffrey, and Simon Mowatt. "National Image as a Competitive Disadvantage: The Case of the New Zealand Organic Food Industry." Business History 58, no. 8 (2016): 1262–1288.
- February 1988
- Article
Steel Since 1850: Varieties of Competition and Industry Structure
McCraw, T. K. "Steel Since 1850: Varieties of Competition and Industry Structure." [Ryukoku University, Kyoto, Japan] Shakai Kagaku Kenkyū nempō [Annual Bulletin of Research Institute for Social Science] 18 (February 1988): 6–36.
- February 2004 (Revised August 2018)
- Case
The American System
By: David A. Moss, Tiffany Morris and Sarah Brennan
Traces the economic development of the United States from 1790 to 1857, focusing especially on the struggle between free traders and protectionists over federal tariff policy. Devotes considerable attention to the nation's political system, its evolving common law,... View Details
Moss, David A., Tiffany Morris, and Sarah Brennan. "The American System." Harvard Business School Case 704-036, February 2004. (Revised August 2018.)
- 10 Apr 2008
- News
The Sum of Our Own Greatness
As birthday parties go, this one was special. The faculty canceled classes, and the administrative staff collectively stepped away from their desks to join in daylong festivities marking the School’s 100th birthday on April 8. A big-top-style tent erected over the Shad... View Details