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  • Research Summary

The Panama Canal

The Big Ditch is the first quantitative economic history of the Panama Canal and its effect on Panama, the United States, and the world economy.  It makes three general arguments.  First, that the Panama Canal was very important to... View Details

  • 20 Dec 2010
  • Research & Ideas

Panama Canal: Troubled History, Astounding Turnaround

A favorite topic of historians and palindrome fans alike, the Panama Canal has perpetually changed the international trade business. In their new book, The Big Ditch: How America Took, Built, Ran, and Ultimately Gave Away the View Details
Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert; Transportation
  • 05 Jul 2006
  • Working Paper Summaries

What Roosevelt Took: The Economic Impact of the Panama Canal, 1903-29

Keywords: by Noel Maurer & Carlos Yu
  • 31 Aug 2021

MBA Tour: Costa Rica & Panama

Join Harvard Business School as we take part in the MBA Tour. The MBA Tour events will introduce you to admissions representatives, students and alumni from a wide variety of schools. Our HBS team will be online and looking forward to meeting you to discuss our MBA... View Details
  • 25 Mar 2025
  • Other Presentation

Louis E. Caldera on the Panama Canal and DEI Under Trump's Administration

By: Louis Caldera and June Carolyn Erlick
Louis E. Caldera, a Senior Lecturer at Harvard Business School, chaired the Panama Canal Commission the year the Canal was returned to Panama, 1999. He was also the first (and only) Latino to serve as Secretary of the Army. He talks on issues ranging from President... View Details
Keywords: Government Administration; History; National Security; Diversity; Panama; United States
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  • September 2008
  • Article

What T. R. Took: The Economic Impact of the Panama Canal, 1903-1937

By: Noel Maurer and Carlos Yu
The Panama Canal was one of the largest public investments of its time. In the first decade of its operation, the canal produced significant social returns for the United States. Most of these returns were due to the transportation of petroleum from California to the... View Details
Keywords: History; Development Economics; International Relations; Investment Return; Negotiation Deal; Panama; United States
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  • 28 Mar 2016
  • News

The Alum Building a Brand New City in Panama

Colombian billionaire Jaime Gilinski (MBA 1980) is the man behind what Forbes calls “the most audacious real estate project in the world”: the redevelopment of Howard Air Force Base along the Panama Canal. After the United States left in... View Details
  • 2010
  • Book

The Big Ditch: How America Took, Built, Ran, and Ultimately Gave Away the Panama Canal

By: Noel Maurer and Carlos Yu
On August 15, 1914, the Panama Canal was officially opened for business, thus changing the face of both world trade and military power and playing a pivotal role in the rise of the United States on the world stage. Today we view the creation of the Panama Canal as a... View Details
Keywords: Political History; For-Profit Firms; Development Economics; Infrastructure; State Ownership; Ship Transportation; Panama; United States
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  • 2006
  • Working Paper

What Roosevelt Took: The Economic Impact of the Panama Canal, 1903-29

By: Noel Maurer and Carlos Yu
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  • March 2012
  • Case

Ponce de Leon: Confidential Instructions for Donald Sanger, Chief Financial Officer, Panama Studios

By: Ian Larkin
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  • 15 May 2019
  • Blog Post

Instagram Takeover - Arts Society Trek in NYC

co-president of the Arts Society, Graciela Arango, takes us to New York City for the Annual Arts Trek. Graciela Arango is a first-year (RC) student originally from Panama City, Panama and received her... View Details
  • 14 Apr 2019
  • Video

Instagram Takeover - Arts Society Trek in NYC

  • 13 Dec 2013
  • News

Nicaragua In Thrall Of Ortega's Canal Dream

  • 14 Jun 2013
  • News

Nicaragua Approves Building Its Own Canal

  • 20 Nov 2019
  • News

Lifting Fallen Families

In 1989, Sergeant William Delaney Gibbs was in Panama participating in Operation Just Cause, set to remove military dictator Manuel Noriega from power. He was with the Seventh Infantry Division and, during combat five days before the Christmas holiday, he was killed.... View Details
Keywords: Maureen Harmon
  • Research Summary

Research Focus of Chris Gordon

Chris Gordon's main area of interest and expertise is the delivery of complex capital projects. These projects can take the form of government sponsored infrastructure projects such as highways and utilities, private real estate development such as commercial and... View Details

    The Big Ditch

    On August 15, 1914, the Panama Canal officially opened for business, forever changing the face of global trade and military power, as well as the role of the United States on the world stage. The Canal's creation is often seen as an example of U.S. triumphalism, but... View Details

    • 09 Mar 2010
    • First Look

    First Look: March 9

    http://www.amazon.com/One-Report-Integrated-Reporting-Sustainable/dp/0470587512/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1266436753&sr=1-1 The Big Ditch: How America Took, Built, Ran, and Ultimately Gave Away the Panama Canal... View Details
    Keywords: Martha Lagace
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    Great American Business Leaders of the 20th Century - Leadership

    redistributes job functions Influence: Low 90 1990 Reengineering Record high employment Service sector outpaces manufacturing in new job creation Influence: Low 1900 19 U.S. begins construction of Panama Canal Influence: High 10 1910 19... View Details
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    Request the Data - Leadership

    Mexico Monaco Mongolia Mozambique Myanmar (Burma) Namibia Netherlands New Zealand Nicaragua Nigeria Northern Ireland Norway Oman Pakistan Palestine Panama Paraguay Peru Phillippines Poland Portugal Qatar Romania Russia Saudi Arabia... View Details