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Introduction | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School
the country. The firm survived through the Civil War, financial panics, two world wars, the Great Depression, mergers, spin-offs, and 9/11—making the transition from a family-run private partnership lasting more than one hundred years to...
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- 20 Dec 2010
- Research & Ideas
Panama Canal: Troubled History, Astounding Turnaround
authority over the entire canal project, including the right to fire commission members. Secretary of War William Howard Taft had doubts about the legality of granting the chief engineer control over the commission, which was technically...
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The 20th Century Zeitgeist - Leadership
Women mobilizes for Equal Rights Amendment Roe v. Wade legalizes abortion Social discord continues over Vietnam War and civil rights Watergate scandal undermines faith in authority Influence: Medium-Low...
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Private Capital Project
the strategic use of private capital is inextricably tied to Harvard Business School. The first modern PE fund, American Research and Development, was designed and led by Professor Georges Doriot in the years after World View Details
- 04 Jan 2017
- What Do You Think?
How Much Bureaucracy is a Good Thing in Government and Business?
various comments on this web page is desperation when it comes to government. It seems like many Americans are just starting to give up, which is the absolute wrong approach.” Citing the Glass-Steagall Act in banking as well as actions...
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by James L. Heskett
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Podcast - Business & Environment
roadmaps recently developed by governments, civil society, and private companies to help provide clarity and guidance on the steps necessary for more resilient companies and societies. For notes and resources visit; climaterising.org How...
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- 02 Aug 2011
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First Look: August 2
manufacturer to a world leader in R&D, marketing, and design, with a brand more valuable than Pepsi, Nike, or American Express. Fewer still would have predicted the success of the path it has taken. For two decades now, Samsung has...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 22 Apr 2008
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First Look: April 22, 2008
world war in 1939, and then total defeat in 1945. At the end of WWII, the Soviets closed the Berlin headquarters of the Deutsche Bank as part of their denazification effort. Meanwhile, the United States, Britain, and France, occupying the...
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Martha Lagace
- 04 Sep 2001
- Research & Ideas
Is Government Just Stupid? How Bad Decisions Are Made
this country. If elected, I will do everything possible to ensure that America has the strongest defense forces in the world and that we are prepared to fight two major wars at a time. If elected, I will do everything possible to protect...
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- 23 May 2005
- Research & Ideas
What Could Bring Globalization Down?
cables to Germany, after war broke out in 1914. The Lusitania (which was sunk on May 7, 1915) is simply a good symbol for the end of this first age because so much had previously depended on safe navigation between New York and Europe. Q:...
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by Cynthia Churchwell
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Partners - Case Method Project
Politics, AP Government and Politics CT 4 of 29 Karen Boyea Greenwich High SchoolGreenwich, CT Subjects:AP U.S. History, College Prep/Honors U.S. History, College/Honors U.S. Government, Civil War and...
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- 28 Jan 2019
- Research & Ideas
Forget Cash. Here Are Better Ways to Motivate Employees
motivators that will entice greater effort and loyalty out of workers. Turns out, using cash as a carrot isn’t always the best answer, according to new research by Harvard Business School Assistant Professor Ashley V. Whillans. More than 80 percent of View Details
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by Dina Gerdeman
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Photography and Print Advertising - The High Art of Photographic Advertising - Baker Library | Bloomberg Center
was an expensive enterprise, and before World War I magazine and newspaper publishers tended to favor drawn illustrations over photographs. In the 1920s, the tremendous increase in industrial output and consumer demand led executives to...
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Special Collections and Archives Exhibits | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School
banking house in the country. The firm survived through the Civil War, financial panics, two world wars, the Great Depression, mergers, spin-offs, and 9/11—making the transition from a family-run private partnership lasting more than one...
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- 08 Feb 2011
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First Look: Feb. 8
that the American business school as it evolved in the post-World War II era has become the dominant model for business schools in Europe and elsewhere in the world. Most observers looking at these...
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Sean Silverthorne
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Healthy Outcomes - Managing the Future of Work
culture, American companies can prepare themselves for the looming care crisis. The economics of care are misaligned in most companies. Employees don’t get the support they need for their caregiving responsibilities and employers pay the...
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- 12 Sep 2023
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Who Gets the Loudest Voice in DEI Decisions?
statement? Nike’s decision to feature in its ads Colin Kaepernick, an American footballer whose patriotism has been questioned, ultimately resulted in what was described by one observer as a “bold success.” On the other hand, brands like...
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by James Heskett
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General Merchants to Commodities Brokers | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School
new enterprise and foster its growth.[3] Through a partnership with John Wesley Durr in 1862, the brothers expanded their storage capacity and trading business, and Lehman, Durr & Co. soon ranked among the top cotton firms in the area. When the View Details
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Teacher Profiles - Case Method Project
Government CT Karen Boyea Greenwich High SchoolGreenwich, CT Subjects:AP U.S. History, College Prep/Honors U.S. History, College/Honors U.S. Government, Civil War and Reconstruction PA Candy Boyer Conestoga...
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Skydeck - Alumni
chaos—and found a path to impact her country's future How Can We Solve the Teacher Shortage Crisis? In this excerpt from Managing the Future of Work, Mallory Dwinal-Palisch (MBA 2015) offers a lesson plan for the American education system...
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