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History of Excellence - Doctoral
History Of Excellence History Of Excellence Part of Harvard University’s tradition of intellectual excellence Harvard Business School’s doctoral programs are an integral part of Harvard University’s...
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History - Health Care
Health Care Initiative History 1967 First Health Care Case: Fischer Pharmaceutical, Co. 1971 Regina Herzlinger becomes the first woman tenured at Harvard Business School 1979 Marlene Krauss becomes the first woman to obtain an MD and an...
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Courses - Business History
Courses Since 1927, Harvard Business School has been a pioneer in teaching business history. The Business History Initiative continues this tradition and seeks to facilitate and promote course development in business View Details
- 2009
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An Evolutionary Approach to Financial History
Financial history is not conventionally thought of in evolutionary terms, but it should be. Traditional ways of thinking about finance, dating back to Hilferding, emphasize the importance of concentration and economies of scale. But these approaches overlook the rich...
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Ferguson, Niall. "An Evolutionary Approach to Financial History." Cold Spring Harbor Symposia on Quantitative Biology, no. 74 (2009): 449–454.
- 2009
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Entrepreneurship and the History of Globalization
By: G. Jones and R. Daniel Wadhwani
In this article, we build on the recent efforts of scholars to reintroduce entrepreneurship into the research agenda of business historians. We examine the value and limitations of adapting recent social scientific theories and methods on entrepreneurship to research...
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Career Histories and the Biotechnology Industry
Professor Higgins' other major project focuses on the consequences of individuals' career experiences for firms and industries. This second research stream centers on the careers of executives in the biotechnology industry.
Professor Higgins has written... View Details
- 15 May 2019
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The Unconventional Capitalism That Shapes Business History
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Our Curriculum - Business History
Courses Our Curriculum HBS has been offering business history courses since 1927. There are three business history courses currently taught in the MBA curriculum: The Coming of Managerial Capitalism,...
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- 07 Nov 2017
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Business and Sustainability: New Business History Perspectives
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by Ann-Kristin Bergquist
- 2020
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How History Shaped the Innovator's Dilemma
By: Tom Nicholas
In 1993, four years prior to the publication of Clayton Christensen’s highly influential book, The Innovator’s Dilemma, the Business History Review (BHR) published an article by Christensen titled “The Rigid Disk Drive Industry: A History of...
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Nicholas, Tom. "How History Shaped the Innovator's Dilemma." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 21-014, July 2020. (Revised August 2020.)
- November 2003 (Revised March 2004)
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Federal Express: Early History
Describes key events in the start-up of Federal Express. Outlines the company's value proposition and provides an overview of key competitors in the air freight industry. This case is used with Teledesic (Abridged), HBS No. 9-804-096, which describes a failed project...
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Lovelock, Christopher H. "Federal Express: Early History." Harvard Business School Case 804-095, November 2003. (Revised March 2004.)
- 14 Nov 2019
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Lifting the Lid on Turkey's Hidden Business History
- 2014
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Empire of Cotton: A Global History
By: Sven Beckert
The epic story of the rise and fall of the empire of cotton, its centrality to the world economy, and its making and remaking of global capitalism.
Cotton is so ubiquitous as to be almost invisible, yet understanding its history is key to understanding the origins...
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Keywords:
Economic Systems;
Plant-Based Agribusiness;
Globalized Markets and Industries;
Society;
Manufacturing Industry;
Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry
Beckert, Sven. Empire of Cotton: A Global History. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2014.
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Faculty & Research - Business History
Faculty & Research Faculty & Research Harvard Business School faculty members have made notable contributions to the history of business. Faculty research is diverse, based in several of the School’s units, and reflects disciplinary...
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- 22 Feb 2018
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The New History of American Capitalism
and modern agriculture. The New History of American Capitalism By Sven Beckert and Christine Desan The new history of American capitalism builds on these disciplinary trends in history, economics, political...
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Manufacturing
- June 2003
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A Brief History of the Browser Wars
Recounts the history of the evolution of browser market shares from 1994 forward. Netscape's Navigator establishes a huge early lead, but is then displaced by an equally dominant offering from Microsoft. Highlights the role of Microsoft's dominance in desktop operating...
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Corts, Kenneth S., and Deborah Freier. "A Brief History of the Browser Wars." Harvard Business School Case 703-517, June 2003.
- April 2008 (Revised April 2022)
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The American Dream in History
By: Tom Nicholas and David Chen
Nicholas, Tom, and David Chen. "The American Dream in History." Harvard Business School Background Note 808-134, April 2008. (Revised April 2022.)
- 2004
- Working Paper
Bringing History into International Business
By: Geoffrey Jones and Tarun Khanna
Jones, Geoffrey, and Tarun Khanna. "Bringing History into International Business." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 05-013, August 2004.
- 12 Dec 2018
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Free Trade Needs Nurturing—and Other Lessons from History
- 01 Mar 2012
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Business History Gets a Boost
A leader in the study of business history, HBS recently announced the creation of the Business History Initiative, a multidisciplinary research and teaching effort that underscores the importance of the topic to business management. In...
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