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- 31 Aug 2016
- Research & Ideas
One Quarter of Entrepreneurs in the United States Are Immigrants
immigrant from Finland who came to the United States as an exchange visitor, worked under the H1-B visa program, and ultimately became a US citizen, did the heavy lifting to wrestle the database into a...
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by Michael Blanding
- August 1997 (Revised March 2008)
- Background Note
Trends in the United States Steel Market,1980-1996
By: Clayton M. Christensen and Bret J. Baird
Provides a brief background on the history and structure of the steel industry in the United States. Focuses in some depth on the technological changes that have been difficult for the leading steel companies to implement. Shows that they stumbled when confronted with...
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Christensen, Clayton M., and Bret J. Baird. "Trends in the United States Steel Market,1980-1996." Harvard Business School Background Note 698-018, August 1997. (Revised March 2008.)
- September 2019 (Revised December 2022)
- Background Note
African American Inequality in the United States
By: Janice H. Hammond, A. Kamau Massey and Mayra G. Garza
This note describes how historical and on-going policies and practices that discriminate against African Americans led to present-day inequality. Topics include slavery, segregation, Jim Crow laws, “black codes,” and policies and practices relating to criminal justice,...
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African Americans;
Justice;
Slavery;
Discrimination;
Race;
Equality and Inequality;
Prejudice and Bias;
Policy;
History;
United States
Hammond, Janice H., A. Kamau Massey, and Mayra G. Garza. "African American Inequality in the United States." Harvard Business School Background Note 620-046, September 2019. (Revised December 2022.)
- February 2019
- Background Note
Mexican Farmworkers in the United States
By: Forest Reinhardt and Jonathan Schlefer
This note discusses the centuries-long history and current situation of Mexican farmworkers north of the border—documented or undocumented, resident or temporary, and increasingly indigenous. The story provides the background for discussion of dilemmas facing...
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Migrant Farmworkers;
Mexican Farmworkers;
Agribusiness;
Labor;
History;
Policy;
Problems and Challenges;
Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry;
United States
Reinhardt, Forest, and Jonathan Schlefer. "Mexican Farmworkers in the United States." Harvard Business School Background Note 719-047, February 2019.
- February 1993 (Revised March 1993)
- Background Note
United States from 1897 to 1969
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United States
Shapiro, Benson P. "United States from 1897 to 1969." Harvard Business School Background Note 593-083, February 1993. (Revised March 1993.)
- January 2014 (Revised May 2014)
- Background Note
Rail Transportation in the United States
By: Rosabeth Moss Kanter and Matthew Guilford
In the 20th century, automobiles and airlines pushed rail into the background as an often-troubled and neglected mode. After a review of the long history of rail in the U.S., this paper examines the situation in the 21st century, including the rail market structure,...
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Kanter, Rosabeth Moss, and Matthew Guilford. "Rail Transportation in the United States." Harvard Business School Background Note 314-084, January 2014. (Revised May 2014.)
- 31 Aug 2016
- News
One Quarter of Entrepreneurs in the United States Are Immigrants
- 16 Dec 2016
- News
Harvard's Porter on a 'Truly' Divided United States
- 11 Jan 2015
- Talk
Processed Foods in the Early-Twentieth-Century United States
By: Ai Hisano
Hisano, Ai. "Processed Foods in the Early-Twentieth-Century United States." Culinary Historians of Washington D.C. Meeting, Culinary Historians of Washington, D.C., Washington, DC, January 11, 2015.
- October 2015
- Teaching Note
1996 Welfare Reform in the United States
Race and Mass Incarceration in the United States
The late 20th century saw a dramatic shift in the criminal justice system of the United States. While incarceration rates had remained stable through the 1960s, they quintupled by the 2000s to 707 per 100,000, far...
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- 19 Dec 2012
- Research & Ideas
Affordable Housing: Israel and the United States
include housing. Returning veterans could not find affordable homes. A condominium costs 12 times annual income; and the country has a dearth of rental units. In Israel, demand for housing outstrips supply—a conundrum familiar to United...
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- January 2022 (Revised March 2022)
- Case
Chinese Restriction, Violence, and Exclusion in the United States
By: Tom Nicholas, Boyang Han and Tomas Rosales
Many early Chinese immigrants to the United States during the 1850s worked as traditional gold miners, but as gold mining declined in significance, an increasing number were employed as laborers for large scale construction projects such as railroads, roadways, and in...
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Immigration Acts;
Immigration;
Labor;
Jobs and Positions;
Race;
Social Issues;
Laws and Statutes
Nicholas, Tom, Boyang Han, and Tomas Rosales. "Chinese Restriction, Violence, and Exclusion in the United States." Harvard Business School Case 822-091, January 2022. (Revised March 2022.)
- January 1995
- Teaching Note
Renewable Energy in the United States TN
- 23 Aug 2010
- News
Skin of Color in the United States
- 19 Dec 2012
- News
Affordable Housing: Israel and the United States
- September 1989
- Case
Funding the United States Social Security System
Schleifer, Arthur, Jr. "Funding the United States Social Security System." Harvard Business School Case 190-041, September 1989.
- February 1998 (Revised October 1998)
- Background Note
Note on New Drug Development in the United States
By: Stefan H. Thomke and Ashok Nimgade
An overview of the new drug development process in the United States, using the migraine drug Imitrex as an illustrative example.
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Product Development;
Research and Development;
Health;
Pharmaceutical Industry;
United States
Thomke, Stefan H., and Ashok Nimgade. "Note on New Drug Development in the United States." Harvard Business School Background Note 698-028, February 1998. (Revised October 1998.)
- 28 Apr 2010
- Working Paper Summaries
Environmental Federalism in the European Union and the United States
- December 1983 (Revised March 1999)
- Case
The United States Financial Crisis of 1931
The behavior of the Federal Reserve System during the early years of the Great Depression has been a topic of considerable controversy. The Fed, it has been argued, pursued a contracting policy, thereby helping to turn what might have been only a brief recession into...
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Rukstad, Michael G. "The United States Financial Crisis of 1931." Harvard Business School Case 384-115, December 1983. (Revised March 1999.)