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- All HBS Web (69)
- Faculty Publications (12)
- 2019
- Working Paper
Collusive Investments in Technological Compatibility: Lessons from U.S. Railroads in the Late 19th Century
- Research Summary
Railroads and the Making of Modern China
My current book project is entitled Railroads and the Making of the Modern China and explores China’s economic and socio-political transformation from the last decades of the empire to the present using railroad infrastructure as a focus. Based on a large... View Details
- January 2014 (Revised May 2014)
- Background Note
Rail Transportation in the United States
- June 1991 (Revised June 1993)
- Case
Railroads and the Beginnings of Modern Management (Abridged)
- August 1983 (Revised March 1995)
- Case
Railroad Problem and the Solution
- January 2019 (Revised February 2020)
- Case
Jay Gould, 'The Most Hated Man in America'
- Web
Railroad Revolution & the Birth of Corporate Capitalism Credits:
- Web
Research Links: Records of Railroad Companies & Personal Papers
- 18 Nov 2002
- Research & Ideas
Enterprising Women—a History
- 16 Nov 2009
- Research & Ideas
The Times Captures History of American Business
- Web
Historical Data Visualization - Business History
- Web
Historical Data & Sources - Business History
- First Quarter 2013
- Article
Big Data in the Age of the Telegraph
- 2015
- Book
MOVE: Putting America's Infrastructure Back in the Lead
- Research Summary
Markets of Progress: Coffee, Commerce, and Community in the Soconusco, Chiapas, 1867-1920
Markets of Progress presents a new holistic story of rural development in Mexico at the turn of the century. In the Soconusco, as in regions throughout the world, the accelerating circulation of commodities and capital, ideas and immigrants reshaped society... View Details
- 2009
- Chapter
Chinese Railroads, Local Society, and Foreign Presence: The Tianjin-Pukou Line in pre-1949 Shandong
- 13 Dec 2016
- First Look
December 13, 2016
Walter A. Friedman
Walter A. Friedman is Director of the Business History Initiative and Lecturer. He edits Business History Review with Geoff Jones. He specializes in business, labor, and economic history. He is author of Fortune Tellers: The Story of America's First... View Details
- 15 May 2016
- News
Stop picking on the GDP
- 20 Dec 2010
- Research & Ideas