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 backgrounds in economics, history, sociology, strategy,
and political science.
- 2023
- Book
Suharto's Cold War: Indonesia, Southeast Asia, and the World
By: Mattias Fibiger
| After the murder of senior generals in the Indonesian army by elements of the country's communist party in 1965, General Suharto orchestrated the mass killing of some half a million leftists and fellow travelers. But his ambitions spanned far beyond perpetrating a...
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- 19 Jun 2023
- News
Inequality in Africa Has Changed from Pre-colonial Times to Today
Re: Marlous van Waijenburg
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- 2023
- Working Paper
Deep Responsibility and Irresponsibility in the Beauty Industry
By: Geoffrey Jones
| This working paper employs the concept of deep responsibility to assess the social responsibility of the beauty industry over time. It shows that many of today’s problems with the industry have deep historical roots. Products have carried too many health hazards....
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- 22 Mar 2023
- News
Behind the Research: Marlous van Waijenburg
Re: Marlous van Waijenburg
By: Shona Simkin
By: Shona Simkin
| What sparked Marlous van Waijenburg’s interest in Africa’s economic development, and what excites her about this line of research? We talked with van Waijenburg, an assistant professor in the Business, Government, and International Economy Unit who teaches in the first...
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- 21 Mar 2023
- News
Deeply Responsible Business: A Global History of Values-Driven Leadership
By: Geoffrey Jones
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- 2023
- Working Paper
Rule by Market: The Chinese State in Factor Markets
By: Meg Rithmire
| Political economy on China and beyond generally has been premised on a trade-off between state and market power. In the context of China’s reforms, markets and market mechanisms were hypothesized to replace state power in allocating important economic resources. Yet,...
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- March 2023
- Teaching Material
Stalin’s Capitalists: American Business and Soviet Industrialization
By: Jeremy Friedman
| Teaching Note for HBS Case No. 722-058.
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- March 2023
- Teaching Material
Mossadeq’s Gambit: The US, UK, and Iranian Oil Nationalization
By: Jeremy Friedman
| Teaching Note for HBS Case No. 722-065.
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- 18 Feb 2023
- News
Geoffrey Jones, "Deeply Responsible Business A Global History of Values-Driven Leadership"
Re: Geoffrey Jones
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- 17 Feb 2023
- News
Now at Harvard Business School: The South Sea Bubble, 1720: Narratives of the First International Crash
| Harvard Business School’s (HBS) Baker Library has opened a new exhibition that focuses on the history of one of the most infamous financial crashes. “South Sea Bubble, 1720: Narratives of the First International Crash” was organized by Baker Library Special Collections
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