Ralph M. Hower papers, 1870-1970.

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Ralph M. Hower papers, 1870-1970.

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The collection consists of teaching, research, administrative and consulting records of Ralph M. Hower. Administrative records include records of the Harvard Business School Administrative Practices Teaching Group, 1946-1948, which contains Hower's views on the efficacy of the case method and general teaching strategies; records from the Committee on Methods of Instruction, 1967; and records of the Faculty Library Policy Committee. Research material pertains to the study of business history and includes correspondence with Norman Gras regarding the Business Historical Society; research for The History of an Advertising Agency: N.W. Ayer & Son at Work, 1869-1939, which contains original records from the Ayer firm, transcriptions of records, and research and writing notes; and correspondence related to research and publication of company histories and books, including History of an Advertising Agency, History of Macy's of New York, and The Administrator. Teaching records include materials for Administrative Practices; Marketing; and Human Behavior in Organizations. It also includes material relating to management seminars taught at the Management Development Institute (IMEDE) in Switzerland, Advanced Management Programs in Great Britain, and the establishment of a research and development program at Zyma Corporation in Switzerland, the establishment of branch offices for Arthur D. Little, and the establishment of the Instituto de Estudios Superiores de la Empresa (IESE) in Barcelona, Spain.

16 linear feet (33 boxes)

Harvard Business School, Knowledge and Library Services/Baker Library

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Harvard Business School, Knowledge and Library Services/Baker Library

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N.W. Ayer & Son

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Business Historical Society

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Organized in 1925 to promote the study of business history and to collect and preserve the records of business operations of the past. The Society was based at Baker Library, Harvard Business School. From the description of Records, 1925-1957 (inclusive). (Harvard Business School). WorldCat record id: 269607999 In early 1934, the Business Historical Society at Harvard Business School was invited by the Pan American Union of Washington, D.C., to participate in "Pan-American D...

Arthur D. Little, Inc.

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Gras, Norman Scott Brien, 1884-1956

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Norman S.B. Gras earned his doctorate at Harvard University in 1909 studying under Edwin F. Gay. In 1927 he joined the Harvard Business School faculty as the first Isidor Straus Professor in Business History. He organized the Business History Foundation and served as president from 1949-1956. Norman S.B. Gras retired from the Harvard Business School in 1950. From the description of Norman S.B. Gras papers, 1909-1953. (Harvard Business School). WorldCat record id: 76891639 ...

Macy's (Firm)

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Harvard university. Graduate school of business administration

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The faculty of the Harvard Business School was formally organized in 1913. For the school's first two years (1908-1910) the teaching staff was organized informally. From 1910 to 1913 the teaching and administrative staff was organized as an Administrative Board. From the description of Faculty minutes, 1908- [microform]. (Harvard Business School). WorldCat record id: 269607747 ...

Universidad de Navarra. Instituto de Estudios Superiores de la Empresa

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Hower, Ralph M. (Ralph Merle), 1903-

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Ralph Merle Hower earned a DCS (Business History) from the Harvard Business School in 1935. Prior to coming to the Harvard Business School, Hower was an Instructor of Economics at the University of Kansas from 1928 to 1930. He joined the Harvard Business School in 1930 as a Research Assistant and became and Instructor in 1934. He taught as Professor from 1949-1970. In the 1960s Hower helped to establish the Instituto de Estudios Superiores de la Empresa (IESE) in Barcelona, Spain. Fr...

IMEDE (Institute)

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