Nancy Koehn Views
Nancy Koehn is an authority on entrepreneurial history and is the James E. Robison Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School, where her research focuses on entrepreneurship and leadership. She is the editor of the book The Story of American Business: From the Pages of the New York Times, published by Harvard Business Press in October 2009.
Nancy Koehn is an authority on entrepreneurial history and is the James E. Robison Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School, where her research focuses on entrepreneurship and leadership. She is the editor of the book The Story of American Business: From the Pages of the New York Times, published by Harvard Business Press in October 2009.
Introduced and narrated by Harvard Business School historian Nancy Koehn, The Story of American Business walks you through content ranging from feature stories to in-depth news analysis to obituaries, spanning from the 1850s to today. Exploring the people, trends, and pivotal events that have shaped business in America, Koehn has organized the book around a number of important themes, including: The rise of big business-the advent of mass production, a national market, and the modern U.S. economy Wall Street-its origins, key players, influence, and evolution Leadership--from robber barons to corporate rock stars And much more--including the growth of a consumer society, changing women
We are not the first to face what seem like overwhelming challenges, says HBS professor and business historian Nancy F. Koehn. A new volume edited and narrated by Koehn, The Story of American Business: From the Pages of The New York Times, presents more than a hundred timely articles from the 1850s to today. Q&A and book excerpt.
Nancy Koehn Images
