The Story of American Business: From the Pages of the New York Times

The road to America leads through Gettysburg

November 20, 2013

* * * Here is a brief excerpt from an article by Nancy F. Koehn for the Washington Post. To read the complete article, check out other resources, obtain subscription information, and sign up for email alerts, please click here.…

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Nancy F. Koehn on “Lincoln’s School of Management”

February 5, 2013

A 2012 re-enactment of the Battle of Shiloh as captured by a pinhole camera in Michie, Tenn. Such a camera has no lens, viewfinder or shutter — just a pinhole at the front and film at the back. Images can…

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Lincoln’s Leadership Lessons

December 25, 2012

Here is an excerpt from a brief but enlightening article written by Nancy Koehn for the Harvard Business blog. * * * February is Presidents’ month, and in this frame, it’s a fine time to spend a few hours with…

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Putting Steve Jobs in perspective

October 4, 2011

Here is an excerpt from an especially insightful article written by Nancy Koehn. It is part of The Washington Post‘s recent  On Leadership roundtable exploring Tim Cook’s succession of Steve Jobs as CEO of Apple, and how to follow in…

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The Story of American Business: A book review by Bob Morris

August 12, 2011

The Story of American Business: From the Pages of the New York Times Nancy F. Koehn, Editor Harvard Business Press (2009) The Who, What, When, How, and Why of U.S. Free Enterprise Credit Nancy Koehn with skillfully selecting, organizing, and…

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