business history

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• SOURCE: NY Times
  5/4/19
  

  Men Invented ‘Likability.’ Guess Who Benefits.

  by Claire Bond Potter

  It was pushed by Madison Avenue and preached by self-help gurus. Then it entered politics.

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• SOURCE: Washington Post
  4/27/19
  

  Selling Condoms or Pet Food? An Unexpected Bible of Million-Dollar Opportunities

  Since 1873, the City of New York has put out a daily paper that is essential reading for those who want to do business with the city.

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• SOURCE: PBS
  Accessed 4/25/19
  

  Video of the Week: New Documentary ‘Boss’ Explores Black Business in America

  The PBS film features stories from a number of African-American entrepreneurs, including several Chicagoans who played key roles in various industries, from journalist Ida B. Wells to publisher John H. Johnson.

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• SOURCE: Truth Out
  3/21/19
  

  Cigarettes Are Central to the History of Corporate Power

  In Cigarettes, Inc.: An Intimate History of Corporate Imperialism, author Nan Enstad reveals how the definitive moments in the expansion of corporate power took place through one of the deadliest commodities.

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• SOURCE: NPR
  3/20/19
  

  Boeing Brings 100 Years Of History To Its Fight To Restore Its Reputation

  Analysts expect Boeing to weather this storm. The company has certainly survived other rough patches in its century-long history.

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• 3/10/19
  

  Lessons from Studying Corporate History and the Case of IBM

  by James W. Cortada

  And what it can teach us about the longevity of corporations. 

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• SOURCE: NY Times
  2/24/19
  

  Seven Black Inventors Whose Patents Helped Shape American Life

  Garrett Morgan created an improved gas mask. Marie Van Brittan Brown patented a home security system. Lonnie Johnson dreamed up the Super Soaker.

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• Meet Annie Turnbo Malone, the hair care entrepreneur Trump shouted out in his Black History Month proclamation

  She became a millionaire after giving Madam C.J. Walker her big break as a sales agent.

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• SOURCE: NY Times
  2/12/19
  

  New York Needs Amazon

  by Kenneth T. Jackson

  History is clear: A city that rejects economic opportunity will lose its status as the center of the business world.

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  Business Leaders Will Have More Influence on Politics When They Shelve the "Populists are Nazis" Meme

  by Benjamin Waterhouse

  Business leaders have been comparing their opponents to Nazis -- and Communists, and socialists -- for a long time. It's never worked well for them.