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Harvard Business School – The Construction of Pain

Harvard Business School: Laurie Taylor takes a journey through the complex moral world of this leading institution. Also, the cultural meaning of pain.

Harvard Business School: Laurie Taylor takes a journey through the complex moral world of what many call the West Point of American Capitalism. Michel Anteby, Associate Professor at Harvard Business School, describes his research into the inner workings, mores and rituals of this highly influential institution.They're joined by Professor Ken Starkey from the Nottingham University Business School.

Also, a cultural history of pain with Dr Louise Hide, Honorary Research Fellow in the Department of History, Classics and Archaeology at Birkbeck. University of London.

Producer: Jayne Egerton.

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Dr Louise Hide

Honorary Research Fellow in the Department of History, Classics and Archaeology at Birkbeck, University of London.

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Gender and Class in English Asylums, 1890-1914
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
ISBN-10: 1137321423
ISBN-13: 978-1137321428

Michel Anteby

Associate Professor and Marvin Bower Fellow in the Organizational Behavior area at the Harvard Business School.

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Manufacturing Morals: The Values of Silence in Business School Education
Publisher: University of Chicago Press (2013)
ISBN-10: 022609247X
ISBN-13: 978-0226092478

Ken Starkey

Professor of Management and Organisational Learning, Nottingham University Business School.

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The Business School and the Bottom Line
Ken Starkey, Nick Tiratsoo (Authors)Ìý Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN-10: 0521865115
ISBN-13: 978-0521865111

"The legitimacy and impact of business schools"
Starkey, K.; Pettigrew, A.(2016)
Academy of Management Learning and Education
forthcoming 2016, Special Issue

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