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Napalm: From Soldiers Field to Trang Bang
Nicholas, Tom; Akins, Jonas PeterCase HBS-815060-EEntrepreneurshipNapalm is one of the most destructive weapons ever to be invented. Yet, at its original inception it was nothing more than a technical challenge, and it was never intended to be used in indiscriminate antipersonnel warfare. The pathway of its development by a Harvard research scientist to its use in flamethrowers by U.S. ground troops in World War Two, and as an incendiary device during the Vietnam War (1959-75) was unanticipated. Many of the ear...Starting at €8.20
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Whaling Ventures
Nicholas, Tom; Akins, Jonas PeterCase HBS-813086-EEntrepreneurshipWhaling was a prominent global industry in the nineteenth century and the United States was dominant. By 1850 there were about 900 whaling ships in the world and 700 of these were American. Rates of return on capital were high compared to benchmark investments, at least in the early years of the nineteenth century. The whaling industry was one of the earliest to grapple with complex issues in relation to the provision of high-risk investment capi...Starting at €8.20