Walter Friedman
Lecturer of Business Administration at Harvard Business School
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- Harvard Business School
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Biography
Harvard Business School
Walter A. Friedman is Director of the Business History Initiative and Lecturer. He edits Business History Review with Geoff Jones. He specializes in business, labor, and economic history. He is author of Fortune Tellers: The Story of America''s First Economic Forecasters (2013) and Birth of a Salesman: The Transformation of Selling in America (2004). He is currently writing a history of large American companies from 1920 to 1980. He was formerly a Newcomen Post-Doctoral Fellow in Business History and a Trustee of the Business History Conference.
Videos
The birth of a salesman - Walter A. Friedman
American Business History | The Very Short Introductions Podcast | Episode 34
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