Walter A. Friedman

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Walter A. Friedman
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Walter A. Friedman is an American academic. He received his PhD in American History from Columbia University in 1996. [1] He serves as a Lecturer of Business Administration and the Director of the Business History Initiative at the Harvard Business School. [2] He is the co-editor of the Business History Review with Geoffrey Jones. [3]

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  1. Black conservatism : essays in intellectual and political history. Eisenstadt, Peter R., 1954-. New York: Garland Pub. 1999. pp.  282. ISBN   0815324642. OCLC   39756711.CS1 maint: others (link)
  2. "Walter A. Friedman". Harvard Business School. Retrieved May 14, 2016.
  3. "Business History Review". Cambridge University Press. Retrieved May 14, 2016.