- Tosdal, Harry Rudolph. The cartell movement in the German iron and potash industries. Pub. in part as ” The Kartell movement in the German potash industry,” in Quart. Journ. Econ., 1913, 28: 140-190; “The German steel syndicate,” ibid., 1917, 31: 259-306.
Source: Harvard University. Doctors of Philosophy and Doctors of Science who have received their Degree in Course From Harvard University, 1873-1926.
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Biographical Note:
Harry R. Tosdal was born in Estherville, Iowa in August 1889. He received his BA from St. Olaf’s College in 1909. He then studied abroad at universities in Leipzig, Berlin and Paris. He eventually earned a Ph.D. from Harvard University in 1915. He received an L.L.D.from St. Olaf’s in 1940.
Before joining Harvard Business School, Tosdal taught at MIT, Harvard University and Boston University. In 1920, he came to Harvard Business School as Director of Student Research and Assistant Professor of Marketing. He became Professor of Marketing in 1922 and Professor of Business Administration after 1942. Tosdal was also the first editor of the Harvard Business Review. He retired from the Business School in 1956. After retiring, he taught in the Advanced Management Program at the University of Hawaii and the Institut pour de Etude des Methodes de Direction de l’Enterprise (IMEDE) in Lausanne, Switzerland.
He was the author of many articles and books, including Selling in Our Economy (1957) and Introduction to Sales Management (1933).
Tosdal served as a consultant to numerous corporations and organizations, such as General Electric, Gulf Oil, McGraw-Hill, Boston (MA) Chamber of Commerce, Cambridge (MA) Chamber of Commerce, and the U.S. Salary Stabilization Board. He also belonged to several professional societies, including the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the National Association of Marketing Teachers.
He died on April 4, 1978 in Belmont, MA.
Source: Harvard Business School, Harry R. Tosdal Papers, 1921-1945: A Finding Aid
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