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NVC Regions - Alumni
, MBA 1987 Paul Sims , MBA 2002 Central US States Alabama Arkansas Florida Georgia Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Michigan Minnesota Mississippi Missouri Nebraska North Carolina North Dakota Ohio Oklahoma South Carolina... View Details
- 01 Mar 2024
- News
Game On
categories. Take, for starters, the food and beverage model: Like any bowling alley, Top Golf, or the Kansas City–based Chicken N Pickle (with NFL investors Patrick Mahomes and Travis Kelce), these establishments lure people in with an... View Details
- 21 Jul 2022
- News
A Warren Buffett Protégée Strikes Out on Her Own
In a recent profile, the New York Times detailed the career of Tracy Britt Cool (MBA 2009), which has culminated in the launch of her new investment firm, Kanbrick. Britt Cool’s business career began in childhood, working at her parents’ View Details
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Advisory Board - Entrepreneurship
from Harvard Business School and a BS from Kansas State University. He and his wife, Sandra, reside in Brookline with their four children. Thomas Eisenmann (MBA 1983), Harvard Business School. Thomas Eisenmann is the Howard H. Stevenson... View Details
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Competitiveness of States & Regions - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness
States The Institute has developed research-based economic agendas for all 50 United States. Alabama Alaska Arkansas California Colorado Connecticut Delaware Florida Georgia Hawaii Idaho Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas Kentucky Louisiana... View Details
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Teacher Profiles - Case Method Project
Arts & Science Kansas City, KS DE Maria Lantz Salesianum School Wilmington, DE Subjects: World History VA Lucie Larkins Carl Sandburg Middle School Alexandria, VA OH Rebecca Larntz Dohn Community High School Cincinnati, OH MT Pat Larson... View Details
- 10 Oct 2023
- Blog Post
Policy Drivers for Environmental Justice: What Businesses Need to Know
to their upcoming $5.5 billion electric vehicle plant in Georgia which will employ 8,100 people.[71] Panasonic has also elected to construct a $4 billion electric vehicle battery assembly plant in Kansas due to IRA incentives, and Wichita... View Details
- 28 Jan 2020
- Book
Advanced Leadership Requires More Than Outside-The-Box Thinking
she could contribute a valuable innovation. So why was there resistance from the people she was trying to serve? Hallquist was a well-known civic leader and a former corporate executive at Hallmark in Kansas City, Missouri, where, among... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 29 Aug 2018
- What Do You Think?
What Should Harley-Davidson’s Management Do?
million stock buyback. Then, in January 2018, Harley-Davidson’s management announced plans to close its Kansas City plant, putting 800 workers out of work and moving 450 of those jobs elsewhere in the United States. The stock buyback was... View Details
- 01 Jun 2024
- News
Firm Foundation
long term, in the right way,” Britt Cool says. So they decided to launch Kanbrick—a portmanteau that recognizes their shared Kansas roots and a long-term, brick-by-brick mentality. “We think in decades, not quarters,” Britt Cool stresses.... View Details
- 26 Oct 2015
- Research & Ideas
What’s the Value of a Win in College Athletics?
carryover effect with one year’s success spilling into the next year. Growing up in Manhattan, Kansas, Chung became hooked on college football—and Kansas State in particular. The first game he watched was serendipitously one of the most... View Details
- 01 Aug 1998
- News
High Honors
found the time to take an active role in the operations of several companies in diverse industries, including helping to run one of New England's largest local advertising agencies. Marshall grew up in Kansas City during the Depression... View Details
- 01 Dec 2022
- News
Singing to the Corn
models. He’s busier than ever, teaching at Creighton and collaborating with University of Kansas ethnobotanist Kelly Kindscher on a project studying the Omaha language and the tribe’s historic use of plants. He’s under contract to publish... View Details
- 06 Aug 2019
- Cold Call Podcast
Super Bowl Ads Sell Products, but Do They Sell Brands?
Kenny: : "This flat tire needs a man," says the narrator of the Goodyear Tire commercial that aired during the inaugural Super Bowl between the Green Bay Packers and the Kansas City Chiefs in 1967. The ad featured a damsel in... View Details
Dean A. McGee
McGee, reputed to be one of the most brilliant petroleum biologists of his generation and a skilled manager, built a $1 billion+ energy company and pursued an aggressive diversification plan. Under his tenure, Kerr-McGee achieved a significant position in the... View Details
Keywords: Utilities & Energy
Kenneth S. Adams
Adams climbed the ranks at Phillips Petroleum, beginning as a clerk in the warehouse division. In 1938, when Adams became president, Phillips Petroleum had a gross income of $78 million with 8,000 employees. When Adams retired from that office, Phillips had become the... View Details
Keywords: Utilities & Energy
John M. Hiebert
In his years of leadership at Sterling, Hiebert consolidated the brand names of Bayer, Centaur-Caldwell and Chas into a single division that became increasingly profitable and also launched the environmentally conscious Zimmerman process, designed to help reduce... View Details
Keywords: Healthcare
Uncas A. Whitaker
Whitaker built the world’s largest manufacturer of electrical devices and connectors. His company was instrumental in the development of miniature components and advanced computer technologies which have been incorporated into literally thousands of business operations... View Details
Keywords: Computers & Electronics
Olive Ann M. Beech
In 1932, Beech assisted her husband in forming the Beech Aircraft Corporation, and within a short time, the company prospered and dominated the market for privately-owned small, commercial planes. Beech Aircraft was also an important defense contractor during World War... View Details
Keywords: Automotive & Aerospace
Alan C. Greenberg
As head of one of the nation’s leading securities trading, investment banking, and brokerage firms, Greenberg became a legend with his ability to both deliver profits and champion ethics. Greenberg encouraged his Bear Stearns employees to uncover errors by rewarding... View Details
Keywords: Finance