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- 01 Mar 2004
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Derek Ferguson
close-knit community where his father owned a trucking company. Although neither of his parents finished college, both stressed the importance of education. After skipping two grades and gaining admission to the academically rigorous... View Details
- 08 Feb 2017
- Blog Post
How I Chose My HBS Recommenders
My name is Ali. I’m an EC in the MBA program, and I’m from Syria. I was born in Los Angeles, where my parents were living at the time, but spent my formative years in Damascus. I attended Boston University where I got my BS and MEng in... View Details
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Debora L. Spar | About
Foundations. Spar earned her Ph.D. in Government from Harvard University and her B.S. from Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service. She and her husband, Miltos Catomeris, are the parents of three grown children. View Details
- 01 Aug 1998
- News
High Honors
executive, she was promoted in 1988 to president of the Nabisco Biscuit Company, the largest operating unit of the Nabisco Foods Group. It was at Nabisco that Marram's creative business sense came into full bloom. In 1989, the first year after the widely publicized LBO... View Details
- 12 Feb 2021
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How Dunkin’ Donuts Took Over the World
were children, they went with their parents and picked out their favorite doughnut. That’s a warming notion to know that, you know, you might say, well, it’s just coffee and doughnuts, but really it’s a lot more than that. We play a role... View Details
Keywords: brands; leadership; management; strategy; operations; career; Food and Beverage Stores; Retail Trade
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Attract additional Black talent to all parts of the HBS community. - Advancing Racial Equity
committed to three new efforts: We will launch a need-based waiver of the application fee for all prospective students in all admissions rounds. We will evaluate and revise our current need-based formula for financial aid to account for View Details
- 25 Jan 2024
- Blog Post
Climate Stories Episode #15: Hilton Augustine III on Financing Climate Ventures
the best means of driving climate change – fast enough – to make a real dent in CO2 emissions. “Climate technology has been my fascination since high school.” – Hilton Augustine III Both of Hilton Augustine III’s (HBS MBA 2021) parents... View Details
- 08 Mar 2021
- Blog Post
International Women's Day Featured Stories
why do relatively few women ride e-scooters? Why are women underrepresented among Baker Scholars at HBS? I challenge gender stereotypes – do women prefer being homemakers to careers? Why should men in the UK receive two weeks of parental... View Details
- 01 Jun 2002
- News
Up to the Challenge: Demola Gbadegesin - In the Right Direction
Okeho, a town of about 2,500, before his family moved to Wisconsin so his parents could attend graduate school. When he was eight, the family returned to Nigeria, where Gbadegesin experienced culture shock in reverse. “I didn't fit in... View Details
- 01 Mar 2014
- News
Generation Next
wounds in the balance sheet—spurring the call to Kahn—and her ultimate recommendations were a challenge to leadership. But she met considerable resistance from the parent company chiefs, including her father. "Godrej has been one of those... View Details
- 01 Jan 2013
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Joanna M. Jacobson, MBA 1987
concept lines around comfort. Jacobson and her team reversed Keds' 25 percent annual sales declines with double-digit growth in sales and profits. After a few years, the parent company, Stride Rite, wanted to promote her to COO. "The... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 01 Mar 2023
- News
Step Change
and create a competitive track record for the country.” Enan grew up with her parents and sister in the Osman Towers, a block of apartments overlooking the Nile River. She graduated from Cairo University in 2006 with a degree in... View Details
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Scaling Work - Research Computing Services
of parallel executions. Conversely, if each shares the data in memory with the parent program, then significantly less memory will be needed. Each application/programming framework works differently; consult the documentation and adjust... View Details
- 23 Jan 2013
- Research & Ideas
Three-Dimensional Strategy: Winning the Multisided Platform
become an online reseller of used children's clothes, buying inventory from parents and reselling it to other parents. "The problem with the MSP model is that it is sometimes too slow and not sufficiently convenient for either side," says... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna
- 15 Jun 2007
- Research & Ideas
Remembering Alfred Chandler
Mccraw In 1989, Thomas K. McCraw succeeded Alfred Chandler as the Isidor Straus Professor of Business History, and like him is a Pulitzer Prize-winning historian. Both of Al's parents lived into their 90s, and his death at 88 hit me hard.... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 07 Apr 2020
- Research & Ideas
What Customers Need to Hear from You During the COVID Crisis
time its parent company announced $100 million in product donations, including 200,000 face masks to New York City hospitals to help keep healthcare workers safe. Given the prevalence of fake news proliferating in social media, consumers... View Details
Keywords: by Jill Avery and Richard Edelman
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Privacy Policy & Legal Info | HBS Online
example, approval of a parent or other authorized person. If we become aware that we have processed personal data of a person under 13 years, we will delete any personal data of such person from our records. CHANGING OUR PRIVACY NOTICE We... View Details
- 21 Apr 2021
- Research & Ideas
The Pandemic Conversations That Leaders Need to Have Now
working parents and eldercare providers) or those interested in similar topics (baking or jigsaw puzzles) share information, recipes, items for sale or barter, and the like. Keep such forums tied to the organization’s identity and... View Details
- 18 Aug 2008
- Research & Ideas
How Disruptive Innovation Changes Education
able to build products that help them teach other students. Parents will be able to assemble tools to tutor their children. And teachers will be able to create tools to help the different types of learners in their classrooms. These... View Details
- 01 Mar 2018
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Every Trick in the Book
conversation; “Nature and Our Planet” spans everything from climate change to gardening. The adult fiction section features authors from a diverse array of backgrounds, and half of the store is dedicated to children’s books, something that many View Details
Keywords: April White