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01 Aug 2002
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Seventy Years Out: Class of 1932 Celebrates Reunions

up running at the age of 65 and a decade later set the U.S. record for the 5K event in his age group. “You've got to remember,” noted the 93-year-old, who no longer runs due to a detached retina, “the... View Details

06 Sep 2013
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More Seats at the Table

thought process and world outlook. Studies on this topic show that when three or more women are on a corporate board, the women perform better, but interestingly, so do the men." Age is a real issue for boards of directors. The number of... View Details

Keywords: Constantine von Hoffman; Corporate Services

08 Jul 2002
Research & Ideas

How to Fashion Your New E-Business Model

customers, individual consumers—the actual end users—are often located inside the customer firm: This can create a two-stage adoption cycle—first the business must decide to purchase a product or service and then individuals must decide to use it. As we enter the 21st... View Details

Keywords: by Lynda M. Applegate

18 Mar 2020
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Leading Change

Leadership in the Age of Climate Change that HBS has been organizing around the country in partnership with alumni clubs to understand how climate change is shaping the future of business,” says Jennifer Nash, Director of BEI, who... View Details

25 Jun 2020
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Former Professor and Associate Dean Vernon Alden Passes Away

Vernon Alden (MBA 1950), has passed away at age 97. A former associate dean and faculty member at HBS, Alden would go on to become the president of Ohio University at age 38. He would later help support... View Details

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Lyn Baranowski

At age 15, I spent the summer as an exchange student in France, and the world of a small-town girl from New Hampshire opened up. The experience catalyzed in me a fundamental belief in the importance of building relationships across... View Details

09 Oct 2017
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Saving an American Publishing Icon

would do research on any topic for any individual. Turns out, the thing that was more in demand was best-practices research. And that company became the Corporate Executive Board and the Advisory Board Company. “At age 40, at that... View Details

12 Feb 2022
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Industrialist Rahul Bajaj Dies at 83

Photo via Wikipedia Photo via Wikipedia Rahul Bajaj (MBA 1964), former chairman of the Bajaj group, died on February 12 at the age of 83. Bajaj became CEO of Bajaj Auto, part of his family’s conglomerate, in 1968 at the View Details

November 24, 2020
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4 Strategies to Make Telehealth Work for Elderly Patients

By: Umar Ikram, Susanna Gallani, Jose F. Figueroa and Thomas W. Feeley

As providers have ramped up their use of telehealth during the COVID-19 pandemic, one group—the elderly—has experienced particular challenges in adopting the technologies. This article describes the strategies four innovative provider organizations have used to engage... View Details

Keywords: Telehealth; Health Pandemics; Health Care and Treatment; Internet and the Web; Age; Technology Adoption; Strategy

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Disney Consumer Products: Marketing Nutrition to Children

By: David E. Bell and Laura Winig

In an effort to capture market share in the children's foods category, Disney Consumer Products (DCP) debuted a broad line of "better for you" foods, ranging from fresh fruits and vegetables to frozen meals, through a partnership with Kroger supermarkets. In answer to... View Details

Keywords: Age; Nutrition; Brands and Branding; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Partners and Partnerships; Social Issues; Consumer Products Industry; Food and Beverage Industry

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Janet Simpson Benvenuti

Caring for her aging parents led Janet Simpson Benvenuti (MBA 1985) to launch a company that helps other families find resources that are right for their own parents’ needs. View Details

Keywords: Health Care; Nonprofit / Government; Energy / Extractive Minerals; Manufacturing

05 Aug 2015
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Nourishing the Next Generation

says. Today, California-based Chefables prepares more than 30,000 fresh, from-scratch, and mostly organic meals: think vegetable chow mein, edamame hummus, chicken shawarma, and whole-grain pastas shaped like bunnies or bears—a day for children View Details

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Harvard Business School

Baker Library Special Collections Exhibits More Exhibits Explore the Exhibit Student Pioneers The Value of Business Education The Golden Age of Black Business AASU Early Years & Influence AASU Founders Core Demands & Proposals Early Years... View Details

02 Nov 2021
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Row On

Hamlin (MBA 1978), who died in May of Alzheimer’s Disease at the age of 74. Hamlin, who represented the United States in the 1968 Mexico City Olympics and at the World Rowing Championships in 1969 and 1970, continued to compete... View Details

Keywords: rowing; obituary; sports; retirement; Alzheimer's Disease; Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Arts, Entertainment

Donald T. Regan

Regan became the youngest partner at the age of 35 and worked his way up to become the chairman and CEO in 1971. Under Regan’s leadership, Merrill Lynch expanded its narrowly focused stock brokerage into a full service brokerage firm. View Details

Keywords: Finance

Jack C. Massey

Massey founded Hospital Corporation of America in 1968 at the age of 64. Under his leadership, HCA went on to become the largest owner and operator of hospitals in the United States. A successful venture capitalist, Massey had the unique... View Details

Keywords: Healthcare

Howard R. Hughes, Jr.

Hughes began his business career at the age of nineteen by taking over his father’s business, Hughes Tool Company. Hughes parlayed this small business into a highly successful and well-regarded aircraft manufacturing operation. Through... View Details

Keywords: Automotive & Aerospace

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Marc Herson

Plattner Ventures (Partner); Softbank Capital (Executive-in-Residence); SONY BMG Music (Senior Vice President, Strategy & Business Development); Bertelsmann AG (Investment Director); Thurloe Finance (Founder of VC firm); Lawyer View Details

Keywords: Emerging Markets; Entertainment / Media; Entrepreneurship; Venture Capital; Financial Services (All); Social Enterprise; Telecommunications

18 Sep 2019
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Level Up

sports market? The evolving fan. Ruggiero breaks fandom into eras: First came the Age of the Local Fan, which lasted until the mid-1950s and saw geography as a determining factor. The Age of the Global Fan,... View Details

Keywords: Paul Flannery and Dan Morrell; illustrations by Matt Chinworth

11 Dec 2014
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Defining the field of cause-related marketing

After being diagnosed with breast cancer at age 30, Amy Schiffman Langer (MBA 1977) left a career in investment banking to launch the National Breast Cancer Coalition and changed the way organizations raise awareness about important... View Details

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