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- 04 Oct 2013
- News
At Detroit Institute of Arts, fears of a fire sale
- 25 Aug 2022
- News
Action Plan: Fired Up
morning one of Traeger’s big rigs was set on fire in the parking lot, apparently in protest of his decision to outsource shipping to UPS. “The culture was so toxic, I knew it would ruin me and everyone I brought into it,” he says. Andrus... View Details
- 01 Dec 2023
- News
The Imposter Among Us
Edited by Jen McFarland Flint; Illustrations by Peter Arkle It was their rst day at Harvard and like the rest of his cohort, Edgar Wallner (PMD 22, 1971) will never forget meeting Robert Gaines-Cooper. Frankly, it would have been difficult to miss the Englishman, who... View Details
- 01 Mar 2024
- News
In Harmony
Kim at Seoul’s government-built Hoehyeon “Citizens’ Apartments.” Opened in 1970, it stands as a reminder of a Korea from a very different era. Like so many South Koreans of a certain age, Michael ByungJu Kim (MBA 1990) lives in a country where the past lingers,... View Details
- 01 Dec 2023
- News
Action Plan: Life Study
Above: photo by Beth Perkins “There’s an artistic spark in everybody,” says Ted Hartley (MMP 4, 1956). “If you can get rid of that left-brain inner critic, you can explore what will open up in the right-brain side in all of us.” Hartley came to painting a little over a... View Details
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- 01 Dec 2022
- News
My First Job
the rest of the employees were safely leaving the building and that the fire was contained. I learned that real leadership means running toward the fire and being concerned about the safety of others before... View Details
- 11 Mar 2024
- News
In Harmony
and three siblings during the Korean War. A bomb blast—friendly fire from US troops—killed everyone except Kim’s mother and her younger brother. The story is included in Offerings, Kim’s 2020 bestseller. In October 2023, news broke that... View Details
- 01 Dec 2022
- News
Singing to the Corn
3, a startup competitor—but was fired when his strategic recommendations for expansion didn’t align with upper management’s. At that point, Keen made good on his HBS application essay and joined Cherokee Nation Enterprises (now Cherokee... View Details
- 01 Jun 2014
- News
Taking the Lead in Support of HBS
"When it comes to innovative business education, HBS leads the way. I contribute on a regular basis because it's important to me that the School continues on that path." —Andrew Hauptman (MBA 1995) Chairman, Andell, Inc.; Owner and Chairman, Major League Soccer's... View Details
- 01 Dec 2001
- News
Cable Gal
in cable and telecom equipment sales — a field where few women are found — it was a wake-up call. "My son basically said, 'You're not doing your job,'" McCollough told the Roanoke Times (September 23, 2001) in a lengthy article that... View Details
- 01 Dec 2009
- News
One Man Crime Wave
young woman about to make a splash is, of course, beautiful, very much alive, and inconvenienced by the cement block wired to her leg). By the time he died in 1986, MacDonald had published nearly 500 short stories and 78 books, with sales... View Details
- 08 Jun 2018
- News
My First Job: Selling Shoes, Surviving Black Monday, and Shaped by Chicken Lenses
as he heard me out. And then he said, Jimmy, if you want to, just go fire him. I'm really tired of hearing about all of these complaints. And I asked my dad to repeat it. I said, Daddy, tell me that again? He said, son, if you want to, go... View Details
- 01 Mar 2008
- News
Reimagining China and India
is behaving in predictable ways once you understand their circumstances and historical context. Do multinationals treat India and China largely as sales opportunities? Yes. I think most multinationals traditionally have gone to these... View Details
- 01 Dec 2016
- News
Vive la Madeleine!
the pantheon of classic French treats. In the 1980s, the company employed nearly 400 workers and enjoyed a 40 percent market share. Subjected to a series of buyouts, the product line shifted to a more mass-market approach that led to a general decline in View Details
- 01 Dec 1996
- News
Starting Up and Starting Over
plus ultra of consulting outcomes - advising two different corporate leaders to fire themselves in order to improve their companies. « Back OPM: Executive Education for Entrepreneurs The Owner/President Management Program (OPM) is an HBS... View Details
- 01 Mar 2011
- News
Making Their Way
medical industry; shelving units for retail consumer products; and high-tolerance firing pins for military applications. When it comes to per-piece cost for metal stampings, the United States is very competitive with China because labor... View Details
- 01 Mar 2010
- News
Lords of Strategy
the best can be fairly hermaphroditic creatures, one minute exhibiting a professor’s passion for the great clarifying concept, the next displaying sales skills worthy of a street hustler. Among my contentions is that it was this very... View Details
- 01 Sep 2009
- News
Read All About It!
the 1930s, for example, per-person movie ticket sales were seven times higher than at the end of the 1990s. Fox Photos/Getty Images In the sweep of U.S. history, consumption had been a force for great change. Much of this change played... View Details
- 16 Nov 2015
- News
Connecting with Indigenous Traditions
was managing pineapples in the Philippines, and traveling to the tax office in Hong Kong and sales office in Tokyo. It was an exciting time,” he says. Company consolidation led Sprinkles to return to the East Coast, where he worked... View Details
- 01 Mar 2005
- News
South Africa Explorer
South Africa Explorer: January 2005 South Africa photos See our photo archive of past Alumni Travel programs Imagine spending New Year’s Eve in the bush of South Africa, tables decked out in white linen, dinner cooked over an open fire... View Details