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- 01 Oct 2001
- News
Peter W. Olson: By the Book
The office of Random House chairman and CEO Peter Olson is a quiet, booklined oasis above the clamor of midtown Manhattan, a tranquil setting that mirrors Olson's composed manner and lofty perspective as head of the world's largest... View Details
- 01 Oct 1999
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Entrepreneur Daniel S. Bricklin: A Class Act
shared his idea. Especially supportive was a young, then untenured professor of information technology, James Cash. "Jim told me, 'Anything you do to improve the computer's human interface has got to be good,' " Bricklin recalls. By the... View Details
Keywords: Peter K. Jacobs
- 01 Jun 2001
- News
Group Therapy: The Role of Business Groups in Emerging Economies
nation’s infrastructure. They boost entrepreneurship by supplying seed capital for budding entrepreneurs, providing a range of support activities, and assisting in the distribution and marketing of goods and services. And if an... View Details
- 01 Jun 2001
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Eric C. Feagler: Against the Odds
When he graduated from the United States Naval Academy in 1990 with a degree in aerospace engineering, Eric Feagler (MBA 2001) had already been accepted by the Navy’s elite flight training program. After a brief postgraduation return to... View Details
- 01 Dec 1999
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The Message and the Media: Advertising's Brave New World
to expand their market power through vertical and horizontal integration," Silk explains. Within the media industry, a central fact is that its many actors, from venerable big-city dailies to the hottest Internet sites, are competing for a limited pool of dollars as... View Details
Keywords: Peter K. Jacobs
- 01 Oct 1999
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The Same the World Over: Focusing on Customers and Innovation Brings Success
climate, customer orientation, and innovation. "Corporate culture was perceived as the prevailing set of shared values held by a firm's managers," Deshpandé explains, "qualities such as loyalty and tradition. We defined climate as the... View Details
Keywords: Peter K. Jacobs
- 01 Jun 2000
- News
Managing the Map
headlines this year for releasing its research on a subscription-only basis, a stance that has caused some consternation in the scientific community. Thanks to large investments in automated gene-sequencing machines - and, it might be added, its use of free data... View Details
Keywords: Peter K. Jacobs
- 01 Oct 2000
- News
Q & A: Bain & Company's Thomas J. Tierney
constellation of brilliant, talented individuals, each held in place by countervailing forces that both pull inward and push outward. Executive "stars" are attracted and held to an organization by their... View Details
- 01 Oct 2001
- News
Looking for a Leader: The Role of Executive Search Firms
qualified leaders who fall below the sight lines of directors and their personal networks. In these uncertain times, in particular," he concludes, "the stakes are too high for such a narrow perspective." — Peter K. View Details
- 01 Jan 2011
- News
Peter Harf, MBA 1974
Launches DKMS, the cure blood cancer bank 1993 Becomes CEO, Coty Inc. 2001 Appointed Chairman, Coty Inc. 2006 Appointed Chairman, Anheuser-Busch InBev With entrepreneurial energy, Peter Harf has left a mark on consumer goods industries... View Details
- 01 Dec 1997
- News
Peter Wendell (MBA '76)
Venture capitalist Peter C. Wendell (MBA '76) and his partners receive some 2,500 requests to back new entrepreneurial startups each year. In selecting the handful of seedlings he believes have the potential to flower into world-changing... View Details
- 01 Dec 2005
- News
One-on-One with Peter Cuneo
Illustration by Michael White In the universe of superheroes and rock ’em, sock ’em action, a comic book tracking the adventures of “Turnaround Man” has yet to appear. If and when that happens, the most likely inspiration for such a... View Details
- 18 May 2022
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Get to Know Class Day Student Speaker Peter James Kiernan
- 01 Oct 1999
- News
Eight Among Many: Peter G. Harf
The room lights up when Peter Harf talks about perfume. His enthusiasm is contagious as he discusses a new cosmetics collection. The chairman and CEO of Coty Inc., one of the world's leading fragrance and cosmetics companies with $1.7... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 01 Oct 2001
- News
New Economy Notables: Peter C. Wendell
Peter Wendell In 1982, with almost a decade of experience at IBM under his belt, Peter Wendell went "searching for the country's next IBMs," as he puts it. Enlisting the help of some friends (including... View Details
- 01 Jun 2023
- News
Curb Appeal
produce daily. Tisch held a conference call with her operations chiefs at 5 a.m., and by 8 a.m. she was on the phone with Mayor Eric Adams while parked outside a DSNY facility. Striding into a garage the size of a football field to... View Details
- 06 Apr 2015
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Spire's Peter Platzer: the boss who never fires anyone
- 01 Jun 2016
- News
Ears to the Ground
to drastically decrease gun use. In a recent study, cities that employ the system saw a 28.8 percent drop in gunfire on average; Fall River, Massachusetts, for example, saw shootings drop by 58 percent. But efficacy hadn’t led to... View Details
- 01 Jun 2006
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Job One: Alumni Engagement
membership in HBS clubs and associations. Our committee work has examined a number of School-supported efforts designed to engage alumni and students. The Student Outreach Committee, chaired by Bennie Wiley (MBA ’72), has recommended ways... View Details
Keywords: Peter Cooper
- 01 Sep 2005
- News
Make Plans for Washington GLF
behalf. A great place to start is the HBS Global Leadership Forum held last June 21–23 in London. It was the latest in a series of global events initiated more than a decade ago by the Alumni Board and was initially called the Global... View Details