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- 11 Jun 2015
- News
Leading the way in sustainable style
Marjorie Yang (MBA 1976), the chairman and CEO of garment-manufacturing giant The Esquel Group, doesn’t spend much time talking about apparel anymore. Instead, she’s focused on improving the livelihood of the company’s 47,000 employees... View Details
- 06 Mar 2017
- News
Leading in the Community and the Boardroom
Benaree Pratt Wiley (MBA 1972) has gathered many takeaways over a long career that has spanned consulting, the nonprofit sector, and entrepreneurship, but one in particular has had lasting resonance: Success is personal. “It’s easy to get... View Details
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
When being a good neighbor means economic development
Rescued in the early 1990s and revived by president and CEO Jonathan Larry Baer (MBA 1985), the San Francisco Giants are baseball champions, with World Series wins in 2010 and 2012. Now Baer is poised to spread the View Details
- 09 Dec 2020
- News
How to Fix America
(MBA 1992), CEO of Pershing Square Capital Management, suggests that we address the issue of wealth inequality by creating “a way for those with no investment assets to participate in the success of... View Details
- 27 Apr 2023
- News
Life Preserver
led to the creation of the Organ Preservation Alliance, a nonprofit established to advocate for additional funding for research into cryopreservation and connect scientists in the field. Giwa served as founding CEO of what he calls a... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 01 Oct 2000
- News
Silent Killers: Overcoming Barriers to Organizational Learning
uncovered these obstacles using a process they refined more than a decade ago called Organizational Fitness Profiling (OFP). OFP helps CEOs or business unit general managers and their top teams assess how well an operation fits their... View Details
Keywords: Judith A. Ross
- 25 Mar 2016
- News
Putting Faith in a Good Education
working poor families a modest tuition of 50 cents to $1 per day. “Education is a human right, in my opinion,” says Crane. “The lack of access to good education in developing countries is one of the greatest problems in the world today.” Crane’s passion for global... View Details
- 05 Aug 2014
- News
A Diversified Portfolio
funded. Dodi doesn't think VCs do this intentionally, "It's just that people invest in what they know and in who they are most comfortable with. When it's a choice between one team and another, they'll tend to fund people that are more like them." Dodi has a long... View Details
Keywords: Constantine von Hoffman
- 01 Dec 2011
- News
Making the Case for Leadership
cannot be successful unless they show vulnerability, are consistent, take time to be balanced, have a vision, and embrace their role as decision-makers. In the 2010 case “Toby Johnson: Leading After School,” Johnson, with military service... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons;Julia Hanna;Roger Thompson; Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Arts, Entertainment; National Security and International Affairs; Government; Health, Social Assistance; Data Processing, Hosting, and Related Services; Information; Electrical Equipment, Appliance, and Component Manufacturing; Manufacturing; Food Manufacturing; Manufacturing; Nonmetallic Mineral Product Manufacturing; Manufacturing; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services
- 01 Oct 1998
- News
Playing to Win
I think CEOs should not stay too long at any company." Louis-Dreyfus believes that successful global enterprises must be decentralized. While Adidas's corporate headquarters maintains authority over the... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 01 Oct 2002
- News
Andrew H. Tisch
brother and cousin, that forms the Office of the President at Loews' Manhattan headquarters. Among his primary responsibilities are watching over several major real estate investments and working closely with the CEOs of several... View Details
- 23 May 2019
- News
Marla Beck, MBA/MPA 1998
Group invests in Bluemercury 2012 M-61 skincare launched 2014 Appointed Entrepreneur-in-Residence, HBS 2015 Lune+Aster cosmetics launched 2015 Macy’s acquires Bluemercury 2019 Bluemercury opens its 195th store CEO and Cofounder... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 01 Jun 2017
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for June 2017
Mikel Gutierrez, and Mark Lancelott (Van Haren Publishing) The journey from strategy to operating success depends on creating an organization that can deliver the chosen strategy. This book shows how to do this. It teaches readers how to... View Details
- 16 Jul 2013
- News
Embracing Chaos
just-released first book, Conquering the Chaos: Win in India, Win Everywhere (Harvard Business Review Press), Venkatesan's recipe for success includes doing things that most managers and CEOs aren't trained... View Details
- 01 Jun 2011
- News
Mr. Start-Up
an astronaut. After selling Stylus, he briefly indulged a long-held passion by studying jazz piano, before settling into a spectacularly successful career as an entrepreneur, building and selling three tech companies — Direct Hit, Xfire,... View Details
- 27 Oct 2016
- News
Pathfinder
exception. The difference is that the Pittsburgh native has been with BCG for 28 years and counting, rising to president and CEO in January 2013. “I feel like I’ve been able...to work with some of the best companies in the world on these... View Details
- 01 Jun 2015
- News
Ink
eight CEOs (some of whom you won’t have heard of) who built unbelievably successful organizations. Well-researched by HBSMBAs and eminently readable. The author is not a big fan of corporate overhead.”... View Details
- 01 Dec 2008
- News
Alumni Books
equity, and real estate. KFC in China: Secret Recipe for Success by Warren Liu (MBA ’81) (Wiley) Liu examines the major factors that catapulted KFC to the top of the Chinese restaurant- service industry in less than two decades. He... View Details
- 11 Oct 2022
- News
On Balance
gender pay gap for 25 years,” notes Wooldridge. “We need to speed things up.” Likewise, the proportion of women in CEO roles has increased steadily; but, at the current pace, it will take 80 years to achieve parity. “Everyone has a part... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 10 Feb 2014
- News
King of His Castle
APPLING George Appling (MBA 1998) has become king of his castle. The Texas native turned an "enduring passion" for Renaissance fairs into a successful business owning one. "What sets our fair apart is that we didn't build it to make money... View Details