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- 22 Feb 2022
- News
Brand New
Crumbl Cookies. “If it is a long day of meetings and we’re both tired, my wife and I love to order cookies delivered to our house. I’m a traditionalist, so my favorite is the milk chocolate chip—and I want to try the salted caramel cheesecake.” Course correction: Turn... View Details
- 07 Apr 2023
- Blog Post
Career Advice: Pursuing a Dual Degree
to spending a decade in the military as a Navy SEAL being deployed globally. A lot of the places we deploy are centered on shipping lanes, oil, or energy reserves. When I left the military, I was very interested in how you can create... View Details
- 07 Aug 2000
- Research & Ideas
Rocket Science Retailing
developed by planners and occur independent of the bottom-up process. They are based on macroeconomic factors such as the economic growth rate and corporate growth objectives. The two approaches typically yield different results, which are reconciled during a meeting... View Details
- 09 Mar 2021
- News
Community Colleges as Engines of Economic Opportunity
with General Dynamics Electric Boat to prepare people to build nuclear submarines for the US Navy and work with Bank of America on programs that prepare individuals for jobs in the financial services sector. We also have a partnership... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie
- 13 Aug 2008
- Research & Ideas
The Inner Life of Leaders
mantra was measurement. As secretary of defense, McNamara developed, along with key subordinates, including Robert Anthony of the HBS control faculty, long-range procurement cycles. He even tried to get the U.S. Navy to subscribe to a... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 01 Oct 2001
- News
A Janus-Faced Reflection
as editorial director and senior vice president in charge of its publishing division. Kiechel's joint MBA/JD degree reflects, in part, a bit of "career confusion." A Phi Beta Kappa Harvard College graduate, he enrolled in Harvard Law School in 1973, after five years of... View Details
- 01 Sep 2011
- News
Extraordinary People
make a difference in her own community when then governor John Baldacci of Maine asked for help in creating new jobs to soften the economic impact of a local Navy base closure. Her 2009 Presidential appointment to the SBA was both a... View Details
Keywords: Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Arts, Entertainment; Finance; Executive, Legislative, and Other General Government Support; Government; Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations; Personal Services; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services
- 01 Jun 2002
- News
Alfred L. Cheauré - A Dog's Life
For several decades, the career path of Alfred L. Cheauré (MBA '71) was fairly straightforward. A first-generation immigrant American from Germany, Cheauré grew up in New Jersey and attended the U.S. Naval Academy. He began his 27-year service in the View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 20 Sep 2021
- Research & Ideas
How Much Is Freedom Worth? For Gig Workers, a Lot.
pointing to the mobile shift-swapping app used by employees of clothing retailer The Gap. The company piloted the app in its Old Navy stores and expanded it to all brands in 2018. The app “creates value,” says Oberholzer-Gee, by helping... View Details
- 18 Oct 2021
- Blog Post
How Much is Freedom Worth? For Gig Workers, a Lot.
pointing to the mobile shift-swapping app used by employees of clothing retailer The Gap. The company piloted the app in its Old Navy stores and expanded it to all brands in 2018. The app “creates value,” says Oberholzer-Gee, by helping... View Details
Keywords: Consumer Products
- 01 Oct 1999
- News
Q & A: Jeanne P. Jackson: A New Regime at Banana Republic
them across catalog and online channels. I'm currently in charge of Gap Online and the Banana Republic catalog. Soon we will bring Banana Republic and Old Navy online. What will the Web bring to Banana? Having a presence on the Web will... View Details
- 01 Dec 2005
- News
One-on-One with Peter Cuneo
to make the changes that are needed. I don’t have the same fears about making those changes that most people do. It may come from my experience as a Navy officer on a ship during the Vietnam War. Once you come through a war, your... View Details
- 09 Nov 2017
- News
Paving the Way for Veterans to Serve in Congress
and get things done,” Barcott says. Barcott also sought out the help of David Gergen, who he had met at the Kennedy School while pursuing his joint master’s in public policy degree along with his MBA. Gergen, a former adviser to both Democratic and Republican... View Details
Keywords: Ralph Ranalli
- Web
Case Method 100 Years | Baker Library
WWII, the MBA Program is paused and the transition to Wartime Schools begins with the creation of the Navy Support School. Dean Donham writes that the flexibility of the case method has allowed the "successful conversion of our curriculum... View Details
- 02 Jul 2001
- Research & Ideas
George C. Lodge
School's required curriculum. Lodge's early career plans pointed him toward journalism. After serving in the U.S. Navy and graduating with honors from Harvard College in 1950, he signed on as a reporter with the old Boston Herald, then... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
- 08 Nov 2023
- Blog Post
Zone Defense: These self-driving, AI-powered drones do recon so soldiers don’t have to
This blog was originally published in 2021. Brandon Tseng (MBA 2017) remembers his aha moment. It was April 2015, and Tseng was a US Navy SEAL approaching the end of seven years’ service; his next step would be Harvard Business School.... View Details
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DEC - Georges F. Doriot : Educating Leaders, Building Companies, Baker Library, Harvard Business School
Equipment Corporation (DEC) that would change the course of computer technology. DEC was the brainchild of Kenneth H. Olsen and Harlan Anderson. A US Navy veteran, Olsen was getting his master's degree at MIT and working with Anderson at... View Details
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DEC - Georges F. Doriot : Educating Leaders, Building Companies, Baker Library, Harvard Business School
Equipment Corporation (DEC) that would change the course of computer technology. DEC was the brainchild of Kenneth H. Olsen and Harlan Anderson. A US Navy veteran, Olsen was getting his master's degree at MIT and working with Anderson at... View Details
- 17 Nov 2020
- Blog Post
Partners and Families Are an Integral Part of the MBA Experience
relationship due to John’s career in the US Navy and Lauren’s career with the federal government, moving to Boston has allowed them to finally live together. “We viewed this as an opportunity to spend time together and we ended up... View Details
- 15 Dec 2024
- News
Back at the Ranch
The summer training program at Bear Hug Cattle Company starts truly at square one. “The first day is about teaching the guys how to just be out here and not die,” says lead instructor Zach Aguilar, gazing out from under his broad-brimmed hat to the grassy rangelands of... View Details