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- 09 Jul 2015
- News
Tech glitches at big institutions made it a good day for paranoia
- 05 Oct 2023
- News
On the Move: Massimo (Max) Magni (MBA 2003)
Our “On the Move” series highlights HBS alumni who are taking on new roles and responsibilities. Here we speak with Massimo (Max) Magni (MBA 2003), who has been named Macy’s new chief customer and digital officer. In this role, Magni will take charge of Macy’s digital... View Details
Keywords: Retail Trade
- 18 Feb 2009
- News
The Bailout Is Robbing the Banks
- 08 Apr 2016
- News
How to Spot a Monopolistic Search Engine
- 01 Dec 2023
- News
Rounding the Bend
Illustration by Fernando Cobelo To help people visualize what a circular economy could look like and bring the challenges down to a closet-sized scale, Emily Bolon (MBA/MPA 2007) recommends the following exercise. First, make a mental tally of the number of garments... View Details
- 14 Dec 2021
- News
How Japan’s Recruit Holdings Regained Trust after a Scandal
- 16 May 2024
- News
On the Job
when it comes to business. After ninth grade, I worked on the floor of a brokerage firm in the trading area. Then I worked for Dr. BJ Diener (HRPBA 1963/MBA 1964/DBA 1974), who was one of the first four women to get her PhD from HBS, and... View Details
Keywords: first job; leadership; life experience; career lessons; Retail Trade; Retail Trade; Retail Trade; Retail Trade
- 01 Mar 2024
- News
3-Minute Briefing: Ilana D. Weinstein (MBA 1995)
I worked at a large search firm where I focused on the proprietary trading groups who were the cowboys of Wall Street, the precursors to hedge funds. I left because I wanted to build something of my own. I used to play chess. There is a... View Details
- 01 Jun 2024
- News
Alumni Achievement Awards 2024
worked on the trading floor of a brokerage firm.” Wide open: “After college I worked at Salomon Brothers. I learned about M&As, LBOs, and venture capital, and figured out venture was best for me; there weren’t so many preconceptions... View Details
- 11 Jan 2023
- News
MBA Students Explore Capitalism in Italy
- 01 Mar 2024
- News
Case Study: Testing the Waters
Illustration by Christina Spano Endurance training was nothing new to Lauren Picasso (MBA 2014), who’d raced through her younger years as a cross-country runner and swimmer. In 2017, when she was director of marketing at Jet.com and looking for a physical challenge,... View Details
- 01 Jun 2022
- News
The Exchange: Same Great Price, Now with Fewer Chips
trade off what they buy in the store, depending on price. There are also brand-loyal people who will buy the same container of, say, Edy’s ice cream, no matter what it costs, every time. And there will always be the price-sensitive... View Details
- 01 Oct 1999
- News
Banking on Success
of change. The unprecedented flood of mergers and acquisitions, the advent of the global marketplace, the stock market's dizzying rise, and the capricious fortunes of technology-based companies have made financial services a fascinating View Details
Keywords: Deborah E. Blagg
- 01 Mar 2024
- News
Unlocking the Power of Community
correctly acquire tokens—digital assets built on blockchains—which can be traded or redeemed for rewards, from limited edition digital art to sports memorabilia. At the same time, Bleacher Report gains new engagement from viewers and... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 25 Feb 2020
- News
Task Force
Above: At Zubale, Monroy (left) and Campbell connect independent contractors with merchandising tasks. (photo by Rodrigo Ceballos) Allison Campbell and Sebastian Monroy (both MBA 2018) met on their first day of classes at HBS. Members of Section B, they had something... View Details
- 04 Sep 2019
- News
From Retail to Real Estate
traded national chain and generations-long family enterprise—until it was acquired by Walmart for $1.6 billion in 2009. As reported in the Bloomberg story, “Harvard Grad Solves His Family’s $1.6 Billion Liquidity Problem,” Ibañez was... View Details
- 01 Jan 2007
- News
Jaime Augusto Zobel de Ayala, MBA 1987
family to lead the company, Zobel inherited a legacy of prudent management that preserved Ayala's interests through times of revolution, colonial rule, dictatorships, and war—not to mention earthquakes and volcanoes. Established in 1834 as an agricultural View Details
- 01 Aug 2001
- News
Richard B. Fisher (MBA '62)
investment banking institution had a staff of 110 and annual revenues of about $8 million. Today, the firm has more than 64,000 employees in offices stretching from New York to Beijing. Revenues last year totaled more than $26 billion, the result of a broad position in... View Details
- 12 May 2023
- News
Alabama's Yella Fella
Photo credit: Auburn University Photo credit: Auburn University In 1970, Jimmy Rane (OPM 11, 1986) took over a tiny treated-lumber business in Abbeville, Alabama, that was hovering near bankruptcy. Its owners, Rane's in-laws, had died suddenly in a car accident. Over... View Details
- 01 Jun 2023
- News
Buy Big, Sell Small
If you live in a rural village or small city in India and run low on toothpaste, rice, or cooking oil, you’ll likely visit your local kirana, the equivalent of a US neighborhood variety store and a mainstay of the country’s $932 billion retail economy. The shops are... View Details