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Ron Peracchio
Development. Ron was also the Senior Director of Career Development at MIT's Sloan School of Management. In addition to his academic experience, Ron has held several corporate positions including Staffing manager for Lucent Software... View Details
- 01 Mar 2023
- News
Case Study: Power Nappy
had worked as a design engineer at Procter and Gamble, in addition to having cofounded a social enterprise that successfully commercialized biodegradable sanitary pads in India. Saigal started looking into the $10 billion diaper industry... View Details
- 11 Sep 2019
- Research & Ideas
Germany May Have the Answer for Reducing Drug Prices
to prove that a new medication’s benefits merit a higher price if cheaper, similar drugs are available. The process rewards companies whose drugs are more novel or help patients more, while forcing manufacturers of equally or less... View Details
- 01 Sep 2006
- News
East to West
Issues surrounding corporate governance are a source of ongoing debate in the boardrooms of companies around the world — not just the United States. A new case, “Governing Sumida Corporation,” takes readers inside a Japanese manufacturer... View Details
- 24 Sep 2020
- News
The Race for a Vaccine
Above: illustration by Matthew Roharik/Getty Images In November 2019, a team from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, part of the National Institutes of Health, visited Moderna, Inc.’s manufacturing plant in... View Details
- 16 May 2018
- Research & Ideas
How Companies Managed Risk (and Even Benefitted) in World War Internment Camps
in times of need?” Business networks form In this sense, the experience created intergenerational ties, supplementing those formed among camp internees. These bonds proved useful to Germans in finding new positions and receiving recommendations, the researchers found,... View Details
- 07 Sep 2017
- Blog Post
How One Organization Increased Their Internship Yield
HBS,” she says. In addition to site invitations and alumni communications, Mosher credits “a strong relationship” with HBS’ Career and Professional Development office for its success. “They keep in touch with the pulse of the student... View Details
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About | Harvard Business School
(MBA 1981) Christian began his career as the assistant to the Nordic area manager of Manufacturers Hanover Trust Co. from 1978 to 1979. After graduating from HBS in 1981, he became a consultant with McKinsey & Company in Scandinavia from... View Details
- 16 Mar 2018
- News
Douglas Spreng (MBA 1967)
organization, and think strategically,” says Spreng. “It benefited me tremendously throughout my career.” He went on to a 40-year career in high-tech manufacturing and marketing, including serving as a group general manager of... View Details
- 01 Mar 2023
- News
Happy Monday
revealed two additional findings for the company: First, stepping away from the routine has a way of forcing a new perspective and opening up a space for fresh thinking. Bernard says her best big ideas don’t come to her during... View Details
- 01 Jun 2013
- News
Extending Opportunity: Brock Family Fellowship
was to go back into manufacturing after receiving my MBA, but HBS opened up a whole new world of possibilities," she says. "I had a phenomenal experience at HBS," continues Brock-Wilson. "It revealed new fields of interest, enriched my... View Details
- 20 Nov 2019
- News
From the Ground Up
children would come to school, but not have lunches with them, so they wouldn't have proper nutrition during school. They were often just embarrassed to come to school. And school supplies––in addition to being required to have a uniform,... View Details
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Photographs & Prints | Baker Library
Photographs & Prints Our extensive visual collections include photographs, lithographs, engravings, and advertising trade cards and posters. Special Collections & Archives has more than 32,000 photographs, daguerreotypes, and stereographs of factories, View Details
- 15 Jul 2015
- Research & Ideas
Amazon Prime Day: The Logic Behind a Retailer’s Made-up Holiday
revenue for Amazon, in addition to the additional value the online retailing giant gets from the loyalty customers feel once they are enrolled. "THERE IS NO QUESTION THAT PRIME MEMBERS ARE EXTREMELY... View Details
- 01 Mar 2011
- News
Wyss Celebrated for Career, Conservation
Hansjörg Wyss (MBA 1965) has been unusually public of late, celebrated for his visionary accomplishments in health care and conservation. Wyss, 75, founded Synthes USA, a Swiss-American firm, in 1974 and led it to global prominence as a pioneer in the development and... View Details
- 31 Oct 2006
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Governing Sumida Corporation
Issues surrounding corporate governance are a source of ongoing debate in the boardrooms of companies around the world—not just the United States. A new Harvard Business School case, "Governing Sumida Corporation," takes readers inside a Japanese View Details
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Tony Perez
always energizing," Tony says. "You get the perspectives of former consultants and marketers jostling with those from students who have worked in manufacturing and nonprofits. There's a constant give-and-take among people who... View Details
- 01 Jun 2012
- News
A Better World, One Idea at a Time
commission-based, door-to-door sales organization while reinvesting profits to expand and provide employee benefits in Haiti. In addition to the judges’ picks, the “Audience Choice” award went to Essmart, a retail distribution company in... View Details
- 01 Jun 2022
- News
Turning Point: Sparking Change
teaching in the MBA program at the University of Chicago, I find myself remembering my own MBA experience and the professors who made such a difference in my life. My retailing professor, Claudine Malone, was exceptional in her teaching skills, in View Details
- 06 Dec 2021
- News
In My Humble Opinion: Come Clean
because of—the challenge: “It was basically a small manufacturing company but with an output of one product each time, because every unit we process is unique,” he says. “With each garment, there are 20 opportunities for us to screw... View Details