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- 07 Apr 2015
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Warrior Spirit
head to this day,” he says. “As an entrepreneur, leadership is the most important quality to have—you need it to attract the right people and get the optimum performance beyond any employee numbers or resources you control. And the case study methodology is amazing in... View Details
- 12 Feb 2021
- News
How Dunkin’ Donuts Took Over the World
brother-in-law, who was a CPA; my dad was an 8th grade-educated entrepreneur. And my uncle began taking the money from the partnership that broke up in 1955 and started a competitive chain called Mr. Donut. My dad was so upset at the fact that my uncle had almost... View Details
Keywords: brands; leadership; management; strategy; operations; career; Food and Beverage Stores; Retail Trade
- 01 Jun 2023
- News
An Engine of Innovation
community. In terms of funding, we provide Spark Grants and Social Impact Fellowships. Another source is the Allston Venture Fund, which is a syndicate of venture capital firms that invest in some of the companies. Additionally, there is... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie
- 22 Feb 2022
- News
Breaking News
(PhDOB 2019) has studied the issues facing local papers from multiple angles. Now, as cofounder and CEO of the National Trust for Local News, she has developed a first-of-its-kind model to preserve local news as a public good. The premise of the National Trust is to... View Details
- 11 Apr 2024
- News
Mission Control
you're made of, in terms of what is meaningful to you. And realize when is it a rat race or a race that you’re running for someone else. And when is it a walk of your life, that you are doing, because it is your life. And you get to do... View Details
- 01 Sep 2007
- News
Alfred D. Chandler Jr. Remembered
during the 1950s, Chandler assisted Alfred P. Sloan Jr. with his famous autobiography, My Years with General Motors. In 1963, Chandler became chairman of the history department at Johns Hopkins University, where he edited the papers of Dwight D. Eisenhower, who had... View Details
- 30 May 2023
- News
Finding PRIDE
identity would be discovered. The Gay Students Association (GSA) got me through. We were deeply underground because we had to be, but every month we had a party, often with dancing, and it was joyous. In the spring term of my first year,... View Details
- 01 Oct 1997
- News
L.E. Simmons
of bank teller to become chairman of Zions Bancorporation in Salt Lake City, with teaching him that ethical standards are an intrinsic part of doing business. "He measures his performance in terms of doing the right thing and... View Details
Keywords: Deborah E. Blagg
- 23 May 2024
- News
HBS After October 7
On Friday, May 17, 2024, Dean Srikant Datar, HBS Alumni Board President Andreas Stavropoulos (MBA 1997), and members of the School’s leadership held an online forum for alumni to learn more about the School’s activities and actions since October 7, 2023. Stavropoulos... View Details
- 12 Jan 2023
- News
‘Debiasing’ Debt with Data
repaid in 98.2 percent of instances. “That’s an implied default rate of about 1.8 percent,” Ballard says. For comparison, one SBA loan program included in the data had a trailing 10-year default rate of 17.6 percent. “That’s pretty night and day, in View Details
Keywords: Ralph Ranalli
- 01 Aug 1998
- News
High Honors
business. An eight-year veteran with the prominent New York venture capital firm of J.H. Whitney & Company, he launched his own shop backed by $8 million from the Bass brothers. Seven Honeywell engineers in Boston had come up with a design for a minicomputer that was... View Details
- 01 Apr 2000
- News
Sign of the Times: General Management Course Evolves
a general management course focused on entrepreneurial aspects of management is in keeping with the changes confronting all managers in the global economy. "This represents the latest stage in the evolution of the GM course at HBS," he said. "The View Details
- 29 Aug 2023
- News
Helping Consumers Decarbonize their Purchases
that's a market. Do you know how large that market is? Is that your near term addressable market? SP: I think that's a really interesting way of getting at the target market. I think you're right, that's one of the few programs that exist... View Details
- 25 Jun 2019
- News
Ann Sarnoff To Lead Warner Bros. Studio
the road ahead, Sarnoff tells the Times that in the near term she’ll be focused on learning and listening. “I literally need to step on the lot. It’s such an iconic studio with such a strong management team. I want to hear from the team... View Details
Keywords: Arts, Entertainment
- 01 Sep 2005
- News
Make Plans for Washington GLF
When I left Soldiers Field thirty years ago as a young MBA, I never dreamed that I’d be back one day as president of the Alumni Association. But here I am at the beginning of a two-year term as head of a very dynamic alumni group — nearly... View Details
- 16 Sep 2015
- News
Rethink pricing to create shared—and expanded—value
John T. Gourville, the Albert J. Weatherhead Jr. Professor of Business Administration, advocates that value be shared by a firm and its customers. “Without a willing customer, there is no value,” he says. “When companies view customers as partners in value creation,... View Details
- 01 Sep 2010
- News
A Day’s Pay
FLOREZ: Back to his roots. Before term limits force him out of office, California State Senate majority leader Dean Florez (MBA ’93) has one final bill he wants to get through the legislature: extending overtime benefits to hundreds of... View Details
- 01 Mar 2017
- News
Case Study: Moment in the Sun
be leaving money on the table not just in the short term but permanently,” he says. Should Ario stick to hospitality and own the market, or shine its light on new ground? The Answers: If a land grab is expected, then owning a segment or... View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell
- 01 Jun 1997
- News
HBS Cyberposium Brings Online Future into Focus
"The Internet is an explosion like nothing we've ever seen before," declared Bob Davis, CEO of Lycos, the Internet search engine company, to an overflow crowd at the fourth annual Harvard Business School Cyberposium held last February at HBS. "In View Details
Keywords: Meg Gardner
- 01 Apr 2001
- News
HBS Bon Mot Enriches the Lingo
Dictionary, words or phrases “used by members of some in-group, having little or imprecise meaning but sounding impressive to outsiders.” While business must take its fair share of the blame for promoting these and other annoyances, we were delighted to learn that the... View Details