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- 22 May 2017
- News
Two On-Track Investments
race—often referred to as “the most exciting two minutes in sports”—was won by Always Dreaming, the favorite at the Preakness. Terry Finley (OPM 45, 2014) owns 25 percent of that horse, purchased for $1.25 million. As president and CEO of... View Details
- 01 Jun 2020
- News
Staying the Course
education data company BrightBytes found that an estimated 30 percent of ed tech licenses that schools purchased were never used in the classroom, and nearly 98 percent weren’t used “intensely”—that is, students got less than 10 hours of... View Details
- 01 Apr 1996
- News
Wake-Up Call: Farewell to the American Dream?
seeking cheaper labor, at home and abroad, is corporate America shooting itself in the foot? Never before has America competed on the basis of having a low-paid workforce. American workers' purchasing power is now lower than that of... View Details
- 29 Jul 2013
- News
Opening New Markets for Black South African Winemakers
of that, the South African government took notice and responded by negotiating a land purchase for the Seven Sisters, who until that point owned no vineyards and had to contract farmers and a winery to grow grapes. Now Walmart wants to... View Details
- 19 Jul 2011
- News
Brightening the Future
life,” Ayala notes. Under the auspices of community partnerships, the lanterns will be used in public facilities such as schools and clinics during the day and rented out for a nominal fee at night. The rental fees can be pooled to enable the community to View Details
- 25 Aug 2022
- News
Full Stream Ahead
Picasso you can’t put a price on these songs.” By 2016, when Sony purchased Jackson’s share of ATV, the figure had ballooned to a staggering $750 million. Music has been raking in top-dollar valuations ever since, in part because of the... View Details
- 10 Mar 2021
- News
In My Humble Opinion: A Timely Tension
expands Patagonia’s business in the rapidly growing and increasingly profitable used-clothing market, which can cut the carbon, waste, and water footprint of a purchase by 82 percent. “Imagine if used Patagonia products become the... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 21 Jul 2010
- News
Mad Men, the Early Era
to a happier, more fulfilling life was as much a part of the marketing equation 75 years ago as it today, even if that fantasy looks quite a bit different. In 1935, HBS purchased half of the 250 prints featured in the exhibit (the... View Details
- 06 Oct 2022
- News
On the Road to Recovery
Alejandro Moreno (MBA 1988) didn’t know much about travel nursing when he met a fellow entrepreneur by chance at a child’s birthday party in 2003. The man was considering starting a new business providing staffing assistance to hospitals around the country. Moreno, who... View Details
- 30 Mar 2022
- News
Giving Hope and Comfort
The remaining 75 percent Hope and Comfort purchases with money donated by individuals or through grants. Today, Hope and Comfort is still one of the few nonprofits that distributes hygiene products, notes Feingold, who retired from his... View Details
- 01 Dec 2007
- News
A View from the Top
Zobel; (front row) Mixon, Wyss. After half-joking that his greatest accomplishment was getting his wife to marry “an Oklahoma cowboy,” Mal Mixon (MBA ’68) cited his successful purchase of Invacare, a manufacturer of in-home medical... View Details
- 28 Feb 2014
- News
The First Five Years: Omowale Casselle (MBA 2009)
traffic retail locations, that will help consumers trial, discover, and ultimately make more informed choices about their most important purchase decisions in health, wellness, beauty, and household—and now we are taking steps to bring... View Details
- 01 Dec 1999
- News
Hawes Family Funds New Classroom Building
industry. Joined in 1979 by Douglas M. Schair (MBA '71) and another partner, Hawes followed an ambitious agenda. By 1988, the firm had completed more than one hundred deals and outdistanced even the leading Wall Street investment banks in its specialty. In 1988, Hawes... View Details
- 04 Nov 2014
- News
Fundación México en Harvard Celebrates 25 Years
Fundación with a first-of-its-kind transaction, allowing to purchase Mexican bonds in the market below face value and then redeem the bonds immediately at face value. The transaction almost doubled the $2.6 million endowment the Fundación... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 02 Apr 2020
- News
Patriots Plane Delivers a Million Masks from China
mission. We knew that purchasing greatly-needed N95 masks and providing the Patriots plane to expedite their delivery to local hospitals would immediately help protect our courageous health care professionals,” Robert Kraft said in a... View Details
- 26 Feb 2008
- News
The Right Stuff
leaders, school officials, and the mayor of Boston. Harvard University also chipped in, helping with the purchase of commemorative rings (complementing special jackets donated by New Balance) for all the players and cheerleaders. Featured... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 01 Mar 2019
- News
3-Minute Briefing: Richard Edelman (MBA 1978)
what’s going on in the world through our purchasing decisions. Our research shows that two-thirds of people, across all age groups and incomes, now buy or boycott a brand based on where it stands on the political or social issues they... View Details
- 01 Feb 1998
- News
Short Takes
items and are affected by them. For their 1996 study, "The Paradoxes of Technology," HBS assistant professor Susan M. Fournier and David Glen Mick, associate professor at the University of Wisconsin, interviewed 29 households about their View Details
Keywords: Judith A. Ross
- 01 Mar 2011
- News
Making Their Way
Chirchirillo was able to establish a foothold in China. That import model, however, was only intended to be an interim strategy to build a global capability, and in 2008, Chirchirillo purchased a precision metal-stamping company in... View Details
- 01 Apr 1999
- News
Short Takes
tolerate human rights abuses, Spar advocates that multinationals and human rights are not such strange bedfellows as once thought. Reebok, for instance, created a new production facility in Pakistan and established a system of independent monitors when it learned that... View Details
Keywords: Eileen K. McCluskey