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- 01 Mar 2018
- News
What I Do: Philippe Hellich (MBA 1996)
Founded in Sweden in 1943, IKEA is the world’s largest furniture retailer, outfitting dorm rooms and designer homes around the globe. A company that engages nearly a billion customers every year and employs over 194,000 workers in 49 countries has plenty of upside... View Details
- 01 Jun 2010
- News
MBAs on a Mission
outlook. Since its inception in 2001, 89 MBAs have taken part in the program, working at 43 organizations as diverse as the City of Boston Mayor’s Office, Teach For America, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, and Mercy Corps. Fellows receive a one-year salary of... View Details
- 01 Mar 2024
- News
In Harmony
Kim at Seoul’s government-built Hoehyeon “Citizens’ Apartments.” Opened in 1970, it stands as a reminder of a Korea from a very different era. Like so many South Koreans of a certain age, Michael ByungJu Kim (MBA 1990) lives in a country where the past lingers,... View Details
- 01 Mar 2014
- News
In My Humble Opinion: Ian Calhoun (MBA 2010)
take 14 or 15 hours. One of the highlights of the year is having the whole 80 Thoreau staff to my house for BBQ. I experiment with the wood, the rub, the meat—you want it to be your best stuff." Three ingredients for success: People, place, and product. "Who buys your... View Details
- 01 Jun 2025
- News
Origin Story: Mary Chen (MBA 2026)
Address label: Born outside Cleveland, Ohio, Chen grew up in California and Texas before attending Emory University in Georgia, where she majored in business. “My three siblings live in New York now, and I’ll be working there this summer, so that feels closest to... View Details
- 14 Apr 2014
- News
The Puzzle of Life
(acquired by Covidien), which uses a wire-mesh balloon technique to treat brain aneurysms; and Spinal Modulation, a company with a new, dramatically effective technique for blocking chronic pain at the source. (In June 2013, St. Jude... View Details
- 01 Mar 2005
- News
In the Blood
Chimneys (named for the Bermuda address of an old fraternity brother and the number of chimneys on Clay’s restored farmhouse). By 1978 he had twenty broodmares; in 1984 he launched his stallion business. “I enjoy the spectacle of animals... View Details
- 01 Dec 2019
- News
Bridging the Gap
brought an extra white shirt for the afternoon; the first would be gray by the time they got back to the office. A manufacturing hub for everything from Buster Brown socks to Chris-Craft boats—with plenty of steel and coal foundries to... View Details
- 01 Mar 2014
- News
Innovation: Crowdfunding College Costs
Savingforcollege.com, which Cordero describes as "the Consumer Reports of 529 plans.") The plan is to capitalize on market share down the road: "There is a lot of value in processing millions of dollars of new assets," he remarks. "Our play is with financial... View Details
- 01 Mar 2014
- News
3-Minute Briefing: Frank Blethen (PMD 35, 1978)
growth of female athletes in amateur sports, we found that sexual abuse of these young, female athletes by male coaches was quite widespread. It was an incredible series that changed the reporting laws in Washington State. PRACTICING... View Details
- 01 Mar 2023
- News
Step Change
oversubscribed by 30 times, generating $100 million. Significantly, a cultural shift occurred after the 2011 revolution when, suddenly, anything seemed possible. Amal Enan (MBA 2014) witnessed these transformations firsthand, from roles... View Details
- 01 Sep 2023
- News
That Was Then, This Is Now
It started with a question. But before that, it started in the classroom. Tony Deifell (MBA 2002) loved the discussions in his LEAD course, taught by Professor (and now former Dean) Nitin Nohria; wanting to make them more tangible, Deifell adapted the idea of... View Details
- 01 Feb 2001
- News
Drilling Down
depends upon the decisions of two or three people in the oil business— that's the leader of Saudi Arabia and the president of Mexico, principally," Stobaugh explains. Recent higher prices paid by consumers at the gas pumps aren't the work... View Details
- 22 Feb 2022
- News
New Urban Order
By 2050, nearly 70 percent of the world’s population will live in cities, according to a 2018 UN report, up from 55 percent today. That means making room for and creating the infrastructure for another 2.5 billion people to live, work,... View Details
Keywords: Kathleen Fu, Deborah Blagg, Julia Hanna, and Maureen Harmon; illustrations by; energy; environment; sustainability; entrepreneurship; Transit and Ground Passenger Transportation; Transportation; Water, Sewage and Supply Systems; Utilities; Construction of Buildings; Construction; Waste Management and Remediation Services; Corporate Services
- 01 Aug 2001
- News
Cleveland Global Alumni Conference a Sold-Out Success
musical event — a dramatic tango demonstration — offered an elegant preview of the 2002 conference, "Redefining Distance: Opportunities & Challenges," to be held March 19-21 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. — Julia View Details
- 04 Sep 2013
- News
From HBO to HBS
here," he says. "About two years ago I noticed that documentary films about American business had become increasingly popular. I began to wonder if using film wouldn't be an interesting way of teaching business ethics. For example, you could consider ethical issues in... View Details
- 01 Dec 2006
- News
Inside Intel
Be Fun. The book was right. I came to HBS on a one-year fellowship in 1978 and was asked to stay to teach marketing. Over time, I realized that if we could take our teaching methods from marketing and move them to the realm of history, we could create something unique,... View Details
- 01 Mar 2025
- News
Heartland
happy.” With that, everyone lines up to sample beef-cheek birria, tongue, and heart with chili, prepared by Sandra Ruiz of Sabor Comunitario, a Denver-based organization that trains Latinos for careers in the food industry. CSU is the... View Details
- 15 Dec 2015
- News
The Year in Ideas 2015
to explore.) PLUS: Alumni experts on what big ideas we’ll see in 2016. The experiment started with weather balloons attached to Styrofoam beer coolers, each with a wireless router inside. It was proof of concept for an ambitious endeavor called Project Loon, headed... View Details