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Morgan G. Bulkeley
In 1879, Bulkeley was elected the third president in the history of Aetna Life Insurance, a position he held until his death. Under Bulkeley’s leadership, Aetna’s assets grew from $25 million in 1879 to over $200 million in 1922, and the View Details
Keywords: Finance
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Getting Involved - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness
Implementation Materials on the Web We provide a number of materials online to guide your journey towards value-based care. Please refer to our press coverage , journal articles , videos , teaching cases , and books , as well as our FAQ... View Details
- 10 Jan 2017
- News
A Voice for Women Leaders
understand that, just like men, women are entitled to be leaders, and that this was a way to create a collective voice. “There are a number of reasons why we see more women leaders in other countries than we see in the United States.... View Details
- 01 Jun 1999
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Spangler Center Groundbreaking
superintendents who had gathered for the occasion. The idea was to guess the correct amounts of the various building materials needed to construct the facility. The numbers are based on estimates from Spangler Center project managers... View Details
Kenneth A. Macke
Macke oversaw a period of growth and expansion for the company. During his CEO tenure, the revenues of Dayton Hudson tripled – from $6.5 billion in 1983 to $19.2 billion in 1994. The number of retail locations also expanded dramatically... View Details
Keywords: Retail
Beatrice F. Auerbach
In 1938, when Auerbach became president of G. Fox & Company, it is almost certain that she was the only female president of a major department store in the U.S. Auerbach was a pioneer in a number of fair employment practices,... View Details
Keywords: Retail
Earl B. Dickerson
In his first few years as CEO, Dickerson devoted his energies to changing the policy focus from industrial to ordinary life polices and to increasing the quality and number of the company’s agents. Dickerson also expanded the firm through... View Details
Keywords: Finance
- 10 Mar 2015
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Women in Tech: Breaking the Digital Ceiling
gamer, the coder, the hacker—all stereotypically male. Recent statistics give some truth to that image. In 2014, Google reported that 7 out of every 10 of its then 48,600 employees were men. The number was even higher among its engineers... View Details
Keywords: April White
Walter R. Young, Jr.
allowing the company to make some strategic acquisitions, and this growth has continued throughout Young’s term. By 1996, Champion was the number two company in both the mid-size motor coach and manufactured housing industries. View Details
Keywords: Construction & Real Estate
Paul Henson
Henson took a small, regional telephone company in Nebraska and transformed it into the number three telecommunications company in the United States. When Henson joined United Utilities, it had 500,000 customers, served 500 rural... View Details
Keywords: Communications
- 01 Mar 2008
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Conference Examines Intersection of Medicine and Business
Medicine and Business,” set the stage for a number of thought-provoking presentations on topics including regenerative medicine, stent wars, disruptive innovation, and consumer-driven health care in Switzerland. For information about the... View Details
- 13 Jul 2011
- Research & Ideas
Experimental Researcher Helps Improve Health Care in Zambia
received nothing. To uncover the effect of disagreements between spouses about the number of children to have—women generally want fewer than men—half of the women chosen to receive vouchers got them without their husbands present, and... View Details
- 01 Jun 2018
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Action Plan: Horse Sense
numbers game,” says Finley, who buys 30 to 40 horses annually at an average cost of $200,000 per animal. “Keep in mind that these horses are 18 months old or thereabouts. They’ve never had a saddle on their back, and all you get to do is... View Details
- 01 Jun 2002
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Alfred L. Cheauré - A Dog's Life
captivated by the sport and met a number of wonderful people who are dedicated to it. When I learned that the AKC was looking for a president/CEO, I applied. I am the first CEO who is not a “dog person.” For those in the know, a dog... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
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China: statistics
Where can I find statistical data for China? CEIC Data: macroeconomic, industrial, and financial time series for China and a select number of other countries. Some Chinese data series are available at the province level.... View Details
- 01 Jun 2013
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Faculty Research Online
Our Work Time? An unusual number of time-management publications have crossed Professor Emeritus Jim Heskett's desk recently, leading him to ask: Who is responsible for the management of our time on the job? See... View Details
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Grant Donnelly & Michael Norton
We are currently working on a number of projects investigating decision-making, from how much money millionaires think they need to be happy to whether the feeling of being observed might decrease people’s likelihood of cheating on their... View Details
- 01 Jun 2016
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Prima Datarina
with a long history in the airline and hotel industries now gaining traction in the arts world. By analyzing existing data, Hodges and her team have the flexibility to adjust ticket prices on a weekly, or even daily, basis to smooth the demand curve over a fixed View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
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Is American Democracy in Trouble? Thoughts on the Perils (and Promise) of an Aging Democracy
Is American democracy in trouble? What could this mean for the nations economy and business environment? Professor Moss will take up these questions from an historical perspective, exploring the strengths and weaknesses of the nations political system as it has evolved... View Details
- 31 Jan 2017
- Research & Ideas
The Dow at 20,000: What's That All About?
there has been enough volatility in recent days to bring that number slightly below 20,000 again. But I think what brought us all the way to 20,000 from about 18,000 just three months ago reflects the impact of the election of Donald... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Aisner