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Fellowships | Baker Library
Fellowships The following fellowships include support for research at Special Collections & Archives. The New England Regional Fellowship Consortium The NERFC is a collaborative association comprised of 30 major cultural agencies that... View Details
Alex Trotman
Being of Scottish descent, Trotman’s presence as CEO of Ford was seen as quite rare at the old auto giant. However, with Trotman’s special attention to leadership at all levels, he continued to improve the company’s operations. Instituting intensive, innovative... View Details
Keywords: Automotive & Aerospace
David M. Ogilvy
Though he founded the advertising giant that is best known for its hard-sell approach, Ogilvy himself is known for his creativity and for championing the softer side of advertising. Despite the minimal profits earned by such an approach, Ogilvy's trademark soft sell,... View Details
Keywords: Services
Hamish Maxwell
Maxwell presided over the major diversification of Philip Morris through the acquisitions of Kraft and General Foods. In so doing, Maxwell created the largest consumer goods company in the world and significantly lessened Philip Morris’ dependence on tobacco products.... View Details
Keywords: Food & Tobacco
Edward G. Jefferson
Jefferson is credited with streamlining duPont’s operations and diversifying its portfolio – setting the stage for a new era in the company’s history. His purchase of Conoco in 1981 dramatically changed the duPont landscape providing a ready supply of oil and gas for... View Details
Keywords: Chemicals & Industrial
Joseph L. Hudson
Hudson created new department store policies including the maintenance of full inventories to permit immediate delivery, moderate prices, and liberal return privileges for customers. He was also one of the first in the retail industry to attach visible prices to... View Details
Keywords: Retail
- 17 Nov 2022
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Blockchain for Good
As the Nigeria-Biafra war raged around them, Stella Dyer (MBA 1994), her mother, and her brother made a dangerous dash for a better life. Huddled in the belly of a Portuguese cargo plane returning from delivering arms to the Biafran forces, Dyer remembers Nigerian... View Details
Keywords: Ralph Ranalli
- 01 Mar 2012
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Social Investing Pioneers
Palandjian Photo courtesy Tracy Palandjian Cohen Main article: Where Innovation Rules Governments and philanthropies have long sought to improve the lives of society’s least fortunate and most vulnerable, often with discouraging results. Money spent doesn’t reliably... View Details
- 12 Aug 2016
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Sir Michael Darrington: Making A Difference
- 01 Mar 2009
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Deep Discovery
The British luxury liner RMS Lusitania was torpedoed by a German submarine on its New York-to-Liverpool run in 1915. The ship sank in 300 feet of water off the coast of Ireland; 1,198 (including 128 Americans) of 1,959 passengers and crew perished in what was seen at... View Details
- 01 Apr 2001
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The Natural Advantage
After a long career in marketing and management with top U.K. and international companies, Alan Heeks (MBA 1976) turned over a new leaf in 1990. He set up the Wessex Foundation, an educational charity whose centerpiece is Magdalen Farm, which consists of a residential... View Details
- 23 Jun 2014
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Freedom to Explore
Although Sherry L. Coutu (MBA 1993) now works as an angel investor in Cambridge, England, some 3,000 miles from Boston, Harvard Business School remains close to her heart. “The words of my professors and my classmates are part of my life every day, and I’m certainly... View Details
- 01 Mar 2004
- News
High Brow
You could be forgiven for not knowing it by the look of the average bloke on the street, but American men annually drop $19.5 billion on “hair services” and $5 billion on grooming products, the New York Times (December 25, 2003) reported. That’s a market that Guy... View Details
- 28 Jun 2011
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IDEO's Approach to Innovation
- 08 Jul 2011
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Spotlight on Sustainable Investing
- 29 Oct 2012
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Private equity guru's mission to show big business can do altruism
- 01 Feb 2002
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Springboard Boosts Funding Prospects for Women Entrepreneurs
podium at HBS on November 9 during the Springboard: New England 2001 venture capital forum to pitch their businesses to some 200 investors in the audience. Organized by the Washington, D.C.- based nonprofit Springboard Enterprises and... View Details
- 01 Dec 2005
- News
Sports in the Classroom
http://video.hbs.edu/realmadrid. In addition, former New England Patriots COO Andy Wasynczuk (MBA ’83), whose front-office duties for the three-time Super Bowl champs included hammering out complex player contracts, is now an HBS senior... View Details