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  • 24 Apr 2014
  • News

A founding father of Silicon Valley venture capital guides entrepreneurs

Throughout his long career as a venture capitalist, Franklin “Pitch” Johnson (MBA 1952) has worked primarily in the biotech industry, earning a reputation as a thoughtful investor, trusted adviser, and generous philanthropist. In 1962,... View Details
  • 05 May 2022
  • HBS Case

College Degrees: The Job Requirement Companies Seek, but Don't Really Need

corporate participants, including Merck, AT&T, Bank of America, IBM, Johnson & Johnson, Verizon, and Walmart. Harvard Business School partnered with the group to help with research and data collection for additional study. A... View Details
Keywords: by Jay Fitzgerald
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Reconceiving Products & Markets - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

more companies are pursuing market strategies that fit the shared-value model—and reaping the rewards of innovation and growth. General Electric, Google, IBM, Intel, Johnson & Johnson, Nestlé, Unilever, and Wal-Mart are examples of... View Details
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In the Community | About

Prepshift MBA FIELD Course: Scaling Minority Businesses (partial) Maven Bluebird Graphic Solutions Boston While Black Contente Consulting Estrella Law Offices Fashion Fair Cosmetics Johnson Security Bureau OneUnited Bank People, Places &... View Details
  • 24 Apr 2014
  • News

Supporting the local community that nurtured him

Franklin P. "Pitch" Johnson (MBA 1952) talks about providing support to local organizations in his hometown of Palo Alto, California. (Published April 2014) View Details
  • 24 May 2017
  • News

John J. Brennan, MBA 1980

Return to Alumni Achievement Awards main page TIMELINE 1954 Born, Boston, Massachusetts 1976 Earns BA, Economics, Dartmouth College 1976 Joins New York Bank for Savings 1980 Earns MBA 1980 Joins S.C. Johnson & Son 1982 Joins the Vanguard... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
  • 16 Oct 2023
  • HBS Case

Advancing Black Talent: From the Flight Ramp to 'Family-Sustaining' Careers at Delta

2020, and as Bastian wrestled with his role and responsibility in hiring and advancing Black employees, he wasted no time in contacting many of its founding members, which include executives from Walmart, Target, Wells Fargo, Johnson... View Details
Keywords: by Lane Lambert; Air Transportation
  • November 2018 (Revised April 2019)
  • Case

Nike: Changing the Sneakers Game

By: Anita Elberse, Bryce Aiken and Howard Johnson
“Our goal is to be the kind of start-up that would terrify Nike—if Nike didn’t already own us.” Ron Faris, general manager of S23NYC, a Manhattan-based digital studio owned by sports apparel giant Nike, is on the phone with Adam Sussman, Nike’s chief digital officer.... View Details
Keywords: Digital Technology; Apparel; Fashion; Superstar; Innovation; General Management; Mobile and Wireless Technology; Strategy; Marketing Strategy; Innovation and Invention; Management; Sports; Entertainment; Digital Strategy; Apparel and Accessories Industry
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Technology & Operations Management Awards & Honors - Faculty & Research

Elected as a Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2024. Amy C. Edmondson : Awarded the 2024 Medal for Distinguished Service by the Teachers College at Columbia University. Kris Johnson Ferreira : "Warnings and... View Details
  • 28 Nov 2018
  • News

Elevating Women at Fidelity

In the wake of sexual harassment allegations at Fidelity, Abby Johnson (MBA 1988) has stepped up a concerted effort to promote women within the 72-year-old firm, according to Bloomberg. "A year ago Fidelity came under media scrutiny after... View Details
  • June 2011 (Revised May 2012)
  • Case

L'Oréal: Global Brand, Local Knowledge

By: Rebecca M. Henderson and Ryan Johnson
Worldwide, and in the U.S. marketplace in particular, the French cachet of L'Oréal was one of its most powerful marketing tools. However, with the opening up of emerging markets, L'Oréal had to cater to a diverse customer base: an aging population in the West, ethnic... View Details
Keywords: Globalization; Brands and Branding; Marketing Communications; Change Management; Sales; Emerging Markets; Segmentation; Innovation and Invention; Beauty and Cosmetics Industry; France; United States
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McCulloch Hall | About

secretary: the first under Presidents Abraham Lincoln and Andrew Johnson (1865-1869) and subsequently (1884-1885) under President Chester Arthur. McCulloch arrived in Washington in 1862, determined to alter proposed legislation to... View Details
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Partners - Case Method Project

of 65 Natalie Johnson Khan Lab School Mountain View, CA CA 33 of 65 Doug Jones Cambridge School San Diego, CA Subjects: US History CA 34 of 65 Beth Karzes John Muir Charter School Sacramento, CA CA 35 of 65 Robert Kelly Minarets High... View Details
  • 01 Oct 2018
  • News

Learning About Leadership

Abigail P. Johnson (MBA 1988) is chairman and CEO of Fidelity Management and Research in Boston and a recipient of the 2018 HBS Alumni Achievement Award. In this interview, she reflects on her early lessons in business leadership and on... View Details
Keywords: Finance
  • 25 Jun 2020
  • Blog Post

Harvard Business School Class of 2021 Student Profiles

decision maker’s mindset. How can I articulate my mission? Being required to participate gives me the power to share my perspectives.”  HOME REGION Peru UNDERGRAD EDUCATION University of California, Berkeley PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE Twentieth Century Fox, View Details
  • 05 Dec 2018
  • Research & Ideas

Why Managers Should Reveal Their Failures

person. As prior research has shown, this type of envy can be toxic in the workplace, stifling worker productivity, leading employees to behave less cooperatively, interfering with group cohesion, and making people feel more justified in behaving unethically. Graphic... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
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Speeding Up the Trade: Clippers and Steamships - A Chronicle of the China Trade

out a plan I had often thought of. This was to order a river steamer from America,” John Heard wrote. “I was convinced that from the opening of China which could not fail to result from the [Second Opium War], steamers must be much wanted. . . . So I sent Captain View Details
  • March 2024
  • Article

Do Safety Management System Standards Indicate Safer Operations? Evidence from the OHSAS 18001 Occupational Health and Safety Standard

By: Kala Viswanathan, Matthew S. Johnson and Michael W. Toffel
Problem definition: Given the enormous disruptions and costs of occupational injuries, companies and buyers are increasingly looking to voluntary occupational health and safety standards to improve worker safety. Yet because these standards only require... View Details
Keywords: Occupational Health; Occupational Safety; Program Evaluation; Safety Performance; Injuries; OHSAS 18001; ISO 45001; Working Conditions; Safety; Standards
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Dillon House | About

Johnson from 1961 to 1965, Dillon focused on trade deficit reduction and on promoting the Kennedy tax program, which called for sweeping cuts to encourage economic growth. Following his government service, Dillon returned to the private... View Details
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Student Research - Doctoral

Freitas Marketing 2 results Kris Johnson Ferreira Technology and Operations Management 1 results More Matteo Gasparini 1 results Francesca Gino Negotiation, Organizations & Markets 1 results Amit Goldenberg Negotiation, Organizations &... View Details