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- 01 Dec 2010
- News
The Father of Modern Advertising
discussed — to a president, Warren G. Harding. The Man Who Sold America (Harvard Business Review Press) by Jeffrey L. Cruikshank (PMD 51, 1986) and Arthur W. Schultz, goes a long way to reintroducing Lasker as an industry trailblazer.... View Details
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
Meeting an essential health care need in India
When his mother became ill in 2008, Krishna Mahesh (MBA 2005) came face to face with India’s deep deficit of quality hospital beds. It inspired him to launch Sundaram Medical Devices, which develops high-tech, low-cost hospital beds that... View Details
- 17 Nov 2016
- News
Wired for Innovation
Photography by Michael Stravato From cofounding the first aerial tramway high above Costa Rica’s rainforest canopy, to helping a two-person wind-energy startup become an industry leader, to making a quixotic run for US Congress, Michael... View Details
- 01 Jun 2007
- News
Power Trip
Singleton (MBA ’88). The trio look at what can be learned by stepping back and taking a longer term view of how some of the greatest business leaders of the last century built successful careers. The book draws on information from the Great American Business Leaders... View Details
- 01 Mar 2004
- News
Leadership Project Codifies Elusive Traits
U.S.-based companies. Whether looking for education levels, company tenure, industry affiliation, or key accomplishments of founders and CEOs, users of the database can quickly find what interests them. The database is the result of... View Details
- 01 Apr 1997
- News
Facing the Music
industry's release of an unprecedented total of twenty thousand new titles. Is there trouble brewing for the business with a beat, a virtually recession-free industry for the past fifty years? To shed some light on the situation, the... View Details
Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso
- 01 Dec 1998
- News
Short Takes
Ownership Matters: Bringing Owners on Board In his working paper, "The Impact of Ownership Type on Performance in Public Corporations: A Study of the U.S. Textile Industry 1983-1992," HBS assistant professor David L. Kang demonstrates... View Details
Keywords: Judith A. Ross
- 26 Jan 2021
- News
Clubs See Wealth in FemTech; Health Care Alumni Look at COVID Response
FemTech, the segment of the health care and life sciences industry focused on women’s health. A combined 175 alumni attended the discussions which featured alumni panelists who are investing in, or leading, companies in the FemTech space.... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 14 Feb 2019
- News
Plotting a Path Forward on Climate Change
Boston Green Ribbon Commission, a group of business, institutional, and civic leaders developing strategies to fight climate change and meet Mayor Marty Walsh’s 2050 carbon-neutrality goal. However, McCarthy added, “the city is slow to... View Details
- 15 Oct 2019
- News
Understanding Challenges Across the Supply Chain
challenges,” he explains. A former supermarket industry CEO, Alvarez shares his passion for exploring all aspects of the food industry—from farm to port to table—with participants in the Agribusiness Seminar. The Executive Education... View Details
- 17 Dec 2015
- News
Acquiring Business Skills To Advance A Career Trajectory
business acumen if he wanted to become a leader in the industry. Sondecker, who is a US Air Force Reservist, credits the financial aid he received with furthering his career goals. “The fellowship is a tremendous help, enabling me to attend HBS to View Details
- 01 Sep 2020
- News
Road Work
impacted just as hard but received less assistance.” In response, Camino expects to come to market with a recovery loan that lowers the cost to borrowers and lends to nonessential industries that have been heavily impacted by COVID-19.... View Details
- 01 Dec 2019
- News
Capitalizing the Corner Shop
Amazon of Africa”; at the time of its IPO last April, it was valued at $1.3 billion. A year later, Kehinde and fellow Jumia executive Ercin Eksin went on to found Africa Courier Express (ACE), a logistics company meant to meet the growing last-mile delivery needs of... View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell
- 01 Sep 2005
- News
Flying High
tapped for its top spot, McNerney also has industry experience from his days at General Electric, where he was chief of GE’s aircraft-engine division and was involved inits commercial-aircraft leasing and financing services. Of Boeing’s... View Details
- 02 Feb 2023
- News
Can We Really Engineer a Climate Fix?
help address the climate change crisis by removing excess carbon dioxide right out of the atmosphere. The promise of this approach has launched a raft of companies that not only capture but also store and even reuse the carbon—creating an View Details
- 01 Dec 2018
- News
Sustaining Business And Society For The Long Term
companies, and drive change, HBX introduced the online certifi cate program Sustainable Business Strategy in June 2018. Led by Rebecca Henderson, the John and Natty McArthur University Professor, the program showcases the role faculty research plays in course View Details
- 01 Oct 2001
- News
Jeffery E. Sagansky: That's Entertainment
enthusiasm, "and the Nielsens are our daily report card." A veteran of NBC and CBS, where he helped develop hits such as The Cosby Show, Cheers, and Touched by an Angel, Sagansky, president and CEO of Paxson Communications Corp., is now... View Details
- 25 Feb 2020
- News
Beyond the Plastisphere
works in developing countries to prevent ocean-bound plastic from entering the water in the first place and channels it into recycled products. OceanCycle builds and certifies supply chains for recycled ocean-bound plastic, partnering... View Details
- 28 Feb 2025
- News
Joy to the World
five pillars that you developed that are sort of the foundation for community joy? JP: Yes, and people define both joy and happiness differently, so I appreciate you asking that. We define joy as sustained emotional well-being, or you... View Details
- 01 Sep 2014
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HBS Faculty Explore Ideas Around the World
responsibility shared by so many business leaders in countries with great income disparities. Learn more at www.hbs.edu/businesshistory/emerging-markets Global Case Writing Shaped by Faculty Interests Assistant Professor Doug Chung’s interest in the airline View Details
Keywords: faculty research