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- 26 Jul 2016
- News
Alumni Capture the Essence of Pokemon GO Craze
locations and retailers to provide ‘real world’ ($) rewards to players.” Many alumni see possibilities and potential in other areas: “Augmented reality can definitely revolutionize e-commerce and mobile-friendly brand apps,” said Ameera... View Details
Keywords: Arts, Entertainment
- 26 Feb 2014
- News
How Grocery Bags Manipulate Your Mind
- 01 Mar 2017
- News
Weaving Success in India
Ramanathan Nalli (OPM 22, 1995), formerly chairman, now serves as vice chairman of the Nalli Group of Cos. Under his leadership, the company grew from one retail store in Chennai to 30 locations throughout India, selling 1.5 million saris... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 10 Nov 2022
- News
Peloton Founder Starts His Next Trek
Photo courtesy Ernesta Peloton founder and former CEO John Foley (MBA 2001) is moving from home fitness to home decor. A recent press release announced that Foley and two of his Peloton cofounders are launching Ernesta, a “direct-to-consumer custom rug company” that... View Details
- 12 Mar 2019
- News
Acting Naturally
Karina Birch (OPM 49, 2017) is CEO of Rocky Mountain Soap Company, based in Alberta, Canada. In this interview, she explains how the mission, culture, and products of her company are blended together. “I was 24 years old and right out of university when I started Rocky... View Details
- 01 Apr 2001
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Making A Difference: HBS Club of Puget Sound Reaches Out to Young Alumni
Tracy E. Kwiker (MBA 1995) arrived in Seattle three and a half years ago when she was promoted to manage store operations for a Toys “R” Us region in the Pacific Northwest. Eager to establish contacts in her new community, Kwiker began... View Details
- 17 Jun 2021
- News
Investing in a Post-COVID World; Exploring the Pandemic’s Impact on Gender Equity
were the ones that weren’t earning much to begin with— they’re the ones bearing the brunt of the job losses and they make up the majority of the workforce in the hardest-hit sectors like hospitality, retail and food service,” says Stark.... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 25 Feb 2020
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for March 2020
in an Omnichannel World, Vol. 8 edited by Santiago Gallino and Antonio Moreno, Sicupira Family Associate Professor, Technology and Operations Management Unit Springer Series in Supply Chain Management The world of View Details
- 01 Feb 1997
- News
Herzlinger on Health Care: Revolution in Evolution
conversation. What are the major market forces that are transforming the health-care system? First and foremost, it's consumers. They have already revolutionized the retailing and information industries because they are so busy working... View Details
- 01 Mar 2004
- News
Toy Story
one was surprised. On the retail side, the large discount chains — WalMart and Target in particular — had steadily taken market share from specialty toy stores, in some cases using toys as a loss leader to pull in traffic. The ripple... View Details
- 01 Feb 2000
- News
Jerry Shafir: A Simmering Success Story
ready-to-heat soups, shipping an average of thirty thousand gallons each week. Shafir - himself a study in constant motion - plans to move his operation to a roomier location in nearby Chelsea early this year. Despite adding a $2.5... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
- 01 Jun 2012
- News
They Call Him Mr. China
other countries. But by the end of 1996, it was clear that they had failed to master the task of operating Chinese enterprises. So Perkowski moved on to Plan B. He appointed a team of “Old China” managers inherited with the joint-venture... View Details
- 06 May 2019
- News
Are You Ready for Veggie Fast-Casual?
The founder and former CEO of Panera Bread has a new lease on life. Life Alive, that is. And it’s not a lease—he’s the owner. Ron Shaich (MBA 1978), has tapped his $300 million fund, Act III Holdings, to buy and reimagine a mini-chain of Boston-area casual vegetarian... View Details
- 01 Apr 1998
- News
Going For The Summit
CANDICE CARPENTER has led some high-profile enterprises - Time Life Video and Television and the electronic retailing enterprise Q2 Inc. among them. But nothing, she says, has prepared her for the rocky terrain of online business better... View Details
Keywords: Caroline Chauncey
- 01 Dec 2000
- News
Opening Doors: Inside the World of Museum Management
operations of their complicated, not-for-profit institutions. "The job of running a museum is much bigger and broader than it once was," observes HBS marketing professor emeritus Stephen A. Greyser, an expert on nonprofit management who... View Details
- 01 Jun 1999
- News
Sheila Lirio Marcelo
complete overhaul of an important booklet articulating the role of Ed Reps, while helping to strengthen the MBA Academic Committee. In addition, she revitalized the troubled HBS Ventures, a collection of campus businesses ranging from printing View Details
Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso
- 05 Jul 2014
- News