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- 01 Jan 2004
- News
Minoru Makihara, 75th AMP, 1977
of social responsibility." CURRENT READING In an Uncertain World: Tough Choices from Wall Street to Washington, by Robert E. Rubin and Jacob Weisberg When Minoru Makihara was named president and CEO of Mitsubishi Corporation in 1992, Japan's largest View Details
- 01 Sep 2020
- News
Giving Amazon the Boot
When the coronavirus pandemic led many brick-and-mortar retailers to close their doors, consumers turned to online shopping in record numbers—US ecommerce sales rose by 31.8 percent between the first and second quarter of 2020 to $211.5 billion, according to the US... View Details
- 01 Mar 2006
- News
The Real Conflict
BY PERMISSION OF JOHN DEERING AND CREATORS SYNDICATE, INC. Nowadays, mighty Wal-Mart’s headquarters in Bentonville, Arkansas, must feel less like a hotbed of retailing and more like a war room. There is a groundswell of criticism of the company, largely focused on its... View Details
- 07 Oct 2010
- News
Why Wal-Mart Went Shopping in Africa
- 01 Dec 2007
- News
Lighten Up
trade organization, the Outdoor Industry Association. In 1999 GoLite introduced its first line of products. They consisted of Jardine designs to be used together: backpack, sleeping pad and bag, insulated clothing, tent, umbrella, and... View Details
- 30 Jul 2019
- News
Turning Around Tesco
The British-based grocery chain Tesco—the third-largest retailer in the world—recently marked its 100th anniversary with a record-setting, 30-hour dance relay in Wembley Stadium. There were other reasons to celebrate, too: The chain is back in the black after surviving... View Details
- 14 Oct 2015
- News
Blue Apron's Got Big Plans For Dinner - But So Do Its Hungry Rivals
- 17 Mar 2015
- News
The First Five Years: Adam Enbar (MBA 2010)
What’s the story behind the Flatiron School, and how did you come up with the name? “The Flatiron School was born when I met my cofounder, Avi Flombaum, while researching innovations in higher education at Charles River Ventures. I had always been interested in... View Details
- 04 Dec 2014
- News
The 32 Hottest Startup CEOs In America
- 01 Dec 2001
- News
New York Club Asks for Donations to September 11 Relief Fund
charities that are helping the families affected by the World Trade Center attacks. A description of each organization follows. Windows of Hope Family Relief Fund provides aid to the families of victims of the World View Details
- 31 Jan 2022
- News
Michael Trejo Brings Business Back to the Valley of the Sun
bring back to my community,” he explained to the magazine. “It was time to come home.” Trejo is now president and CEO of Standard Printing Company, a commercial trade printer located in an industrial Hispanic neighborhood of Phoenix. The... View Details
- 15 Jun 2021
- News
Elevator Pitch: Dress Code
Video Embed Animation by Drue Wagner and Troubadour Image + Sound The Yes Julie Bornstein (MBA 1997), cofounder and CEO; former COO, Stitch Fix Jennifer Koen-Horowitz (MBA 1997), head of brand marketing and PR Vision: The Spotify of fashion Concept: The Yes builds a... View Details
Keywords: online shopping; fashion; mobile technology; entrepreneurship; startup; Retail Trade; Retail Trade
- 06 Feb 2015
- News
The Billion-Dollar E-commerce Company You Know Nothing About
- 15 Nov 2013
- News
25 Influential Women in the Boston Tech Community
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
Cash flow struggles can take down a company or spark ideas that transform an industry
at the company’s core. Founded in 1997, athenahealth now serves about 44,000 medical providers. The publicly traded company has won numerous honors, including Fast Company’s World’s Top 10 Most Innovative Companies in Health Care; MIT... View Details
- 01 Jun 2006
- News
Silver Lining
Dabhol power-plant project in India. As Enron began to emphasize energy trading over hard assets such as power projects and pipelines, the two independently decided to leave the company in 2000. They later reconnected in New York, and... View Details
- 01 Oct 1997
- News
William K.L. Fung
told my father that I didn't want to be in a family company," says Fung with a chuckle. The elder Fung challenged his son to use his HBS skills to breathe new life into the trading company, founded by Fung's grandfather in Canton, China,... View Details
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- 01 Mar 2004
- News
Chinese Premier Speaks at HBS
475baf4874c54b74d6872cb82ffdcb34 Amid the backdrop of U.S.-Chinese relations — tension over trade issues and Taiwan’s independence on the one hand, cooperation on terrorism and North Korea on the other — Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao spoke... View Details