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Jeff Chochinov
mark on Canada by starting and building a great company and providing a role model for entrepreneurship. I also want to play a major role in the arts by getting involved with the Toronto Film Festival. Before heading back to Canada, I... View Details
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John Whitehead | Baker Library
new businesses. His personal approach: he sought out and listened to the firm’s clients, identified new business lines, and over time developed these into major service offerings. Indeed, it’s difficult to imagine the world of Goldman... View Details
- 01 May 2013
- News
Deborah A. Farrington, MBA 1976
For Debby Farrington, the road to HBS began at age 11 with a visit to the New York Stock Exchange. "I was fascinated," says Farrington, who majored in economics at Smith and was one of just nine women in her HBS section. Comfortable in... View Details
- 25 Oct 2019
- News
Jane Fraser Named President of Citigroup
her the first-ever woman CEO of a major bank.” Fraser has been at Citigroup since 2004, joining after roles at Goldman Sachs and McKinsey. Before being named president, Fraser served as CEO of the company’s Latin American division. Asked... View Details
- 16 Sep 2016
- News
Offshore Learning
“Our classroom is a 204-acre island in Boston Harbor with two salt marshes, a fresh-water marsh, an inner tidal zone, meadows, and forests,” says Arthur Pearson (MBA 1991), president and CEO of Boston’s Thompson Island Outward Bound Education Center. Since 2005,... View Details
- 01 Mar 2006
- News
Artful Contributions
The director of the High Art Museum in Atlanta regards two HBS graduates as the “twin pillars” of the museum’s recently completed $124 million expansion project. Terry Stent (MBA ’68), chairman of the museum’s board of directors, and his wife, Margaret, have been View Details
- 01 Dec 2004
- News
Capitalizing Poetry
Lawrence. Barr told the New York Times (October 7, 2004) that the foundation intends to launch “the biggest and baddest Web site for poetry out there,” sponsor regional contests (patterned after the National Spelling Bee), and undertake View Details
- 01 Sep 2003
- News
Alumni Bookshelf
assess and advance their own brand-management efforts. Confessions to a Deaf God by Gary R. Blinn (MBA ’72) (Xlibris Corporation) Blinn’s memoir of his two years as a Navy Swift boat skipper in Vietnam’s Mekong River Delta offers a vivid, first-person account of war.... View Details
- 19 Jul 2016
- First Look
July 19, 2016
components. In essence, a small number of components generate a large proportion of system costs. However, we find major differences in the potential benefits available from refactoring these systems, related to their differing designs.... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 22 Feb 2016
- Research & Ideas
The ‘Mother of Fair Trade’ was an Unabashed Price Protectionist
pharmacists did, their cut-rate prices on popular brand-name packaged goods posed a major threat to mom-and-pop businesses like Gleason’s. So she and other traditional retailers began arguing that pineboards practiced predatory pricing,... View Details
- 14 Oct 2014
- First Look
First Look: October 14
40 years, albeit with substantial evolution. By unpacking how one of the major network carriers was able to evolve its model successfully for such a long time before industry structural changes necessitated a radical overhaul, the cases... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 10 Jun 2002
- Research & Ideas
Reinventing the Industrial Giant
manner of Dell and Cisco. Because the majority of these transformations are ongoing, the ultimate success or failure of these undertakings is difficult to evaluate. General Motors, for example, is attempting to rehaul its business in four... View Details
- 10 Jul 2000
- Research & Ideas
Cable TV: From Community Antennas to Wired Cities
majority of shareholder votes by creating a separate class of equity with superior voting rights. Also, in owner-managed focused firms, the founders frequently avoided dilution of their ownership stake by relying more heavily on debt to... View Details
- 12 PM – 1 PM EST, 13 Dec 2018
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Corporate Board Service: the What, Why, & How
Gain insight on boards from an experienced executive and corporate director. During this webinar, Christiana will share her thoughts on recruiting, joining, and serving effectively on boards, as well as practical advice on how to take the first steps. This webinar is... View Details
Shara Ticku
from Harvard Business School and a BA/BBA from the University of Texas, where she double majored in Plan II Honors Program and the Business Honors Program, with a minor in Finance. Shara currently serves as an Entrepreneur in Residence at... View Details
- 11 Dec 2007
- First Look
First Look: December 11, 2007
Authors:Ruth Klendauer, Richard Gelvin, and Daniel J. Isenberg Abstract In recent studies, the success rate of software development projects has been found to be low (about 29%). The majority of the challenges can be traced back to the... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Jun 2018
- News
Up by the Roots
revolutionizing everything from online payments and wealth management to cybersecurity and insurance through digital technologies as diverse as blockchain and artificial intelligence. Despite being the world’s financial capital and home to an otherwise robust... View Details
- 01 Sep 2008
- News
The Business Environment in the 21st century
The business leaders surveyed for the colloquium suggested several ways in which business schools generally, and HBS in particular, could play a role. They included research and thought leadership on major challenges to capitalism;... View Details
- 10 Apr 2006
- Research & Ideas
Lessons from the Browser Wars
support these browsers, they will not hit the mainstream in any major fashion. Why won't an IT manager support these versions? The biggest headache with these browsers is that the majority of Web sites are... View Details
- 09 Mar 2023
- News
Four Alumni Clubs Mark Milestone Year
more value to our membership and the general public?" says HBSAB's co-president Gautam Ramchandani (MBA 1977). "Our three major priorities this year are to reflect, learn, and act so we can craft a better future for the HBS Association of... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley