Southern United States - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Sep 2011
News

Taking That Hill

sought challenging environments, and I get a lot of pleasure when people say they want to take that hill, and we take that hill together.” As PPG’s growth surges internationally, it’s overseas where new and different hills are increasingly popping up. As the... View Details

Keywords: Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management; Manufacturing; Motor Vehicle and Parts Dealers; Retail Trade

18 Jan 2012
News

Survey Reveals Depths of US Competitiveness Problem

“the ability of companies in the United States to compete successfully in the global economy while supporting high and rising living standards for Americans.” While HBS alumni widely shared a negative view... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Market Research, Photo, Translation, Veterinary and Other Services; Professional Services

William Nickerson, Jr.

Nickerson founded and led the first African American life insurance business established in the state of California. Under his leadership, Golden State expanded to other states... View Details

Keywords: Finance

Profile

Matthew Wyble

the group’s understanding If ranking 7th in the United States can be considered a failure, Matt “failed” and indeed, he did not make the Olympic team. But the experience ultimately strengthened him.... View Details

Portrait Project

Zuriel Chavez

and to value the sacredness of Thanksgiving; all foreign to a family of Mexican immigrants. At the 7:30pm nightly dinners he made mandatory, with the fire that comes with having lived in the United States... View Details

01 Sep 2007
News

To The Rescue

Each day, the chaos that is one sliver of modern India arrives in the form of 13,000 phone calls to the tranquil 37-acre campus of the Emergency Management and Research Institute (EMRI) outside Hyderabad in the southern View Details

Keywords: Garrett M. Graff; emergency response networks; Ambulatory Health Care Services; Health, Social Assistance; Telecommunications; Information

18 Jul 2018
Research & Ideas

No More General Tso's? A Threat to 'Knowledge Recombination'

In the current squabble over how many skilled immigrants to let into the United States on H1-B visas, academics have fiercely debated whether they create jobs by bringing new skills to companies or whether... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Health; Food & Beverage; Accounting

01 Dec 2001
News

Film School

fabrics firm in Pennsylvania, but prior to that, he had run a departmentstore chain in Southern California and had friends and contacts in the movie industry. With their help, in 1994 Seder founded the Big Picture Alliance (BPA), an... View Details

Keywords: Motion Picture and Sound Recording Industries; Information

17 Oct 2014
News

Keeping the US competitive in science and technology

Andrew Pratt (MBA 2015) wants to ensure that the United States remains competitive in science and technology, both in business and education. (Published October 2014) View Details

01 Oct 1996
News

Sherman Baldwin: Leadership under Fire

conditions and often with extraordinary and unheralded courage -- to fulfill the mission they have been given by the President and the American people as the nation's first line of defense. When the safety of the United View Details

Keywords: James E. Aisner

01 Jun 2001
News

On the Inside

Top billing, of course, goes to her boss, George W. Bush (MBA ’75), but Labor Secretary Elaine L. Chao (MBA ’79) is also making a name for herself in the new administration. Chao, who has previously served in several government posts and as president of View Details

Keywords: Government

04 Nov 2016
News

A Solo Sail Around the World

educational opportunity, allowing students around the world to follow his voyage with a series of lesson plans. “With the partners we have, we certainly have the potential to reach two or three million students,” he said, up from about 250,000 for the last race, all of... View Details

17 Jun 2015
Research & Ideas

Michael Porter on America’s Historic Energy Opportunity

A new report from experts Michael E. Porter, David S. Gee, and Gregory J. Pope at Harvard Business School and The Boston Consulting Group outlines a strategic approach for improving United States... View Details

Keywords: Re: Michael E. Porter; Energy; Utilities

01 Sep 2008
News

An American Story

Hitler’s popularity grew, Boris emigrated to the United States with his wife and four children, settling in Dayton, Ohio. Times were tight and jobs few and far between. Boris heard about work at a shoe... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

01 Mar 2024
News

Research Brief: The Real Cost of Countering China

Illustration by Patric Sandri Over the last five years, global supply chains have come under unprecedented stress from the pandemic, natural disasters, geopolitical events, and general anti-globalization sentiments. Nowhere is this more evident than in the trade... View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Myers; Miscellaneous Manufacturing; Manufacturing

01 Sep 2010
News

Start-Ups Make Their Pitch

help consumers locate a business or person to handle local service needs, get price quotes, and book appointments. Southern California: Kiwilimón (Deborah Dana Beyda, MBA ’08, cofounder) is a food and recipe Internet portal for... View Details

Keywords: awards; Furniture and Related Product Manufacturing; Manufacturing

24 Apr 2014
News

Reinventing perceptions of Africa through wine

Sisters in 1,500 stores between the United States and South Africa, and is eventually expanding into other countries. “Founding the company wasn’t about wine; it was about striving to transform the way the... View Details

01 Mar 2007
News

Porter Ranks Competitiveness

The United States and Germany remain at the top of the latest global Business Competitiveness Index produced by University Professor Michael Porter and two colleagues at the Institute for Strategy and... View Details