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01 Mar 2012
News

Shop Talk, Different Avenues

$205,000). By Invitation Only, a book detailing their entrepreneurial journey, will be published in April. AW: Marvin, you spend a lot of time traveling abroad. Are there any innovative retail concepts that you see outside the United... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; shopping; e-commerce; Clothing and Clothing Accessories Stores; Retail Trade

24 Feb 2023
Blog Post

My Classroom Experience During Harvard Business School’s Summer Venture in Management Program

Hall. As we streamed through the entrance, a few conversations began around the room with an extended hand and a smile. “What school do you go to?” (Bowie State University, the University of Houston, Princeton University, Morehouse... View Details

Larissa Bifano

Larissa Bifano concentrates on patent and other intellectual property strategy, counseling, prosecution, diligence, and litigation in the United States Patent and Trademark Office and federal courts. She... View Details

Keywords: Legal

Louis F. Swift

Capitalizing on his father’s success, Louis Swift continued to expand the meat packing company even further. During his tenure the family company became the largest meat packer in the United States and was... View Details

Keywords: Food & Tobacco

Bruce Barton

In 1919, Barton co-founded the advertising agency for which he acted as president. Barton was responsible for helping to develop a more favorable public image for United States Steel after the Steel Strike... View Details

Keywords: Services

03 Dec 2015
Op-Ed

How "New Nuclear" Power Could Save the Planet—If Regulators Would Allow It

scalable and easier to build than traditional reactors. The company, which grew out of research funded by the Department of Energy, has applied for certification in the United States from the Nuclear... View Details

Keywords: by Joseph Lassiter; Energy

01 Sep 2007
News

Alumni Board Goes Global to Pick New President

commitment to a global mission. “I see a shift in emphasis from the School making a difference inside the borders of the United States to making a difference around the globe,” he notes. That commitment is... View Details

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

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Emily Hannenberg

Personally, I felt an ability to inspire trust in others and lead them toward goals. I had the physical fitness required to contribute as a member of a team, and I shared the military's core values: loyalty, integrity, duty, respect." After graduating from the... View Details

Keywords: Nonprofit/Government/Education

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Kresge Way | About

Foundation, the philanthropic organization established by his father, Sebastian S. Kresge. The elder Kresge was a legendary retailing entrepreneur who founded a chain of five-and-ten-cent stores in the United View Details

24 Sep 2007
Research & Ideas

The FDA: What Will the Next 100 Years Bring?

they hear the words "national health insurance," but it is disturbing that we fail to provide health care to so many of our citizens. At the same time, firms in the United States are global leaders in... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Biotechnology; Consumer Products; Food & Beverage; Health

May 1968 (Revised January 1992)
Case

Graybar Syndications

By: William J. Poorvu

A potential investor evaluates a proposed offering—a major office building in downtown Manhattan. View Details

Keywords: Buildings and Facilities; Investment; Construction; City; Valuation; Real Estate Industry; Construction Industry; New York (city, NY)

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Educators

Purchase

differential rates, Mecherle started his own firm, State Farm Insurance and began a career that would revolutionize the insurance business – introducing low risk rates, safe driver discounts, and semi-annual payment plans. His company... View Details

Keywords: Finance

01 Dec 2008
News

Business at the Summit

governance models, and their integrity.” Immelt, CEO of GE, described his outlook as generally optimistic. Once the crisis is resolved (and, he remarked, “the government always wins” in these situations), the United View Details

Keywords: leadership; alumni events; Centennial; Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services; Finance; Management

01 Dec 2022
News

Program Catalyzes New Streams of Research

the relationship between incarceration, employment, and entrepreneurship (including self-employment). He has a particular interest in the fate of the more than 600,000 people in the United States who return... View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie

01 Dec 2011
News

Uncle Sam’s Business Man

economic growth, and promote American competitiveness. ÃÂ That means that Johnson, who had previously led several Obama administration regional innovation initiatives, logs a lot of time on the road touting the United View Details

Frank A. Vanderlip

United States bank, National City’s branch in Buenos Aires, and to the creation of the banking conglomerate American International Corporation, which had operations in 17 countries by 1918. Because of... View Details

Keywords: Finance

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Introduction - Railroads and the Transformation of Capitalism | Harvard Business School

Railroads Finance Management Business Analysts Mass Distribution Mergers & Syndicates Research Links Introduction More than 240,000 miles of railroad track laid down in the United States from the mid-to-late... View Details

Jesse I. Straus

While still a young man in his family’s company, Jesse Straus and his younger brother Percy were personally responsible for the erection of the famous Macy’s Store in Herald Square, New York City. After buying out their uncle’s interest in the store, Jesse and his... View Details

Keywords: Retail

Stanley P. Goldstein

establishments into an industry-focused healthcare company under the CVS name. His restructuring gamble paid off – building the largest drug retail chain in the United States generating over $15 billion in... View Details