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Joseph L. Hudson

Hudson created new department store policies including the maintenance of full inventories to permit immediate delivery, moderate prices, and liberal return privileges for customers. He was also one of the first in the retail industry to... View Details

Keywords: Retail

Edward G. Jefferson

Jefferson is credited with streamlining duPont’s operations and diversifying its portfolio – setting the stage for a new era in the company’s history. His purchase of Conoco in 1981 dramatically changed the duPont landscape providing a... View Details

Keywords: Chemicals & Industrial

24 Apr 2020
Op-Ed

Lessons from the NFL: Virtual Hiring, Leadership, Building Teams and COVID-19

market but at a position that is the most critical leadership position for an NFL team. Tom Brady, the six-time super bowl champion widely considered the NFL’s Greatest of All Time (GOAT), signed with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, after the View Details

Keywords: by Sarah Abbott , Boris Groysberg, Tali Groysberg, and Abhijit Naik; Sports

21 Feb 2017

HBS 2+2 Information Session at Vassar

Join us to learn more about the 2+2 application process to the MBA at HBS. The event will include a presentation and an opportunity to ask questions with a member of the MBA Admissions team. Registration is not required but encouraged. The session will begin promptly... View Details

17 Dec 2015
News

Acquiring Business Skills To Advance A Career Trajectory

technology is expanding rapidly as the industry is being reinvigorated with new competitors and advanced electronics, materials, and manufacturing processes,” says Sondecker. His interest in aerospace began in earnest when View Details

Keywords: Machinery Manufacturing; Manufacturing

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Buy Now, Pay Later: Research Links - Manuscript Collections

Manuscript Collections Printed Collections Visual Collections Secondary Resources Credits Jacob Adams Account Book, 1673-1693 Full text available as a networked resource Jacob Adams, a New England cobbler... View Details

01 Dec 2007
News

Fall Reunions

See more Reunion photography The vibrant colors of a classic New England fall greeted more than 1,600 alumni and guests who traveled to campus in late September to attend reunion celebrations for the MBA... View Details

Keywords: reunions; Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services

01 Feb 1997
News

Case Method Experts Share Their Wisdom

Professor Emeritus C. Roland Christensen (standing, right) offers some thoughts on "The Art and Craft of Discussion Leadership" at a November seminar that attracted 41 professors of business from seven New View Details

June 1989 (Revised May 1993)
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By: John A. Quelch

Teaching objectives: 1) to consider legal and other obligations advertising agencies owe to their clients, 2) to show how aggressive marketing can lead to allegations of misconduct, 3) to explore conflicts of interest which may arise for professional service companies... View Details

Keywords: Conflict of Interests; Ethics; Lawsuits and Litigation; Marketing; Advertising; Advertising Industry; New England

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Purchase

24 Jun 2016
Op-Ed

Why Brexit is a Big Deal

will press for for a new independence referendum and, if successful, will seek to join the EU. British businesses with substantial EU interests might then relocate from England to Scotland. The referendum... View Details

Keywords: by John Quelch

01 Apr 2001
News

The Natural Advantage

After a long career in marketing and management with top U.K. and international companies, Alan Heeks (MBA 1976) turned over a new leaf in 1990. He set up the Wessex Foundation, an educational charity whose centerpiece is Magdalen Farm,... View Details

Keywords: Crop Production; Agriculture; Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services

01 Mar 2004
News

High Brow

You could be forgiven for not knowing it by the look of the average bloke on the street, but American men annually drop $19.5 billion on “hair services” and $5 billion on grooming products, the New York Times (December 25, 2003) reported.... View Details

Keywords: men's grooming; Health and Personal Care Stores; Retail Trade

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Fellowships | Baker Library

Fellowships The following fellowships include support for research at Special Collections & Archives. The New England Regional Fellowship Consortium The NERFC is a collaborative association comprised of 30... View Details

01 Feb 2001
News

High Stakes: Springboard 2000 Comes to HBS

pitch their business plans at the Springboard 2000 New England venture-capital forum. Organizers of Springboard 2000, which is a series of events that debuted with sessions in Silicon Valley and Virginia,... View Details

Keywords: Singleton, Laura; Springboard 2000

May 1991 (Revised December 1994)
Case

State of Connecticut Municipal Swap

By: Andre F. Perold

The state of Connecticut wants to raise $325 million of long-term fixed-rate debt. One alternative is to do this synthetically--issue long-term variable rate debt and enter into an interest rate swap. The case is a vehicle for analyzing various floating rate structures... View Details

Keywords: Borrowing and Debt; Credit Derivatives and Swaps; Interest Rates; Taxation; Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques; Risk and Uncertainty; New England

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Educators

Purchase

A master of strategic planning, Jones designed a new organizational model for General Electric to ensure more accountability and control for specific large industry sectors. Despite a difficult economic climate, Jones was able to double... View Details

Keywords: Fabricated Goods

01 Dec 2019
News

Action Plan: Tapping into a Legacy

As the new managing director of Hall & Woodhouse, one of England’s leading regional breweries, Matt Kearsey (AMP 193, 2017) knows that the best-tasting beer requires more than premium hops and pure spring water. “We give the process the... View Details

Keywords: Leah Flickinger; manufacturing; craft beer; leadership; management; Beverage and Tobacco Product Manufacturing; Manufacturing

01 Dec 2004
News

GLF Showcases London

After a long summer break, it was great to get together with the Alumni Board on campus in mid-October and to welcome twelve new members. Before I highlight the important committee work ahead, let me first bring you up-to-date on the... View Details

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

01 Dec 2009
News

Rolling on the River

New England is known for more than its apples and pumpkins. In early October, a bumper crop of over 2,000 alumni and guests popped up on the HBS campus to attend reunion celebrations for the MBA Classes of... View Details

01 Mar 2009
News

Deep Discovery

The British luxury liner RMS Lusitania was torpedoed by a German submarine on its New York-to-Liverpool run in 1915. The ship sank in 300 feet of water off the coast of Ireland; 1,198 (including 128 Americans) of 1,959 passengers and crew... View Details

Keywords: Water Transportation; Transportation

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