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- 20 Apr 2023
- News
On the Move: Anand Kini (MBA 1997)
Photo courtesy Anand Kini Our “On the Move” series highlights HBS alumni who are taking on new roles and responsibilities. In this inaugural post, we speak with Anand Kini (MBA 1997), who in March was named executive vice president of corporate strategy at Comcast in... View Details
- 01 Apr 2000
- News
Student "Treks" Lead to Jobs and Opportunities
With interest running high in areas such as entrepreneurship, technology, new media, and the Internet, HBS student career "treks" to venues like Silicon Valley, Los Angeles, and London have become all the rage during the holiday break.... View Details
- 01 Mar 2024
- News
Come Sail Away
When Michael Sard (MBA 2018) arrived at HBS, he owned about 50 Hawaiian shirts. “It was one of the few items in a man’s closet that could have a ritual to it around going out, like a tuxedo does,” he says. Purchase options, however, seemed limited to two extremes:... View Details
- 20 Apr 2023
- News
How Joe Hinrichs is Getting CSX Back on Track
customer of CSX—which offers him a unique perspective. "I've been very vocal inside CSX about what it's like to be a customer of the railroad over the years," he told the paper. "They want us to do what we say, to do what we commit to do, and then do it repeatedly. So... View Details
- 01 Jun 2022
- News
A Sustainable Solution for Fashion
launching and running their business,” Bussgang says. “I would bet their customers—major retailers who are counting on Syrup’s platform for mission-critical business processes—would be surprised to learn that James and Ferdinand were... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 01 Jun 2001
- News
Alejandro Ramirez: A Very Good Time for Mexico
Nations’ Human Development Report in 1996, Ramirez may not have imagined himself attending to the details of running the largest movie theater chain in Latin America. Yet, he relished the challenge. “Learning about the business world... View Details
- 01 Dec 2022
- News
Full Court Press
experience. After the league spun out NBA Africa as a standalone entity, it found interested investors in former NBA players who hail from the continent, including South Sudan’s Luol Deng and Democratic Republic of the Congo’s Dikembe Mutombo, as well as partners like... View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell
- 01 Sep 2003
- News
Larry Murphy
managed and which customers rate as a top Disney offering. “We considered joint ventures with established cruise lines, but to do it the Disney way, we realized we had to own and run it ourselves.” Murphy, a Beverly Hills resident, has... View Details
- 01 Dec 2009
- News
One Man Crime Wave
newspaper column, he wrote, “No matter how much feeling of public obligation the executive staff of any corporation might possess, the corporate entity is involved in maximizing short and long run profit .The old yardstick is deadly but... View Details
- 12 Feb 2021
- News
How Dunkin’ Donuts Took Over the World
He recalls this moment in his new book, Around the Corner to Around the World: A Dozen Lessons I Learned Running Dunkin’ Donuts. “Up until that point,” he writes, “the only thing I had managed were a couple of donut shops—replacing... View Details
Keywords: brands; leadership; management; strategy; operations; career; Food and Beverage Stores; Retail Trade
- 01 Jun 2004
- News
Working the Street
Monte (“End of the Santa Fe Trail”) remains a magnet for prostitutes, particularly transvestites. Police dub them “heeshees” (he/shes); some dress in spiky heels and miniskirts, sporting silicone implants (done in Mexico) that a Hollywood starlet would covet.... View Details
- 10 Apr 2023
- News
Leading the Way
Foundation, a nonprofit focused on improving educational opportunities and outcomes for underserved, predominantly Hispanic youth in Arizona. "As my mentor, Gary invested in me as a student and as a person," says Trejo, a Phoenix native, whose Latino family's roots... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Oct 2000
- News
Edward D. Bullard: The Personal Touch
Walking around the Cynthiana, Kentucky, manufacturing plant of E.D. Bullard Company, the firm's chairman, Jed Bullard, is in his element. "This is Sandy, she's been here a hundred years," he jokes with a woman affixing decals to hard hats. "I want you to meet Kenny, he... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 12 Jan 2023
- News
‘Debiasing’ Debt with Data
cloud computing services that runs on the same infrastructure that Google uses internally for its own end-user products. Ballard says the technology rollout and capitalization process will take place over the coming year; his plan is to... View Details
Keywords: Ralph Ranalli
- 12 Nov 2021
- News
Alumni Business Leaders on Confronting the Climate Change Challenge
requirement. We are running around in a trillion-dollar industry at the bottom of the bottom of Maslow’s hierarchy of needs. If you’re curious about where you can feel good about what you do, where would be a good place to spend your... View Details
- 01 Oct 1997
- News
High Fives
Comstock: a community service entrepreneur who has founded two inner-city banks and other community organizations in New York and the San Francisco area using his personal credit card. Chuck Knight, who runs Emerson Electric: a master at... View Details
- 01 Mar 2014
- News
Generation Next
Like many industrial giants, the Umesh Modi Group reaches far, producing pharmaceuticals, selling cosmetics, and building steel. Modi added liquor and now runs Modi Illva, the company's four-year-old joint venture with Italian spirits... View Details
- 01 Mar 2018
- News
Every Trick in the Book
Barnes & Noble took over B. Dalton, and Borders came to run Waldenbooks. With the fall of the mall chain and the rise of the superstore, analysts announced the death of the independent bookstore for a second time. Hollywood even wrote a... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 01 Dec 2022
- News
Action Plan: To the Letter
most of his career in travel and in private equity. In 2019, the private equity firm HGGC acquired Monotype for $825 million and recruited Chacko in 2021 to run it. At Monotype, he learned to view type differently—and he also helped the... View Details
- 01 Jan 2013
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Joanna M. Jacobson, MBA 1987
throughout Jacobson's life. At the University of Pennsylvania, Jacobson studied international relations with a specialization in China. After college, she worked in operations at Greenwich Associates and was soon promoted to run the... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young