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Fereshteh Zeineddin

headquarters in New York, I was excited to be offered an opportunity to join the company in Toronto after graduation. What are you most looking forward to in your career? I am looking forward to infusing my own creativity and personality... View Details

Keywords: Retail

26 May 2016
News

Sunil B. Mittal, OPM 27, 1999

always in business development, sales, and closing deals,” says Mittal, who eventually moved to Bombay, where “in a six-hour day you could finish what would take a month in Ludhiana.” With the resources of a big city now available, Mittal... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young

09 Apr 2024
News

To Serve and Protect the Markets

examinations, and business operations for five states: Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, and Alabama. Along with SEC headquarters in Washington, D.C., and 10 other regional offices, they... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

02 Dec 2018
News

Fostering Great Leadership

Ken Olivier (MBA 1979) and Angela Nomellini While an undergraduate at Stanford, Ken Olivier met a Ford Motor Company executive he admired. “I asked his advice on how I could get to his position,” he says. “That’s how I ended up earning both View Details

16 Aug 2011
First Look

First Look: August 16

aggregate productivity by affecting the organization of firms. To do this we collect new data on the decentralization of investment, hiring, production, and sales decisions from Corporate Headquarters to local plant managers in almost... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Mar 2012
News

She’s Got Your Back

Corbin’s business and relocated its headquarters to Indianapolis. “Our first member in Columbus was a woman named Patty Bowman,” Hicks recalls. “She gave us the entire list of contractors she’d ever used.”... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; online reviews; News, Library, Internet, and Other Services; Information; Real Estate

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Forest L. Reinhardt | About

an agribusiness firm headquartered in Fargo, North Dakota. Professor Reinhardt received his Ph.D. in Business Economics from Harvard University in 1990. He holds an MBA from Harvard View Details

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Kenny Salas

Kenny Salas, MBA 2015, came to HBS with a clear goal: "To work for a big company and gain operational experience." Then a combination of unexpected events changed his mind. After a summer internship at General Mills' View Details

Keywords: Financial Services

02 May 2016
Blog Post

Why We Recruit: Samsung Global Strategy Group

focus on filling a role called Global Strategist. Interns spend two months living and working in our headquarters in downtown Seoul. Global Strategists work as internal consultants for our various business... View Details

Keywords: Technology

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Fred Smith

freshman," Fred says, "I aspired to business school. I wanted to blend technology and business roles together and explore different industries. In sum, I wanted something in general management –... View Details

01 Dec 2006
News

Inside Intel

Field sales was aware of the problem Intel faced, but, according to a sales engineer in the Hauppauge, New York, headquarters of Intel’s Atlantic Region, “the message wasn’t getting through to management on the West Coast.” On November 2,... View Details

Keywords: Richard S. Tedlow; Hanna, Julia; technology; manufacturing; innovation; Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing; Manufacturing; Electrical Equipment, Appliance, and Component Manufacturing; Manufacturing

24 Jun 2016
Op-Ed

Why Brexit is a Big Deal

multinationals may relocate their headquarters to stay within the EU. The global attractiveness of British higher education will take a hit. But the city of London will remain an important global financial center; Frankfurt will try again... View Details

Keywords: by John Quelch

12 Dec 2017
News

Hal (MBA 1968) and Diane Brierley

Hal (MBA 1968) and Diane Brierley Hal (MBA 1968) and Diane Brierley For Hal Brierley (MBA 1968), Harvard Business School changed the direction of his career. He arrived at Soldiers Field assuming he would combine his BS in chemical... View Details

24 Jul 2014
Op-Ed

Reform Tax Law to Keep US Firms at Home

Editor's Note. Given a veritable flood over the last year of corporate "inversions"—US companies that reincoporate in other countries to take advantage of favorable tax rates and business regulations—lawmakers in Washington D.C.... View Details

Keywords: by Mihir Desai; Pharmaceutical

01 Mar 2006
News

Faculty Research Online

your overall global strategy, says Professor Pankaj Ghemawat. One key: recognizing that regions don’t stop at national borders. An excerpt from the December 2005 Harvard Business Review. The Geography of Corporate Giving Where a company... View Details

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

28 Nov 2016
Blog Post

Why We Recruit: Wayfair

OrganizationKate Gulliver, Vice President Talent Operations, Wayfair; HBS '09 Describe your organization in three to five sentences.Wayfair is one of the world's largest online destinations for all things home. Through our e-commerce View Details

Keywords: Consumer Products / Retail

13 Jun 2017
News

Finding Common Ground

When he took some skeptical conservationists to a meeting at agribusiness giant Monsanto’s headquarters not long ago, Richard Crespin (TGMP 4, 1999) says it seemed the only thing missing was ominous John Williams theme music playing in... View Details

Keywords: Ralph Ranalli

September 2009 (Revised September 2010)
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Genzyme Center (A)

By: Michael W. Toffel and Aldo Sesia

Genzyme Corporation is in the midst of planning its new corporate headquarters, which incorporates many innovative green building features. After learning that the building as planned would likely earn a LEED Silver rating, an intermediate score in the LEED green... View Details

Keywords: Green Building; LEED Rating System; Economic And Environmental Performance; Program Evaluation And Assessment; Tradeoffs Between Process- And Performance Standards; Buildings and Facilities; Business Headquarters; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Standards; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Performance Improvement; Environmental Sustainability; Pollutants; Green Technology Industry

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Purchase

23 Dec 2008
First Look

First Look: December 23, 2008

China Harvard Business School Case 209-021 The Chubb Corporation, headquartered in the U.S., was the holding company for a number of property and casualty insurance companies which operated in 29 countries.... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

19 Jun 2018
News

Pittsburgh Alumni Annual Meeting Features PPG’s McGarry

alumni and guests gathered at the HYP Club. Headquartered in Pittsburgh, PPG (Pittsburgh Plate Glass) was founded in 1883 and is now the world’s largest manufacturer of paints, coatings and specialty materials, with $15 billion in sales.... View Details