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- 20 Mar 2019
- News
Reimagining Capitalism in a World on Fire
Association of Southern California (HBSASC), The Reckoning: Reimagining Capitalism in a World on Fire was the sixth in a series of HBS regional alumni events on the role of business leaders in the age of climate change. Learn more about... View Details
- 25 Aug 2022
- News
Action Plan: Fired Up
growth at a 26-year-old regional business. Its self-described “Traegerite” customers were intensely loyal to the company’s signature wood pellet–fired grills and smokers. But he didn’t anticipate the challenge of managing a disgruntled,... View Details
- 06 Dec 2021
- News
Leadership in the Digital Age
modern day requires distributed leadership and decision making. “The democratization of data is critical to creating an organization that is agile and can continuously learn,” Hill notes. But regional gatherings also highlighted issues... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 01 Dec 2017
- News
The Robots Are Coming to Save Your Job
becoming even more acute over time.” Beyond answering short-term labor needs, Eckert thinks these kinds of co-bots also have the potential to upend traditional factory economics. “For a generation now, you had to go to a low labor cost View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell
- 01 Apr 1998
- News
Speakers Share Triumphs and Challenges
Noting that private capital has an important role to play in Asia's resurgence, Corzine concluded, "For American financial institutions with long-term perspectives, there are tremendous opportunities in the region based on ties that might... View Details
Keywords: James E. Aisner
- 25 Mar 2016
- News
Putting Faith in a Good Education
president and CEO of COMPS InfoSystems between 1992 and 2000. During his leadership, the small regional print-publishing firm that covered commercial real estate became a national electronic database publisher, with 420 employees and... View Details
- 01 Mar 2012
- News
Competitiveness at Risk
written a series of case studies on Minneapolis–St. Paul, Charlotte, and Detroit that look at the initiatives business leaders in those regions have launched to improve competitiveness. How do you plan to get alumni involved with the... View Details
- 13 Jan 2021
- News
Silicon Valley’s “Detroit Moment”
in a frontier market was very different. With Energicity, she was building an asset-heavy company from scratch in a region that wasn’t even on the radar of most venture capitalists. Poindexter: One of the challenges of being a startup... View Details
- 04 Sep 2019
- News
Clicks and Mortar
you about coffee growing regions in Africa in order to create an intimacy. Stores were designed as a place for lingering and relaxing. For customers who were looking for an in-and-out buying experience, that was frustrating and frivolous.... View Details
- 01 Jan 2003
- News
Charles O. Rossotti, MBA 1964
enabled everyone to say, 'Here's what we're doing to improve things.'" Rossotti dramatized the scope of the agency's IT problems by taking key congressional staffers on a bus trip-first to the virtually paperless office of a credit card company and then to an IRS View Details
- 01 Mar 2005
- News
Campaign Passes Goal, Continues
really important.” Upcoming Regional Events Chicago* Wednesday, March 16, 2005; 11:00 a.m. registration begins University Club of Chicago HBS professor Rakesh Khurana will discuss “Irrational Succession: Discussion of CEO Succession in... View Details
- 12 Apr 2011
- News
Twelve Global Finalists Compete at HBS
Twelve Global Finalists Compete at HBS Selected from more than 90 worldwide entries, 12 winning regional teams will travel back to campus on April 25 to compete in the the 2nd annual Alumni New Venture Contest finals. The contest, hosted... View Details
Keywords: Multiple alumni
- 23 May 2018
- News
Christopher B. Howard, MBA 2003
no surprise in light of his natural ability to relate to others. Howard grew up in East Texas, a region that he, the great-great-grandson of a slave, observes, “wasn’t necessarily the most racially progressive place in 1969.” The second... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 01 Dec 2014
- News
Case Study: Growing the Family Business
2014) Angel investors could be a good fit if you can tap either friends and family or local institutional angels. Although most large banks might not be interested, there may be a small regional bank that likes the mission and wants to be... View Details
- 01 Dec 1999
- News
Hawes Family Funds New Classroom Building
awards modeled on the Baker Scholar program at HBS. The Haweses' philanthropic interests have also extended to a number of humanitarian causes, including world hunger and the plight of people in troubled regions throughout the world. "Rod... View Details
- 01 Jan 2005
- News
Judith R. Haberkorn, 111th AMP, 1992
seven regional "Baby Bells"), she remained with the New England Telephone Company, which later merged with the New York Telephone Company to form NYNEX Corporation. Gaining a broad understanding of the business through a multitude of jobs... View Details
- 01 Jun 2015
- News
Leadership on a Global Stage
see it come to fruition, as it combines all the now-familiar elements of a collaborative effort around an important, inspiring vision. “We’re bringing people together in Asia so they can contribute to, and be part of, the future of this amazing View Details
Keywords: Robert S. Benchley
- 01 Jun 2012
- News
Think Locally, Act Globally
its own operation. “We are now in 17 African countries,” Mittal observes, “and it’s essential that we keep local requirements in mind. All regional and country heads run their operations independently, reporting to Bharti Airtel senior... View Details
- 01 Mar 2017
- News
The Middle Way
crowd that the agreement was “proof of the strength of what we could do if we decide to find common purpose.” The head of a regional lumber coalition touted the achievement, crediting his fellow speakers. A representative from the... View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell; photos by Kamil Bialous
- 01 Jun 2016
- News
Up by the Roots
When he graduated from high school in 1994, Will Hsu (MBA 2006) had no plans to take over his father’s ginseng farm—there just didn’t seem to be a future in it. Hsu’s Ginseng Enterprises Inc. was one of the largest operations in central Wisconsin, a View Details
Keywords: Francis Storrs