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- 27 Oct 2002
- Research & Ideas
Want a Happy Customer? Coordinate Sales and Marketing
ground in Bentonville, Arkansas to sell and service Wal-Mart. Large individual accounts are now separable market segments, and even profit centers supported by their own multi-functional organizations. The days of easy separation of sales... View Details
Keywords: by Benson Shapiro
- 19 Jun 2014
- Blog Post
Exploring the World of Retail as an Intern at Walmart
at a CPG company. While both options fit my checklist, the final interview at Walmart Home Office in Arkansas really made the decision clear for me. The employees really seemed to value the MBA interns (not a given in retail!), all the... View Details
- 08 Mar 2017
- News
Energy Efficiency as a Common Purpose
Duane Highley (AMP 177, 2009) is president and CEO for the Arkansas Electric Cooperative Corporation. In this interview, he explains how the organization is united behind a common purpose—the concept of energy efficiency as a benefit to... View Details
Dorothy Shaver
Joining the firm in 1924, Shaver instituted a number of highly successful changes before becoming the head of L&T. Among her best ideas were the founding of the Lord & Taylor Design Awards and the creation of a special department for teenagers. Under her... View Details
Keywords: Retail
C. Kemmons Wilson
After a family vacation exposed the need for a lodging alternative to tourist courts, Wilson decided that he would build a string of slightly upscale motels to fill that void. Opening his first Holiday Inn in 1951, Wilson expanded his chain through an extensive... View Details
Keywords: Restaurants & Lodging
William P. Stiritz
Stiritz was instrumental in streamlining Purina’s business operations – divesting of non-core, mature business lines and investing in brand name growth products. Through his leadership, Purina’s stock price increased 15-fold, outpacing the tenfold increase in the... View Details
Keywords: Food & Tobacco
Frank L. Gillespie
Having worked in a large, successful white insurance firm, Gillespie saw the need to bring better insurance services to Chicago’s black community and founded Liberty Life in 1919. Unlike other insurance firms, Liberty Life was the first to offer whole life insurance,... View Details
Keywords: Finance
John H. Johnson
Johnson built the world’s largest black-owned publishing empire. He is the founder and publisher of Negro Digest, Ebony and JET magazines. He also owns Ebony Cosmetics as well as radio and TV production companies. View Details
Keywords: Publishing & Print Media
Carl R. Gray
Under Gray’s direction, Union Pacific Railroad became one of the few railroads in the nation to pay dividends on common stock during the Depression. During this time period, Gray also became a pioneer in the introduction of streamlined diesel-powered passenger trains.... View Details
Keywords: Transportation
James E. Davis
At a young age, Davis and his 3 brothers helped their father open the family’s first store in Miami, FL. As the brothers grew older, they increased the number of family owned stores to 34, and eventually acquired the Winn & Lovett chain, which added 78 stores. As... View Details
Keywords: Retail
- 20 Feb 2018
- News
David Perry’s Green Revolution
Studio Nouveau/Courtesy of Indigo Ag Studio Nouveau/Courtesy of Indigo Ag The latest issue of Harvard magazine includes a feature on agricultural innovation, and highlights the work of Indigo Ag CEO David Perry (MBA 1997) The piece traces Perry’s background, from... View Details
- Portrait Project
Jason Sanders
traveled from biochemistry to English literature to medicine to business, from Arkansas to Oklahoma to Oxford to Boston. Serving the ill, fulfilling the mission, these too have many faces: hospital CEO, medical oncologist, global health... View Details
- 01 Jun 2003
- News
Portraits from the Class of 2003
accent Other Degrees: BS in civil engineering, West Point; MS in industrial engineering, University of Arkansas Acting Experience: extra in TV series Savannah Previous Job: company commander, U.S. Army Sports: marathon running, boxing... View Details
- 15 Jul 2014
- Blog Post
Discovering a new organization and state as an intern
festival / charity event / bike ride every single day for the whole summer! I’m thankful that Walmart is helping us get to know the Northwest Arkansas area while we’re there, since they understand that not every MBA student is clamoring... View Details
Keywords: Consumer Products / Retail
- 01 Mar 2007
- News
Pharma Suits a Farm Gal
roping and bull riding. “On my HBS application, I put that I was Miss Rodeo Arkansas 1976,” she recalled. “I am convinced that the people looking at the application said, ‘Well, we’ve never had one of those; we should have her come in.’”... View Details
- 02 Jan 2018
- News
Bringing Teachers to All of America
Jared Henderson (MBA 2007) was executive director of Teach for America in Arkansas until winter 2017, when he announced a run for governor of the state. In this interview, conducted during Spring Reunion in May 2017, Henderson discusses... View Details
- July 23, 2001
- Article
Sam Walton: Great from the Start
By: R. S. Tedlow
Keywords: Arkansas
Tedlow, R. S. "Sam Walton: Great from the Start." Harvard Business School Working Knowledge (July 23, 2001).
- Web
VBHCD Initiative - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness
Klinik (Germany) Scottsdale Healthcare St. Francis Hospital & Medical Center (Hartford, CT) Steward Health Southboro Reliant Medical Group Texas Children’s Hospital University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences University of California, Los... View Details
- 27 Apr 2015
- Blog Post
2+2: Building on Business Basics at HBS
afraid to. Working for Walmart in Bentonville, Arkansas turned out to be great! But I would not have been as likely to take that chance without 2+2.What’s your best advice for someone who’s considering applying to the 2+2 program?The... View Details