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- 01 Dec 2006
- News
Green as Gold
lighting, plumbing, and climate control. The interior walls are new; even the furniture is new.” Hamilton Hall is the first building on the HBS campus to obtain Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) certification, the U.S.... View Details
- 29 Apr 2019
- News
A Global Mission
For more than 50 years, Art DeFehr (MBA 1967) has been a fixture at Palliser, the Canadian furniture company founded by his family. He served as CEO of the 2,000-employee firm from 1984 to 2015 and continues to sit on its board. For the... View Details
- 01 Mar 2018
- News
What I Do: Philippe Hellich (MBA 1996)
Founded in Sweden in 1943, IKEA is the world’s largest furniture retailer, outfitting dorm rooms and designer homes around the globe. A company that engages nearly a billion customers every year and employs over 194,000 workers in 49... View Details
- 01 Mar 2017
- News
A Healthy Profit
Quelch. New energy efficiency initiatives also saw their greenhouse gas footprint drop by 19 percent between 2005 and 2012. COMMUNITY HEALTH “Royal Caribbean donates a lot of used furniture and household goods in the ports where they... View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell
- 01 Sep 2014
- News
Kresge’s Afterlife
on the site where the Chao Center will be built. (The Kresge name remains on campus, though: East Drive has been renamed Kresge Way.) “If we can take a piece of furniture and send it to someone who can reuse it, we really value that more... View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell
- 01 Jun 2012
- News
Inspiration Is Not Enough
animated screen stars for decades of royalty income. IKEA founder Ingvar Kamprad developed a rigorous vendor-screening process that, though not sexy, provided the furniture retailer with “an impressive supply chain that is virtually... View Details
- 01 Jun 2009
- News
Author Charley Ellis on Goldman Sachs
individuals who knew hard times growing up. Weinberg was pure Brooklyn and flaunted the fact that he dropped out of school in junior high. Whitehead’s father lost his job and sold porch furniture door-to-door in New Jersey during the... View Details
Keywords: Finance
- 01 Oct 1997
- News
Terence P. Stewart
happens, lawyering didn't come first for Stewart. After graduating from HBS, he worked for several years in the business trenches, in marketing at J.C. Penney and later as product manager at Kroehler Manufacturing Co., a furniture... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 01 Jun 2013
- News
Brick by Brick
as a wood workshop in the small town of Billund, Denmark. Carpenter Ole Kirk Kristiansen eventually shifted the business from making houses and furniture to crafting wooden toys. He based the name of his new venture on "leg godt," the... View Details
- 01 Mar 2013
- News
Sea of Dreams
me write a book about the creation of his 187-foot, $40 million yacht. Lady Linda would be extraordinary: Her interior walls would be made from rare species of burl wood, the floors paved with onyx, and the furniture custom made. The... View Details
- 01 Jun 2010
- News
Green Dreams: Eco-Friendly Countertops
MAGAGNINI: She’s proud of IceStone’s triple bottom line philosophy: people, planet, and profits. It was 2005, and Miranda Magagnini (MBA ’90) had reached her breaking point. “Mommy, what’s wrong?” asked Dante, her then 11-year-old son. She told him that starting her... View Details
- 11 May 2011
- News
In a Good Place
everything from handmade jewelry (think cufflinks made from old typewriter keys) to custom-made furniture (perhaps a coffee table constructed from recycled barn siding?). Incorporated in 1985, founded by parent volunteers (Gehrke took the... View Details
- 01 Jun 2018
- News
In My Humble Opinion: Be Our Guest
The son of a diplomat and a veteran of the hospitality industry, Craig Smith (AMP 188, 2015) has lived in 13 countries and territories. “Home,” he says, is defined by the furniture and keepsakes that move with you from place to place.... View Details
- 01 Sep 2017
- News
A Jolt for the African Coffee Industry
for properties in Lagos’s well-to-do neighborhoods, but even there the power grid is so unreliable that tenants need to supply their own generators. Local suppliers were limited, so Dozie and his brother had furniture made to order and... View Details
- 10 Nov 2022
- News
Peloton Founder Starts His Next Trek
Photo courtesy Ernesta Peloton founder and former CEO John Foley (MBA 2001) is moving from home fitness to home decor. A recent press release announced that Foley and two of his Peloton cofounders are launching Ernesta, a “direct-to-consumer custom rug company” that... View Details
- 01 Mar 2023
- News
Turning Point: In Good Company
graduating, I went back to Mumbai and worked with my family’s office furniture business for a few years. Our 5th Reunion brought me back to campus in 2007. I was married and working in London at the time, and I recall spending most of the... View Details
- 01 Sep 2003
- News
Transforming Baker Library
with data connections and climate conditioning. Even the furniture will get an upgrade. The library’s collections will be located in the main reading room and the two lower levels, while a central stair hall will bring natural light into... View Details
- 01 Oct 2001
- News
New Economy Notables: Thomas S. Volpe
Tom Volpe Prior to earning degrees from Harvard College and the London School of Economics, Tom Volpe had worked as a furniture mover and paperboy, among other occupations. "I never had to wear a jacket and tie," says the gregarious... View Details
- 01 Dec 2001
- News
Steven Rogers
the corner store, and helped his mother, a single parent of four, sell furniture at weekend flea markets. Although his family was "periodically on welfare" and food stamps were a regular part of life, Rogers describes his upbringing with... View Details
- 01 Feb 1999
- News
Short Takes
Bulletin. In her working paper, "Psychological Safety and Learning Behavior in Work Teams," Edmondson presents field research she conducted at Office Design Incorporated (ODI), a midwestern manufacturer of office systems and furniture... View Details
Keywords: Judith A. Ross