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Steve Jobs's Legacy

By: Nancy F. Koehn

Keywords: Computer Industry

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09 Apr 2024
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Sustaining a Legacy of Giving in Turkey

Keywords: Re: Christina R. Wing

07 Oct 2011
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how to create culture. His work at Apple transcended business to marketing iconic products that consumers imbued with human attributes. iPod, iPhone, and iPad are more than technology. They are objects of desire. Jobs's legacy is a brand... View Details

Keywords: Re: Multiple Faculty; Computer; Technology

08 May 2015
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Continuing a family legacy

After gaining experience in a variety of industries, Angela A. Chao (AB 1995, MBA 2001) joined the family shipping business, where she is growing the business in new ways. (Published May 2015) View Details

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Selling your Heritage: The Challenge of Legacy Divestitures

This paper studies companies that diversify away from and later divest their historical cores, or "legacy" businesses. There are many reasons a firm might undertake this strategy, including a concentration of the legacy business in a declining... View Details

June 1996
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Chrysler: Iacocca's Legacy TN

By: Nitin Nohria

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28 Mar 2022
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Legacy of Liberal Violence

01 Dec 2015
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A Legacy of Support

Jonathan Kraft (MBA 1990) and Robert Kraft (MBA 1965) Celebrating their 50th and 25th Reunions in 2015, father-son duo Robert and Jonathan Kraft have strong ties to HBS. The eldest of four sons of Robert and his late wife, Myra, Jonathan was born during his father’s... View Details

01 Dec 2003
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A Legacy of Investment

5d44e16e230f4261c6f0a40446934d91 A new exhibit at Hawes Hall pays tribute to alumni and friends whose generous financial support has made a lasting difference in the character and quality of HBS. The exhibit aims to illuminate the past and inspire a new generation as... View Details

Keywords: Museums, Historical Sites, and Similar Institutions; Arts, Entertainment; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

January 2024 (Revised May 2024)
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Uncle Nearest: Creating a Legacy

By: Hise Gibson, Archie L. Jones, Nicole Gilmore and Ai-Ling Jamila Malone

Fawn Weaver, as a Black woman and industry outsider in a capital-intensive, highly regulated, competitive and male-dominated spirits industry, successfully overcame numerous obstacles to launch a premium American whiskey brand, Uncle Nearest in 2017, which became the... View Details

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October 2023 (Revised January 2025)
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Ӧzyeğin Social Investments: A Legacy of Giving

By: Christina R. Wing, Zeshan Gondal and Brittany L. Logan

This case explores the work of Özyeğin Social Investments, founded by Hüsnü Özyeğin, one of Turkey's most successful entrepreneurs. With a focus on education, health, gender equality, rural development, and disaster relief in Turkey, Özyeğin Social Investments and the... View Details

Keywords: Philanthropy and Charitable Giving; Family Business; Business Model; Social Entrepreneurship; Social Enterprise; Turkey

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28 May 2015
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Breaking the Death Grip of Legacy Technologies

July 2022 (Revised October 2022)
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Sixty Years of Sylvia’s

By: Christina R. Wing, Carlton Burrell Jr., Chika-Dike Nwokike and Abby Patrick

Sylvia’s Restaurant, approaching its sixtieth anniversary this August, is a testament to the values instilled by the matriarch herself, Sylvia Woods. Despite living through an era of racial oppression and poverty, Sylvia accessed financing and established her financial... View Details

Keywords: Community; Legacy; Small Business; Values and Beliefs; Success; Expansion; Growth and Development Strategy

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October 2024
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Uncle Nearest: Creating a Legacy

By: Hise O. Gibson

Teaching Plan for HBS Case No. 824-047. View Details

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17 Feb 2014
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Companies Detangle from Legacy Pensions

difficult question, How are we going to make good on those promises? Pensions are a costly legacy for many companies. Photo: iStockPhoto The question is particularly urgent now, says Viceira, who teaches in the area of investment... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Aerospace; Financial Services

17 Feb 2014
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Companies Detangle from Legacy Pensions

24 May 2004
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The Watsons: IBM’s Troubled Legacy

The world's fair in New York City at the end of the depression decade was a big deal. Planning began in 1935. The fairgrounds covered 1,216.5 acres in what had been a garbage dump in Queens. By opening day, April 30, 1939, the moonscape that had been Flushing Meadows... View Details

Keywords: by Richard S. Tedlow