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Named Fellowship Funds - Alumni

(TDS) in 1969 with the acquisition of 10 small, rural, independent Wisconsin telephone companies. Headquartered in Chicago, TDS has grown to serve more than 7 million customers in 36 states with revenue of over $5 billion. The son of... View Details
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NVC Regions - Alumni

MBA 2002 Central US States Alabama Arkansas Florida Georgia Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Michigan Minnesota Mississippi Missouri Nebraska North Carolina North Dakota Ohio Oklahoma South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Texas View Details
  • 01 Nov 2020
  • Research & Ideas

Good Leadership Is an Act of Kindness

Wisconsin has compared practicing kindness and compassion to weight training: "People can actually build up their compassion 'muscle' and respond to others' suffering with care and a desire to help," he said. Great leaders attest that it... View Details
Keywords: by Boris Groysberg and Susan Seligson
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Competitiveness of States & Regions - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

Montana Nebraska Nevada New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico New York North Carolina North Dakota Ohio Oklahoma Oregon Pennsylvania Rhode Island South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Texas Utah Vermont Virginia Washington West Virginia View Details
  • 02 Nov 2018
  • Blog Post

When Ideas Become Reality: Entrepreneurship at HBS

If entrepreneurs are born that way, then I must be the weird one out.  Last weekend I was back in Wisconsin for a wedding, and my aunt asked me, "what's the hardest thing about starting your own company?" There were many ways I... View Details
  • 01 Jun 2002
  • News

Up to the Challenge: Demola Gbadegesin - In the Right Direction

Okeho, a town of about 2,500, before his family moved to Wisconsin so his parents could attend graduate school. When he was eight, the family returned to Nigeria, where Gbadegesin experienced culture shock in reverse. “I didn't fit in... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young; democracy; family; technology; Finance; Architectural, Engineering, and Related Services; Professional Services

    Catherine T. Clark

    Purchasing a wheat bread recipe from a local Wisconsin baker, Clark went on to build a very successful upscale bakery business. Through the formation of Brownberry Ovens, Clark developed a regional distribution network for her products.... View Details
    Keywords: Food & Tobacco
    • May 2010
    • Case

    Clayton Industries, Inc.: Peter Arnell, Country Manager for Italy

    By: Christopher A. Bartlett and Benjamin H. Barlow
    Clayton Industries, a sixty-year-old U.S.-based firm in the HVAC industry (heating, ventilation, and air conditioning), with nearly $1 billion in revenues, has gradually built a presence in a number of countries, including several in Europe. Peter Arnell, previously... View Details
    Keywords: Business Subsidiaries; Multinational Firms and Management; Organizational Structure; Corporate Strategy; Problems and Challenges; Conflict and Resolution; Sales; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Manufacturing Industry; Consumer Products Industry; Wisconsin; Italy; United Kingdom
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    • 01 Jun 2012
    • News

    Made in the USA

    Wisconsin cheddar, but how about Wisconsin Ackawi or Wisconsin Asadero? Twenty years ago, Paul Scharfman (MBA 1979) acquired a small, undercapitalized cheese manufacturing... View Details
    Keywords: Blagg, Deborah; cheese; lobster fishing; Fishing, Hunting and Trapping; Agriculture; Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management; Food Manufacturing; Manufacturing
    • 01 Jun 1998
    • News

    HBS Forum: Business Leadership in the Social Sector

    results of the forum - and a call for action - will be disseminated nationally. On the evening of April 7, Kanter moderated a public "town meeting" panel discussion on the "The Role of Business in Public Education and Welfare Reform." The session's opening speaker was... View Details
    • 02 Mar 2020
    • News

    Cheese Whiz

    Indian paneer, Palestinian Ackawi, and a range of Hispanic cheeses, such as asadero and Cotija. “Business is pretty simple,” Scharfman told the Wisconsin State Journal. “Identify a market need, figure out how to do it, get access to... View Details
    Keywords: manufacturing; labor; innovation; cheese; Food Manufacturing; Manufacturing
    • 31 Oct 2019
    • News

    Business Success Means Community Success in Wisconsin; GNN Roundup

    Clubs News Clubs News Wisconsin executives share success More than 100 alumni and guests of the HBS Club of Wisconsin gathered on October 8 at the Fiserv Forum, home arena of the Milwaukee Bucks, to explore... View Details
    Keywords: Margie Kelley

      Robert H. Sorensen

      Sorensen led Perkin-Elmer to become one of the premier diversified technology companies in the United States. It developed the first commercial super minicomputer in 1979. During his CEO tenure, sales and earnings more than tripled and Perkin-Elmer grew to become the... View Details
      Keywords: Computers & Electronics

        Theodore G. Montague

        Montague transformed Borden from a struggling dairy products-centered business into a diversified multinational consumer goods provider. Looking for a way to lessen Borden’s reliance on government intervention, Montague pursued selective acquisitions and new product... View Details
        Keywords: Food & Tobacco

          Thomas F. Manville

          Manville introduced approximately 1,300 products, mainly made of asbestos. During the quarter-century of his successful presidency, he set a precedent for highly conservative management. He was renown for his great salesman-skills, diversification of the company’s... View Details
          Keywords: Construction & Real Estate

            Herbert V. Kohler

            Kohler built the second largest plumbing supply company in the United States. He is also responsible for widening the company’s scope of production. Today, Kohler makes electric generators for standby power systems, yachts, motor homes, lawn and garden tractors,... View Details
            Keywords: Fabricated Goods

              John R. Kimberly

              After a short political career, Kimberly rejoined the family business as a sales executive and helped grow revenues to $153 million by 1952. His best work, however, came during his tenure as CEO, when he encouraged a wealth of expansion and research that helped... View Details
              Keywords: Wood, Paper & Forestry

                Robert W. Galvin

                Galvin led Motorola to become the second largest producer of semiconductors in the nation in the mid-1960s, and by 1984, Motorola had $2.5 billion in semiconductor sales. In the 1970s and 80s, Galvin also had tremendous success producing microprocessors, eventually... View Details
                Keywords: Computers & Electronics
                • 01 Oct 2002
                • News

                New HBSAA Board Members

                President P.J. Cooper & Co. Sherry Leigh Coutu (MBA '93) Cambridge, England Founder Interactive Investor Ann Graham Ehringer (7th OPM) Santa Monica, California Chairman and CEO S.P. Lodge Byron T. Foster (MBA '57) Milwaukee, Wisconsin... View Details

                  Orlando F. Weber

                  Weber and an associate pooled their resources to merge several small chemical companies into one conglomerate that came be known as Allied Chemical. Weber maintained stability at the chemical company throughout the early years of the Depression and helped grow assets... View Details
                  Keywords: Chemicals & Industrial