by R. Gibbons - Publications - Faculty & Research

Charles R. Walgreen III

Charles Walgreen, III continued the tradition of success begun by his father and grandfather. Under his leadership, Walgreens stores continued to expand its existing operations and also entered the restaurant business. View Details

Keywords: Retail

Eldridge R. Johnson

Johnson became a leader in the phonograph industry by introducing a number of technical innovations. He established a strong reputation for quality music and implemented an extremely effective advertising program, which ensured his... View Details

Keywords: Fabricated Goods

R. David Thomas

A high school dropout, Thomas began his career running four Kentucky Fried Chicken restaurants. In 1969, he opened his first Wendy's Restaurant in Columbus, Ohio. Thomas focused Wendy's successful marketing and advertising on simple, good tasting food. View Details

Keywords: Restaurants & Lodging

Charles R. Walgreen

counter and soda fountain, things that became staples in his “super-drug stores.” Capitalizing on the popularity of these huge stores and their more interactive shopping environment, Walgreen had, by the time of his death, built almost... View Details

Keywords: Retail

Lew R. Wasserman

When Wasserman joined MCA, it was a talent agency, and he rose to the rank of president by attracting and being a strong advocate for a growing list of clients. Seeing the potential of the television industry, however, Wasserman set MCA... View Details

Keywords: Entertainment & Broadcast Media

Howard R. Hughes, Jr.

Hughes began his business career at the age of nineteen by taking over his father’s business, Hughes Tool Company. Hughes parlayed this small business into a highly successful and well-regarded aircraft manufacturing operation. Through... View Details

Keywords: Automotive & Aerospace

Charles R. Shoemate

any U.S.-based operation. Shoemate presided over the successful spin-off of BestFoods and orchestrated its eventual, highly profitable acquisition by Unilever. View Details

Keywords: Food & Tobacco

Cyrus R. Smith

Praised by his employees at American, Smith led the passenger transport revolution in the airline industry. Under Smith’s guidance, American became the first airline to use the popular DC-3 planes in 1936, allowing the carrier to turn its... View Details

Keywords: Transportation

Charles R. Schwab

In spite of the disdain given to discount brokerage by larger investment houses, Schwab took advantage of SEC deregulation in 1975, and went on to build “the Kmart of the stock brokerage industry.” Though discount brokerage at Schwab’s... View Details

Keywords: Finance

James R. Moffett

In 1981, Moffett orchestrated one of the largest and most profitable mergers in Wall Street history – the merger of his oil exploration company, McMoRan Oil and Gas Company, with Freeport Minerals Corporation – creating a $4 billion enterprise. A geologist View Details

Keywords: Agriculture & Mining

01 Jan 2013
News

André R. Jakurski, MBA 1973

he explains, "We had our best year ever. We borrowed in US dollars and invested in Brazilian reais. It was incredible." By 1997, the once small Pactual had grown into a large institution. When his business partner wanted to expand into... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young

December 2005
Comment

Review of "The Monetary Geography of Africa," by Paul R. Masson and Catherine Patillo

By: Laura Alfaro

Citation

01 Jun 1997
News

Taylor R. M. Keen

It's the first day of class at HBS, and students introduce themselves one by one, proudly enumerating their accomplishments. Finally a young man with a long black braid rises from his seat. "I don't have much to say," he declares with... View Details

Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso

Walter R. Young, Jr.

allowing the company to make some strategic acquisitions, and this growth has continued throughout Young’s term. By 1996, Champion was the number two company in both the mid-size motor coach and manufactured housing industries. View Details

Keywords: Construction & Real Estate

Profile

Angela R. Hicks Bowman

contractor. He grew frustrated by the dearth of a dependable rating service such as Unified Neighbors, an effective such resource in Indianapolis where he used to live. He decided to start a similar business in Columbus and recruited... View Details

16 Mar 2011
Working Paper Summaries

Driven by Social Comparisons: How Feedback about Coworkers’ Effort Influences Individual Productivity

Keywords: by Francesca Gino & Bradley R. Staats; Banking

Charles R. Walgreen, Jr.

As a young purchasing department officer, Walgreen Jr. gained valuable management experience by overseeing a wide variety of the company’s buying operations and by creating several new lines of merchandise.... View Details

Keywords: Retail

01 Jan 2008
News

Jeffrey R. Immelt, MBA 1982

relationships. I thought Organizational Behavior was for wimps. Now, it’s a large part of what I do.” CURRENT READING The Steel Wave: A Novel of World War II, by Jeff Shaara “In business, the notion of ‘leave us alone and let us make... View Details

March 2006
Book Review

Review of Capitalism, Social Privilege and Managerial Ideologies, by Ernesto R. Gantman. Hampshire: Ashgate Publishing, 2005.

By: Rakesh Khurana

Keywords: Economic Systems; Society; Management; Information

Citation

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October 1999 (Revised January 2000)
Case

W. R. Hambrecht & Co: OpenIPO

By: Andre F. Perold and Gunjan D. Bhow

OpenIPO is a new mechanism for pricing and distributing initial public offerings. The system, which is based on a Dutch auction, represents an attempt by the investment bank W.R. Hambrecht + Co. to change the manner in which IPOs are underwritten. The case provides a... View Details