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American Business History Records | Baker Library
resource for the study of American commerce and industry and cover a broad range of business activities. The collections include the records of companies and the papers of individual businesspeople. They reflect the evolution of American... View Details
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Judith Prior Lawrie Oral History - Business Education For Women At Harvard University | Harvard Business School
worked for consulting firms that specialized in transportation issues and the emerging field of software development. Concentrating her strengths and areas of interest, she later worked as an analyst and portfolio manager for mutual funds... View Details
- 01 Feb 2002
- News
Egawa Heads New Research Office in Japan
In an effort to expand the reach of its Asia-Pacific Research Center, HBS has opened a satellite office in Japan. Masako Egawa (MBA '86) has been named executive director of the Japan Research Office in Tokyo. Formerly an executive director in charge of the View Details
Daniel K. Ludwig
Ludwig created the largest shipping company in the United States (the world’s third largest) and one of the world’s biggest private multinational corporations. His operations spanned 23 countries, employed more than 2,000 people, and... View Details
Keywords: Transportation
- 12 May 2016
- News
Food Rescue Is on a Mission
Central to the food rescue is the organization’s trademarked program, Community Connect, which facilitates redistribution through volunteers and groups such as local Rotary International chapters and church organizations, which transport... View Details
Keywords: Jill Radsken
- 01 Mar 2025
- News
Agenda: Frank Lorenzo (MBA 1963)
In the early 1970s, Frank Lorenzo (MBA 1963) was CEO of Texas International Airlines, a struggling regional operation. There were whispers of change coming for the airline industry as Washington considered the pros and cons of ending regulation. “If there was a list of... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 01 Apr 2001
- News
Khoo Teng Chye: Technology Turnaround in Singapore
productivity has multiplied four- or fivefold in the last fifteen years,” beams Khoo Teng Chye (110th AMP), group president of PSA. “Our company is a world leader in applying technology to port management and fully automating operations.”... View Details
James E. Casey
Starting with two bicycles and $100 in capital in 1907, Casey went on to build one of the most respected and recognized companies of the 20th century – United Parcel Service. UPS’s trademark brown delivery vehicles have become synonymous... View Details
Keywords: Transportation
Donald C. Burr
early 1980s, allowing the company to profitably offer lower fares than its competitors. In 1983, People stock, issued at $8 dollars a share, rose to a high of $50 and split two for one. In 1985, Burr purchased Frontier Airlines, making... View Details
Keywords: Transportation
Robert R. Young
Young set out to take over the holding company that owned the C&O Railroad, and despite losing substantial backing from a group of General Motors executives, Young eventually gained control of the company. Soon after that victory... View Details
Keywords: Transportation
- 22 Aug 2019
- News
Getting There
the notion that the mobile phone revolution might help unlock a chronic problem in Southeast Asia: safe and reliable on-demand transportation. They launched Grab in Malaysia in 2012. In its earliest days, the company offered an app to... View Details
- 21 Nov 2017
- News
Alumni Peer into the Future of Energy
going to get cheaper, and storage is going to get cheaper. “Coal is not going to get developed, because it will be more costly than the alternatives. Greenhouse gases are going to be an issue, but economics will be the primary factor driving out coal. The View Details
- 01 Mar 2011
- News
James McNerney Jr.
Island native Jim McNerney (MBA ’75). Later, his résumé would include stints at blue-chip companies like Procter & Gamble, McKinsey & Co., and General Electric, where he led various divisions of the multinational giant (including GE... View Details
- 23 Jul 2024
- In Practice
The New Rules of Trade with China: Navigating Tariffs, Turmoil, and Opportunities
Meanwhile, the United States has become increasingly less open as both of its political parties espouse protectionist policies. A few examples: New passenger cars for the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA), Boston’s ancient... View Details
- 06 Oct 2022
- News
Untapped Potential
water entrepreneurship ecosystem is lagging behind other sectors that are on focused climate and sustainability—led Ferguson to found Burnt Island Ventures in 2020. The company invests exclusively in entrepreneurs building technologies... View Details
- 09 Nov 2009
- Research & Ideas
Come Fly with Me: A History of Airline Leadership
companies defined a new business model of success. Q: Explain the relationship between the leadership styles of airline CEOs and the industry's "contextual landscape"? A: Our study of the airline industry helps to shed light on... View Details
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Erika Osterling
services across different businesses and geographies, leading to a global P&L role. In her most recent role as Executive Director at Russell Reynolds, she advised CEO, C-Suite leaders and board of directors of public and private View Details
- 10 Jun 2022
- Blog Post
New Venture Competition 2022: Business and Environment Ventures
premium. Click Here to Watch Semi-Finalists Social Enterprise Track Semi-Finalist: EarthQuake Arnaud Pincet, MBA 2023; Edmund Lee, MBA 2023 At EarthQuake, we believe investing is just the first step toward transforming the companies of... View Details
- 22 Feb 2022
- News
Action Plan: Portfolio Strategy
varied work people often aspire to achieve at the end of their career, Gillani says. “Well, why wait?” How to: Build a Portfolio Career Create the space. Choose roles with companies that provide the time and space to pursue skill-building... View Details