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01 Jun 2018
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Digging Deep

solidly built, collapsible shovel tools that won’t break when things get down and dirty. In the past year, Pieper moved manufacturing from China to Portland, Oregon, a difficult logistical shift that nonetheless made it easier to control... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna

01 Sep 2011
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Extraordinary People

Chairman and CEO, Joh. A. Benckiser SE Meeting with colleagues in New York. Harf chats with InBev's CEO Carlos Brito and CFO Felipe Durta. Working with his daughter Katharina (left) at DKMS. Visiting the... View Details

01 Oct 2002
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View from the Top

how can I help you get them?” Schleyer: Let's not forget that it is crucial for a leader to be able to relate to all levels of an organization. Leaders need to have the ability to communicate with Wall Street View Details

01 Dec 2007
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Lighten Up

trade organization, the Outdoor Industry Association. In 1999 GoLite introduced its first line of products. They consisted of Jardine designs to be used together: backpack, sleeping pad and bag, insulated... View Details

Keywords: Kathryn Jones; Sporting Goods, Hobby, Musical Instrument, and Book Stores; Sporting Goods, Hobby, Musical Instrument, and Book Stores

21 Jan 2014
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Climbing to New Heights

showed the right level of conviction." A summer internship at Goldman Sachs resulted in a job offer. But when Petzel learned of an opening in another division that appealed to him more, he turned down the... View Details

Keywords: Robert S. Benchley

01 Dec 1996
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HBS Alumni Association Board of Directors: President's Report

and ongoing HBS initiatives, faculty research, and alumni profiles. Many of you have noticed the magazine's new "Alumni Resources" section, which offers specific information on a wide variety of alumni... View Details

13 Nov 2020
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New Virtual Classrooms Expand Digital Learning

Gifts to the HBS Fund support a wide range of people and programs like this. When HBS opened its first virtual classroom in 2014, the School had just started to experiment with online education. Located at Boston’s public television... View Details

01 Sep 2011
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Charged Up

out of MIT, A123’s patented rechargeable batteries include a breakthrough Nanophosphate powder that increases conductivity, providing higher power levels and longer battery life. With initial applications... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; batteries; Electrical Equipment, Appliance, and Component Manufacturing; Electrical Equipment, Appliance, and Component Manufacturing

06 Jan 2021
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A Message from Dean Srikant Datar

intellectual interests evolved in what many would say are pretty surprising ways, from a focus on governance and control, to design thinking and innovative problem solving, to... View Details

05 Feb 2016
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The Wheel of the World

earth was the center of the universe,” says Mueller-Maerki. “The level of mechanical complexity and design needed for the apparent geocentric motion is amazing to see.” On a... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna

01 Dec 2022
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Flying High

sleek black paint job and just 16 hand-stitched leather seats. Its routes run from private terminals, often at smaller metropolitan airports—such as Van Nuys in Los Angeles and... View Details

Keywords: April White; aviation; airlines; entrepreneurship; leadership; innovation; Air Transportation; Transportation

23 May 2019
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Michael R. Bloomberg, MBA 1966

Bloomberg spent 15 years at Salomon Brothers, where he rose through the ranks from an entry-level job counting securities by hand to general partner. When he was 39, Salomon merged with another firm and... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young

01 Jun 2000
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Seeing the Light

would join the company on the manufacturing side, leaving behind a job in investment banking. As it turned out, her father made a complete recovery and was able to continue with the company. But Brownell... View Details

01 Apr 1996
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Technology for Learning's Sake

curriculum. In that exercise, designed to make managers more comfortable using personal computers and to help them recognize the changes technology would bring to their organizations, each participant was... View Details

Keywords: by Deborah Blagg; photo by David Zadig

06 Dec 2012
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New Thinking on Healthcare Reform

Tim Brown, president and CEO of the design firm IDEO. Christensen then drew a parallel between the evolution of the computer industry and what is slowly taking place in... View Details

Keywords: Ambulatory Health Care Services; Health, Social Assistance

06 Dec 2021
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New Wave

challenges posed by developing, manufacturing, and deploying electromechanical systems that can survive the punishment meted out by the sea—a corrosive medium a thousand times denser than air that wreaks havoc on generators, sensors,... View Details

Keywords: Alexander Gelfand; photographed by Chris Sorensen

01 Jan 2005
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Judith R. Haberkorn, 111th AMP, 1992

for women to think more about their marriage prospects than their business future. Nevertheless, Haberkorn walked into the Baltimore employment office of the AT&T-owned Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone Co. of Maryland and landed a View Details

01 Mar 2019
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In My Humble Opinion: Easy Rider

are always evolving.” Retail 101: “One of my longest-held jobs as a teenager was working in the menswear department at the local Sears. We all wore shirts and ties and knew our... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; Transportation Equipment Manufacturing; Manufacturing

01 Dec 2015
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Enjoying the Chance to Reconnect

embracing the responsibility of contributing to the virtuous cycle at HBS.” Chun has designated his 5th Reunion gift for innovation, a passion that currently drives his work with entrepreneurial media and... View Details

28 Sep 2017
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Alumni-Founded Aerospace Pioneer Orbital Acquired for $7.8 Billion

attract young engineers to work on exciting projects like designing rockets for satellite delivery. Besides, he held the “naive view that starting a space company might be fun and profitable.” Founded with... View Details

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