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    Lawrence A. Bossidy

    Through a number of sweeping initiatives including the introduction of a total quality management program, Six Sigma, and the reduction of the workforce by 20%, Bossidy turned AlliedSignal around. When Bossidy took over AlliedSignal, the company had $12 billion in... View Details
    Keywords: Automotive & Aerospace

      Elizabeth E. Boit

      Boit was the first American woman to establish ownership in the textile industry. She joined forces with Charles N. Winship to establish the Winship, Boit & Company in 1888. While Winship oversaw production, Boit managed the finances and the overall administration... View Details
      Keywords: Fabric & Apparel

        Michael R. Bloomberg

        Through the development of a proprietary computer system, Bloomberg built one of the most successful financial news, information and analysis services in the country. Competing against stalwarts like Dow Jones and Reuters, Bloomberg effectively infiltrated Wall Street... View Details
        Keywords: Entertainment & Broadcast Media

          Frederick H. Prince

          After making a great deal of money investing in industrial ventures, Prince took an interest in stockyards, purchasing and organizing a group of small companies into the Chicago Stock Yards Company. Prince's company grew to have many assets, including hundreds of miles... View Details
          Keywords: Food & Tobacco

            Charles E. Mitchell

            Under Mitchell’s presidency, National City Bank was converted into a modern retail banking organization and a world-wide banking empire with offices from London to Singapore. He popularized checking accounts for individuals and pioneered personal loans to customers in... View Details
            Keywords: Finance

              Royal Little

              Little, often referred to as “the Father of Conglomerates,” was famous for his “unrelated diversification” theory. He built one of the world’s largest and most successful conglomerates. Starting as a textile manufacturer, by the mid-1960s he had acquired nearly 70... View Details
              Keywords: Fabricated Goods

                Paul W. Litchfield

                As the president of Goodyear, Litchfield established $218 million in revenues by 1940 and a net profit of over $10 million. By this date, Goodyear distributed its products through 50,000 retail outlets and more than 400 company-owned stores. Litchfield was also... View Details
                Keywords: Automotive & Aerospace

                  Henry P. Kendall

                  Kendall was instrumental in advancing the textile industry. He emphasized basic product research and the application of scientific management to all phases of manufacturing, purchasing and sales. His company was a major supplier of textiles for a variety of industrial... View Details
                  Keywords: Healthcare

                    Howard D. Johnson

                    After securing a secret ice cream recipe for $300 in 1925, Johnson began preparing ice cream in his basement and selling it in his pharmacy. The success of the ice cream gave way to the closure of the pharmacy and the start of the distinctive orange-roofed Howard... View Details
                    Keywords: Restaurants & Lodging

                      Fred M. Gibbons

                      Gibbons was one of the early pioneers in the software development industry. While working at Hewlett-Packard, he developed the Pfs:file software suite which enabled Apple Computer users to manage a host of productivity applications. Gibbons took his company public in... View Details
                      Keywords: Computers & Electronics

                        Henry S. Dennison

                        In 1916, Dennison Manufacturing established the first employer-initiated unemployment insurance system in the United States. Dennison also initiated a program to end absentee stockholder control over company policy, called the “Management Industrial Partner” program,... View Details
                        Keywords: Wood, Paper & Forestry
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                        2.3.2 Hazing | MBA

                        2.3.2 Hazing Students are advised that Massachusetts law expressly prohibits any form of hazing in connection with the initiation of students into student groups and organizations. The relevant statutes are provided below. The law applies... View Details

                          Sarah Hodges

                          spinouts. Sarah was previously a member of the executive team at Pluralsight (NASDAQ: PS), the world’s largest online learning community for IT, dev and creative training. Prior to Pluralsight, she co-founded Intelligent.ly, a leadership development company that... View Details
                          Keywords: Finance
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                          Portraits from the Class of 2003

                          Scott St. Germain “When my children are asked, ‘So, what does your father do?’, I hope they will reply, ‘He’s the coach of my baseball team.’” Grew Up: Raynham, Massachusetts Why HBS: case method allows learning from others’ success and... View Details
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                          Students of Business Disciplines | MBA

                          Fellowship Award to be used toward tuition and/or course-related expenses by a student who is passionate about investment management. For further information, visit the Orbis Investment Management MBA Fellowship . MSCPA Scholarships The View Details
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                          2015 Symposium - Race, Gender & Equity

                          Discrimination: Joint versus Separate Decision Making Corinne Moss-Racusin , Skidmore College Testing Interventions to Reduce Gender Bias in STEM Fields Emilio Castilla , Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sloan School of Management... View Details
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                          Ellen Harris

                          interested in coaching across industries and functions. Clients include: Boston Bruins, Biogen, Novartis, Bain Capital, BCG, McKinsey, Harvard departments as well as graduate programs, MIT, INSEAD Business School, Hult International Business School and EF, P&G,... View Details
                          Keywords: Consulting; Consumer Products; Education; Hospitality; Manufacturing; Retail; Social Enterprise

                            John F. Welch, Jr.

                            Though he had the full support of GE’s board, Welch’s first few years as CEO consisted of extensive cost cutting plans, some of which involved controversial divestitures of GE subsidiaries. Having successfully streamlined the company, Welch had his employees focus on... View Details
                            Keywords: Fabricated Goods

                              James W. Thompson

                              Though the firm JWT was incorporated in 1896, Thompson began revolutionizing the advertising industry in 1898. Seeing that women were becoming the primary household shoppers and that grouping magazines together as a unit would be more beneficial to advertisers,... View Details
                              Keywords: Services

                                Louis F. Swift

                                Capitalizing on his father’s success, Louis Swift continued to expand the meat packing company even further. During his tenure the family company became the largest meat packer in the United States and was also one of the most efficient, always focusing on improving... View Details
                                Keywords: Food & Tobacco