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- 01 Jun 2018
- News
Ask the Expert: Star Search
retailer Wayfair. “They want to know, ‘Do I feel like I can add value and make a difference?’” Gulliver manages a 300-person team at Wayfair dedicated to helping the growing e-commerce company recruit and retain talent. Her role is... View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell
- 01 Sep 2010
- News
A CEO Goes Undercover
had agreed to work at different jobs in my company. But I would not appear as myself, the president and CEO of Herschend Family Entertainment (HFE), one of America’s premier, privately held theme-park operators. Instead, I would be “John... View Details
- 01 Jun 2010
- News
$how Me the Money
found in poor countries; bad legislation and ineffective judiciaries in rich nations can enable it.” Defined by the watchdog group Trans-parency International (TI) as “the abuse of entrusted power for private gain,” corruption includes a... View Details
- 01 Sep 2024
- News
The Road Less Traveled
Most cars in the United States weigh more than 4,000 pounds, and new models are trending larger, even in countries where people drive less. And the larger the vehicle, the more fuel required to power it, which means more greenhouse-gas emissions that contribute to... View Details
- 01 Mar 2004
- News
New Horizons for Iraq
U.S. Army. He flew missions in Albania and Afghanistan before being called to Iraq in February 2003, where his assignment was more earthbound (but no less eventful) as headquarters company commander in charge of a 26-vehicle convoy and... View Details
- 28 Jun 2024
- News
Honoring Leadership in New York; PRIDE Alumni Share HBS Stories
investment landscape. The firm is the leading boutique for hedge fund managers, asset managers, private equity firms, and family offices in search of top investment talent for their public and global investment initiatives. It was the... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Dec 2017
- News
Global Perspectives
critical links in many global supply chains, particularly on the upstream supply end, so the group of 12 HBS faculty members and a colleague from the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences visited companies... View Details
- 01 Dec 2009
- News
Seven Honored with Alumni Achievement Award
On October 19, the School conferred its highest honor, the Alumni Achievement Award, on seven distinguished individuals. Since 1968, the School has selected outstanding men and women for the award, recognizing their accomplishments in the public and the View Details
- 01 Mar 2009
- News
Your Taxi Is Waiting
flight, hop onboard, conduct business in the private cabin, attend their meeting, and fly home later the same day. The same would hold true for a Boston–New York traveler using the area’s smaller, regional airports. Leiman, Ogden, and... View Details
- 01 Jan 2004
- News
Minoru Makihara, 75th AMP, 1977
of social responsibility." CURRENT READING In an Uncertain World: Tough Choices from Wall Street to Washington, by Robert E. Rubin and Jacob Weisberg When Minoru Makihara was named president and CEO of Mitsubishi Corporation in 1992, Japan's largest trading View Details
- 01 Jan 2004
- News
Donald P. Nielsen, MBA 1963
performed," Nielsen says. After stepping down from the board in 2001, Nielsen turned to private investing. His first foray involved founding and funding TeachFirst, a company that uses the Internet to... View Details
- 01 Mar 2017
- News
The Inside Story of the New American Writers Museum
business. “Being able to apply a variety of skills to a broad scope of challenges felt like a dam breaking open,” says Hammer, now president and CEO of Theralogix, a nutritional supplement company he cofounded in 2002. But Hammer’s love... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 01 Jun 2001
- News
Modupe Akinola: Outreach In Africa
sisters to private school and providing them with a culturally rich home life — this bright young woman, whose Nigerian first name means “Thank God,” has made it a priority to help children who have not been as fortunate as she. As a... View Details
- 01 Dec 2003
- News
Roger Ullman: Going Green with E2
action organization — to shape public policy on issues ranging from overfishing to suburban sprawl. Ullman did extensive research on environmental nonprofits before settling on E2, launched in Silicon Valley in June 2000 by Bob Epstein, cofounder of the database View Details
- 01 Jan 2005
- News
Louis V. Gerstner, Jr., MBA 1965
twenty years ago the company was unprepared for changes in the marketplace as competitors emerged that offered clients individual pieces of the technology package, such as a database program or storage device. This brought about increased... View Details
- 01 Jun 2014
- News
Screen Saver
should endure beyond technological change—if we nurture it." Craig Ramsey, AMC's CFO, has worked at the company for 20 years, with two earlier leaders. "Under Gerry, we've gone from a film-centric business to a customer-centric business.... View Details
- 22 Feb 2022
- News
Action Plan: Portfolio Strategy
including sitting on the boards of travel companies, advising private equity firms, continuing to educate MBA students, and developing Jungian coaching techniques to help leaders improve their decision-making. “I think interest in... View Details
- 21 Oct 2013
- News
Moving the Needle
for-profit. She began to make her mark as vice president of business development at Novica, in Los Angeles, an e-commerce company that connects artisans in developing countries to businesses and consumers in the US. "It's an innovative... View Details
- 02 Jun 2011
- News
Serious Fun
innovation approach to developing these games,” he says, noting that representatives from academia and the private sector (including companies such as Zynga and Harmonix) serve an advisory role in creating... View Details
- 01 Jun 2018
- News
The Long Run
entrepreneur—would take him far away from Calhoun, he returned in 1997 to give his three daughters the opportunity to grow up in the close-knit community he remembered from his childhood. He continued his work across the private and... View Details