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George S. Parker
Designing and selling "parlor" or board games since he was seventeen, Parker, along with his brother, founded Parker Brothers, maker of the world's most popular games, including Monopoly. Parker was known for his creativity in designing original games, as... View Details
Keywords: Fabricated Goods
Edmund D. Libbey
Using Mike Owens’ invention for blowing glass bottles, Libbey revolutionized the glass industry. Libbey’s adept commercialization of this invention was the most innovative contribution to the glass industry since the original art of glass blowing. The company... View Details
Keywords: Fabricated Goods
David W. Johnson
Employing an aggressive streamlining strategy, Johnson is credited with creating Campbell Soup Company’s successful turnaround. Under his leadership, Campbell became one of the most profitable consumer products companies in the United States. His laser focus on... View Details
Keywords: Food & Tobacco
- 01 Dec 2005
- News
Entrepreneurship Association Forms
The Arthur Rock Center for Entrepreneurship recently launched the HBS Entrepreneurial Alumni Association, chaired by three prominent entrepreneurs: Joy Covey (MBA/JD ’90), Charles Richard Reese (MBA ’74), and Dan Smith (MBA ’76). The association welcomes HBS alumni... View Details
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Amy Yamner
the decisions that would shape our own lives. My word was COMPASSION. I want to build schools. My assets will be the lives I have improved, my liabilities the ones I have yet to reach. I want to create value through giving children options. To me, success is not a... View Details
- 21 Dec 2015
- Blog Post
Meet the HBS Australian & New Zealand Club
highlight of their HBS experience. The club also serves our members by providing access to the wider ANZ community across Harvard, facilitating social events around major sporting occasions as well as hosting a retreat in New England. ... View Details
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Industrial Life Photograph Collection - Photography Collections - Historical Collections
Davenport contacted 115 leading companies (International Harvester, Hershey’s Chocolate, Kraft-Phenix Cheese Corporation, U.S. Steel, and General Motors among them), as well as industries in Sweden, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, and... View Details
- 01 Dec 2018
- News
Supporting Global Understanding, Locally
Dincer Family Global Fund to support the MENA center as well as the School’s activities in Turkey and throughout the region. “HBS is unique in its capability to fund rigorous research that analyzes how the financial sector is changing,”... View Details
- 20 Jun 2024
Admissions Overview and Q&A
This virtual session will be hosted by a member of the MBA Admissions Team and will include a short presentation on the MBA program as well as information on financial aid and admissions. This event is primarily Q&A based, so we encourage... View Details
- 27 Jun 2023
Q&A with Admissions
This virtual session will be hosted by a member of the MBA Admissions Office Team and will include a short presentation on the MBA program as well as information on financial aid and admissions. This event is primarily Q&A based, so we... View Details
Dwight L. Stuart
Continuing his father’s and grandfather’s tradition of success at Carnation, Dwight Stuart helped increase company sales to well over $2 billion by 1979. During his tenure, he introduced almost 200 new products, and Carnation became one... View Details
Keywords: Food & Tobacco
- 13 Nov 2024
2+2 Program Information Session
Calling all college students! This virtual information session will outline the HBS MBA program, the admissions process, and financial aid. We will also be showcasing our 2+2 program – a deferred admissions pathway for college students. Come learn if this program is... View Details
Daniel F. Gerber
Gerber created the baby foods market as well as the company’s advertising campaign - the “Gerber Baby,” a symbol that became world-famous. By 1973, Gerber was the world’s largest supplier of baby foods with sales of $278 billion. Gerber... View Details
Keywords: Food & Tobacco
- 01 Mar 2012
- News
Social Investing Pioneers
simple enough. Investors fund nonprofit social ventures whose interventions result in a measurable social benefit as well as a financial savings to the government. (Government saves money, for example, when fewer people are homeless or... View Details
- 01 Apr 2002
- News
How-To Book for General Managers
Effective implementation often comes down to how well executives design, direct, and influence their organization's critical processes. HBS professor David Garvin's new book, General Management: Processes and Action (McGraw-Hill),... View Details
- 08 Jun 2023
#HBSMixer: Houston College Interns Connect with Harvard Business School
Want to connect with HBS in your internship city? Join us to meet current HBS students and Admissions staff to answer your questions and share more about the student experience at Harvard Business School. This event will give you the opportunity to make connections... View Details
- 16 May 2014
- Blog Post
Leveraging Big Data to Improve Recruiting
purposes. Below is a high level breakdown of the various data that can be leveraged to review and improve your organization’s recruiting strategy Employ internal data: Think about the hires that did well within your organization. What... View Details
- 19 Jul 2019
- Blog Post
Meet PRIDE, the student association for LGBTQ+ MBAs at Harvard Business School
Reaching Out MBA, a career conference we participate in annually. However, we are more than just a social or professional organization. As members of the HBS Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Council, as well as through our own Diversity... View Details
Keywords: All Industries
- 01 Jun 2007
- News
Faculty Books
Sovereignty by Louis T. Wells and Rafiq Ahmed (Oxford University Press) In the 1990s, firms from rich countries invested in projects in the developing world, but soon disputes arose. As projects soured, some investors came close to... View Details
- 29 Sep 2014
CHecK uS out: MBA LGBT Open House in San Francisco
This MBA Open House is an opportunity for prospective students to learn more about the LGBT communities at HBS, Booth, Columbia, Tuck, MIT Sloan, Kellogg, Stanford, UCLA Anderson, Wharton and Darden. The format will include admissions and alumni panels as View Details