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- 25 Jul 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
- 22 May 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
David M. Ogilvy
Though he founded the advertising giant that is best known for its hard-sell approach, Ogilvy himself is known for his creativity and for championing the softer side of advertising. Despite the minimal profits earned by such an approach, Ogilvy's trademark soft sell,... View Details
Keywords: Services
Richard J. Cullen
Cullen pioneered both the development of Kraft paper, as well as the paper industry as a whole in the South. Cullen was a leader in exploiting the resources of the southern woodlands as the raw material for making Kraft paper. Cullen was... View Details
Keywords: Wood, Paper & Forestry
Carle C. Conway
Conway grew Continental Can to become the second largest can manufacturing company in the world, second only to American Can Company. Conway did this by acquiring nine can manufacturing companies. Over time, he operated 30 can manufacturing plants throughout the United... View Details
Keywords: Fabricated Goods
- 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
- 03 Feb 2016
Peek Weekend and 2+2 Information Session at Barnard College
Join a Harvard Business School MBA Admissions Officer on February 3nd at 6 PM at Diana Center 504 to learn about Peek Weekend as well as the 2+2 deferred admissions process. Peek participants spend three days living on the HBS campus,... View Details
Richard H. Jenrette
for the firm. Jenrette was instrumental in taking the company public in 1970 making it the first publicly traded investment firm in the United States. Taking the helm of DLJ in 1973, Jenrette shepherded it through the recession. His commitment to research and analysis... View Details
Keywords: Finance
Wilbert L. Smith
After leaving behind the first family company, Smith-Premier Typewriter Company, Wilbert and his brothers formed the entity that later became L.C. Smith Corona. Under Wilbert Smith’s leadership, the company re-engineered their product, capitalizing on improvements made... View Details
Keywords: Fabricated Goods
- 11 Mar 2015
- Research & Ideas
How Do You Grade Out as a Negotiator?
successful. But even as he watched people use the book, they still expressed constant doubts about how well they were performing. "People do not do a good job learning from their experience," he says. "Some have gotten better about... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 11 Jul 2024
- Blog Post
Energy & Environment Club’s Icelandic Adventure!
bright and early to go on a bus tour of the Golden Circle. Jesper wanted to show us how the hot water pulled from the ground for geothermal energy can continue to be used beyond the power plant, so we visited places that demonstrated the use of that water from start to... View Details
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Challenges and Opportunities in the Restaurant Industry - Course Catalog
chains, and evaluate opportunities inherent in typical restaurant business models as well as those created by disruptive changes affecting and shaping the industry. Michael and Andy will co-teach the course using written cases, as View Details
Abe Plough
In 1908, with $125 borrowed from his father, Plough formed Plough, Incorporated by selling Antiseptic Heating Oil door to door. Over the next 65 years, Plough transformed his company from a small manufacturer of toiletries to a multinational corporation producing such... View Details
Keywords: Healthcare
Bruce E. Karatz
Karatz has led KB Home during a period of immense growth. When he took over the CEO position, the company was selling and delivering 4,000 prefabricated homes a year. By 2003, the company was producing and selling over 27,000 homes. Karatz grew the business through... View Details
Keywords: Construction & Real Estate
- 05 Sep 2008
- What Do You Think?
Is Case Method Instruction Due for an Overhaul?
beauty ... is that it is not about learning to solve today's problems, but rather about developing the skills and discipline(s) which are timeless." Clinton Gerst suggested some limits of the method in commenting that "The case method is View Details
- 19 Jan 2023
- Blog Post
11 Ways to Reengage Employees in the New Year
to ensure employees feel recognized and valued. Plan to celebrate personal and professional milestones and achievements: birthdays, the birth of a child, work anniversaries, completion of a long-term project, etc. When staff feel that their organization cares about... View Details
Keywords: All Industries
- 23 Mar 2018
HBS Women's Open House
members of the MBA Admissions team as well as Career & Professional Development, to visit a class and hear from a faculty member about the case method, and to interact with current students and young alumna. View Details
Lillian M. Vernon (Katz)
Arden, Avon and Revlon as well as imported goods. She also invested in several new distribution centers throughout New York and built a high-tech communications system to handle the increasingly large volume of orders. By the late 1980s,... View Details
Keywords: Retail