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- 29 May 2019
- News
HBS Career Coaches Hit the Road to Serve Alumni
recently wrapped up workshops in Seattle and Indianapolis. Other cities on the tour include Toronto, Salt Lake City, Charlotte, Houston, and St. Louis. Northern California Alumni Consider the High Cost of Complexity Etienne Deffarges at... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
Robert G. Mondavi
Founding his winery in 1966, Mondavi is credited with putting California wineries on par with the “best in the world.” Prior to Mondavi, U. S. wines were considered “cheap imitations” at best. He was a tireless promoter of the Napa Valley... View Details
Keywords: Food & Tobacco
- 01 Sep 2014
- News
Faculty Q&A: Cents and Sensibilities
we want this society to be like? This year we’ve seen debates about the minimum wage at the city and state level. Why? States and cities are always competing—for business, for talent, and so on. These regions and cities are trying to decide what kind of regions and... View Details
- 6:30 PM – 10:30 PM PDT, 11 Jun 2014
- Campaign
Harvard Business School Campaign Los Angeles Regional Event
Wednesday, June 11, 2014 Schedule of Events 6:30 p.m. Registration 7:00 p.m. HBS Campaign Presentation 8:00 p.m. Connect and Engage 8:15—10:30 p.m. Reception and Strolling Dinner Register here If you are in the Southern View Details
- 5:30 PM – 9 PM PDT, 09 Jun 2014
- Campaign
Harvard Business School Campaign San Francisco Regional Event
Monday, June 9, 2014 Schedule of Events 5:30 p.m. Registration 6:00 p.m. HBS Campaign Presentation 7:00 p.m. Connect and Engage 7:15—9:30 p.m. Reception and Strolling Dinner Register here If you are in the Northern View Details
- 01 Dec 2002
- News
Clusters and Competition
in the modern economy,” he noted, “and clusters enhance both.” As an example, Porter pointed to the California wine cluster, where the close proximity of related enterprises — grape growers, wine-equipment manufacturers, PR firms that... View Details
- 01 Mar 2011
- News
Faculty IXP Taps into Cooperation, Innovation
In a new twist on the Immersion Experience Program (IXP), HBS professors from units across the School headed west for an all-faculty IXP in early January. Hosted by the University of California’s California Institute for... View Details
- 27 Mar 2024
Philadelphia: Insight into Deferred Enrollment MBA Programs
Graduate School of Business, University of California Berkeley Haas School of Business, University of Virginia Darden School of Business, and Yale School of Management for this engaging and informative conversation. View Details
- 16 Apr 2013
- News
A Walkabout to the Ocean
the air outside New York City's JFK airport and eventually hitchhiked across the country." Merkl fell in love with California and decided to stay. Enrolling at the University of California at Santa Cruz, he... View Details
Donald H. McLaughlin
McLaughlin spent 55 years with Homestake Mining creating the largest supplier of gold in the United States. An ardent supporter of the gold standard, McLaughlin was equally adept as both a hands-on miner and a college geology professor. As CEO of Homestake, he... View Details
Keywords: Agriculture & Mining
Joseph M. Long
In 1938, Long, along with his brother Thomas, created one of the most successful self-service drugstores in the western United States. Self-service retailing was considered a radical concept when Long established his first operation in California. Self-service soon... View Details
Keywords: Retail
Norman O. Houston
Houston presided over Golden State's period of massive growth - expanding to several states, diversifying the company's product lines, and acquiring smaller competitors. Houston was considered a pioneer of black enterprise, having co-founded Golden State with William... View Details
Keywords: Finance
Walter A. Haas, Jr.
Walter A. Haas Jr. was responsible for Levi’s concentration on blue jeans production. He targeted the marketing strategy to teenagers and as blue jeans became the symbol of nonconformity, Levi’s rapidly multiplied its sales and net profit. In 1970, Haas took the... View Details
Keywords: Fabric & Apparel
Howard L. Clark
Clark took American Express from a struggling travel service to one of the most recognized credit corporations in the world. When he took the CEO position, American Express was on the verge of selling its fledgling two-year old credit card business. Clark revived the... View Details
Keywords: Finance
Charles R. Schwab
In spite of the disdain given to discount brokerage by larger investment houses, Schwab took advantage of SEC deregulation in 1975, and went on to build “the Kmart of the stock brokerage industry.” Though discount brokerage at Schwab’s grand scale initially prevented... View Details
Keywords: Finance
Pete Rozelle
When Rozelle became NFL commissioner in 1960, the league was a loose structure of autonomous teams. Rozelle, seeing the potential for professional sports as a big business, made two very important changes: consolidation of the NFL and AFL into one league and the... View Details
Keywords: Entertainment & Broadcast Media
Gordon E. Moore
Moore, with a Ph.D. in chemistry and physics, led Intel through the development of microprocessors. Under his leadership, Intel introduced its most successful inventions, the 32 and 64-bit chips, which could handle processing tasks in a multitude of appliances. This... View Details
Keywords: Computers & Electronics
Garner A. Beckett
Through a series of four mergers, Beckett transformed his small Riverside Cement Company into the American Cement Corporation, one of the largest providers in the United States. During his tenure, the company’s revenues increased dramatically – from a few million in... View Details
Keywords: Construction & Real Estate
Howard B. Keck
Assuming leadership of his father’s company at the age of 50, Keck focused his energies on growing the independent oil firm. He invested heavily in energy exploration and production, allowing Superior to become one of the most successful independent oil firms, with... View Details
Keywords: Utilities & Energy
Ivan J. Houston
Houston was instrumental in streamlining Golden State’s operations and enabling it to profitably expand. He moved the company into the group insurance field securing business from organizations such as Ford, General Motors, and AT&T. Under his tenure, Golden State... View Details
Keywords: Finance