Legacy Business - Publications - Faculty & Research

25 Apr 2016
News

Trail Blazer

finds such gratification in the 47-mile bike and pedestrian route soon to connect the six-city region. It will be a legacy enjoyed by generations. “It’s very psychically rewarding,” he says. “It’s so much fun to be involved in something... View Details

Keywords: Jill Radsken; Food and Beverage Stores; Retail Trade; Scenic and Sightseeing Transportation; Transportation

01 Jun 2014
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Alumni and Faculty Books for June 2014

care industry to give customers more choices, freedom, power, and information, and at far lower prices. He recommends disruption of the status quo through new business models, new payment models, and new technologies that give patients... View Details

Profile

Anthony Tan

To most aspiring business leaders, Anthony Tan had enviable career prospects. The scion of one of Malaysia’s wealthiest families, Tan is the son of the CEO of Tan Chong Motor Holdings Bhd, one of Malaysia’s biggest automobile... View Details

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WesTrek 2025: Exploring the future of tech in Silicon Valley - Recruiting

Insights & Advice 04 Mar 2025 WesTrek 2025: Exploring the future of tech in Silicon Valley Michelle Cao Author HBS Team tag California - Bay Area Student & Alumni Stories Student Clubs Technology US West Building on a Legacy Decades in... View Details

01 Dec 2015
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Giving Advice

crowdfunding. We asked Susan Wolf Ditkoff (MBA 2001), a partner at The Bridgespan Group—nonprofit advisor to mission-driven organizations and leaders—and author of “Galvanizing Philanthropy” (Harvard Business Review, November 2009), to... View Details

01 Feb 1997
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OPM Celebrates 21st Anniversary at Gala Florida Reunion

Florida's Walt Disney World®, this year marking 25 years of extraordinary entrepreneurial success, was the venue for the celebration of the 21st anniversary of Harvard Business School's Owner/President Management Program (OPM). Under the... View Details

01 Mar 2003
News

A Casual Approach to Success

advantage at Lehman was that I knew I wouldn’t stay there. I was planning to go back to San Francisco and work for my dad,” he explains. Hellman seemed to have a natural ability — he calls it genetic, given the legacy of banking in his... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young

01 Sep 2011
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Extraordinary People

50 years of marriage, together the Krafts left a lasting legacy through their philanthropic endeavors, particularly in their work to help underserved children and to further cancer research. Karen Gordon Mills, MBA 1977 Administrator, US... View Details

Keywords: Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Arts, Entertainment; Finance; Executive, Legislative, and Other General Government Support; Government; Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations; Personal Services; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

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Demystifying the Family Enterprise - Course Catalog

mtolsdorf@hbs.edu Career Focus This course is designed for students who are pursuing a career in businesses that are family owned - i.e. the majority shareholders are family, investment roles in family offices, or students that might... View Details

01 Dec 2013
News

Faster, Bigger, Stronger: Supersizing the NFL

his brain to science, to the Center for the Study of Traumatic Encephalopathy, a joint program between the Boston University School of Medicine and the Sports Legacy Institute, where he is a member of the board of directors. Kacyvenski... View Details

Keywords: Finance; Management; Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Arts, Entertainment

03 May 2004
What Do You Think?

How Much Is Enough?

Why is this so?" What do you think? Original Article Recent estimates suggest that U.S. business organizations have attained the greatest disparity between the highest and lowest paid members of any in the world—and not by just a... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

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Burden Park | About

Business School campus, proudly serving as the School’s large-scale gathering space for thousands of classes and lectures, visiting luminaries, alumni reunions, and student events including the HBS Show. Designed by Lincoln Center... View Details

01 Apr 2001
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Q&A: Suzy Wetlaufer

to have an impact; we want to improve the practice of management, to make businesses more productive, more effective, and more enjoyable. When business runs well, the whole world runs better. How does it... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young; Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

17 Dec 2001
Research & Ideas

Risks and Rewards of the Intrapreneur

discussion at the 2001 Harvard Business School Entrepreneurship Conference. When Marc Levine was asked to head up an internal start-up at electronics equipment maker Teradyne Corporation, he jumped at the opportunity. And it paid off... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

01 Mar 2008
News

Alumni Books

sweet spot; designing the offer to create customer value and secure differential advantage; integrating to serve the customer; and measuring what matters. Science Lessons: What the Business of Biotech Taught Me about Management by Gordon... View Details

Keywords: Noel Capon; Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

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The Strategic Case for Diversity in Digital Transformation - Blog: RGE Report

succession planning. These two aspects of today’s business landscape may appear separate, but they are inextricably linked—especially for board leaders. Diversity across backgrounds, including age, class, and race, can be crucial to... View Details

01 Apr 2002
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Student Conferences Spark Discussion, Promote Interaction

an additional $100,000 donation to the H. Naylor Fitzhugh Professorship, a capstone contribution for the three-year, $5 million fundraising effort that included earlier gifts from PepsiCo, alumni, and corporate donors. "H. Naylor Fitzhugh left a View Details

Keywords: H Naylor Fitzhugh; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

08 Nov 2021
Blog Post

Building an Internship Program at Your Startup: An Interview with Facily’s Diego Dzodan (MBA 1999)

with cancer and passed away a couple of years later,” Dzodan shared. “After he passed, I had to start working on the company because it was a small business and there were no managers.” Their father’s passing took an emotional toll on the... View Details

Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Consumer Products / Retail

24 May 2017
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John H. McArthur, MBA 1959, DBA 1963

2006 Named Chair, Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada 2013 Appointed Officer of the Order of Canada 2016 Receives Harvard Medal Dean Emeritus, Harvard Business School John McArthur’s informal manner charms, disarms, and deflects—and very... View Details