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- 26 Feb 2007
- Research & Ideas
The Power of the Noncompete Clause
company in Boston, I was recruited by another speech recognition firm in Silicon Valley. At first I thought I wouldn't be able to take the job given the noncompete agreement I had signed in Boston, but I was nonetheless able to make the move because the View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 30 Mar 2015
- News
Reconnecting Californians with their history
As foundation director of LaSeñora Research Institute, Patricia Nettleship (AMP 86, 1981) helps preserve the rich cultural heritage of the Rancho Era of early California through research and education programs. (Published March 2015) View Details
- 01 Sep 2011
- News
‘Green’ Trailblazers
estate investment management Beau D'Arcy (MBA 2010) Effortless Efficiency, Inc. Naperville, IL Residential energy retrofit consulting, finance, and installation Justin Dawe (MBA 2007) C12 Energy Cambridge, Massachusetts and Berkeley, View Details
William R. Hearst
Beginning with the San Francisco Examiner in 1887, Hearst used aggressive acquisition techniques to build a publishing empire. His acquisition of the New York Journal in 1895 set the stage for fierce competition with cross-town rival Joseph Pulitzer. Hearst's explicit... View Details
Keywords: Publishing & Print Media
Donald G. Fisher
Fisher opened his first store in 1969 selling exclusively Levi’s jeans. Five years later, Fisher created his own line of women’s jeans, called Gap jeans. Fisher expanded his company to include 2,300 retail stores in the U.S., Canada, France, Germany, Japan and the U.... View Details
Keywords: Retail
Jack Frye
In 1935, Frye began to experiment with high-altitude flying, and by 1940, Trans-World Airlines had a fleet of Boeing Stratocruisers built to cruise at high altitude. In 1944, Frye flew from Burbank, California to Washington D.C. in a... View Details
Keywords: Transportation
Armand Hammer
Hammer expanded Occidental Oil from a tiny, near-bankrupt California oil firm into one of the “Big Oil” companies - turning it into a conglomerate, beginning with the acquisition of an oil concession from Libya. Hammer was also... View Details
Keywords: Utilities & Energy
- 01 Mar 2016
- News
Feedback
for the more than 6 million students in the entire state. Each school in California is already subject to four (overlapping and often inefficient) layers of supervision—at the district, county, state, and federal levels. Does Tim really... View Details
- 04 Dec 2000
- What Do You Think?
Have We Overdone Deregulation and Privatization?
effects. The highly publicized shortcomings of questionable efforts to deregulate are not encouraging—witness the case of the California electric power industry. It's not clear whether attempting to educate consumers about what to expect... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
Working to improve California's public education system
ago that I realized the depths to which the public education system in California had sunk,” she recalls. “I was working seven or eight hours a week in my community. I had been on the board at a charter school in San Francisco for five... View Details
- 01 Dec 2007
- News
Harvard Management’s El-Erian Steps Down
Mohamed El-Erian, the president and CEO of Harvard Management Company (HMC) and a member of the HBS faculty, announced in September that he would step down from HMC at the end of this year and return to California and his former firm,... View Details
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
- Portrait Project
Christine Keung
Nestled between a Mexican fast food stand and a Vietnamese nail salon, my family’s restaurant in El Monte, California was where I got my first business education. I was the typical restaurant kid, helping my parents out after school by... View Details
- 12 Apr 2011
- News
Twelve Global Finalists Compete at HBS
Mid-Atlantic/Southeastern U.S. HBS Club of New York HBS Club of Washington, D.C. Sahil Patel, MBA '05 PhytoTEK biologic infection solutions Northwestern U.S. HBS Association of Northern California HBS Tech Alumni Club Privahini Bradoo,... View Details
Keywords: Multiple alumni
Glen W. Bell
Bell foresaw the possibilities for fast food restaurants in the early 60’s, and in so doing, built an 800+ chain business. He is principally responsible for making Mexican fast food (especially tacos) accessible and affordable for all Americans. Sold to PepsiCo in... View Details
Keywords: Restaurants & Lodging
Steven P. Jobs
Jobs was a pioneer in the personal computer industry. He was instrumental in bringing computers to the masses – spawning a multi-million dollar industry. Apple’s attractive, small and inexpensive computers were an instant success. View Details
Keywords: Computers & Electronics
Ernest Gallo
A marketing genius, Gallo targeted the “low end” of the wine market when he introduced Thunderbird in the 1950s. The marketing strategy was a resounding success, and Gallo sold an unprecedented 2.5 million cases of the wine in less than a year. In 1985, Gallo... View Details
Keywords: Food & Tobacco
- 01 Dec 1997
- News
A Piece of the Action
hold for businesses all over the world has inspired HBS to establish its own startup here. Last summer the School's California Research Center (CRC) opened its doors in Menlo Park at 3000 Sand Hill Road, an address at the hub of the... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 01 Mar 2018
- News
In My Humble Opinion: Urban Renewal
yin and yang between the improvement of the built environment and the preservation of nature,” says Rosenfeld, a member of the California advisory board The Trust for Public Land. “I’d like to think we’re protecting the natural world... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 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