California - Publications - Faculty & Research

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

01 Dec 1997
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Peter Wendell (MBA '76)

home runs, including Intuit (founded by Wendell's HBS classmate Scott Cook), StrataCom, Heartport, and other technology-oriented startups. A member of the California Research Center's steering committee and a proud father of six, Wendell... View Details

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Benjamin Story

"Summer Analytics was great. I loved it." Eventually, Ben intends to return to southern California for "something in media and entertainment," which is the focus of his internship search as well. "I don't want to... View Details

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Class Notes - Alumni

balloon See the PGL 4 notes. Don and Martha Ashton at their California cattle ranch See the PMD 41 notes. Pat and Donna Martin on their Croatia cruise See the PMD 31 notes. Naz Turer in Istanbul with Edmund and Jennifer Murphy See the... View Details

01 Jun 2018
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In My Humble Opinion: Be Our Guest

work.” Favorite non-Marriott property: The Montage in Laguna Beach. “It has that Southern California feel. It’s elegant but not pretentious. I don’t like things that are too foo-foo.” Best AMP advice: Shake the tree. “Ask your team for... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; Hospitality

01 Apr 1999
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WesTrek: Students Find Options in Bay Area

other student clubs as well as the School's Career Services Office and California Research Center. Representing the gamut of career options in the area, participating companies included small, private firms like software startup... View Details

12 Apr 2011
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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

01 Dec 2012
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From Where We Stand

Roslyn Braeman Payne (MBA 1970), president, Jackson Street Partners, San Francisco, California A well-known saying attributed to Confucius identifies the essence of life's journey: By three methods we may learn wisdom: first, by... View Details

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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

Portrait Project

Zuriel Chavez

would lead them to the doorstep of a 6’5” blue-eyed 80-year-old white American World War II veteran. James P. Lapp lived alone in a small California town. Meeting “Grandpa,” as I would come to call him, would alter the course of my life.... View Details

01 Sep 2017
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Starting Lineup: Power Plays

Grana (MBA 2009) and Paul Gibbs (MBA 2011); Founded 2011 Its HelioScope software simplifies design and sales for solar systems—an energy source whose US installations doubled between 2015 and 2016. The software produced by the San Francisco–based startup, winner of the... View Details

Keywords: Electric Power Generation, Transmission, Distribution; Utilities

01 Sep 2015
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Case Study: Golden Ticket

propositions to a new customer base. —Cindy Park (PLDA 12, 2013) Stay with the current target market and own it—don’t be distracted by other rabbits to chase. —Peter Anderson (MBA 1981) According to the California Department of Education,... View Details

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Juan Pablo Moncayo

"I've always been a left-brain, right-brain person," Juan Pablo "JP" Moncayo says of his parallel interests in music (trombone and voice) versus science and politics. When he left his home town of Quito, Ecuador for college at View Details

Keywords: Financial Services

01 Feb 1998
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New Global Research Site Announced in Hong Kong

that solid foundation to ensure that Harvard Business School in the 21st century will be an institution where our interests, activities, faculty, and commitment are truly global in nature." Modeled on the recently launched California... View Details

Keywords: Audrey Snee; photographs by Graham Uden

23 Mar 2016
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Building a Biotech Business from Farmed Fish

research being done at the University of Pennsylvania, on a contract basis; the University of Louisville has been working with our fistula patches; and the University of California has helped us with neuron regeneration. “We’re taking... View Details

01 Mar 2015
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Case Study: The Speed of Light

California. How is the California market being served today? Does your model (people) allow for significant differentiation? Does the California marketplace have an abundance (compared to other markets) of... View Details