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- 08 May 2015
- News
An alternative view of the role of the corporation in society
Do corporations do well by doing good? Or do firms that engage in environmental and social initiatives destroy shareholder wealth? George Serafeim, the Jakurski Family Associate Professor of Business... View Details
- 01 Jan 2012
- News
Andrew H. Tisch, MBA 1977
Arts, Tisch Hall, and Tisch Hospital. Visiting Central Park, you can enjoy the Tisch Children’s Zoo. Then taking a break in Washington Square Park, you can relax by the Tisch Fountain. While the family is well-known for its business... View Details
Margaret F. Rudkin
Rudkin began her business at her family estate, Pepperidge Farm, after the success of her all natural home baked bread (originally made to relieve her sons’ allergies). She gradually expanded her business to include Belgian cookies,... View Details
Keywords: Food & Tobacco
Herbert W. Hoover, Jr.
Grandson of Hoover Company’s founder, Herbert Hoover Jr. joined the family firm at a young age, working on the assembly line in summers between school. As he gradually moved up through the company,... View Details
Keywords: Fabricated Goods
- 24 Jul 2007
- First Look
First Look: July 24, 2007
Working Papers Using By-Product Synergy for Competitive Advantage Author: Deishin Lee Abstract We study how a manufacturer can leverage by-product synergy for competitive advantage. By focusing on the economic impact to the firm and the... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
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Credits - Coin and Conscience – Baker Library | Bloomberg Center, Historical Collections
Credits Website Credits Supported by the de Gaspé de Beaubien Family Endowment at Harvard Business School Project manager: Karen Bailey, Historical Collections, Baker Library Production manager: Ben Dubrovsky, Baker Library Information... View Details
- 01 Mar 2024
- News
The Exchange: Takeaways from the Takedown
Professors Eugene Soltes and Aiyesha Dey; image by John Ritter When Sam Bankman-Fried was convicted in 2023 of all seven charges against him related to the cryptocurrency exchange FTX, the jury needed less than five hours to deliberate after a months-long trial. The... View Details
- 27 Feb 2007
- First Look
First Look: February 27, 2007
company SUN Brewing in the early 1990s, decided to partner with Belgian beer giant Interbrew to survive the Russian financial and economic crises. Since then, the family has used Interbrew's capital and beer industry know-how to... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 May 2013
- News
Isik Kececi Asur, MBA 1997
country and culture,” Asur says. In addition to Mustafa’s diversified family oil business, the Asurs are partners in Istanbul-based Aragon Capital, a firm they launched five years ago that manages a variety... View Details
- 15 Oct 2012
- Research & Ideas
Why Business IT Innovation is so Difficult
especially larger ones, have done so. Those that have done the heavy IT and organizational lifting, such as Walmart, reap serious dividends. "There's a tremendous gap between the most IT-savvy firms and the IT laggards," says McElheran,... View Details
Keywords: by Maggie Starvish
- 01 Oct 1999
- News
Eight Among Many: Antoinette J. ("Toni") Rapone
she was born, says she believes the hardships faced by her immigrant family in Lowell, Massachusetts, "selected for qualities of stamina and determination." Indeed, Rapone turned out to be fit and feisty enough not only to survive but to... View Details
Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso
- 01 Jun 2001
- News
Merrill Lynch's Stan O'Neal
limited. O’Neal’s mother worked as a “domestic,” cleaning houses, and when he wasn’t harvesting crops with his three younger siblings, he sold and delivered newspapers. As it turned out, his father wasn’t cut out for farming either, and when O’Neal was 12, his View Details
John R. Kimberly
After a short political career, Kimberly rejoined the family business as a sales executive and helped grow revenues to $153 million by 1952. His best work, however, came during his tenure as CEO, when he encouraged a wealth of expansion... View Details
Keywords: Wood, Paper & Forestry
Howard D. Johnson
Johnson accelerated the growth of his business by establishing a franchise network, the first family restaurant franchise based on ice cream distribution. By the time of his death, the firm had grown to over... View Details
Keywords: Restaurants & Lodging
- 30 Sep 2022
- News
Scaling Hope
In 2014, Stephen D’Antonio (MBA 1986) was living the life he had always envisioned. He’d been a partner at Morgan Stanley for two decades and he now sat on the Firm Management Committee and was the COO of the global fixed income division.... View Details
- 07 Aug 2019
- News
“The Star of the North”
closely held businesses. And they want to grow them right where they are. The firm was founded by a group of 12 family business owners who were interested in creating a local ownership vehicle for retiring... View Details
Keywords: Maureen Harmon
- 01 May 2013
- News
Maurice Pinto, MBA 1960
so glad I listened to him. It was the best educational experience I've ever had." After earning his MBA and working on Wall Street, Pinto joined the family investment business and eventually cofounded Sea Containers, a container leasing... View Details
- 01 May 2013
- News
Experience of a Lifetime
banker in Miami, Florida. Today, he's the CEO of Hunter Global Investors, a money management firm he founded just two weeks after 9/11. "The HBS experience was transformational for me," Buchan says. "Case studies provided a framework to... View Details
- 01 Oct 1997
- News
Cathy A. Nichols
When Air Force brat Cathy Nichols turned ten, her father left the military and moved the family to a house without electricity in rural Maine. Nichols grew up in semipoverty, working every summer to earn money for clothes and knowing that... View Details
Keywords: Thomas Frick
- 01 Oct 2000
- News
Hawes Hall Groundbreaking
School graduates on every continent, there is such potential for this institution to make a real difference in the world. Our family is proud to be able to play a small role in helping to make that difference." Three stories high with... View Details