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- 01 Mar 2004
- News
Kilimanjaro
last day when he was ready to give up. “I asked the others to leave me so that I could go back down, but they wouldn’t.” His fellow hikers offered various forms of support, be it sharing food or water or, in... View Details
- 01 Dec 2017
- News
In My Humble Opinion: Truth Teller
than you would in a steady-state type of business. It’s exhilarating to see what’s possible when people look into the abyss of failure and take it into their own hands to create real change.” Industry intel:... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 01 Mar 2013
- News
Sweet Deal
Hostess Brands, the maker of some 30 iconic American bakery products such as Wonder Bread, Ho Hos, Ding Dongs, and Twinkies, declared itself in liquidation and its assets for sale last November. As an adviser to the Teamsters union, Harry... View Details
- 23 Jan 2017
- News
The CEO Who is Perking Up Peet’s Coffee
In a profile of Peet’s Coffee CEO David Burwick (MBA 1989), the East Bay Times details the company’s growth under his watch: Since 2013, annual sales have jumped from $395 million to almost $800 million, 70 new locations have been added,... View Details
- 13 Feb 2019
- News
We’re All Going to Get Hacked
Rothrock’s cell phone rings. Rothrock (MBA 1988) is the CEO of the cybersecurity firm Red Seal, and a higher-up at Sony was looking for his help. After the breach, he told Rothrock, the company essentially hit factory reset on their... View Details
- 01 Dec 2001
- News
September 11: A Community Reflects
reactions to the tragedy and to share emotional support. Food and clothing drives were organized on campus, and the School set up a matching fund for contributions made by students, faculty, and staff to the American Red Cross Liberty... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young;Deborah Blagg
- 01 Dec 2015
- News
Feedback
“the sound of dog food glopping out of a can.” (Buy a of copy of his book, MouthSounds, if you want to know more.)... View Details
- 01 Jun 2002
- News
In VMI Partnerships, the Devil is in the Data
conditions under which such systems were or were not beneficial to the manufacturer.” Interviewing leading VMI-experienced manufacturers and retailers, Kulp identified information transfer as a potential trouble spot. Her insights were supported by survey responses... View Details
Keywords: Laura Singleton (MBA 1988)
- 01 Sep 2012
- News
Semper Fidelis
In April, Tim Day (MBA 1964), chairman and CEO of Bar-S Foods, a processed-meats producer in Phoenix, Arizona, pledged $12 million in support of the National Museum of the... View Details
- 01 Apr 2024
- News
Generosity Multiplied
There’s little doubt that James Reed (MBA 1990) loves his job. After all, he’s the chairman and CEO of Reed, the United Kingdom’s first and largest jobs website, and he takes the company’s slogan—“Love Mondays”—to heart. Even so, he admits he has a side hustle. When... View Details
- 27 Jun 2017
- News
Suzanne J. Battit (MBA 1992)
higher education admissions, and a classmate encouraged her to explore fundraising. The rest is history. She is currently vice president of external affairs and advancement at The Greater Boston Food Bank,... View Details
- 01 Jun 2011
- News
Walking the TalkTalk
“super ambitious and ridiculously hard-working,” Diana (“Dido”) Harding (MBA ’92) also confessed that she “would be competitive over a game of tiddlywinks. And I have always tended to push myself to do something I wasn’t sure I could do —... View Details
- 29 Mar 2017
- News
Randy Day Named Perdue Farms CEO
Randy Day (AMP 165, 2003) has been named the new CEO of Perdue Farms, the fourth largest chicken producer in the United States. Day, only the fourth person to hold the CEO role in the company’s 100-year history, started with Perdue in... View Details
- 01 Jun 2002
- News
Up to the Challenge: Martin Gonzalez - Quiet Courage
member of Chile's national volleyball team, the trilingual Gonzalez had traveled widely, graduated from Catholic University in Santiago with a degree in industrial engineering, weathered a failed entrepreneurial venture, and worked in... View Details
- 12 Nov 2020
- News
All in the Neighborhood
Photo courtesy of Angela Hicks Photo courtesy of Angela Hicks As native Hoosiers, Angie’s List cofounders Angela Hicks (MBA 2000) and Bill Oesterle (MBA 1992) knew they wanted to ground themselves in a... View Details
- 25 Sep 2009
- News
HBS’s Oldest Class Secretary
average age was 43, its average salary was $18,000 (an indicator, the yearbook wrote, of the very responsible positions these men — including 7 presidents and 11 VPs — held in their companies). About 9 percent View Details
Keywords: Keith Larson
- 01 Dec 2019
- News
Case Study: Farming It Out
photo courtesy of Charlie Andersen Charlie Andersen (MBA 2014) grew up on a 200-acre organic family farm west of Philadelphia that produced everything from apples and blueberries to sweet corn. Andersen... View Details
- 01 Dec 2002
- News
Building a Network for Social Enterprise in Latin America
H-E-B and the Monterrey Food Bank, a program administered by the Mexican branch of the nonprofit organization Caritas. The outcome? The nonprofit, which received sporadic support in the past, suddenly had... View Details
- 01 Dec 2018
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for December 2018
sustainable as well as how these strategies have faced constraints, trade-offs, and challenges of legitimacy. The industries covered range from sustainable finance and solar energy to organic food and wine,... View Details
- 01 Dec 2015
- News
Ink
something well, you’re not just looking at a Kuwaiti investor or a regional investor—it’s a global scene.” —Faisal Al-Hamad (MBA 2005), discussing the $170 million acquisition of Kuwaiti online food delivery... View Details