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- 01 Mar 2015
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for March 2015
(MBA 1989) (St. Martin's Griffin) The story of a French woman perfumer who escapes from Europe at the beginning of World War II and seeks (and finds) success in Los Angeles as... View Details
- Portrait Project
Long Lu
Beat the drum that others will listen to. My grandfather was a general in the Chinese Air Force. A veteran of World War II, he taught me the core values of integrity, authenticity, dependability - and most... View Details
- 01 Dec 1996
- News
Entrepreneurship at HBS
Fifty years ago, a new course was introduced at HBS to provide students with a better understanding of the problems of starting and managing new businesses. The Management of New Enterprises, developed and taught by Professor Myles L. Mace, served the needs of View Details
- 01 Jun 2004
- News
Books
volcanic tempers. During the decade after World War II when the Watsons ran the company at the same time (“It could hardly be said they were working as a team, running the firm... View Details
- 01 Dec 2007
- News
The Wise Men
long careers, these legendary faculty members not only helped shape the School and personify it to generations of students and alumni, they were also eyewitnesses to its evolution. When they began their careers, after World View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons;Julia Hanna
C. Donald Dallas
Dallas grew Revere Copper & Brass, a merger of six brass and copper companies, into a $100 million annual business. Dallas, keen on communication, wrote a monthly letter, which was sent to the homes of all Revere employees. Following View Details
Keywords: Metals
Clarence M. Woolley
of the major European markets. As business picked up in the United States in the 1910s, especially with the onset of World War I, American Radiator began handling annual sales of $10 million and by the time... View Details
Keywords: Fabricated Goods
- 16 Jun 2014
- Blog Post
Recruiting Millennials in a Global Market
the workplace. Generation X: The Digital Migrants Born in 1967, I came of age during a key digital revolution in the United States. In the late 1970s my friends and I were playing video games on consoles attached to our televisions. By the early 1980s we were using... View Details
Guy W. Vaughan
Vaughan was instrumental in the creation of products such as the Wright Whirlwind J-6 plane, used by Charles Lindbergh, and the Wright Cyclone engine series, which were used in DC-1 aircraft. Vaughan’s real achievements, however, came during View Details
Keywords: Automotive & Aerospace
Samuel F. Hinkle
Starting as a chemist with Hershey, Hinkle played a prominent role in the development of Hershey’s Chocolate Syrup, Krackel, Mr. Goodbar and fortified chocolate bars issued as K, C, and D rations during World View Details
Keywords: Food & Tobacco
Bernard F. Gimbel
and Milwaukee, Gimbel ran Saks Fifth Avenue stores in New York, Chicago, Detroit and Beverly Hills. During World War II, Gimbel earned huge profits on scarce consumer goods, which he had purchased earlier at... View Details
Keywords: Retail
- 20 Sep 2004
- Research & Ideas
How Consumers Value Global Brands
feel part of something bigger and give you a sense of belonging." A Costa Rican best expressed the aspirations that consumers associate with global brands: "Local brands show what we are; global brands show what we want to be." That isn't exactly new. In... View Details
William T. Grant
Grant opened his department store operation in 1906 with a 25 cent-limit on all merchandise. Grant created this 25 cent niche market at a time when department store prices began at 50 cents and Kresge and Woolworth sold their merchandise at 5 cents and 10 cents. At the... View Details
Keywords: Retail
- 01 Dec 1999
- News
Pearson Hunt
gave me his recording with the instruction: "Don't change a word of it." I never learned if he was pleased with what he saw in print. There was little routine during World War II, when the School hosted a... View Details
Keywords: Pearson Hunt
- 17 Jun 2020
- News
Toronto Copes with COVID-19 Via Webinars; Alumni Respond to Pandemic in Philippines
organized and hosted by Heather Stark (MBA 1999) and Suzanne Kwok (MBA 2015). Philippines Alumni Take Swift Action to Serve Community During COVID-19 The World Trade Center Manila was converted to a COVID-19 treatment facility. The... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 23 Dec 2014
- First Look
First Look: December 23
consequences of a range of alternative policies. Publisher's link: http://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Publication%20Files/15-045_4e9f7d2d-24c3-4d8c-8843-1eb9016bc016.pdf December 2014 Negotiations in Times of Conflict Better Deals Through Level View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 01 Dec 2003
- News
Thought Leader
join the Navy during World War II, where he spent three years training pilots, before returning to complete his philosophy studies. Davidson’s writings consisted primarily of “short, crisp intellectually... View Details
- 01 Mar 2009
- News
Deep Discovery
on civilians, one that helped bring the United States into World War I. However, it has long been suspected — indeed, shipping documents declare — that the Lusitania was carrying munitions. But where’s the... View Details
- 01 Jun 2005
- News
The Nature of Change
each year to include data from the current graduating class as well as current business and world events. “This case teaches them that history is alive, that they are part of a long, rich tradition of people with similar concerns who have... View Details
- 13 Aug 2008
- Research & Ideas
The Inner Life of Leaders
was Eisenhower's difficulty during World War II in confronting Field Marshal Bernard Law Montgomery, much to the exasperation of Generals George S. Patton and Omar Bradley.... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace