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- 01 Feb 2001
- News
When Last Seen
classroom; certainly his relaxed demeanor "as he sat in front of a fireplace framed by festive Christmas decorations" as the New York Times reported (December 5, 2000), must have reminded members of the Class of 1975 of their sky-decking... View Details
- 01 Sep 2006
- News
The “A” List
Started in 1995 in Columbus, Ohio, by Angela Hicks (MBA ’00), Angie’s List is a consumer-driven report card on numerous local services (plumbers, car mechanics, and moving companies, not to mention solar panels and Christmas decorating)... View Details
- 01 Dec 2018
- News
Evergreen Business
Above: photo by John Loomis About 80 percent of Frans Kok’s (MBA 1972) cut-your-own customers make the trek to the Middleburg Christmas Tree Farm in Philomont, Virginia, during the two weeks after Thanksgiving. After bumping down the... View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint
- 01 Feb 2002
- News
You Can Bank on This
The rise and fall of the Dow has been variously correlated to hemlines, Christmas tree sales, Super Bowl results, and tea leaves. But Ray Soifer (MBA '65), chairman of Soifer Consulting, a firm that focuses on global financial services,... View Details
- 01 Mar 2019
- News
City Hall’s Headbanger
signing a bill granting paid parental leave to city employees, he sported a Christmas sweater with the name of heavy metal band Pantera knit into the pattern. Sometimes, when introducing a heavy metal icon to a crowd of 20,000 fans, he’s... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 01 Oct 2000
- News
HBS Club Flourishes in London
venues, such as the House of Lords, National Theatre, Tower Bridge, London Zoo, and Somerset House, for its annual summer and Christmas parties. An annual ball, golf days, and Sunday visits to historic buildings bring members together to... View Details
Keywords: Amy E. Dean
- Portrait Project
Hope Carlson
to the heartsong of others and to sense the music inside myself. To support myself and others along our travels. Singing to me is connecting, forging a bond between the essence of one person and another. Every Christmas Eve, three... View Details
- Portrait Project
Nick Soman
beach and Christmas dinner And tell anyone who asks that they have earned it. I still dream big, About the ideal Reuben sandwich, Or how to raise a kid that works out problems without tattling And is not as stubborn as we all were back... View Details
- Portrait Project
Christy Gibb
My parents were newlyweds on this campus. They'd been married six months and my mother was nineteen. They came from Manitoba, drove a 1966 Mustang, and carried Christmas trees through the snow. These were the stories behind the Harvard... View Details
- Web
Chrysler dealer delivers 47 cars in one day - The Human Factor – Baker Library | Bloomberg Center, Historical Collections
achieved by Angeles Motors, Chrysler and Plymouth dealer of Los Angeles, California, on Christmas day, 1936. On that morning 47 new cars were placed in the hands of owners. They represented 47 distinct buyers, no two of whom were even in... View Details
- 11 Mar 2008
- News
Soak the Rich?
Venture capital, private equity, and hedge fund partners — a group heavily laden with HBS alumni — may have dodged a tax bullet late last year, but they can expect Congressional advocates of higher taxes for investment managers to reload and try again. To recap, just... View Details
- 01 Dec 2020
- News
The Fine Print: Alumni Recommend Their Best Reads
(my first), and we enjoy reading it to him, along with the Little Blue Truck. Construction Site on Christmas Night is definitely on our Christmas wish list. —Jeremy Schreiber (MBA 2013) Unacceptable:... View Details
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Polaroid Films - Edwin H. Land & Polaroid | Harvard Business School
photographs A Basic Demonstration A demonstration of polarizing discs Annual Christmas Message to Employees of Polaroid Corporation, 1946 At the annual staff Christmas party in 1946, Edwin Land laid out his... View Details
- 06 Apr 2009
- Research & Ideas
Cheers to the American Consumer
electronic gizmos dominate Christmas gift sales, and senior citizens find renewed connectivity with far-flung families by going online. Americans know technology adds value to daily life. These traits apply equally to consumers and... View Details
Keywords: by John Quelch
- Profile
Samuel Racana
improvisation and stage training have come in unexpectedly useful in life. What is your favorite childhood memory? Food has always been at the center of my family gatherings, whether during travels or at home. Cooking during Christmas... View Details
- 09 Jun 2011
- News
The Tycoons, HBS's First A Cappella Group
variety of venues, from section cocktail parties and informal dances to HBS's Christmas Ball, Wellesley College (sometimes with the Wellesley Widows a cappella group), Connecticut College for Women, Radcliffe, Simmons, and Harvard Law... View Details
- 23 Jul 2020
- Blog Post
Why Plume? To Make a Difference in the World
spent five hours on Christmas Eve in a hotel restaurant with one of the co-founders connecting over our passion for the space. It just so happened that we were both home in North Carolina for the holidays. In fact, both of the co-founders... View Details
- 01 Jun 1998
- News
John (“Bo”) Kemp
sort of business going - vending sandwiches and popcorn on street corners in Detroit, running a swimming-pool cleaning operation, selling Christmas ornaments, and eventually building and selling dollhouse miniatures in high school. "As a... View Details
- 01 Mar 2019
- News
The Fight Beyond
from 400 miles of vital railroad tracks. One night, Green and several others ventured out to evaluate the situation. On their sortie, they blew up a railroad tunnel, blocking the German troops from 400 miles of vital railroad tracks. It was just before View Details
- 01 Oct 2001
- News
New Economy Notables: Scott D. Cook
about," he notes. A proud father of three, Cook now serves as Intuit's chairman of the executive committee of the board, having handed over the role of CEO in 1994 "to someone who is actually good at it," he says with a laugh. First job Selling View Details