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- 01 Jan 2005
- News
Rahul Bajaj, MBA 1964
socialist state, a land of overarching regulation rather than of opportunity. "As a result, there was no entrepreneurship, and businesses couldn't do a thing without government approval," recalls Rahul Bajaj, a member of one of India's... View Details
- 01 Oct 2002
- News
Andrew H. Tisch
Growing up in the Fifties and Sixties, Andrew Tisch never had to seek out part-time jobs. Employment opportunities were everywhere in the family business, a chain of hotels in New Jersey, Florida, and New York City. “I started before I was a teenager,” Tisch View Details
- 01 Apr 2002
- News
Back on Course
Stephen Julius (MBA '88), who is English, and Stephen Heese (MBA '88), his Yank buddy, were classmates at HBS, divided by a common language perhaps, but united in their love of quality boats. Last year, the two men took the helm of Chris-Craft, the 128-year-old company... View Details
- 22 Nov 2013
- News
A Passion for Film
d'Arbeloff says. "In the small-world category, all these strands connecting around this one film—it's a very exciting moment." D'Arbeloff, who runs Roadside with his business and life partner, Howard Cohen, recalled the moment—rather, the... View Details
- 01 Oct 2000
- News
Mario A. Corti: Global Reconnaissance
every country in the world. "One of the high points of that trip," recalls Corti, "was flying over and touching down on the endless plains of Russia. You realize how enormous the country is and the folly of trying to conquer it." Military... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 01 Jun 2008
- News
Where Are They Now?
devotes himself to several principal pursuits. In addition to the BSG/Concours Executive Forum, an invitation-only program for chief information officers (CIOs) of leading companies worldwide, he runs a six-month leadership development program for future CIOs, using... View Details
- 01 Dec 2005
- News
Alumni Achievement Awards: Honorees and Victories
shared certain traits. Panelists recalled difficult situations from their own careers, trying to stay on course while adjusting to particular circumstances. As the action went back and forth, the audience listened and questioned the pros,... View Details
- 01 Mar 2006
- News
The Little Ice-Cream Company That Could
fateful day in 1977. “We started to chat, and the phone rang,” recalls Rogers. When Cook hung up, he had tears in his eyes. “I offered to excuse myself, but he said, ‘No, no, let me tell you what just happened.’ ” Wells Fargo Bank had... View Details
- 01 Jun 2009
- News
Magician Turns HBS Upside Down
thereby mitigates his chances of failure, makes the trick more impressive, and develops new techniques that can be applied to new tricks. This focus on simplification to offer a better product reminded me of Apple’s innovative process.”... View Details
- 01 Mar 2012
- News
Robots to the Rescue
wrote in third grade about wanting to make a machine that would do all my homework,” recalls Mountz, the affable founder and CEO of Kiva Systems, a Massachusetts-based company that is revolutionizing the way e-commerce retailers such as... View Details
- 01 Dec 2004
- News
A Life by Design
created the distinctive Studebaker Hawk automobile. “Years later, I realized what an amazing place I had grown up in,” says Ross, who acknowledges her father’s influence on her own choice of careers — fashion product design. Over the past... View Details
- 07 Nov 2014
- News
The First Five Years: Tiffany Pham (MBA 2012)
What’s the story behind MOGUL? “When I first moved to America, I did not know a word of English, but it was by watching films, reading books, and listening to the radio that I ended up learning how to speak the language. Through that experience, I View Details
- 01 Jan 2003
- News
James E. Burke, MBA 1949
within a year of the crisis, thanks to decisions by Burke and his team to recall millions of bottles and replace them in a matter of weeks with pioneering tamper-resistant packaging while keeping the media and public well informed, the... View Details
- 01 Dec 2011
- News
Making the Case for Leadership
technologically innovative company away from specialty glass, television tubes, and fiberglass production into newer, faster-growing profit-making areas. At the time, the economy is plagued by recession, worker morale is flagging, and the... View Details
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- 01 Sep 2009
- News
Letters to the Editor
Marshall-ing the Facts with Marty While reading the remembrance of Professor Martin Marshall in the June Bulletin, I recalled a humorous but “typically Marty” happening that I witnessed while attending OPM in the late 1980s. The case... View Details
- 01 Jan 2007
- News
A. Malachi Mixon, III, MBA 1968
and War, by Nathaniel Philbrick In 1979, Mal Mixon parlayed $10,000 of his own money to engineer the purchase of an Ohio-based wheelchair maker that nobody else wanted. Today Invacare is the world's leading manufacturer and distributor of medical View Details
- 04 Sep 2019
- News
The School that Donham Built
campus on the banks of the Charles. “Dean Donham was an extraordinarily innovative and productive leader,” says Dean Nitin Nohria. “Many iconic HBS elements—including our mission, residential campus, case method teaching, the Harvard... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
- 13 Nov 2018
- News
Building a New Real Estate Investment Model
Tawan Davis (MBA 2006) was 15 years old when he first recognized an issue prevalent in American cities. “I asked my grandmother why everyone else had money and we didn’t,” recalls Davis, who grew up in Portland, Oregon, now one of the... View Details
- 13 Jun 2014
- News
The Art of Effecting Change
making lasting impact in their respective sectors." Her involvement with the ICA sprang from her passion for collecting contemporary artists such as Glenn Ligon and Christopher Wool. "I've always had this deep interest in all things visual from View Details
- 01 Sep 2008
- News
The Levitt Brand
June 2006 at the age of 81, the Bulletin’s Class Notes were flooded with dozens of tributes from alumni who recalled his passion and commitment in the classroom and his lasting influence on their careers. “I was clueless going into... View Details