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- 01 Feb 1999
- News
Too Much of a Good Thing?
technological breakthroughs, market deregulation, consumer preference, or even weather and climate." Any of these factors, he argues, may affect particular markets, which in turn influence related markets and send ripples through the... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 11 Apr 2024
- News
Mission Control
Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Hi, this is Dan Morrell, host of Skydeck. By the time Peter Platzer (MBA 2002) was a teenager, he knew he wanted to be a physicist—and he was fascinated by space, eagerly engrossed in space-time diagrams... View Details
- 01 Jan 2005
- News
Joseph J. O'Donnell, MBA 1971
by providing loans for large capital expenses. And finally, we have no debt. In a high-risk business like this, where things ranging from bad weather to national security concerns can wreak havoc with the best of plans, that puts us in... View Details
- 01 Aug 1998
- News
High Honors
further investments in the newspaper, television, and radio realms, combining them all under the name Landmark in 1967. In 1982, amid considerable skepticism from industry experts, Batten created The Weather Channel, a 24-hour cable... View Details
- 01 Mar 2003
- News
Dick Franyo: From Banker to Barkeeper
light, and pegs on the walls to hang foul weather gear.” Perhaps most of all, the Franyos wanted the Boatyard to fit in with the relaxed nature of the Eastport maritime community, to be a place where “the guy who owns a Hinckley can swap... View Details
- 11 Mar 2020
- News
Making It Rain
Illustration by Edmon de Haro Illustration by Edmon de Haro During his 11 years in the Israeli Air Force, Shimon Elkabetz (MBA 2017) had several near-death experiences related to weather. Once he flew into a foggy cloud bank after the control tower said the View Details
Keywords: Lisa Scanlon Mogolov
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
Building successful businesses in a time of rapid change
HBS Professor, Emeritus Howard Stevenson (MBA 1965, DBA 1969) talks about his role in building successful organizations, including the Baupost Group, the Weather Channel, AutoTrader, and Landmark Communications. (Published April 2014) View Details
- 09 Jan 2015
- News
Alumni Notch 12 Spots on Forbes’ ‘30 Under 30’ Lists
2011) – Shoptiques Finance http://www.forbes.com/30under30/#/finance Brij Khurana (MBA 2011) – PIMCO Robert Klaber (MBA 2012) – Parnassus Investments Eli Nagler (MBA 2012) – Blackstone Group Social Entrepreneurs http://www.forbes.com/30under30/#/social-entrepreneurs... View Details
Keywords: Finance
- 01 Dec 2010
- News
You Haven’t Changed a Bit
Photographs by Stuart Cahill and Neal Hamberg Related Links 2010 Fall Reunion Photo Gallery 2010 Reunion Presentations Occasional blustery, rainy weather couldn’t put a damper on the good vibrations emanating from the fall reunion... View Details
Keywords: reunion
- 01 Jun 2012
- News
Alumni Book Briefs
Phelps), companies (P&G, Target), and social organizations (Saddleback Church, the civil rights movement). He offers a framework for changing bad habits: identify the routine, experiment with rewards, isolate the cue, and have a plan. Frank Batten: The Untold Story of... View Details
- 11 Jun 2015
- News
Leading the way in sustainable style
pro-environmental policies are not only a social good, she says. They are also money savers that helped Esquel weather the economic downturn. Now she wants to share her company’s successful strategies with the industry through... View Details
- 21 Aug 2016
- News
From Money to Ministry
He may be retired, but the Reverend Rodney Quainton (MBA 1970) hasn’t stopped finding a way to connect his community to a higher spirituality. For this HBS-trained banker-turned-Episcopal priest, helping parishioners weather rough times... View Details
- 01 Dec 1999
- News
Water, Water Everywhere
course, weather patterns. How those factors played out, she recalled, "determined whether we got to buy our clothes or make our clothes that year." Mark noted that she never expected to find herself again in a business where the bottom... View Details
- 01 Jun 2002
- News
Late Start, Dramatic Finish
first-year MBAs overcame significant obstacles to win the twelfth annual Babcock Marketing Case Competition, held in January at Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Due to weather delays, the students' flight didn't... View Details
- 01 Jun 2022
- News
Research Brief: Weatherproofing Renewables
energy, and already 70 to 80 percent of its power comes from hydroelectric dams. But the volatility also means moments of scarcity, when renewable energy can’t be relied upon to keep the lights on. These fluctuations in the weather... View Details
- 01 Mar 2010
- News
Hunting Red Balloons
In December, the government agency DARPA tethered to the ground ten red weather balloons at random locations around the United States in a test to see how social networks might mobilize and use the Internet for rapid problem-solving. In... View Details
- 01 Mar 2011
- News
Fiscal Year Ends on Upbeat Note
expense reduction initiatives in fiscal 2009 that better positioned the publishing operation to weather the continuing declines in advertising and circulation revenue at Harvard Business Review. However, an unexpected rebound in demand... View Details
- 01 Dec 2008
- News
Farm Boy
150-acre commercial farm, named Oakholm, in nearby Brookfield. At age 91, he has just completed a memoir, Making Hay, which is about his childhood and life on the farm. The Worcester Telegram & Gazette (September 16, 2008) said the book “paints a portrait of a time, a... View Details
- 15 Nov 2016
- News
Uncovering The Secrets of Mittelstand Success
corporations—is a clear focus on longevity and the future. As an example, Shih cites ARRI, the world’s largest manufacturer of professional motion picture equipment, which weathered a difficult transition from film to digital technology... View Details