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- 01 Oct 1997
- News
A Message from Dean Clark
Research and Course Development in California's Silicon Valley in order to provide a base of operations for our faculty who are studying and developing cases on the rapidly growing, dynamic enterprises in that region. In Chicago next... View Details
- 20 Apr 2016
- News
Steps to Success
B,” she recalls. With Goldberg’s help, Ruhr got a summer job working for General Mills in its Stockton, California, regional grain office. Upon graduating, she went to work for the company, first on the trading floor at the Chicago Board... View Details
Keywords: Jill Radsken
- 16 Apr 2001
- Research & Ideas
Brand Power from Wedgwood to Dell: Part One
Heinz, of the famous food company; Marshall Field, the Chicago retailer; Estée Lauder, who created one of the largest cosmetics companies in the world; Howard Schultz, of Starbucks Coffee Company; and Michael Dell, of Dell Computer... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
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Arab American Heritage Month | Baker Library
at the 1893 Chicago World’s Fair. In 1910, the journal split— Daily News Record continued covering men’s fashion, while women’s fashion moved to a separate publication, now known as Women's Wear Daily (also held at Baker). Over the years,... View Details
- 27 Oct 2017
- News
The Best Business Advice I’ve Ever Received
the Global Marketing Leadership Program, which I have to rotate for two years at different locations. So my first rotation was in Chicago. So we set up a home in Minneapolis. Then I have to go to Chicago for work. So during three days of... View Details
- November 2020
- Supplement
Integrating Beam Suntory (B)
By: David G. Fubini, Rawi Abdelal and David Lane
Supplements (A) case: The spring 2014 acquisition of U.S. alcoholic spirits maker Beam Inc. by Japan’s Suntory Holdings vaulted Suntory from 15th to third-largest international spirits company in the world. Yet Suntory had borrowed nearly the entire $16 billion... View Details
Keywords: Family Business; Communication; Borrowing and Debt; Globalization; Corporate Governance; Governing and Advisory Boards; Retention; Leadership; Supply Chain; Organizational Structure; Ownership; Relationships; Conflict and Resolution; Integration; Value Creation; Food and Beverage Industry; Japan; United States; Chicago
Fubini, David G., Rawi Abdelal, and David Lane. "Integrating Beam Suntory (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 421-004, November 2020.
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Investing in Emerging Industries | Baker Library
Robert’s uncle, Arthur Lehman served as a senior partner of Lehman Brothers until his death in 1936. In 1928, Lehman Brothers moved to One William Street, an eleven-story building, not far from their previous Wall Street location. The firm opened a branch office in... View Details
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Buy Now, Pay Later: Research Links - Secondary Resources
Williams, Brett. Debt for Sale: A Social History of the Credit Trap (Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2004). Woloson, Wendy A. In Hock: Pawning in America from Independence Through the Great Depression (Chicago: University of View Details
- 01 Sep 2014
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for September 2014
Economy 2013. Vol. 14 (National Bureau of Economic Research) edited by Josh Lerner and Scott Stern University of Chicago Press Appreciation of the importance of innovation to the economy has increased over the past decade with a debate... View Details
- Profile
Terrance McGuire
“I just felt compelled to hang with these guys who I thought were doing important things,” McGuire said. After his stint in Chicago at GTCR, McGuire headed back to Boston to join another successful venture firm, Burr, Egan,... View Details
- 21 Mar 2024
- News
OC Alumni Get Clarity on AI; Inequality and Climate Change Explored in DC
So far, it has hosted events with alumni clubs in Boston, New York, San Francisco, and Switzerland as well as DC. Stops in Chicago and London are forthcoming, and plans are underway for more clubs visits in the future. “This networking... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 18 Nov 2021
- Op-Ed
5 Principles for Scaling Change from IBM’s High School Innovation
have more [P-TECH] schools. Then, the new mayor of Chicago at the time, Rahm Emanuel, jumps on this and says, “I want five.” Suddenly, you're going from one to five schools, and you can't do that entirely with IBM. You have to recruit... View Details
Keywords: by Kristen Senz
- 11 May 2015
- Research & Ideas
A Road Map to Fix America’s Transportation Infrastructure
Any highway commuter who has wasted hours stuck in traffic can see the cracks in the United States' transportation system, as can any airline passenger who has been stranded overnight in an airport. Yet while many agree that the need for infrastructure change is... View Details
- 01 Sep 2004
- News
Lisa Churchville (MBA 1979)
affiliates in Chicago and Philadelphia, Churchville is now president and general manager of NBC’s WJAR-TV in Providence, Rhode Island. She has received numerous awards for her community work. Last year our station ran a special about the... View Details
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Souvenirs & Novelties - The Art of American Advertising
squeal.” Advertisers also produced miniature replicas of their products. Heinz, for example, dreamed up the idea of pickle-shaped pins along with the slogan “57 varieties,” which were featured at the 1893 Chicago World’s Columbian... View Details
- 12 Jan 2017
- News
Personalizing Women’s Path to Success
Institute founded in honor of the iconic Chicago industrialist, which supports entrepreneurial projects that give back to the community or world. “I realized that project was me,” Skeete Tatum recalls. “There are millions of women who are... View Details
Keywords: Jill Radsken
- 28 Mar 2019
- News
California Alumni Explore Role of Capitalism in Addressing Climate Change
the urgency.” Webster said the BEI’s Climate Change series for alumni launched with a roundtable discussion in San Francisco last year, followed by events in Miami, Washington DC, New York, and Boston. Future events are planned for View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 23 Oct 2019
- News
After the Storm
that’s happening, and I just was like, you know, how am I and how are we going to do all of this? And with kids, you don’t get second chances. You’ve got to get this right.” Dan Morrell: When Constance Jones (MBA 2008) joined the Noble Network of Charter Schools in... View Details
- 01 Dec 2019
- News
In My Humble Opinion: Taking Attendance
talking.” Bone to pick: “I love barbecue, and the thing that pains me most is that barbecue in Chicago is rib tips, not vinegar-based chopped pork.” Must read: More Than Enough by Elaine Welteroth. “Every woman and every woman of color... View Details
- 11 Jun 2007
- Lessons from the Classroom
Teaching the Next Generation of Energy Executives
You may think that being an energy executive—especially a manager in a leading oil company—might be the easiest job around. Just flip the production switch, and watch gas prices head toward $4 a gallon. But students enrolled in Harvard Business School professor Forest... View Details