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- 04 Dec 2014
- News
The 32 Hottest Startup CEOs In America
Keywords: Gilt Groupe; Glamsquad; Mink; Hinge; Birchbox; Nonstore Retailers; Nonstore Retailers; Nonstore Retailers
- 14 Jun 2018
- News
Dhivya Suryadevara Named GM’s Next CFO
Photo courtesy of GM Photo courtesy of GM The CEO of General Motors, Mary Barra, recently announced that Dhivya Suryadevara (MBA 2003) will be named CFO. Fortune reported that as vice president of corporate finance, Suryadevara has been instrumental in GM’s divestiture... View Details
- 01 Jun 2015
- News
The End of Cows?
Price is a market barrier for lab-grown beef, with production costs currently exceeding 250,000 euros per burger. (Photo courtesy of Cultured Beef) Price is a market barrier for lab-grown beef, with production costs currently exceeding 250,000 euros per burger. (Photo... View Details
- 18 Apr 2015
- News
Women in Business Q&A: Umaimah Mendhro, Founder & CEO, VIDA
- 11 Oct 2012
- News
Answering the Doctor's Call
I’d say, ‘a doctor,’” says Downing. “I was always intrigued with medicine. I guess it’s just in my DNA.” But, as often happens with childhood dreams, Downing set aside his medical aspirations. His father had launched Downing Enterprises, a manufacturer of trade-show... View Details
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
An investment of time to advance education
investment in Facebook when it was still a start-up. He is also founder and CEO of Breyer Capital, a global equity investor focused on catalyzing high-impact social and for-profit entrepreneurs in the media, technology, education, and View Details
- 01 Oct 2002
- News
What's Cookin'
venture capital firm when he and his wife, Lee Bendig (whom he describes as a “foodie”), decided to open a fresh pasta retail store in 1989 with a few seats for lunchtime customers. On the first day of business, Garner recalls, “there was... View Details
Keywords: Hanna, Julia
- 01 Sep 2011
- News
Green Day
30 to 40 tons of dry biomass per hectare (just under 2.5 acres). (The energy balance ratio of corn ethanol is around 1 to 1, while sugarcane ethanol stands at about 8 to 1.) None of this was lost on Brazilian native Ana Maria Diniz (OPM 36, 2007). Formerly a high-level... View Details
- 01 Apr 2000
- News
A Place in the Sun
Previously, Martin, at French mass retailer The Casino Group, and Giraud, at Euro Disney (with Bourguignon), had both proven their mettle as managers in turnaround situations. Martin and Giraud stress that Club Med's core business is... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna and Garry Emmons
- 28 Oct 2014
- News
Inside Rent the Runway's Secret Dry-Cleaning Empire
- 13 Jul 2010
- News
Setting an Industry Standard
- 19 Mar 2015
- News
Walter Salmon Remembered
first became interested in marketing and retailing while in college, working part-time at Bloomingdale’s and then in a New York buying office for a large group of department stores. After earning an MBA (1954) and DBA (1960) at HBS, he... View Details
- 04 Sep 2019
- News
Ask the Expert: Bounce Back
newsletter advertising can be extended to many industries: hotels or airlines can embed ads for attractions near featured destinations or travel accessories, entertainment venues can embed ads for local restaurants and bars, retailers... View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint
- 01 Jun 1998
- News
Devtosh Khare
markets and economic trends in the region and to make some contacts with India's business leaders," he explains. "Then I'll be ready to go out on my own." He believes that India's service sector offers the most exciting business opportunities. "Whether it's pizza... View Details
Keywords: Orna Feldman photograph by Webb Chappell
- 01 Mar 2005
- News
House of Bread on the Rise
McCANN: Former defense atforney learned the bakery business from scratch. The lessons Sheila McCann (OPM 24, 1996) learned from the surprising failure of her second House of Bread retail bakery turned out to be an essential ingredient in... View Details
- 01 Mar 2015
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for March 2015
American mobility, where local leaders shape initiatives without waiting for Congress to act, and ambitious companies partner with governments to tackle projects that serve the public good, create jobs, and improve quality of life. Retail... View Details
- 04 Nov 2020
- News
The Long View: Persevering Through Past Crises
Fienning, MBA Class of 1970, Section C. Five years after graduation, I was a partner in a mobile-home retailing company in Greensboro, North Carolina. I was a bachelor, living in a mobile home, and trying to create a manufactured housing... View Details
- 01 Sep 2016
- News
The Taxi Wars of Jakarta
customers amid an explosion of online retail options. Grab users can also courier parcels or order food delivery through its app. Go-Jek’s app does those things too, and also lets users order concert tickets and even a beautician to their... View Details
- 22 Feb 2022
- News
Launch Codes
Pak (MBA 2015) founding member and CMO at Blueland; Alumni track winner, 2019 Forget the Past Sebastian Monroy (MBA 2018) and I launched Zubale as a marketplace to connect independent contractors to consumer goods companies in need of merchandising help. And while we... View Details
- 11 Jun 2012
- News