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01 Dec 2001
News

Teens and Magazines: Where There's Smoke, There's Advertising

According to their 1998 agreement with the attorneys general of 46 states, the four largest U.S. tobacco companies are prohibited from using advertising that targets people younger than 18. But HBS assistant professor Charles King (with physician Michael Siegel of... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Advertising, Public Relations, and Related Services; Professional Services

01 Dec 2001
News

Lone Star Star

Paul Wylie Texas may seem an unlikely point of origin for an ice skater, but the Lone Star State recently welcomed home native son Paul Wylie (MBA '00), winner of the silver medal in men's figure skating at the 1992 Winter Olympics. Wylie, now a marketing executive for... View Details

Keywords: figure skating; Olympics; Arts, Entertainment

13 Dec 2018
Blog Post

Working at the Intersection of Business and Environment

the recent Climate Change Challenge assignment in Technology & Operations Management, a required first-year course taught by Mike Toffel, Senator John Heinz Professor of Environmental Management and BEI faculty chair. More than 900... View Details

Jack M. Eckerd

Eckerd introduced the self-service retailing model in his drug store operations and, in the process, built the largest drug store retail chain in the South. Eckerd was one of the firsts to recognize the potential of anchoring drug store... View Details

Keywords: Retail

01 Mar 2014
News

The Solution to the Global Food Crisis Just Might Come from Nigeria

from them, while they looked to get the highest price from him—someone wins and someone loses. But farming can't operate that way these days in Africa, says Nancy Barry, former president of Women's World Banking, an organization that has... View Details

Keywords: Francis Storrs; John H. Davis; Michael Halse; Crop Production; Agriculture; Administration of Economic Programs; Government; Food Manufacturing; Manufacturing

08 Aug 2018
Sharpening Your Skills

Parmigiano-Reggiano, Jane Austen, and Other Things You Didn't Know About Finance

day-to-day operations of the stock market. Why Global Investments Are Still a Good Bet International markets often move together, so does a global investment portfolio even make sense anymore? Why there are plenty of advantages in looking... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Financial Services

20 Nov 2014
Blog Post

An update from the Hospitality Club

to be bigger than ever. We are partnering with the Real Estate Club and will have joint panels of great industry leaders. It will be on March 29th, 2015 and we are already starting to work on it. Keaw Poopichapong, Chief Operating... View Details

Profile

Jason Flood

part of the curriculum is the way it solidifies my knowledge of core business fundamentals, like operations and finance, as they pertain to running an organization. If I were to run a health care organization—a community clinic or a... View Details

Keywords: Healthcare/Biotech; Tech

22 Aug 2018
Blog Post

MBA Students Reflect on Their Summer Internships

for an early stage and stealth mode robotics start-up in the agriculture space as a Business Analysis & Operations Intern. I am the fourth and the only non-technical employee of the company. After working as a management consultant at... View Details

01 Jun 2025
News

Agenda: Stacy Sonnenberg (MBA 2003)

SUPERFAN When Sonnenberg attends a game, she often doesn’t watch the court or field. “I’m always intrigued by stuff that the public doesn’t necessarily think about—like the width of concourses and the mix of seating types,” she says. (Photo: Benjamin Norman) “In... View Details

Keywords: Sasha Issenberg

01 Sep 2008
News

Totting Up the Bill for the Iraq War

actual financial cost of operating the Afghanistan and Iraq wars at $2.7 trillion. (Before the wars, the Bush White House estimated the bill would be $50 billion.) Next comes a question: What could we have done with the money had we not... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne; National Security and International Affairs; Government

13 Mar 2025
Blog Post

Advancing Health Care Innovation and Impact with Anita Gupta (GMP 29, 2020)

progress forward, it’s also about resilience, adaptability, and staying true to your purpose through setbacks. Whether in the operating room or the boardroom, my most enduring lesson has been this: leadership is not measured by titles or... View Details

01 Jun 2017
News

Supercharged

planning and strategy at Ford’s Asia Pacific operations in Shanghai and a panelist at HBS’s “Moving the Future” transportation conference this past February. Just as significantly, charging infrastructure is set to get a boost. According... View Details

Keywords: Alexander Gelfand; illustrations by Tavis Coburn

April 1988 (Revised September 1992)
Case

Frito-Lay, Inc.: The Backhaul Decision

By: Janice H. Hammond

Prior to the Motor Carrier Act of 1980, companies with private trucking fleets were generally prohibited from selling transportation services to other companies. The deregulation of the trucking industry in 1980 allowed private carriers to offer for-hire transportation... View Details

Keywords: Cost Management; Revenue; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Marketing Strategy; Distribution; Service Operations; Sales; Salesforce Management; Transportation; Food and Beverage Industry

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Purchase

16 Oct 2013
News

Progress Through Preservation

Will Rogers by Maureen Harmon Every year, Will Rogers (MBA 1985) packages honey from his backyard beehive operation and doles it out to major supporters of the Trust for Public Land, where he serves as president and CEO. The hives, which... View Details

Keywords: Maureen Harmon; Real Estate

01 Sep 2005
News

Young Alums Honored for Social Enterprise

people who are focusing on the HBS mission. Let’s not wait until they become CEOs; let’s acknowledge those who are doing it now.” Chen is leading the expansion of the New York City operations of Teach For America, a national nonprofit... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley; Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services

01 Dec 2002
News

Faculty Updates

The following faculty members have received promotions. Tarun Khanna (Strategy), Kathleen L. McGinn (Negotiation, Organizations & Markets), David A. Moss (Business, Government, and the International Economy), and Ananth Raman (Technology and View Details

Leonard D. Schaeffer

one of Business Week’s top 50 performers. It has also been named the “most admired health care company” by Fortune from 1998 to 2003. By 2004, Schaeffer had built Wellpoint into a $19 billion operation and oversaw its merger with Anthem... View Details

Keywords: Healthcare

George S. Lannom, Jr.

produced baseballs and other sporting goods under the Worth label and by the mid-fifties his operation was producing 12,000 baseballs and softballs each day. In addition, Lannom purchased a leather glove company and produced baseball... View Details

Keywords: Fabricated Goods

Career Coach

Tina Gao

Prior to HBS, Tina worked in private equity (middle market buyout) and investment banking (industrials focus). Her first job out of college was in operations at a New York City based nonprofit. She enjoys helping students interested in... View Details

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