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- 01 Sep 2008
- News
Alumni Books
I Thought We Were Making Movies, Not History by Walter Mirisch (IA ’43) (University of Wisconsin Press) The producer of such film classics as West Side Story, Some Like It Hot, In the Heat of the Night, and The Magnificent Seven, Mirisch tells the story of his climb to... View Details
- 01 Mar 2019
- News
Case Study: Off to a Fine Art
option to her online consignment ceramics offerings, Giridharadas recouped about half of her investment within four months. Now she sees a bigger opportunity: Party supply rentals were a $5 billion industry in the United States in 2017,... View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint
- 01 Mar 2004
- News
Toy Story
kid-pleasing category of electronic toy. The LeapPad took the dusty, flash-card connotations out of the term “educational toy” and launched a new, highly successful product line of “smart toys.” LeapFrog did what no other new player in the toy View Details
- 01 Jun 2003
- News
How Much is Fair?
with 170,000 employees that’s critical to our national defense,” Tobias noted that description fits both the CEO of Boeing ($4 million annual salary, plus incentives compensation) and the commandant of the U.S. Marine Corps ($169,860... View Details
- 01 Apr 2002
- News
Charting the Luminary Leadership in Professional Service Firms
of the factors that drive success in an industry that attracts 65 percent of MBA graduates from leading business schools — many of whom eventually leave to run organizations of their own. With revenues approaching a trillion dollars,... View Details
- 19 Jan 2016
- News
Electric Avenues
Everywhere—Finally Fit to Drink On the heels of this past summer’s crippling drought, California hit the switch on a long-promised technological solution to the water crisis: desalination. Poseidon Water’s $1 billion plant in Carlsbad... View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell
- 01 Sep 2004
- News
A Market-Based Prescription
physicians’ services? Health-care providers are as constrained by managed care as consumers. Other industries enjoy much greater freedom. Grocery retailers, for example, serve a variety of customers in outlets ranging from discount clubs... View Details
- 01 Jun 2024
- News
Case Study: Ready for an Upgrade
Illustration by Alvaro Dominguez The Los Angeles–based startup Stell was borne of a pain point almost as old as recorded history itself: paperwork. One of Stell’s cofounders, Malory McLemore (MBA 2022), had landed a job as an engineer at Airbus after earning a... View Details
- 01 Jun 2001
- News
Q&A: Donna Dubinsky
the high-tech industry? Growth. I had learned as a banker [at Philadelphia National Bank] that most career opportunities are presented by areas that are growing quickly, and the personal computer industry View Details
- 10 Mar 2021
- News
Chasing the Silver Tsunami
Thriving Online After three decades in service of people who are over the age of 50, Meredith Oppenheim is working to nudge the industry in a new direction—broadening the scope of its offerings to include meaningful online engagement. Her... View Details
- 02 Nov 2020
- News
The First Five Years: Julianne White (MBA 2017)
food industry interest you, because there are many different facets. What functional areas would be a good fit for you? What part of the food supply chain? If you aren’t sure, your time at HBS is a great... View Details
- 14 Dec 2015
- News
A Leader’s Call to Action
community service, and for actively assisting women in their attainment of professional excellence and leadership skills” over her more than 30-year career in the electric and gas industry in the Midwest. It’s View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Jun 2011
- News
Alumni Books
tools learned building CFK to become a more effective counterinsurgent and peacekeeper. The Custom-Fit Workplace: Choose When, Where, and How to Work and Boost Your Bottom Line by Joan Blades and Nanette Fondas (DBA ’87) (Jossey-Bass) Blades and Fondas offer creative... View Details
- 13 Jul 2020
- News
The First Five Years: Meaghan Fitzgerald (MBA 2016)
what it would mean to feel physically present with anyone from anywhere. It unlocks economic opportunities for people who can’t move to major industry hubs; has the potential to dramatically improve our environmental impact of commuting... View Details
- 01 Dec 2004
- News
A Life by Design
As a girl growing up in Riverdale, New York, Ivy Ross (PMD 68, 1994) was surrounded by modern design — and disliked it. The home she lived in and the furniture she sat on reflected the avant-garde sensibilities of her father, an View Details
- 01 Mar 2005
- News
Venture Capital’s Comeback
office and do direct investing in Asia. “It wouldn’t be a strategic fit for us,” he explains. “The opportunities that are developing in India and China are markedly different than the opportunities we look for in the United States. China... View Details
- 20 Apr 2020
- News
To Build Connection in Quarantine, Clubs Go Virtual
alumni are hard-wired to be proactive. We’re used to leading,” says Seftel. “There’s a lot of frustration, and they’re asking, “how can we help?’” Through the Slack channel, alumni are already sharing ideas for how they can respond to the crisis within their own... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Oct 1999
- News
New Releases
The Entrepreneurial Venture (Second Edition) by William A. Sahlman, Howard H. Stevenson, Michael J. Roberts, and Amar Bhidé (Harvard Business School Press) At least one million new entrepreneurial ventures are begun every year. As Internet-based companies attempt to... View Details
- 01 Sep 2005
- News
Taking Flight
from Thayer. “We knew exactly what birders wanted, and we gave it to them,” he explains. “If you’re going to get into a tiny little niche, it helps to be passionate about the subject.” Thayer definitely fits the bill, with a “life list”... View Details
- 01 Sep 2024
- News
Next Level
surpassed Windows to become the third-largest revenue earner of the company, according to reporting by technology website The Verge. While it may not seem to fit the bill of a company in need of turning around, Bond says there’s a lot of... View Details