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Great American Business Leaders of the 20th Century - Leadership
Manufacturing, 1975–1979 Leon Hess Amerada Hess, 1933–1995 William R. Hewlett Hewlett-Packard Company, 1969–1978 Frank G. Hickey General Instrument Corporation, 1978–1990 Wayne Hicklin Avon Products, 1967–1972 John M. Hiebert Sterling... View Details
- 30 Apr 2024
- Book
When Managers Set Unrealistic Expectations, Employees Cut Ethical Corners
Reagan had appointed the commission to study defence procurement following a series of scandals involving fraud, waste, and abuse in the industry. Chaired by Hewlett-Packard co-founder David Packard, the commission had recommended, among... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 06 Jun 2011
- Research & Ideas
Why Leaders Lose Their Way
forced to resign for trading in Lubrizol stock prior to recommending that Berkshire Hathaway purchase the company. Examples abound of other recent failures: Hewlett-Packard CEO Mark Hurd resigned for submitting false expense reports... View Details
Keywords: by Bill George
- 06 Jul 2011
- Research & Ideas
Are You a Level-Six Leader?
mission. Former Hewlett-Packard CEO Mark Hurd is an excellent example of a level-four leader. Under his watch HP's stock price more than doubled, but he decimated the infrastructure and intellectual seed corn (R&D) of the company to... View Details
Keywords: by Mitch Maidique
- 01 Jun 2002
- News
Up to the Challenge: Demola Gbadegesin - In the Right Direction
department. Next he went to Stanford, earned a master's in electrical engineering, and worked in California for several years, starting at Hewlett-Packard before moving on to Sprint PCS. Gbadegesin says HBS has given him the opportunity... View Details
- 09 Jun 2008
- Lessons from the Classroom
Monetizing IP: The Executive’s Challenge
open source development process. For example, IBM released half a million lines of its Cloudscape program, a simple database that resides inside a software application instead of as a full-fledged database program, to the Apache Software Foundation. And View Details
- 13 Sep 2010
- Research & Ideas
The Consumer Appeal of Underdog Branding
Brands such as Google, Clif Bar, and Apple celebrate their garage origins. Hewlett-Packard recently bought, and has a whole section on its Web site dedicated to, the garage in which it started. It is now a historical landmark. Starbucks,... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 27 Oct 2002
- Research & Ideas
Want a Happy Customer? Coordinate Sales and Marketing
regions. Such approaches are very expensive and often create a barrier rather than a conduit for good field/headquarters communication. At other times, such field-positioned marketing people work well. Hewlett-Packard once had a large... View Details
Keywords: by Benson Shapiro
- 01 Jun 2003
- News
HP's Fiorina Speaks at HBS
Fiorina Photo courtesy of Hewlett-Packard In the 1970s, after graduating from Stanford with a concentration in medieval history and philosophy, something happened to Carly Fiorina on her way to a successful legal career. “I hated law... View Details
- 01 Dec 1999
- News
Now Hear This
younger, but I knew I'd probably be a poor man if I made that my career," said Keane, who has done voiceover work for Sprint, Pacific Bell, Hewlett-Packard and others. "Every time I do a voiceover, I think, 'What if my mom could see me... View Details
- 01 Sep 2008
- News
Say “Green Cheese”
market that’s worth billions, CEO Jeff Housenbold (MBA ’96) of Shutterfly is battling giants such as Hewlett-Packard and Kodak as he seeks to carve out a high-quality, high-end niche. A 20-page, 12” x 12” book sells for about $54. “We’d... View Details
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
Tackling the data dilemma
In 2008, Meg Whitman (MBA 1979) was among those the New York Times identified as Most Likely to Be First Female US President. After a foray into politics—a gubernatorial bid in California—Whitman became president and CEO of View Details
- 21 Aug 2007
- First Look
First Look: August 21, 2007
their markets by job. Shows how the major elements of a coherent business plan become clear, once the job is understood. Purchase this note: http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=607028 Hewlett-Packard (B) Harvard... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Oct 1997
- News
New Course for General Managers Broadens Managerial Scope and Builds Confidence
Hewlett-Packard in Colorado Springs, Colorado, notes, "I came back with specific tools for doing my job, but it's learning from the experiences of others that broadened my own awareness as a manager." Following TGM's final session,... View Details
Keywords: Nancy O. Perry
- 01 Jun 2009
- News
Crisis and Creativity
during an economic downturn. My colleague, HBS associate professor Tom Nicholas, has found that while the pace of patent applications slowed during the Great Depression, some contrarians pressed ahead with innovation, including DuPont with its investments in neoprene... View Details
Keywords: Bhaskar Chakravorti
- 01 Dec 2005
- News
Back to School
career — in education. A self-described “people person,” Whitney took a marketing position at Hewlett-Packard in Andover, Massachusetts, after graduating from HBS and stayed there until she and her husband, former HBS assistant professor... View Details
- 01 Apr 2001
- News
K.O. Chia: The Voice of Experience
Malaysia, earned an engineering degree in England and spent fifteen years in the corporate world, first with Hewlett-Packard and then with Apple Computer. In 1991, he was part of the management team that founded Premisys Communications, a... View Details
- 01 Oct 1999
- News
New Releases
such as Fisher-Price, Intel, and Hewlett-Packard use group situations to maximize their creative potential. When Sparks Fly explores how all aspects of the work environment, from leadership style to the use of space, sound, and even... View Details
- 12 Oct 1999
- Research & Ideas
Bright Ideas: The Creative Power of Groups
attempts at group creativity in companies ranging from startups to Hewlett-Packard and Intel, is their recipe for firing up and stoking the creative process. Promoting differences of opinion, setting aside an incubation period, and... View Details
Keywords: by Laurie Joan Aron
- 13 Nov 2020
- News
Insatiably Curious
college, Ma worked as a project manager at Hewlett-Packard (HP), where she first realized she had an interest in business. “I had this insatiable curiosity about HP’s customers and the company’s competition,” she recalls. “I also found... View Details