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HBS Global Networking Night - Alumni

Association of Oregon HBS Club of Arizona HBS Club of Austin HBS Club of Buffalo HBS Club of Chicago HBS Club of Cincinnati (October 23, 2025) HBS Club of Dallas HBS Club of Houston HBS Club of New York HBS Club of Pittsburg HBS Club of... View Details

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Great American Business Leaders of the 20th Century - Leadership

1929–1945 Amos Hostetter, Jr. Continental Cablevision, 1963–1996 Amory Houghton, Jr. Corning Glass Company, 1964–1982 Alanson B. Houghton Corning Glass Company, 1910–1930 Amory Houghton Corning Glass Company, 1930–1960 Ivan J. Houston... View Details

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Recent Alumni Regional Events - Alumni

Club of Houston Find the full HBS in Houston Library here HBS in SF: MBA Classes 2014-2023 Wednesday, February 7, 2024 | San Francisco, CA Co-hosted with the HBS Club of Northern California HBS in NYC: MBA... View Details

01 Dec 2023
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Wide Horizon

began to move forward, though, doubts still lingered. Would this effort take away from his ability to find his son the best medical care? Would he still be able to pursue his investment career? This ambivalence ended with a third, violent incident. Rodakis had met a... View Details

Keywords: Dan Morrell; Photos by Sarah Wilson

07 Jul 2008
Research & Ideas

Innovation Corrupted: How Managers Can Avoid Another Enron

charges brought against him. Skilling held fast to a similar position. On September 14, 2007, Skilling submitted a 60,000-word appellant brief demanding that his conviction be reversed and that his case be either dismissed or retried outside View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Energy; Utilities

12 May 2023
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Alabama's Yella Fella

while Rane could have relocated the business to Atlanta or Houston for a gentler tax bill, he maintained Great Southern's headquarters in his hometown of Abbeville—population 2,000. The company did acquire several plants throughout the... View Details

Keywords: Merchant Wholesalers, Durable Goods; Wholesale Trade

24 Jan 2023
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Dispelling Myths About HBS Through My Summer Venture in Management Program Experience

Madeleine Diagne is an International Business student at the University of Houston – Downtown, and a Summer Venture in Management (SVMP) 2022 alum. Graduating high school during the height of the pandemic was yet another obstacle... View Details

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Doug Marsan

thing about Houston is definitely the food. Houston is an incredibly diverse city, and this shows up in the cuisine. Within a 15-minute drive, you can get mouth-watering barbecue, delicious pho, and... View Details

03 Oct 2005
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The Truck Driver Who Reinvented Shipping

1955 and became the owner and president of Pan-Atlantic, which he renamed SeaLand Industries. The maiden voyage for McLean's converted oil tanker, the Ideal X, carried fifty-eight new box trailers or containers from Port Newark, New Jersey, to View Details

Keywords: by Anthony J. Mayo & Nitin Nohria; Manufacturing; Transportation; Aerospace

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Partners - Case Method Project

Postlethwaite Cinco Ranch High School Katy, TX Subjects: AP US History TX 30 of 36 James Quillin The Post Oak High School Houston, TX Subjects: Grade 11/12 Global Politics in Historical Context TX 31 of 36 Penny Rosas Northland Christian School Houston, TX TX 32 of 36... View Details

19 Apr 2024
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Alumni Host Energy CEO Summit in Houston; Austin Club Co-Hosts SXSW Reception

Clubs News Clubs News Houston Alumni Host Annual Energy CEO Summit The HBS Club of Houston presented its fourth annual Energy CEO Summit on April 3, which featured four of the industry’s top CEOs discussing... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

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Systems Integration - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

space for their outpatient activities. They integrated their care through their robust IPU structure and was able to perform more complex procedures at the main center and permit patients to undergo less intense evaluation and treatment closer to home in the expansive... View Details

02 Mar 2016
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David Moss is Rewriting History

pieces, including the blueprint, the Constitution, to another country you don’t get a working democracy.” Eleanor Cannon’s sunny, spacious classroom at St. John’s School in Houston is well appointed, with bright white dry-erase boards... View Details

Keywords: April White

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Alumnae Circles - Alumni

applications during the annual enrollment cycle in the following regions*: Austin Boston Chicago Houston London Los Angeles Paris Philadelphia New York City Raleigh San Francisco Seattle Washington, D.C. * Most regions encompass the city... View Details

01 Oct 1997
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L.E. Simmons

HBS, Simmons, who also attended the University of Utah and the London School of Economics, spent two years at First Chicago establishing a corporate finance department that focused on the offshore oil and gas industry. He subsequently moved to View Details

Keywords: Deborah E. Blagg

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Teacher Profiles - Case Method Project

(MA) Clinton, MA MA Matthew Rutledge Miss Hall's School Pittsfield, MA Subjects: U.S. History MA William Ruzzo Boston Latin School Boston, MA TX Glenn Ryan Sam Houston Math, Science, and Technology Center High School Houston, TX Subjects:... View Details

December 2020 (Revised April 2021)
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IBM Watson at MD Anderson Cancer Center

By: Shane Greenstein, Mel Martin and Sarkis Agaian

After discovering that their cancer diagnostic tool, designed to leverage the cloud computing power of IBM Watson, needed greater integration into the clinical processes at the MD Anderson Cancer Center, the development team had difficult choices to make. The Oncology... View Details

Keywords: Decision Making; Innovation Strategy; Knowledge Management; Knowledge Use and Leverage; Operations; Failure; Information Technology; Applications and Software; Health Care and Treatment; Product Development; Health Industry; Information Technology Industry; Technology Industry; United States; Houston; Texas

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February 2003 (Revised June 2003)
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Interface's Evergreen Services Agreement

In an attempt to reduce its ecological footprint, Interface Americas, a leading manufacturer of commercial carpet tile, has launched the Evergreen Services Agreement (ESA)--a lease agreement that provides would-be carpet purchasers with comprehensive floor-covering... View Details

Keywords: Business Model; Product; Environmental Sustainability; Innovation and Invention; Leasing; Consumer Products Industry; Houston