by Julie Wulf - Publications - Faculty & Research

02 Mar 2016
News

On Credit

sells out by April 1870. “Worth nothing was wealthy before the war but was ruined by the war. Can’t recommend him for credit,” reads a July 1873 report. A year later, the final... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna

01 Oct 1998
News

of Staples, Inc., will be the first to tell you, thank goodness he got canned. On July 4, 1985, Stemberg - who had been let go by First National Supermarkets earlier that year as the firm prepared to sell... View Details

Keywords: Paul Michelman

01 Sep 2003
News

Transforming Baker Library

Baker Library, long the primary icon associated with Harvard Business School, is getting a total makeover. During the summer, the School began an extensive renovation of the stately 1927 building. By late 2005, the new Baker... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

01 Sep 2011
News

Extraordinary People

society more broadly,” observes HBS Dean Nitin Nohria. While celebrated for their public accomplishments, the honorees’ private lives reflect their devotion to family and community. We present glimpses of both in photos by Pulitzer... View Details

Keywords: Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Arts, Entertainment; Finance; Executive, Legislative, and Other General Government Support; Government; Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations; Personal Services; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

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Annual Report 2017 - Annual Report 2017

introduction to the School, including a behind-the-scenes tour featuring assets from the Library’s Historical Collections, sessions on research and research support, and an immersion in teaching by the case method—including opportunities... View Details

01 Dec 1999
News

A Class Act

resulted over time in one of the most vibrant and highly regarded alumni networks anywhere. Aside from their sheer volume (at present, a total of 300 pages per issue) and scope (current copy provided by 853 class and section... View Details

Keywords: Nancy O. Perry

05 Apr 2018
News

A Philanthropic Eye Reframes African American Abstract Art

of African American artists,” she says. Over time, Joyner’s collecting has evolved to include pieces by mid-career American artists such as Mark Bradford, Glenn Ligon, Julie Mehretu, and Lorna Simpson. More... View Details

Keywords: Jill Radsken

01 Mar 2009
News

Your Taxi Is Waiting

term familiar to every good HBS student. With its relatively low price tag (about $2.8 million) and low operating costs (40 percent less than existing small jets), the twin-engine Mustang and other “very light jets” (VLJs) represent a “disruptive innovation,” a term... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; Air Transportation; Transportation

13 Apr 2023
Blog Post

Building a Village: Learning and Living at HBS

Josie McNally is a co-president of the Crimson Parents club. The Crimson Parents club helps families make the transition to HBS by addressing the unique needs of the student parent, their partner, and their children through... View Details

01 Dec 1997
News

The World's Banker

One day in July 1995, shortly after his appointment to head the World Bank, Jim Wolfensohn took time out from a project visit in the African bush for an impromptu chat with a village official. For those present, it was a memorable sight:... View Details

01 Mar 2015
News

Providing an Environment for Ideas to Grow

brand shouldn’t be about erecting barriers to keep consumers out; indeed, growth requires the welcoming of new faces,” concludes HBS marketing professor Anat Keinan in a July 2014 Harvard Business Review article, “How ‘Brand Tourists’ Can... View Details

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

02 Nov 2020
News

The First Five Years: Julianne White (MBA 2017)

mind if a colleague has a very compelling argument. On occasion, I would come to class with a strong viewpoint, only to be convinced otherwise by a wise counterargument from a classmate. HBS helped me become a leader who values diverse... View Details

01 Oct 1996
News

Leading In a New Era

Four 1971 classmates — three who serve on the front lines of corporate leadership in the 1990s and one learned observer of the changing role of the senior executive — comment on the complex task of running a successful company in an economy transformed View Details

Keywords: Nancy O. Perry

02 Aug 2011
News

A Fearless Force for Change

Jennifer Goodman Linn (MBA '99) left a legacy of hope to patients who battle rare cancers. Jennifer Goodman Linn (MBA '99) left a legacy of hope, love, and laughter to those who knew her and to the thousands who have been and will continue to be touched View Details

01 Oct 1998
News

Tech Trekker

have similarly discovered over the past 25 years. By supporting Lang's creativity and unconventional thinking, high-tech startups and established computer firms alike have found their assets turning to gold under her fingers. "I've always... View Details

Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso

01 Jun 2017
News

Better Hiring Through Brain Science

in neuroscience research experiments—with former research colleague Julie Yoo to assess cognitive and emotional traits. The games didn’t ask personal questions, they measured responses, providing objectivity in a way that the traditional... View Details

Keywords: Dan Morrell

08 Dec 2015
First Look

December 8, 2015

create value by introducing visual transparency between consumers and producers. Although operational transparency has been shown to improve consumer perceptions of service value, existing theory posits that increased contact between... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

20 Mar 2012
First Look

First Look: March 20

economic actors. Capitalist competition takes place in markets that exist in legal and regulatory frameworks and are governed by a political authority with the power and legitimacy to empower as well as regulate behavior and punish... View Details