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Exploring Trade Links in the Interior - A Chronicle of the China Trade
to no other American house in China. Indeed, I doubt if many would not have called it the first.” 37 John Heard sailed for America on December 1, 1862, the same year Augustine Heard retired from the business. Hao, The Commercial... View Details
- 01 Oct 1996
- News
Creating Miracles — Charles A. Coverdale (MBA 1971)
'76), have developed an astounding array of community outreach services -- from elaborate food pantries to job assistance programs; from tutoring, mentoring, and counseling services for children and young mothers to retirement planning... View Details
Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso
- 11 Dec 2014
- News
Fashion's Retail Revolution
MBAs in retail, starting in the bargain basement of Bloomingdale’s. He worked his way up through the ranks of the department store to chairman and CEO, establishing the old, family-owned store as a national luxury brand and the flagship New York store as a destination.... View Details
- 01 Sep 2005
- News
Trouble in Mouse Land
Michael Eisner announced that he would retire in 2006, Gold and Disney filed suit to challenge the designation of Robert Iger as his successor, charging that the board rubber-stamped Eisner’s pick without conducting a valid search for a... View Details
- 25 Sep 2017
- Blog Post
Michael Schrader (MBA 2012) on Finding Entrepreneurial Success with HBS Resources
because we didn’t raise any money and were able to win again." Schrader credits much of the company's success to the advisory board they were able to build from across the university, the tools they were provided, and the mentorship of recently View Details
- 01 Feb 2018
- News
HBS Professor Emeritus Hugo Uyterhoeven Dies at 86
the material. He had a European background and a broad knowledge of international affairs and business that came through in any discussion.” “He was my favorite teacher, because he was so tough," Andreas Andresen, a retired German... View Details
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Malory Mclemore
became a firefighter. Over a 30-year career, he gained a reputation as a strong leader and retired as a Battalion Chief after leading and training hundreds of firefighters. Outside of the Fire Department, my dad washed windows at local... View Details
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Oral Histories | Baker Library
earning her MBA. During her career at IBM, the 360 mainframe computer system was announced which she was asked to teach in her branch. She retired in 1992 as a liaison between programming groups and the then head contractor on the Space... View Details
- 17 Jul 2023
- Blog Post
From the Panelists: Toward a Decarbonized Future: Who Pays? Who Profits?
so far, but focused on ‘financing reduced emissions.’” Girish Nadkarni, recently retired CEO of Total Energy Ventures and senior advisor to OGCI Climate Investments, called for corporations to increase their climate change activities. He... View Details
- 01 Dec 2007
- News
The Wise Men
University and was accepted at HBS at age 19. During World War II, Williams survived the sinking of the USS Lexington in the Battle of the Coral Sea and in 1945, as ship’s announcer on the USS Topeka, he read President Truman’s announcement of the dropping of the atom... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons;Julia Hanna
- 01 Jun 2000
- News
Social Capital Markets: Creating Value in the Nonprofit World
created value in the for-profit marketplace and want to take a similar approach with philanthropy," Emerson asserts. Joining this group of philanthropists are baby boomers, who are "entering their retirement years very engaged," Emerson... View Details
Keywords: Anne Kavanagh
- 01 Jun 2015
- News
The Military and the MBA
MBA classroom, says MBA Class of 1958 Senior Lecturer Scott Snook, a retired Army colonel and HBS graduate, who serves as an unofficial advisor to veteran and active-duty students. “The level of responsibility and opportunity to lead very... View Details
- 01 Mar 2014
- News
Insight: Yenball
a week, limiting a team's revenue from Japanese firms. Contrast that with recently retired Hideki Matsui, who could play every game, patrolling the Yankee Stadium outfield with ads for Japanese companies on the wall behind him—visible... View Details
- 01 Jun 2005
- News
Fellowship Campaign Approaching Goal
no legal requirement that he pay back the money. There was, however, a “moral loan” that he felt obliged to repay because the School had such a positive influence on his life. Dunphy, the retired head of Sealed Air Corporation who... View Details
- 01 Dec 2002
- News
Hong Kong Club Thrives, Plans Next Global Alumni Conference
encouraging participation. Teo, who recently started his own consulting firm, Croda Resources and Associates, shows no signs of retiring from alumni activity anytime soon. “I enjoy it so much that I will continue on as vice president,” he... View Details
- 16 Jul 2024
- Op-Ed
Corporate Boards Are Failing in Their No. 1 Duty
incident, but then, under the aggressive leadership of John Stumpf and consumer banking head Carrie Tolstedt, the company created 3.3 million fictious consumer accounts. This led to Stumpf’s forced retirement and his replacement by COO... View Details
Keywords: by Bill George
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Educating Leaders - Georges F. Doriot:Educating Leaders, Building Companies, Baker Library, Harvard Business School
report. Doriot retired from HBS in 1966. 22 In 1979, the Professor Emeritus was invited back to campus to give a refresher course, and throngs of colleagues and former students filled the lecture hall. Throughout his life, Doriot remained... View Details
- 10 Jul 2024
- News
Next Level
Gina Joseph (GMP 29, 2020), chief strategy officer for the technology media company VentureBeat, was recently honored by the San Francisco Business Times in their “40 Under 40” issue. Joseph is thriving in the media, tech, and gaming world—all industries traditionally... View Details
Keywords: Catherine O’Neill Grace
- 29 Apr 2002
- Research & Ideas
Star Power! How to Win in Professional Services
job, he stays until he reaches retirement age. If the directors think otherwise, sooner or later he leaves. In PSFs, the situation is strikingly different. The CEO serves at the pleasure of the partner-owners. Many firms require that he... View Details
Keywords: by Jay W. Lorsch & Thomas J. Tierney
- 01 Jan 2006
- News
Sir Ronald M. Cohen, MBA 1969
focus from advising to investing in start-ups just as the UK and Europe embarked on major economic reforms. In addition, the U.S. venture capital industry got a huge boost when a 1978 clarification in the Employee Retirement Income... View Details