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Jay Van Andel
In 1959, with his partner Richard DeVos, Van Andel established one of the most profitable direct selling companies in the world. Van Andel and DeVos accomplished their success through the use of an elaborate pyramid-like distribution... View Details
Keywords: Personal Care & Home Products
- 01 Dec 2000
- News
The Rites of Autumn
chairman C. Bruce Johnstone (MBA 1966); and HBSAA Board president Edmund A. Hajim (MBA 1964) after their opening remarks to alumni. The Class of 1970's Richard W. Miller (with yellow tie) and J.J. Elkin (with rose tie) met with current... View Details
- 01 Jun 2007
- News
Faculty Research Online
development. What’s their motivation? The observations presented in research by Professor Marco Iansiti and Gregory Richards (MBA ’99) suggest some fundamental changes in strategy used View Details
- 01 Jun 2012
- News
Wynton Marsalis, Entrepreneur
Jazz and classical trumpet player, composer, bandleader, historian, raconteur, and nine-time Grammy winner Wynton Marsalis appeared at the Harvard Innovation Lab in February, ably backed by a quartet of HBS professors. In a panel... View Details
- 15 Jun 2018
- News
Skydeck Live: The Science of a Meaningful Life
air, it has landing gear-- and Richard de Crespigny just decides, based on my training, I'm going to start pretending I'm flying a Cessna. And by now they've managed to turn the plane slightly around, and... View Details
- 01 Mar 2007
- News
In Brief
Q&A with Daniel Vasella. Initially regarded by critics as too inexperienced to lead a major pharmaceutical company, Daniel Vasella (PMD 57, 1989) has set a new standard for innovation as CEO of Novartis. The Winning Season. Last year, St.... View Details
- 01 Dec 2001
- News
A Close-Up Look at the Men behind the Empire
Giants of Enterprise: Seven Business Innovators and the Empires They Built (HarperBusiness), a new book by HBS professor Richard S. Tedlow, presents fascinating biographical essays of seven men whose... View Details
- 01 Apr 2002
- News
Dot Vertigo
give careful consideration to its strategic role as their companies move forward. "The dot companies have given us a peek into the future of emerging organization structures and new management approaches, he observes. "We need to overcome dot vertigo to see clearly the... View Details
- 01 Sep 2004
- News
MBA Class of 2004 Celebrates Class Day and Commencement
HATS OFF: Jubilant Class of 2004 grads whoop it up on Baker Lawn. Student speaker Dan Heath urged his classmates to live wisely and joyfully. MBA Program Chair Carl Kester and Dean Kim B. Clark with Class Day speaker Richard Wagoner (MBA... View Details
Steven J. Ross
Ross built a small family funeral parlor business into the world’s largest media company by the time of his death. In 1962, Ross took the funeral parlor business, Kinney, public at a market valuation of $12.5 million. From that initial... View Details
Keywords: Entertainment & Broadcast Media
- 16 Feb 2023
- News
Clearing the Air
Animation by Richard Borge Aaron Sabin (MS/MBA Candidate) HBS senior lecturer Jim Matheson Aaron Sabin (MS/MBA Candidate) HBS senior lecturer Jim Matheson Can We Really Engineer a Climate Fix? The... View Details
- 26 Jan 2017
- News
Finding a Path out of Poverty
differently.” One course that sparked Magwegwe’s imagination was Business, Government, and the International Economy (BGIE), taught by Professor Richard Vietor, author of How Countries Compete. “It provided... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 10 Jul 2009
- Research Event
Business Summit: The Coming World Oil Crisis
Editor's Note: This is a summary of an HBS Business Summit presentation. View a full summary and video of the event on the HBS Centennial Web site linked below. Date of Event: October 13, 2008 Moderator: Richard H.K. Vietor, HBS faculty... View Details
- 01 Jun 2017
- News
The Evolving HBS Campus
Pictured, from left: Cliff Gayley and architect William Rawn of William Rawn Associates; Dean Nitin Nohria; Beth Klarman; Seth Klarman; and Richard Walsh, president and CEO of Walsh Brothers, the project construction management firm.... View Details
- 01 Dec 2018
- News
Preparing Our Students for a Changing World
Orzetti says the immersion exceeded expectations and broadened his understanding about entrepreneurship and the nuances of global business. Paul Gompers, the Eugene Holman Professor of Business Administration, was the faculty lead for the course and was joined View Details
- 01 Mar 2009
- News
More Alumni Books
Maria Press) Six Bulls: The Ohioans by Richard Puz (AMP 89, 1982) (Outskirts Press) How Rich Countries Got Rich and Why Poor Countries Stay Poor by Erik S. Reinert (MBA ’76)... View Details
- 01 Feb 2002
- News
Health Industry Alumni Convene for Conference
"Financing Health-Care Delivery and Innovation"; two case studies, led by HBS assistant professors Richard Bohmer and Henry Chesbrough, that examined patients' rights in the context of other industry... View Details
- 04 Oct 2018
- News
“A Shout Through Time”
ends 73 years later in that same small town with celebration and a sense of closure. The ID bracelet recovered by GRAC at the crash site, and radio operator Richard Perzyk. READ MORE Morrell: In August 2015,... View Details
- 01 Mar 2008
- News
Good Luck Charm
city it calls home. The company’s grants support Lincoln Center but also local performing- and community-arts groups and schools. For Quiroz, who grew up on Staten Island, attending events all over the city has made her feel “like I rediscovered New York.” She’s also... View Details
- 01 Mar 2005
- News
Faculty Research Online
directly to consumers. Do physicians take notice? Professor Emeritus Alvin Silk and Harvard’s Joel Weissman discuss a recent study. The Changing Roles of Doctors and Patients Richard Bohmer, a physician as well as an HBS assistant... View Details