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- 01 Jan 2012
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Andrew H. Tisch, MBA 1977
Co-Chairman, Loews Corporation Download Tisch profile (pdf) Return to Alumni Achievement Awards main page TIMELINE 1949 Born, Asbury Park, New Jersey 1971 Earns BS, Hotel Administration, Cornell University 1971 Joins Loews as Marketing Associate 1979 Appointed... View Details
- 01 Dec 2010
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Additional alumni books for your consideration.
company to still lose money, Byrnes explains how managers can rethink their business for maximum profit. Along the way, he punctures such harmful myths as revenues are good, costs are bad; all customers should get the same great service;... View Details
- 04 Nov 2020
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The Long View: Persevering Through Past Crises
credit: Library of Congress / Dorothea Lange READ MORE Hi, this is Akilah Rogers. I graduated in 2009, companies were rescinding offers, and the only companies that were hiring were investment banking,... View Details
- 01 Mar 2016
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Case Study: Paper Chase
(photos courtesy of Lovepop) (photos courtesy of Lovepop) Lovepop makes greeting cards that open to reveal intricate 3D designs that resemble an artistic take on a children’s pop-up book. The brainchild of two former ship designers—Wombi Rose and John Wise (both MBA... View Details
- 01 Dec 2004
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Finding a Balance
Do the rules of business change when a company’s product holds the power of life or death over its customers? That’s a question students must consider when discussing “Cipla,” a case about a $325 million Indian pharmaceutical company that... View Details
- 01 Oct 2000
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Mario A. Corti: Global Reconnaissance
fulfilling Corti's dream of piloting a plane around the globe. "Flying always seems miraculous to me -- it's a triumph of man over nature," says Corti, who at the time of the trip was chief administrative officer at Nestlé USA, based in... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 01 Apr 2002
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New Director of MBA Career Services Focuses on Power of Alumni Network
The outlook for MBA job seekers was bright when Matthew S. Merrick (MBA '96) was a student in search of a summer internship. The Pittsburgh native knew he wanted to be in his hometown, so he sent his resume to three companies with HBS... View Details
- 28 Feb 2011
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Rebooting the Human Condition
visionaries and doers that focuses on creativity, imagination, and Next Big Things. At the 2009 conference, in a talk of 18 minutes (the maximum time allowed for all TED speakers), Enriquez explained clearly and humorously how... View Details
- 01 Dec 2019
- News
What’s Behind the Explosive Growth of Sustainable Investing?
are putting pressure on intermediaries to do more with the companies that they’ve invested in. That’s in both the public and the private markets. And so at this point I don’t think it’s a question of whether this is niche or mainstream.... View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint
- 01 Sep 2016
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Ask the Expert: How to Build a More Diverse Board
Recent studies have found that gender diversity in the corporate boardroom can enhance dialogue, curb excessive risk-taking, and boost both performance and share price. And yet, women still hold only about 19 percent of S&P 500 company... View Details
- 27 Apr 2017
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Enabling a Transformational Educational Experience
India that provided supplementary education, support for marginalized farmers, and vocational training. He earned an engineering and economics degree in 2011, was a consultant at McKinsey & Company in India, and led commercial operations... View Details
- 01 Jun 2017
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The Exchange: Venture Forth
sector that thrives on anecdotal evidence. Here, the professors discuss what their findings mean for entrepreneurs, venture capitalists, and innovation. Today, the VC industry is still small in absolute terms: Less than one quarter of 1 percent of View Details
Keywords: April White
- 01 Apr 1997
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Management Update Launched
position, in 1994. Following that assignment, he became editor for business development at the parent company, Time Inc., identifying and assessing magazines and other media properties the parent company... View Details
Keywords: Judith A. Ross
- 28 Sep 2015
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Rockin’ for a Cause
Despite the obvious temptation, Jeff Scheel (MBA 1990) has not yet given up his day job in favor of his frontman role in the Wildcats, a classic rock dance band the New York Times once dubbed “perhaps the most popular Palo Alto dad band.”... View Details
- 01 Jan 2002
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Orin C. Smith (MBA '67)
President & Chief Executive Officer Starbucks Coffee Company Return to Alumni Achievement Awards main page Earlier Education University of Washington, 1965 B.A., Finance, Economics, Accounting, and Statistics Other Jobs Touche Ross & Co.,... View Details
- 25 Feb 2020
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Alumni and Faculty Books for March 2020
Values-Based Professional Services Firm by Don Scales (MBA 1982) Wiley As times change, businesses must evolve. The way that leaders have run companies for generations is no longer relevant. Today, purpose... View Details
- 22 Jan 2020
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What It Takes
people, how to have a good investment committee, how to figure out what was the right type of thing to be buying at the right time. We had a great conversation. In the middle of it I tried to sell him some products, which I normally would do, and he said, "Please, Mr.... View Details
- 01 Sep 2015
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The Business of Love
Illustrations by Istvan Banyai By the standards of the algorithmic, instant-judgment online dating age, Jess Kushner (MBA 2008) and Ken Deckinger have a story fit for an old-fashioned romantic comedy. In 2003, Deckinger was running a speed-dating View Details
Keywords: April White
- 13 Jun 2017
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Finding Common Ground
organization owns the problem, there can’t be one owner of the solution.” For example, the bees need diversity in their diet and can suffer from malnutrition in monoculture environments. But beekeepers have a hard time “going to a farmer... View Details
Keywords: Ralph Ranalli
- 01 Mar 2025
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Forward Thinking
There was a time when human activity in outer space was a highly centralized, government-led endeavor, says Professor and Senior Associate Dean Matthew Weinzierl. But that era has passed: Over the past two decades, a calcified space... View Details