California - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Mar 2015
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Case Study: The Speed of Light

California. How is the California market being served today? Does your model (people) allow for significant differentiation? Does the California marketplace have an abundance (compared to other markets) of... View Details

Keywords: Electric Power Generation, Transmission, Distribution; Utilities

23 Mar 2016
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Building a Biotech Business from Farmed Fish

research being done at the University of Pennsylvania, on a contract basis; the University of Louisville has been working with our fistula patches; and the University of California has helped us with neuron regeneration. “We’re taking... View Details

01 Dec 2015
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Golden State of Mind

(formerly Draper Fisher Jurvetson), the venture capital firm he founded in 1985 as a small business investment company called Draper Associates. Conventionally dressed, his tie nonetheless depicts a map of California divided into six... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna

01 Mar 2010
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Sunshine State

filling vending machines after his textile-equipment business collapsed. The younger Greene ended up making a fortune in Southern California real estate; later, his success at subprime hedging earned him the title “The Meltdown Mogul”... View Details

Keywords: Real Estate

01 Apr 1999
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Time to Vote in University Elections

their membership. This year's candidates are: Thomas E. Everhart, AB '53, magna cum laude; MS '55, UCLA; PhD '58, University of Cambridge, England. President Emeritus and Professor of Electrical Engineering and Applied Physics, California... View Details

12 Apr 2012
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HBS Welcomes Eleven Alumni Startups

York Reena Russell, MBA 2003 Co-founder EnergyGridIQ enabling energy projects northwestern us HBS Association of Northern California Jacquelyn Kung, MBA 2006 COO ClearCare private-pay homecare services southeastern us HBS Club of Atlanta... View Details

Keywords: Bulletin Staff; Alumni New Venture Contest

14 Feb 2023
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Dean Datar Meets with Alumni in San Francisco

Datar." Alumni were energized to be back together in person again at the event, which was cohosted by the School, the HBS Association of Northern California (HBSANC), and the California Research Center... View Details

01 Jun 2003
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Rock Gift to Support Entrepreneurial Studies

Business Leader of the Year In late January, the HBS Association of Northern California (HBSA/NC) presented Arthur Rock with its Business Leader of the Year Award. The HBSA/NC annually recognizes a highly successful individual who has... View Details

Keywords: Jeffrey L. Cruikshank; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

01 Jun 2011
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Touch Down

citizen,” Gannon told San Diego’s KSWB-TV (January 8, 2011). “I got to see my own country and my own people through the eyes of other people and other countries.” As for special moments, he cited flying medical supplies into Iraq and returning to Vietnam, where he had... View Details

Keywords: world records

12 Feb 2019
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A View of the Valley

Photo via Wired, courtesy of Kathy Wang Photo via Wired, courtesy of Kathy Wang When Kathy Wang (MBA 2011) sat down to write her first work of fiction, after years of working as a product manager at big tech companies, the California... View Details

Keywords: Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

22 Aug 2016
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Working for a Faster, Safer Internet

knew we were packing our things in a U-Haul and moving to California to actually do it full-time. “We’re making the internet faster, safer, and more available for over 5 percent of internet surfers around the world, which is pretty... View Details

01 Dec 2017
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Alumni Salute Bill Sahlman

taken), helping to build the Entrepreneurial Management unit, launching the California Research Center and the New Venture Competition, and creating an HBX entrepreneurship course. If you would like to learn more about the fund, contact... View Details

01 Oct 2000
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Class of 1975 Endows Chair in Entrepreneurship

of the Entrepreneurial and Service Management Unit and Chris Darwall, executive director of the HBS California Research Center, have led the tremendous growth of entrepreneurial studies and activities at the School. We were delighted when... View Details

Keywords: Nancy O. Perry

25 Apr 2023
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Class of 2022 Startups Sweep Alumni New Venture Competition

Hilton Wood and Vanessa Royle from the Southern California region. In addition to being HBS classmates, the winning teams all cut their teeth in either the Startup Operations course or the first-year immersion program, Startup... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

01 Dec 2002
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Clusters and Competition

in the modern economy,” he noted, “and clusters enhance both.” As an example, Porter pointed to the California wine cluster, where the close proximity of related enterprises — grape growers, wine-equipment manufacturers, PR firms that... View Details

01 Mar 2016
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Feedback

for the more than 6 million students in the entire state. Each school in California is already subject to four (overlapping and often inefficient) layers of supervision—at the district, county, state, and federal levels. Does Tim really... View Details

01 Mar 2013
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Celebrating Women at HBS

California and the HBS Women's Association of New England—have been featuring faculty speakers such as Senior Associate Dean for Culture and Community Professor Robin Ely, who is cochairing the W50 celebration. In February, the Women's... View Details

23 May 2019
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Michael G. Mullen, AMP 109, 1991

Return to Alumni Achievement Awards main page TIMELINE 1946 Born, Los Angeles, California 1968 Earns BS, Systems Engineering, US Naval Academy 1985 Earns MS, Operations Research, US Naval Postgraduate School 1987 Receives Stockdale Award... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young

01 Dec 1997
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A Piece of the Action

hold for businesses all over the world has inspired HBS to establish its own startup here. Last summer the School's California Research Center (CRC) opened its doors in Menlo Park at 3000 Sand Hill Road, an address at the hub of the... View Details