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- 05 Nov 2021
- Op-Ed
Is the Business World Finally Ready for the Wisdom of Shibusawa?
Eiichi Shibusawa continues to gain influence in Japan—even though he died almost a century ago. Japan’s government announced earlier this year that the 19th century business leader would be the face on 10,000 yen ($90) bank notes—the highest value denomination in... View Details
- 01 Aug 1998
- News
High Honors
Yale, Pearl Harbor and his subsequent service as a U.S. Navy pilot interrupted his plans. Following the war, he returned to Yale to complete his bachelor's degree and launched his academic career teaching ninth-grade English in Honolulu.... View Details
- Web
Wartime Schools Collections | Baker Library
The HBS Archives holds records related to many wartime schools held on the school campus. Learn more about the HBS Wartime Schools Collection Guides Navy Supply Corps School Navy War Adjustment Course Army... View Details
- 02 Aug 2019
- News
Helping Veterans Build Careers
Navy veteran Dan Goldenberg (MBA 2003) was a week into life as a HBS student when the 9/11 attacks occurred, compelling him to join the Reserves just months after having left active duty. That defining moment inspired him to help others... View Details
- 01 Jun 2015
- News
The Military and the MBA: Richard Kondo (MBA 1999)
“My most rewarding mission.” —Blending military leadership and private industry best practices Richard Kondo (MBA 1999) served as a US Navy Submarine Officer in Japan and later pursued a medical device career in marketing and business... View Details
- Portrait Project
Carl Petty
I look at the rest of my life as one big bonus round. The decade I spent flying fighters in the Navy was a childhood dream come true – more than I ever could have asked for. But I left the Navy feeling an... View Details
- 01 Dec 2016
- News
Cast of Characters
new Poison Ivy: Cycle of Life and Death, Chu brings a modern sensibility to the DC Comics seductress: “I thought it was time to update her as a smart scientist with more powers, character complexity, and antihero aspirations.” THE NAVY... View Details
Keywords: April White
- Portrait Project
Ellyn Creasey
“There’s been a knife fight in Main Engine Room 1.” It was 4:00 a.m. As “officer of the deck” on a U.S. Navy Destroyer, I should have been focused on driving the ship. But the call consumed me. It had to be a sailor in my division. ... View Details
- 01 Jun 2002
- News
Up to the Challenge: Tony Sanchez - Team Builder
Photography by Robert Schoen The résumé of Roger Anthony (“Tony”) Sanchez reads like a laundry list of military superlatives: U.S. Naval Academy engineering major, water polo team captain, and battalion commander; Navy SEAL platoon... View Details
Keywords: Nancy O. Perry
Elmer A. Sperry
A prolific inventor, Sperry was instrumental in creating technological advances in navigation. He invented gyroscopic compasses and stabilizers that became fundamental components for both ships and airplanes. His inventions were adopted by the United States View Details
Keywords: Fabricated Goods
Millard S. Drexler
Drexler helped to transform The Gap from a “me-too” retailer of Levi’s and private label jeans into a fashion icon. He simplified the brand’s product line and invested heavily in provocative advertising which made The Gap a recognizable worldwide brand. During the... View Details
Keywords: Fabric & Apparel
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
Crowdfunding capital for small business
like the idea of the crowd vetting ideas, and determining winners and losers by voting with their capital.” Although the partners had been friends for four decades, they had never worked together before iCrowd. McGee, a US Navy veteran,... View Details
- 01 Jun 2005
- News
Last Look
been highly constrained lives.” He adds, “These young women were pretty much stranded in a pathetic little encampment of (former) U.S. Navy prefabs — known as ‘Tortilla Flats’— plopped down about where the very plush quarters of the AMP... View Details
Andrew J. Higgins
biggest suppliers to the military mobilization effort for World War II. Over 90% of the navy vessels produced during the war were designed by Higgins Industries including most of the landing ships which allowed ship-bound troops to... View Details
Keywords: Fabricated Goods
Dawn Dobras
Dawn holds over 30 years as a C-level executive, consumer operator, and board member. Most recently, she served as the CEO of Credo Beauty, named “World’s Most Innovative Beauty Company” by FastCo. Right of HBS, Dawn joined Old Navy with... View Details
Keywords: Consumer Products and Services (B2C)
- 13 May 2013
- News
Giving Together
In his first experience as a HBS volunteer, serving as a major gifts committee member for his 10th Reunion Campaign, DJ Haley felt strongly about establishing a fellowship fund to support HBS students with a military service background— – and so did 11 of his... View Details
- Portrait Project
Jamie Holden
During my first year at West Point, one of the many things required of a Plebe was to memorize "The Days." Upperclassmen quizzed us daily on how many days until the seniors received their class ring, how many days until Army beats View Details
- Portrait Project
Myoung Cha
To be changed by the world around me. Many people come to HBS to "change the world." I was one of those people. But I have come to realize that it is HBS that has changed me. I have learned how to optimize a cranberry factory, absorbed life lessons from a... View Details
- 31 Jul 2019
- News
Honoring the Code
“don’t ask, don’t tell” policy, which required gay and lesbian service members to conceal their sexual orientation. “What really kept me going in the Navy were these wonderful jobs, leading people I cared about, seeing the world, carrying... View Details
- 01 Mar 2008
- News
Supporting the Troops
(MBA 11/’47), cofounder of the Wall Street firm Kohlberg Kravis Roberts, served in the Navy in World War II and says the GI Bill helped him earn degrees from Swarthmore College, HBS, and Columbia Law School. “I benefited tremendously,”... View Details