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- 07 Apr 2009
- First Look
First Look: April 7, 2009
December 2007 at the American Family Mutual Insurance Company (AMFAM) headquarters in Madison, Wisconsin, Dave Anderson and Jack Salzwedel remained in the conference room after the senior management meeting had concluded. Anderson, CEO of... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Dec 2007
- News
The Wise Men
Harvard College because I planned to return home to run the family business, a small chain of seed and feed operations in the Red River Valley, in North Dakota and Minnesota. But John Black, who taught... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons;Julia Hanna
- 27 Mar 2019
- News
Life Is a Startup
the down payment, we’ll start a family and bring on the nanny. We’re going to spend my bonus on the down payment for that house. All of those decisions are all making sense in the short term. It’s what everyone else is doing, but then it... View Details
- 15 Sep 2016
- News
The Burning Man Project
Donatella Versace. It is so much fun planning for Burning Man, organizing, thinking, scouring thrift shops. That's all part of the Burning Man experience. This idea of radical self-reliance means you don't buy a costume in a costume shop.... View Details
- 01 Oct 1996
- News
Lasting Impressions
wonderful businessmen who were very good role models. I loved the idea of marketing and serving customers, and I planned to go to business school right after college. My father talked me into going to law school first, but after I... View Details
Keywords: Deborah E. Blagg
- 10 Sep 2007
- Research & Ideas
High Note: Managing the Medici String Quartet
know each other as if they are family members. One can imagine they know where all the buttons are that can be pushed. As the case describes, they went through periods of not liking each other very much. Paul told me how other string... View Details
- 01 Dec 2006
- News
MBA vs. MBA
mixed success, to make immigration a hot-button issue, accusing Edwards of being soft on illegal immigrants. Talking tough, Taylor vows to fight any amnesty plan and favors deporting illegals. “I’m for zero penetration on the border,” he... View Details
- 10 Apr 2018
- First Look
First Look at New Research, April 10, 2018
Whillans, and Frances Chen Abstract—The transition to university is a major life change wherein young adults' primary support system shifts from the family to peers. Can social integration (operationalized as the number of friends) during... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Apr 1996
- News
Stewards of the Seventh Generation
profitability. He notes that Xerox Corporation, for example, is currently implementing a plan to reclaim its equipment, refurbish it, and resell it - without having any waste leave the plant in the process. "They not only hope to achieve... View Details
- 01 Jun 2005
- News
Profiles from the Class of 2005
leaders who make a difference. “I don’t regard HBS as a business school,” he explains. “I regard it as a leadership training school.” In the short run, Flannery plans to ply his newly acquired skills in the world of private equity. But... View Details
- 19 Apr 2011
- First Look
First Look: April 19
211-044 Magna International, Inc., a Canadian-based automotive parts manufacturer, is considering whether and how to unwind its dual-class ownership structure. A family trust controlled by the founder owns a 0.65% economic interest in the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 26 Apr 2011
- Op-Ed
HBS Faculty Comment on Environmental Issues for Earth Day
Earth Day focuses the world's attention on the both the dangers and opportunities facing the planet. But sustainability and the intersection between business and the environment are issues that need to be addressed all the time, as cities grow, resources diminish, and... View Details
- 09 Feb 2009
- Research & Ideas
Uncompromising Leadership in Tough Times
observed, "We know our limits and understand the law, but we tend to be very open with our employees, we communicate a lot." "They reassured us," said an account executive, "by calling it straight they informed us of their game View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 10 Dec 2014
- News
Front-Row Seat
me so that I could focus on my talent, which is seeing the gifts in other people.” Ultimately, Bradley’s plan to establish an independent financial base for a political run came to fruition, even if it took quite a bit longer than the... View Details
- 01 Jun 2004
- News
Luxe Redux
edge and attract new devotees without losing its core following? “We can still accommodate the traditional customer because our styling is classic,” says Matthew McEvoy (MBA 1989), strategic planning director at Burberry. Founded in 1856,... View Details
- 05 Oct 2021
- Blog Post
First-Gen Voices: Eric Westphal on Tapping into the Global Alumni Network & Making a Difference Across Borders
their family after years spent working in house cleaning and other physically demanding jobs . He decided to stay in the US “I loved it here, this was home now,” he explained. So Westphal stayed on his own with a big year ahead –... View Details
- 24 Jul 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, July 24, 2018
mining and exporting raw phosphate rock—its traditional focus, which it performed at a relatively low cost—towards greater production of phosphoric acid and finished fertilizer products. In the next phase of the program, OCP planned to... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 10 Mar 2021
- News
New Releases: Alumni and Faculty Books, Podcasts
applicants—many companies, including Twitter and Google, plan to permanently incorporate remote days or give employees the option to work from home on a full-time basis. But virtual work has it challenges. Employees feel lost, isolated,... View Details
- 27 Mar 2012
- First Look
First Look: March 27
Place, is in the midst of planning a paradigm shift in clean transportation. In an attempt to wean the world from using gasoline-powered vehicles, his company is playing the role of innovator and integrator for new vehicles, charging... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 14 Feb 2021
- Blog Post
Celebrating Love @ HBS in 2021
more time with my daughter than I ever could have hoped for. Attending daily Zoom classes together since she arrived on the first day of my final year at HBS was not something that I ever could have imagined, especially given the way that my relationship with Bridget... View Details