Family and Family Relationships - Publications - Faculty & Research

14 Oct 2024
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Families Sacrifice Time and Money Caring for Loved Ones. A New Caregiver Calculator Reveals the High Cost.

01 Jul 2013
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Family of the Late Boston Businessman William F. Connell Donates $10 Million to Harvard Business School

Keywords: William F. Connell (MBA 1963); Manufacturing

20 Jan 2016
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Tough Love For Small Business: 'Nothing Happens Until Somebody Cries'

Keywords: turnarounds; family business; Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management of Companies and Enterprises

12 Feb 2021
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From the Plow to Birth Control: How Tech Reshapes Relationships

24 May 2023
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Balancing Acts

you have to balance the two, you're doing the right thing. Now, if you're in politics and you're making a decision, it obviously has to do with Apollo. But if you are with your family View Details

Keywords: work-life balance; happiness; family

01 Jul 2014
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Bajaj Rolls On

Keywords: family business; succession planning; Manufacturing

01 Jun 2002
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Up to the Challenge: Demola Gbadegesin - In the Right Direction

department. Next he went to Stanford, earned a master's in electrical engineering, and worked in California for several years, starting at Hewlett-Packard before moving on to Sprint PCS. Gbadegesin says HBS has given him the opportunity... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young; democracy; family; technology; Architectural, Engineering, and Related Services; Architectural, Engineering, and Related Services; Architectural, Engineering, and Related Services

05 Jul 2014
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The Power of the Pub

Keywords: family business; change management; innovation; Food and Beverage Stores; Food and Beverage Stores

01 Dec 2022
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Built to Last

Weisiger at Carolina Tractor & Equipment: laying a foundation for employee development and company values The third generation to lead Carolina Tractor & Equipment (CTE), Ed Weisiger Jr. (MBA 1986) wants to rewrite the typical Hollywood... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; family business; leadershp; employee management; Machinery Manufacturing; Manufacturing

01 Sep 2023
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Returning to the Roots

It’s not a role he sought or expected. But when his brother died of a brain tumor late last year, Florent Latour (MBA 1999) became CEO of Maison Louis Latour, a winemaker established in 1797 in the Burgundy region of France. The 11th generation of his family to lead... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; wine; entrepreneurship; family business; innovation; climate change; Beverage and Tobacco Product Manufacturing; Manufacturing

01 Jun 2002
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Up to the Challenge: Ken Baumgartner - Sticking with It

some classes, and finish my degree when I got out of the NHL,” explains Baumgartner, who found, instead, that one season in the NHL led to another — twelve in all — with the LA Kings, the New York Islanders, the Toronto Maple Leafs, the... View Details

Keywords: Amy Burton; hockey; education; family; career paths; personal priorities; Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries

01 Jun 2024
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Firm Foundation

Courtesy Tracy Britt Cool Courtesy Tracy Britt Cool Tracy Britt Cool (MBA 2009) has been playing the long game as long as she can remember. The former Berkshire Hathaway executive grew up in a family business: Her father was a third-generation farmer in Manhattan,... View Details

Keywords: Janelle Nanos; private equity; Warren Buffett; career path; investment strategy; family business; Finance

01 Sep 2023
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That Was Then, This Is Now

It started with a question. But before that, it started in the classroom. Tony Deifell (MBA 2002) loved the discussions in his LEAD course, taught by Professor (and now former Dean) Nitin Nohria; wanting to make them more tangible, Deifell adapted the idea of... View Details

Keywords: Photographed by Tony Deifell (MBA 2002); edited by Julia Hanna. Above: Heidi Brooks, photographed in 2003 and 2023.; life experience; family; leadership