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- 01 Oct 1999
- News
Eight Among Many: Alfred A. Checchi
already survived a serious auto accident, became convinced he should run for office after Commerce Secretary Ron Brown and a number of executives died in a plane crash in Croatia in 1996, a flight Checchi missed only because of a... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 25 Aug 2014
- News
Ashraf M. Dahod, MBA 1981
support for education and health care—particularly for underserved populations—can be seen in the Boston area as well as in Mumbai, where the couple met as teenagers. Working with Shamim, a medical doctor who has survived two bouts with... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 25 Apr 2024
- News
Origin Stories
Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Dan Morrell: Hi, this is Dan Morrell, host of Skydeck. Where we come from and how we were raised has a profound effect on who we become. The recipients of this year’s Alumni Achievement Award grew up... View Details
- 01 Sep 2023
- News
End Game
Illustration by James Steinberg In the 1960s and 1970s, as the environmental movement dawned in the United States, a new generation of activist-minded entrepreneurs appeared. Among them were companies like Body Shop, Aveda, Tom’s of Maine, and Whole Foods—all founded... View Details
- 19 Jan 2024
- News
The Values and Virtues of a Quick Fix
Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Hi, this is Dan Morrell, host of Skydeck. Speed has gotten a pretty bad rap, says Anne Morriss (MBA 2004). The Silicon Valley mantra of moving fast and breaking things has led to waves of high-profile... View Details
- 12 Feb 2021
- News
How Dunkin’ Donuts Took Over the World
auction, Lincoln Savings lost $100 million dollars and this fellow lost his oil company. And was forced into retirement. And quite truthfully, had he been successful, it’s very doubtful that Dunkin’ Donuts would have survived his... View Details
Keywords: brands; leadership; management; strategy; operations; career; Food and Beverage Stores; Retail Trade
- 01 Oct 1997
- News
Donald J. Chiofaro
projects in New York, Chicago, and other major cities. He dismisses predictions that real-estate investment trusts and other industry innovations may spell the end for development entrepreneurs. "I've been an endangered species all my career," he laughs. "I may be a... View Details
Keywords: Daniel Penrice
- 01 Dec 2009
- News
One Man Crime Wave
in upstate New York with his father, a business executive, his mother, a homemaker, and a younger sister. When MacDonald was 12, he fell ill for many months with scarlet fever and mastoiditis. Confined to his home, he survived the boredom... View Details
- 01 Sep 2006
- News
Marketing Giant Ted Levitt Remembered
receiving his BA in 1949. Two years later, he earned a doctorate in economics from Ohio State University. Levitt is survived by his wife of 58 years, the former Joan Levy, four children, and six grandchildren, as well as two sisters. To... View Details
- 01 Mar 2024
- News
The Internet's Next Frontier
technology has survived and grown even in the midst of an economic downturn and the high-energy activity that was happening in 2021 and 2022, I think just reinforces my confidence that this is a big part of the future of business.”... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie
- 10 Nov 2017
- News
Girl’s Pendant Found at Nazi Camp Site Reunites a Family
belonged to a girl who is not known to have survived the war. The rare pendant is engraved with a birth date––“3.7.1929––the place name “Frankfurt A.M.,” and the Hebrew words mazal tov. Now, thanks to the efforts of a grandson of... View Details
- 01 Sep 2009
- News
Faculty Research Online
Survive — Thrive: Leading Innovation in Good Times and Bad Cost cutting and restructuring are just the first steps in coping with the current global financial crisis and defining how business will be conducted in the future. In this... View Details
- 23 Jun 2017
- News
A 'Pillar' of Entrepreneurship
tech CEOs in town I know who have been highly successful,” says Wilcox. “I’m looking for drive, intelligence, and charisma. I also look for whether or not the person has a streak of humility and a self-awareness of their own limitations, because I don’t think any... View Details
- 19 May 2020
- News
Exploring the Economics of a Pandemic; Alumni Forums Draw Closer Online
Clubs News Clubs News Black Businesses Get Pandemic Survival Tips Via Webinar Series The HBS African-American Alumni Association (HBSAAA), in partnership with Steven Rogers (MBA 1985), the MBA Class of 1957 Senior Lecturer of Business... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Dec 2010
- News
Additional alumni books for your consideration.
tracking global market trends and finding investment opportunities — such as gold, interest rates, currency, and commodities — that match those trends. Balance Is a Crock, Sleep Is for the Weak: An Indispensable Guide to Surviving Working... View Details
- 01 Jun 2006
- News
Silver Lining
Energy International, a company formed to manage its physical assets, which, as it happens, are actively being sought after by private-equity groups from around the world. Said Bhatnagar, who has since founded THOT Capital Group, an energy partnership that buys power... View Details
- 01 Dec 2001
- News
New York Club Asks for Donations to September 11 Relief Fund
of the surviving families. The New York Times 9/11 Neediest Fund accepts contributions to relieve the suffering of civilians' and rescue workers' families directly affected by the World Trade Center attacks. To make a tax-deductible... View Details
- 30 Jul 2019
- News
Turning Around Tesco
The British-based grocery chain Tesco—the third-largest retailer in the world—recently marked its 100th anniversary with a record-setting, 30-hour dance relay in Wembley Stadium. There were other reasons to celebrate, too: The chain is back in the black after View Details
- 15 Dec 2024
- News
Editor's Letter
the results of a two-year effort. Much of this work was fueled by alumni: We polled you, asked you big questions about how and why you engage with our content, and brought you into design-thinking workshops to get a deeper understanding of how we can View Details
- 01 Jun 2002
- News
HBS Press Books in Brief
navigating the perilous straits of leadership. Whether parent or politician, CEO or community activist, leaders will learn how to exercise leadership and survive and thrive to enjoy the fruits of their labor. Winning through Innovation: A... View Details