Prisoners Of War - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Sep 2020
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Alumni and Faculty Books for September 2020

separation, courage, and transformation through five generations of interracial relationships. Fearful of prison time—or lynching—for violating Indiana’s anti-miscegenation... View Details

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Michael Nkansah

October 28, 1990, was the wrong day to be in Monrovia, Liberia. My family would have perished—as nameless casualties of a senseless war in a foreign land—were it not for the intervention View Details

Lucas has produced and directed some of the most successful films in history including the Star Wars Trilogy and the Indiana Jones series. Through his Industrial Light and Magic subsidiary, he has pioneered... View Details

Keywords: Entertainment & Broadcast Media

Charles S. Woolworth

Taking control of the family discount goods enterprise upon his brother Frank’s death, Charles Woolworth continued to expand the company. In the 1920s, Woolworth began operations in Cuba and Germany, and American operations were extended... View Details

Keywords: Retail

Robert D. Stuart, Jr.

Joining the family firm after serving in World War II, Robert Jr. was responsible for Quaker Oats’ biggest diversification since his Uncle John was president. Much of Stuart’s expansion came in non-food... View Details

Keywords: Food & Tobacco

04 Oct 2018
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“A Shout Through Time”

War II plane crash sites, were searching for remnants of a transport plane in Zavattarello, Italy. The team, Gruppo Ricercatori Aerei Caduti or GRAC, was set up several years ago to help collect these sorts... View Details

Herman G. Fisher

In 1938, Fisher introduced a new toy named “Snoopy Sniffer,” which was an instant hit with the public. By the end of the 1930s, Fisher-Price, the first toy company licensed to make Disney toys, was producing over 2 million action toys a... View Details

Keywords: Fabricated Goods

Harvey S. Firestone, Jr.

Firestone inaugurated the company’s Liberian manufacturing operations and developed and expanded the company’s auto supply and service stores. Firestone manufactured over 50% of all mobile anti-aircraft gun units during World View Details

Keywords: Automotive & Aerospace

01 Jun 2010
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Michael Depatie

stints with Trammell Crow Company, Residence Inn, Summerfield Suites, La Quinta, and Sunterra. Named CEO in 2006, Depatie oversees 6,500 employees and 50 properties in 23 U.S. cities. It is, he says, “the job of my life.” Kimpton Hotels... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; Amusement, Gambling, and Recreation Industries; Arts, Entertainment; Accommodation; Hospitality

Edward G. Budd

During the 1910s and 1920s, Budd constructed a successful business supplying car bodies, including an all-steel sedan body, to auto manufacturers such as General Motors, Studebaker, Ford and Chrysler. In the 1930s, Budd pioneered the fabrication View Details

Keywords: Automotive & Aerospace

Juan T. Trippe

supporting the Allied Forces in the Pacific during World War II. Such dealings, in conjunction with Trippe’s acquisition of landing rights all over the world, helped PanAm become an industry leader in... View Details

Keywords: Transportation

01 May 2013
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Maurice Pinto, MBA 1960

is particularly proud that his HBS fellowship might aid veterans of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. "I really admire people who serve in the military," he says, noting that part View Details

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2019 Symposium - Race, Gender & Equity

Stern School of Business. She studies the psychology of good people, or “bounded ethicality”. Dolly teaches MBA courses in leadership, management, and negotiations. Additionally, she has taught at a men’s... View Details

Martin W. Clement

lines from New York City to Philadelphia, Baltimore, Washington, and Harrisburg. At the end of World War II, Pennsylvania Railroad controlled 6% of the railway mileage in the... View Details

Keywords: Transportation

01 Feb 1997
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OPM Reunion Snapshots

Erik Sorensen (22nd OPM) Currently the managing director of Club Sultan in Marbella, Spain, an exclusive European holiday ownership club, Erik Sorensen specializes in marketing luxurious vacation opportunities. "My business is about... View Details

Portrait Project

Damir Ljuboja

In the dead of Sarajevo winter, my mother’s hands shook as she waded through the Miljacka River, carrying a four-year-old above her head. That child, terrified and gray, was me. The medical clinic was five blocks from our apartment... View Details

01 Sep 2007
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Ali Allawi

— some contradictory, some pointless, some incoherent — and the manifestly small size of the occupation force became clear, the cost of resisting and escalating resistance became less and less. In addition... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; National Security and International Affairs; Government

04 Sep 2019
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Alumni and Faculty Books for September 2019

Edited by Margie Kelley Alumni Books A Bend in the Stars by Rachel Barenbaum (MBA 2004) Grand Central Publishing In Russia, in the summer of 1914, as war with Germany looms, Miri Abramov and her brilliant... View Details

John R. Simplot

Investing in businesses that ranged from cattle to potatoes to fertilizer, Simplot used his talent at achieving efficiency and at spotting a growing market to garner enormous profits. Simplot capitalized on the Army’s World War II demands... View Details