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- 23 Aug 2019
- Sharpening Your Skills
Has the Corporate Mission Just Been Disrupted?
study how consumers react to vocal chief executives. Why JPMorgan Chase Is Investing Millions in Detroit JPMorgan Chase is making extensive investments into the revitalization of Detroit. What does it expect in return? Professor Joseph... View Details
- 01 Mar 2010
- Op-Ed
A Golden Opportunity for Ford and GM
and marketing. He also put himself on the firing line, publicly taking ownership for GM's turnaround and appearing in a series of advertisements challenging consumers to compare GM autos with its competitors. Glimmers of Ford's and GM's potential shone brightly at the... View Details
- 01 Sep 2016
- News
The Untold Story of the US Auto Bailout
released in theaters nationally September 16. “Many of the patterns and issues that existed before the bailout are still present today,” says Burke, who was born outside Detroit in Pontiac. “We think it’s important for people to be better... View Details
- 13 Nov 2020
- News
A Passion for Education
Bob Ryan (MBA 1970) Bob Ryan (MBA 1970), the first in his family to attend college, has come a long way from his Detroit roots. When the former chief financial officer (CFO) of Medtronic set up a fellowship fund at HBS, he wanted to pay... View Details
- 01 Jun 2022
- News
Turning Point: Sparking Change
confidence I had gained by growing up in Detroit and going to Howard University to say, “I would raise that ad budget by $5 million.” Professor Starr said, “You would?” After I’d explained my reasoning, he said, “Ms. Hilliard, you did an... View Details
- 18 Apr 2018
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, April 18, 2018
https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=51309 Harvard Business School Case 918-406 JPMorgan Chase: Invested in Detroit (A) Beginning in 2014, JPMorgan Chase launched Invested in Detroit, a $100 million philanthropic investment in... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Jun 2012
- News
Bringing ‘Global’ Back Home
Issue Focus: The Global Manager Fields Photo courtesy FORD Motor Company Issue Focus: The Global Manager Around the World They Call Him Mr. China Think Locally, Act Globally No disrespect to Detroit and California—they’re definitely hubs... View Details
- 23 Oct 2018
- News
Coming of Age as the World Comes Apart
and go to places like Detroit and New Orleans and rural Montana and see what was happening and see if we could use our education not just to make a buck but to make a difference. Everybody thought we were insane, actually. I mean, here... View Details
- 13 Jul 2016
- News
From Money to Ministry
arts organizations. He has served as a docent at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Chicago and the Detroit Institute of Arts, and currently serves on the board of the Jackalope Theatre Company, a black-box theatre startup. “I also... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 03 Apr 2017
- What Do You Think?
How About Investing in Human Infrastructure?
in a government facing a future of deficits. Paul Krugman has suggested that the infrastructure program would likely be a “giveaway to cronies with little new investment.” There is always the possibility for educational scams. But we know how to do this. Organizations... View Details
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Judith Prior Lawrie Oral History - Business Education For Women At Harvard University | Harvard Business School
know why I remember that, but I do. And fortunately I was accepted and given, as I recall, a scholarship and a loan to make it possible. So for the age of twenty-one, I went east of Detroit for the first time in my life. I had never been... View Details
- 01 Sep 2004
- News
One-on-One with Robert McNamara
will split the executive group. This was true among Detroit carmakers, it was true with respect to Vietnam, and it’s certainly true with respect to Iraq. Human beings shy away from pressuring people they admire and depend on for... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 01 Mar 2007
- News
The Winning Season
bird’s-eye view of the playing field where his team celebrated last fall’s World Series triumph over the Detroit Tigers. On October 27, Cardinals pitcher Adam Wainwright struck out Tigers third baseman Brandon Inge to end the game, giving... View Details
- 01 Sep 2008
- News
Reality to News Biz: Drop Dead
from publishing weekly to biweekly. Knight Ridder, the Wall Street darling that owned the Philadelphia Inquirer and Detroit Free Press, is no more, having been swallowed and largely written off by a peer whose own fortunes then... View Details
- 01 Mar 2009
- News
The Case for Studying Financial History
where we try to ease the pain of the death of at least one, possibly two, of these companies. That’s wise because it would be a tremendous shock to confidence if unemployment was to suddenly leap up by a million or more. But the long-term future of View Details
- 08 Dec 2021
- Blog Post
The Drive to Succeed: Silvio Memme (MBA 2020) of OMERS Ventures and His Career Switch into Venture Capital
lifestyle for a really long time, five days a week in Detroit and then coming back to Toronto on the weekends and I just got exhausted,” Memme shared. “I needed to make a change because I was starting to lose motivation and felt out of... View Details
Keywords: Venture Capital
- 01 Mar 2006
- News
Drive-In Nation
has held that sheer corporate size could ensure industry dominance. Toyota, shunning these approaches, took advantage of this Detroit “blind spot.” While less generous in its compensation packages for workers, Toyota “strives to use its... View Details
- 25 Mar 2014
- Research & Ideas
China’s Economic System has Difficult Road Overcoming its Political System
grew it into the largest auto parts company in the world. Recently the company even helped bail out Detroit by investing in US auto parts companies that were going belly-up, and is becoming a leader in electric car technology. "There are... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 01 Apr 2002
- News
Pamela Thomas Graham
giving advice and not being in the position to actually execute it." Today, as president and CEO of CNBC, the financial news network viewed in almost 200 million households worldwide, the Detroit native's job is all about execution. Her... View Details
- 20 Oct 2016
- News
Smart Moves
advertisers, historical and real-time traffic information to insurance underwriters, and more. Mistele was a Detroit kid, the son of a lawyer, who had an early interest in technology. “When I was in high school, I worked for an electrical... View Details