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Amy Sennett
rewarding opportunities in the developing world or in unconventional investments.” In January, Amy participated in the first Rwanda IXP where she worked with a consulting group helping a furniture manufacturer redesign its layout for... View Details
- 01 Oct 1997
- News
Terence P. Stewart
happens, lawyering didn't come first for Stewart. After graduating from HBS, he worked for several years in the business trenches, in marketing at J.C. Penney and later as product manager at Kroehler Manufacturing Co., a furniture... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 10 Nov 2022
- News
Peloton Founder Starts His Next Trek
Photo courtesy Ernesta Peloton founder and former CEO John Foley (MBA 2001) is moving from home fitness to home decor. A recent press release announced that Foley and two of his Peloton cofounders are launching Ernesta, a “direct-to-consumer custom rug company” that... View Details
- 01 Sep 2010
- News
Start-Ups Make Their Pitch
Krishna Mahesh (MBA ’05) not only traveled the longest distance to arrive on campus for the final round of judging in the inaugural Alumni New Venture Contest, he also figured he had the longest shot at winning. The seven finalists, representing five domestic and two... View Details
- 26 Aug 2009
- Op-Ed
Where Cash for Clunkers Ran Off the Road
short-term incentive programs designed to shape consumer purchase behavior. It has no experience in such initiatives and proved itself incapable of forecasting demand associated with different incentive levels. And the auto industry hardly deserved special treatment,... View Details
- 01 Feb 1999
- News
Short Takes
Bulletin. In her working paper, "Psychological Safety and Learning Behavior in Work Teams," Edmondson presents field research she conducted at Office Design Incorporated (ODI), a midwestern manufacturer of office systems and furniture... View Details
Keywords: Judith A. Ross
- 11 May 2011
- News
In a Good Place
everything from handmade jewelry (think cufflinks made from old typewriter keys) to custom-made furniture (perhaps a coffee table constructed from recycled barn siding?). Incorporated in 1985, founded by parent volunteers (Gehrke took the... View Details
- 19 Oct 2018
- Blog Post
Moving to the U.S. With a Family
didn’t hesitate to lend a hand. One classmate was kind enough to rent a van and drive me to IKEA for furniture. Another classmate insisted on helping with some of our DIY furniture – he built our bed! I will never forget how indebted I... View Details
- 02 Dec 2021
- News
Learning Curve
Melcher. She served as president and handled the business side of the growing school, from learning to write a budget to scouring used furniture stores for inexpensive desk chairs and finding ever-larger classroom spaces (the school moved... View Details
- 01 Dec 2015
- News
Ink
column was a way to explore the link between a business leader’s workspace and the culture of his or her organization. Along the way, Raje—former chief executive of BP Ergo, her family’s office furniture business—featured the hotel... View Details
- 18 Sep 2017
- Blog Post
Applying HBS Lessons in an African Context
team spent several days in Casablanca interviewing local consumers about their furniture shopping experience and helped the client create a strategy to compete against IKEA in Morocco. This experience allowed me to learn about the... View Details
- 09 Jun 2023
- Blog Post
Learning Curve
president and handled the business side of the growing school, from learning to write a budget to scouring used furniture stores for inexpensive desk chairs and finding ever-larger classroom spaces (the school moved three times in its... View Details
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Philip Hendrickson | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School
Full Transcript (PDF) Philip “Phil” Hendrickson graduated from HBS in 1947. After a brief stint with a manufacturing firm in Massachusetts, he joined Krueger International, a small furniture business in his home state of Wisconsin. Under... View Details
- 16 Sep 2022
- Blog Post
Climate Stories Episode #9: Shelly Xu (MBA 2021) Reducing Waste Through Beautiful Design
years old. She credits her interest in sustainable design to her early childhood. She explained: “We lived in a very small apartment and had to be creative rearranging the furniture to make do. I recall a beautiful grassy area between the... View Details
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Read excerpts from DENIAL
The Edifice Complex: Denial at Sears
Book Excerpt: Denial at Sears (BusinessWeek.com, February 26, 2010)
From Denial: Why Business... View Details
- 01 Jun 2009
- News
Author Charley Ellis on Goldman Sachs
individuals who knew hard times growing up. Weinberg was pure Brooklyn and flaunted the fact that he dropped out of school in junior high. Whitehead’s father lost his job and sold porch furniture door-to-door in New Jersey during the... View Details
Keywords: Finance
- 02 Jan 2020
- Op-Ed
Medicare for All or Public Option: Can Either Heal Health Care?
coverage—and improve the quality of care. Insurers could also offer plans that would be politically unfeasible for the public option. For example, private insurers can offer policies that transport members from high-cost locations for care to high-quality, low-cost... View Details
- 01 Mar 2019
- News
Case Study: Off to a Fine Art
to bulletin@hbs.edu Case Study Update: GAIA Design When they launched Gaia Design in 2014, Philippe Cahuzac (MBA 2014) and his cofounders set their sights on building an iconic modern furniture brand for Mexico’s young urbanites. But by... View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint
- 18 Apr 2005
- Research & Ideas
Tips to Reinvent the Department Store
Retail and Luxury Goods Conference on April 3. Chadwick noted that while department stores used to be where shoppers went for everything from baby clothes to furniture to power tools, many stores have now limited their assortment and... View Details
- 01 Jan 2004
- News
Barbara Hackman Franklin, MBA 1964
to children's furniture and toys. Upon leaving the Commission six years later, Franklin joined the Wharton faculty. However, her public service continued. She served four terms as a member of the Advisory Committee for Trade Policy and... View Details