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- 01 Sep 2010
- News
Faculty Books
The New Science of Retailing: How Analytics Are Transforming the Supply Chain and Improving Performance by Marshall Fisher and Ananth Raman (Harvard Business Press) Professor Raman and his coauthor explain how to use analytics to better... View Details
- 01 Jan 2004
- News
Minoru Makihara, 75th AMP, 1977
of social responsibility." CURRENT READING In an Uncertain World: Tough Choices from Wall Street to Washington, by Robert E. Rubin and Jacob Weisberg When Minoru Makihara was named president and CEO of Mitsubishi Corporation in 1992, Japan's largest View Details
- 04 Sep 2019
- News
Clicks and Mortar
Associate Professor Antonio Moreno and Senior Lecturer Jill Avery (image by John Ritter) While legacy companies like Sears are shuttering their doors, a growing number of online-first companies—from Amazon to Rent the Runway—are opening View Details
- 25 Jun 2024
- News
On the Move: Alexis DePree (MBA 2007)
When Nordstrom announced the promotion of Alexis DePree (MBA 2007) to COO in early June, media outlets noted DePree’s expanded, end-to-end role in managing operations and customer experience in an increasingly complex retail environment. DePree joined Nordstrom in... View Details
- 01 Dec 1999
- News
Christensen and Vernon Remembered
teacher and gentle man, he was always eager to share his insights and wisdom with students and colleagues alike. A mentor to many members of our faculty, Ray inspired us all with the extraordinary quality of his work and his life." Born on September 1, 1913, in View Details
- 01 Dec 2001
- News
Cable Gal
Catherine Eubanks McCollough Catherine Eubanks McCollough (MBA '91) was traveling more than one hundred thousand miles a year as an executive for Scientific-Atlanta when her young son asked her if she and the woman who worked as his full-time nanny could View Details
- 01 Feb 2000
- News
Financial Services 24/7
frequently praised for its ability to reinvent itself. The pilot work for creating an easily accessible Internet trading component was done outside of normal operations at Schwab. "Only when it was clear that there was a huge demand for... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 01 Jun 2013
- News
Brick by Brick
as a wood workshop in the small town of Billund, Denmark. Carpenter Ole Kirk Kristiansen eventually shifted the business from making houses and furniture to crafting wooden toys. He based the name of his new venture on "leg godt," the... View Details
- 01 Dec 2013
- News
Len Schlesinger Returns
Len Schlesinger A longtime favorite in the classroom, Len Schlesinger returned to the HBS faculty this fall after a five-year stint as president of Babson College and eight years as vice chairman and COO of Limited Brands. "Whether it's academia or industry, I don't... View Details
- 21 Jul 2022
- News
How Sumner Feldberg Helped Transform Retail
overly dependent on downtown locations that were losing shoppers to suburban malls. Some New England rivals were opening discount stores in abandoned textile mills, which came with cheap rents and plenty of parking space. Mr. Feldberg,... View Details
- 01 Apr 2001
- News
Making A Difference: HBS Club of Puget Sound Reaches Out to Young Alumni
Tracy E. Kwiker (MBA 1995) arrived in Seattle three and a half years ago when she was promoted to manage store operations for a Toys “R” Us region in the Pacific Northwest. Eager to establish contacts in her new community, Kwiker began... View Details
- 01 Jun 2006
- News
Silver Lining
Dabhol power-plant project in India. As Enron began to emphasize energy trading over hard assets such as power projects and pipelines, the two independently decided to leave the company in 2000. They later reconnected in View Details
- 01 Jun 1999
- News
Where Main Street Meets Wall Street
For Boston, whose history is better known for its midnight rides and tea parties with attitude, this was, by comparison, a low-key moment. On a slow July day in 1924 in the Hub's financial district, a new investment product was quietly... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 17 Mar 2015
- News
The First Five Years: Adam Enbar (MBA 2010)
“The Flatiron School is named after the Flatiron Building. It was the first skyscraper in New York City, and, for a long time, a symbol for technology transforming the landscape of a city. We hope to use technology to transform the... View Details
- 01 Jun 2006
- News
One-on-One with Tom Oreck
Oreck’s guidance, New Orleans–based Oreck Corporation had steadily grown into a national brand known for its lightweight, powerful vacuums. As it prospered, the company acquired a manufacturing plant eighty miles east in coastal Long... View Details
- 18 Sep 2019
- News
Buffett Protégé Britt Cool to Start Own Firm
Heinz Co., and will leave those posts early next year, the newspaper notes. Berkshire Hathaway CEO Warren Buffett noted that Britt Cool spent much of her time at Berkshire aiding struggling companies, including Benjamin Moore & Co. and Oriental View Details
- 01 Jan 2002
- News
Orin C. Smith (MBA '67)
as low-fat latte and Frappuccino(r). Starbucks, the Seattle-based company that started in 1971 as a retailer of bulk coffee, tea, and spices, is largely responsible for this new state of coffee consciousness. Today, the company operates... View Details
- 01 Sep 2013
- News
Who Are We?
some very innovative leaders who are emerging into our senior executive ranks," says Moore, "so it's a welcoming place for new ideas." All of which makes dual careers working on the railroad, and living in Omaha, seem unsurprising—even... View Details
- 01 Jun 2017
- News
Starting Lineup: Values Proposition
Illustrations by Drue Wagner The Company The Leadership The Pitch The News Saathi Cofounder and CFO Amrita Saigal (MBA 2014); Founded 2015 Almost 3 million women in India don’t have access to sanitary pads. Saathi’s environmentally... View Details
- 01 Jun 2012
- News
Faculty Research Online
Crowded at the Top: The Rise of the Functional Manager It’s not lonely at the top anymore. Today’s CEO has an average of 10 direct reports, according to new research by Associate Professor Julie Wulf, Maria Guadalupe of Columbia Business... View Details