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Howard L. Aller

Aller led American Power and Light during the height of its growth. Under his leadership, the company functioned as an umbrella organization for over 20 regional utility providers in the West and posted exceptional market value growth... View Details

Keywords: Utilities & Energy

01 Sep 2012
News

Path Forward

Nearly 500 alumni and other business and policy leaders gathered in Washington, D.C., in June for the latest in the School’s series of regional US Competitiveness Project events. A panel discussion led by Professor Michael Porter featured... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; News, Library, Internet, and Other Services; Information

01 Dec 2001
News

Corporate Governance Conference Addresses Global Challenges

In recent years, government and business leaders throughout the world have made governance issues a prime focus, as capital markets have increased their scrutiny of countries' and companies' corporate-governance structures, policies, and enforcement. The issue is of... View Details

Keywords: Laura Singleton; Corporate, Subsidiary, and Regional Managing Offices; Corporate, Subsidiary, and Regional Managing Offices; Corporate, Subsidiary, and Regional Managing Offices; Corporate, Subsidiary, and Regional Managing Offices

01 Mar 2007
News

Latin American Conference

Two former Latin American presidents, a dozen chief executives, and more than thirty top managers and HBS faculty participated in the lX Latin American Conference held at HBS in January. Some 400 attendees took part in a daylong series of presentations on the business... View Details

Keywords: Corporate, Subsidiary, and Regional Managing Offices; Corporate, Subsidiary, and Regional Managing Offices; Corporate, Subsidiary, and Regional Managing Offices; Corporate, Subsidiary, and Regional Managing Offices

23 Feb 2012
News

Always a Boy Scout

Keywords: target-date funds; Corporate, Subsidiary, and Regional Managing Offices; Corporate, Subsidiary, and Regional Managing Offices; Corporate, Subsidiary, and Regional Managing Offices; Corporate, Subsidiary, and Regional Managing Offices

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Frequently Asked Questions - Alumni

Alumnae Circles Frequently Asked Questions About Circles FAQ Regional Contacts Does completing the enrollment survey guarantee placement in a Circle? Placement in a Circle is not guaranteed. It is dependent on 5 or more applicants in an... View Details

1993
Chapter

Marketing Strategies to Attract Foreign Investment

By: L. T. Wells Jr.

Keywords: Marketing Strategy; Foreign Direct Investment; Globalized Economies and Regions; Trade

Citation

07 Mar 2005
Research & Ideas

The Rise of Innovation in Asia

Although Asian countries have been able to use cost advantages and software coding prowess to attract outsource business from around the world, the region is quickly moving up the value chain to challenge America's leadership in... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

01 Dec 2010
News

Clubs Assist Start-Ups

Got a great start-up idea? Enter it in this year’s Alumni New Venture Contest. Fourteen HBS alumni clubs in twelve host regions — Boston, Brazil, Chicago, Germany, India, Mexico, New York, Northern California, Southern California,... View Details

Keywords: contests

Walter H. Wheeler, Jr.

Wheeler served as CEO or Chairman of Pitney-Bowes for over three decades. Under his leadership, Pitney-Bowes grew from a regional postage meter manufacturer generating $3 million in revenues to a $300 million diversified direct mail... View Details

Keywords: Computers & Electronics

William K. Coors

Under Coors' leadership, the brewery underwent a period of massive growth. Though it was a regional brewery, it held the top market share in 10 of the 11 western states in which its product was distributed, becoming the 4th largest brewer... View Details

Keywords: Food & Tobacco

01 Dec 2015
News

Estonia, Incorporated

Illustration by Peter and Maria Hoey In June, Aman Kumar (MBA 2014) was appointed the first-ever special advisor to the CIO of the Republic of Estonia. Kumar has a day job, too, working in the New York office of enterprise software giant SAP’s chief executive, so... View Details

Keywords: Francis Storrs

Mar 2012
Report

Enriching the Ecosystem

younger companies and revitalize large corporations through partnerships with innovative SMEs; 3) Improving the match between education and employment opportunities, through apprenticeship programs and other education-industry links; and 4) Linking leaders across... View Details

Career Coach

Lauren Murphy

responsibility at the Proctor & Gamble company where she was a Brand Manager and a Regional Marketing Manager. She began her business career in the buying office as an Area Manager at Macy's Stores (formerly Joske's of Houston). Work... View Details

30 Apr 2001
Research & Ideas

Big Companies, Big Opportunities—Big Questions

& Gamble Aguirre said the company followed several guiding principles in setting its Latin American strategy. It focused on strong global and regional brands, on global product development efforts, and also followed a View Details

Keywords: by Julie Jette

13 Jul 2017
News

Making Friends with Mother Nature

weekly Tupper Lake Free Press about an idea for a regional nature museum in the heart of his beloved Adirondack Mountains, he picked up the phone. Clifford, who still goes by his childhood nickname “Obie” when he’s in Upstate New York,... View Details

Keywords: Ralph Ranalli

04 Nov 2016
News

The Competitiveness of Lost Causes

(photos by Jennifer Heffner) As lead private-sector specialist at the World Bank Group’s Trade and Competitiveness Global Practice, Emiliano Duch (MBA 1991) draws on 25 years of experience in helping countries and regions to develop... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg

28 May 2013
First Look

First Look: May 28

hypodescent as a "hierarchy-enhancing" social categorization. Publisher's link: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jesp.2013.04.010 2006 Cambridge Journal of Regions, Economy and Society Recent Research on Competitiveness and Clusters: What Are the Implications for... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

29 Mar 2023
News

Supporting Earthquake Victims in Turkey and Syria

recovery workforce across a large geographical region prone to high risks,” he notes. “This product is not available in our sales system, and it is marked with ‘not for sale.’ It is only provided by our logistics system, which is highly... View Details

Amos Hostetter, Jr.

cable subscriber base of over 4 million (third largest in the US) and pioneered the launch of regional cable news channels in New England and Chicago. Hostetter sold his business to US West for over $11 billion in 1996. View Details

Keywords: Entertainment & Broadcast Media

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