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- 16 Nov 2017
- News
The Business of Social Justice
communication, networking, and policy advocacy. As COO, Brooks is the steadying force who keeps the ship on course, by overseeing strategic planning, operations, and finances,... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Myers
- 10 Mar 2021
- News
In My Humble Opinion: A Timely Tension
as a ship engineer. In time, she moved into business to, as she puts it, “understand how the world worked,” even as her passion for the environment continued. After two decades in the for-profit sector, including consulting work View Details
Keywords: April White
- 01 Sep 2007
- News
Riding It Out
an area where neither Paal nor I have any background experience.” Ten employees now staff the IT department, a “hefty investment” by Gisholt’s admission but a necessary one in a business that relies so heavily on accuracy in its customization View Details
- 21 Oct 2010
- News
Hell? Maybe Not.
part of the 25 employees of MBA Career and Professional Development. “It’s an all-hands-on-deck situation,” says Director of Employer Relations Kristen Fitzpatrick (MBA ’03). Logistics View Details
- 01 Mar 2010
- News
Analyze This
and China (937). What about the Middle East? Answer: Iran (4), Israel (225), Jordan (11), Lebanon (31), Pakistan (74), Saudi Arabia (103), Syria (1), Turkey (135), and the United Arab Emirates (127). No... View Details
- 01 Jun 2001
- News
Up Side Story: HBS Show a Sold-Out Success
Jeff Gatto (both MBA ’01), shared duties that included everything from heavy lifting (they lugged about 1,500 pounds of sound equipment) to working with the administration to finding sponsors. The pair handled all the logistical View Details
- 15 Oct 2019
- News
Engaging More Deeply with Business in Africa
While meeting with representatives of the Kenya Ports Authority at the Port of Mombasa, faculty members toured a bulk carrier ship off-loading grain commodities to Grain Bulk Handlers, one of the companies HBS faculty visited during the... View Details
- 02 Jun 2021
- News
On the Road Less Traveled
part of that. How do you think about your father now? Hajim: I've had friends from the Business School or other places really go downhill in life, you know, and he went as a rocket ship in the twenties, you... View Details
- 06 Dec 2021
- News
Rescue & Recovery
was the kind of place in which an internal memo might list people on a first-name basis. But it has since grown into a massive organization, with vast logistics and all the risk that comes with that. McKenna... View Details
- 01 Sep 2004
- News
Charlie Williams (MBA 1939, DCS 1952)
The son of a small-town banker, Charlie Williams grew up in rural West Virginia, attended Washington and Lee University, and taught for more than 39 years at HBS. The School’s much-revered George Gund... View Details
- 01 Sep 2024
- News
The Exchange: Lessons from the Edge
You’ve amassed 182 interviews with leaders all over the world. Where did this project come from? Geoff Jones: Actually, a Chilean shipping entrepreneur sat right here in my office and after hearing me go on... View Details
- 10 Mar 2021
- News
Action Plan: Brewing Awareness
Courtesy White Owl Brewery Before coming to business school, Javed Murad (MBA 2008) was not much of a beer drinker. The brews on offer in his native India were primarily mass-produced lagers, and he just didn’t like the taste. While at... View Details
- 01 Dec 2016
- News
Vive la Madeleine!
madeleines. The workforce is expected to increase from 19 to 25, possibly more. It’s the next phase of Jeannette—with added capacity, the company will be in position to expand its distribution exponentially and View Details
- 01 Jun 2010
- News
Sail Away
reported (January 11, 2010). Some of the cabins feature hardwood floors, walk-in closets, and fireplaces. The 971-foot ship will have three swimming pools, tennis courts, an outdoor movie theater,... View Details
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
Saving lives through new vaccine technology
negligible, the problem is that shipping vaccines requires expensive cold storage and distribution. The solution that Vaxess provides is a room-temperature-storage technology using silk proteins, which... View Details
- 08 May 2015
- News
Continuing a family legacy
After gaining experience in a variety of industries, Angela A. Chao (AB 1995, MBA 2001) joined the family shipping business, where she is growing the business in new ways. (Published May 2015) View Details
- 28 Jun 2011
- News
Bold Ascent
into less passionate and more finance-driven corporate fur balls,” states the SlingFin Web site. Baka’s task seems to be to keep SlingFin off the path to fur ball-dom while maintaining the financial bottom line. As he packs up some gear... View Details
- 01 Mar 2009
- News
Deep Discovery
The British luxury liner RMS Lusitania was torpedoed by a German submarine on its New York-to-Liverpool run in 1915. The ship sank in 300 feet of water off the coast of Ireland; 1,198 (including 128 Americans) of 1,959 passengers View Details
- 01 Mar 2005
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A Dog’s Best Friend: Jim Hawes’s Charles River Rescue
Toby Klein, postmarked Tubuai, French West Polynesia. Toby wrote, "Several years ago I told the world to go to hell and moved to Tubuai, French West Polynesia, where I fish in the sea, eat fruit that grows all around me, View Details
- 03 Oct 2020
- News