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Harman Kochar
learn from each flat tire along the way Keep company of good people during this journey...the journey is extremely pleasant when the company is good Discover new places and venture on higher grounds Persist... View Details
- 11 Jun 2015
- News
Leading the way in sustainable style
offices worldwide—and throughout the garment industry. “We can be a catalyst of change,” says Yang. Since 1995, she has held a leadership role in the Hong Kong–based company her father founded, which makes more men’s cotton shirts than... View Details
- 01 Sep 2009
- News
From Bytes to Bites
complete. Thomas had taken the organization through Chapter 11, sold off one of the businesses, and bought out Hearon’s share of the business. Six years later, as CEO of Nice Ventures, Thomas oversees management of Rose Pistola, Rose’s Café, and Terzo, which she opened... View Details
- 09 Jan 2015
- News
Alumni Notch 12 Spots on Forbes’ ‘30 Under 30’ Lists
2011) – Shoptiques Finance http://www.forbes.com/30under30/#/finance Brij Khurana (MBA 2011) – PIMCO Robert Klaber (MBA 2012) – Parnassus Investments Eli Nagler (MBA 2012) – Blackstone Group Social Entrepreneurs http://www.forbes.com/30under30/#/social-entrepreneurs... View Details
Keywords: Finance
- Web
HBS Entrepreneurs Collection | Baker Library
opportunity, and leadership. Paul Baier MBA 1994, PurchasingCenter.com Excara Frank Batten MBA 1952, Weather Channel Steven B. Belkin MBA 1971, Trans National Group (TNG) Hakeem Belo-Osagie MBA 1980, United Bank for Africa Scott D. Cook... View Details
Sosthenes Behn
In 1933, after his brother’s death, Behn took sole control over International Telephone and Telegraph, the company he and his brother, Hernand Behn, co-founded. Behn devised a financial formula by which ITT was able to View Details
Keywords: Communications
- 17 Sep 2024
- HBS Case
The Climate Targets Leaders Need to Know as Regulations Loom
As investor pressure mounts on companies to show their environmental impacts, leaders are encountering an unwieldy tangle of terms and approaches. Climate accounting basics and a dictionary of sorts can help demystify the calculations and voluntary targets that... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne
- 01 Jun 2002
- News
Late Start, Dramatic Finish
first-year MBAs overcame significant obstacles to win the twelfth annual Babcock Marketing Case Competition, held in January at Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Due to weather delays, the students' flight didn't... View Details
- 01 Jun 2012
- News
Alumni Book Briefs
Phelps), companies (P&G, Target), and social organizations (Saddleback Church, the civil rights movement). He offers a framework for changing bad habits: identify the routine, experiment with rewards, isolate the cue, and have a plan.... View Details
- 31 Jan 2023
- News
Female Founders' Dilemmas; UK Tech Startups
start.” Taking care of your physical and mental health while launching a company is just harder, said Garg, who advised founders to get the support of an executive coach or therapist if they can. Saigal added that she has joined a... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Mar 2006
- News
Second Acts
grew rapidly during the ’90s and managed to weather the dot-com bust. Eager for new challenges, Meakem sold the company last year for nearly $500 million and has embarked on a career in venture capital and... View Details
- 22 Nov 2016
- Blog Post
Memoirs of an International First Year Student
official commencement of internship recruitment season). Corollary to that, many companies outside of those sectors typically make offers by March. If you’re looking to work in a startup (or a company that... View Details
- 01 Dec 2008
- News
Farm Boy
JEPPSON: With his wife, Marianne, a long, happy life at Oakholm, the family farm. Apart from his role as chairman and CEO of the Norton Company and service on the boards of numerous nonprofit and civic organizations in Worcester,... View Details
- 06 Oct 2022
- News
On the Road to Recovery
company while still at HBS and had recently sold his investments, was intrigued by the opportunity. Travel nursing had gotten its start in the 1980s, and its biggest player had recently gone public, revealing a wealth of data about the... View Details
- 15 Nov 2016
- News
Uncovering The Secrets of Mittelstand Success
corporations—is a clear focus on longevity and the future. As an example, Shih cites ARRI, the world’s largest manufacturer of professional motion picture equipment, which weathered a difficult transition from film to digital technology... View Details
- 01 Jun 2002
- News
HBS Press Books in Brief
The Weather Channel: The Impossible Rise of a Media Phenomenon, by Frank Batten (MBA '52) with Jeffrey L. Cruikshank (51st PMD), is the story of a cable network that succeeded when all the experts predicted it would fail. Former chairman... View Details
- 11 Feb 2019
- Research & Ideas
The Business of Saving the Planet
"The fact that the benefits of addressing the problem of climate change almost certainly outweigh the costs ... does not make concerted global action to address the problem easy." —Climate Change in 2018: Implications for Business If there is one positive... View Details
- 21 May 2019
- News
Confronting the Future of Climate Change in the Midwest
New weather patterns brought on by climate change will require updated farming practices, effective water management, and innovative pest and disease management in the Midwest and around the globe. Increasingly, the business community is... View Details
Keywords: Agriculture
- Profile
Thomas Grenier
In case after case, HBS students are challenged to make and defend crucial business decisions. In the summer of 2008, Thomas Grenier and his fellow climber had to make an even more urgent choice: whether to respect the signs of incoming bad View Details
- 01 Mar 2018
- News
In My Humble Opinion: Urban Renewal
Heidi Duckler, has had a modern dance company that performs in unusual urban spaces all over the world—the firing range of the LA Police Academy, a laundromat. Her work causes us to see the ordinary in extraordinary ways.” Pas de deux:... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna