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- 19 May 2023
- News
Quiet Acceleration
company aims to sell 20 million electric vehicles a year by 2030—about a quarter of all new auto sales worldwide. (Last year, the company delivered 1.3 million EVs.) The company’s valuation, now at more than $500 billion, has increased... View Details
- 01 Jun 2022
- News
June 2022 Alumni and Faculty Books
Edited by Margie Kelley Alumni Books Winslow Homer: American Passage By William R. Cross (MBA 1986) Farrar, Straus and Giroux In 1860, at the age of 24, Winslow Homer (1836–1910) sold Harper’s Weekly two... View Details
- 01 Jan 2007
- News
A. Malachi Mixon, III, MBA 1968
and War, by Nathaniel Philbrick In 1979, Mal Mixon parlayed $10,000 of his own money to engineer the purchase of an Ohio-based wheelchair maker that nobody else wanted. Today Invacare is the world's leading manufacturer and distributor of... View Details
- 01 Aug 2001
- News
Bert W.M. Twaalfhoven (MBA '54)
nine associated firms specializing in the manufacture and repair of turbine engines for the aircraft and other industries. But in addition to his business career, Twaalfhoven has long carried the flag for the cause of entrepreneurial... View Details
- 01 Feb 2002
- News
Q&A: Wrestling with the Unthinkable
officer at U.S. embassies before becoming deputy ambassador to Norway from 1976 to 1979. He was selected in 1983 by President Reagan to be ambassador to the Netherlands, where he served until 1986 when Reagan appointed him... View Details
- 01 Sep 2003
- News
Patrick Moreton
will carry the day.” An assistant professor of organization and strategy at Olin School of Business at Washington University in St. Louis, Moreton has focused his research on economic and organizational models of business strategy,... View Details
- 01 Jun 2010
- News
MBAs on a Mission
outlook. Since its inception in 2001, 89 MBAs have taken part in the program, working at 43 organizations as diverse as the City of Boston Mayor’s Office, Teach For America, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, and Mercy Corps. Fellows receive a one-year salary of... View Details
- 01 Dec 1998
- News
Chalsty Fellowship Will Help Black South Africans Attend HBS
When John S. Chalsty (MBA '57) stepped down as CEO of Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette last February, his colleagues honored him and commemorated his nearly thirty years of distinguished service at the firm by establishing the John S. and... View Details
- 01 Jun 2005
- News
New Magazine Makes Its Mark
didn’t set out to be magazine publishers or, for that matter, to even work together. Each married a classmate and went their separate ways upon graduation. By 2001, they both were technology executives in the San Francisco Bay Area. Each... View Details
- 08 Mar 2018
- News
HBSAAA Leads the Way in Celebrating African American Alumni Impact
by the HBSAAA and hosted by alumni clubs in San Francisco, Chicago, Dallas, and New York. These events are aimed at engaging the entire HBS African American community—past, present, and future—in the AASU50... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Jun 2002
- News
In VMI Partnerships, the Devil is in the Data
scenario carries a caveat, though, according to research by HBS assistant professor Susan Kulp. Her work suggests that the profit gains of VMI depend on both the retailer's willingness to provide detailed... View Details
Keywords: Laura Singleton (MBA 1988)
- 28 May 2019
- News
What I Do: Gordon Medenica (MBA 1979)
state agency. “Mega Millions is run as a consortium by 11 member states: Georgia oversees the televised drawings, for example, while Virginia handles the money transfers between states, based on where the winner lives. That’s View Details
- 03 Mar 2014
- News
A Life Transformed
all we heard were the sounds of insects and the flutes played by the night watchmen who cared for cows and buffalo. We were afraid of the dark, because we heard stories about witches and goblins eating people caught outside after sundown.... View Details
- 01 Jun 2017
- News
Ask the Expert: On the Fly
(above: photo by Getty Images/Patrick Foto) A mathematics major, Don Carty (MBA 1971) has always seen the airline business as a huge puzzle, with the equation involving inventory and pricing, cruising allocations, weather, and holiday... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 01 Jun 2002
- News
Pursuing the Ultimate Deal
comprehensive and reasonable a negotiated settlement may appear, acceptance is subject to approval by complex, often mercurial individuals. Over the years, Ross has worked with a succession of Middle East leaders, but given that Yasser... View Details
- 01 Dec 2022
- News
3-Minute Briefing: Yla Eason (MBA 1977)
stores. it was sheer perseverance. My first big breakthrough was a $50,000 purchase order from Kmart; after that, Toys “R” Us also carried our full line of action figures, dolls, and games. By 1995, Olmec... View Details
- 15 Oct 2024
- News
Ratan Tata, Visionary Business Leader, Dies at 86
Ratan Tata (AMP 71, 1975), who was one of India’s most admired leaders, died on October 9, in Mumbai. The Tata Group announced his death in a statement. He served as chairman and chief executive of the Tata Group from 1991 to 2012, during which time profits multiplied... View Details
- 01 Jun 2018
- News
Turning Point: Life Cycle
Lorne Adrain (MBA 1983) (illustration by Gisela Goppel) Lorne Adrain (MBA 1983) (illustration by Gisela Goppel) For years, I dreamed of crossing America by bicycle for the... View Details
- 01 Feb 2002
- News
Thumbs Up Down Under
thoughts returned to beating the record of 69 days, 14 hours for the New York-Melbourne trip, set in 1855-56 by the clipper ship Mandarin, which was carrying American prospectors to the Australian Gold Rush.... View Details
- 15 Jun 2021
- News
The Path out of Polarization
Image by John Ritter It’s not just that Americans can’t find a middle ground on tax policy or abortion rights anymore—political polarization has sunk to a depth from which Americans can no longer see eye to eye on what is fact and what is... View Details