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- 02 Apr 2019
- News
Remembering William Wilder
extensive renovations to update the building and make it ADA accessible. Home to a succession of departments over the years, Wilder House today is occupied by the HBS Career & Professional Development Office. Following service in the Royal View Details
- 25 Mar 2018
- News
Modernizing Infrastructure Management
In this interview, Joseph Heieck (MBA 2014), CEO and President of gWorks, describes how his company makes it easier for municipalities to track their infrastructure needs—and stay resilient. “I was in the Navy for a long time, but I am... View Details
- 01 Oct 1998
- News
Answering the Call
going to church when he entered Harvard College. After graduating cum laude with a degree in English and a varsity letter in football, Brooks served in the Navy and then entered HBS. It was not until he was long established as a financial... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 01 Mar 2023
- News
March 2023 Alumni and Faculty Books
career to the study and practice of diversity and business strategy, delivers the full range of competencies that top leaders need to guide their organizations to strategic diversity success. Vectors: Heroes, Villains and Heartbreak on the Bridge of the U.S. View Details
- 01 Jun 2010
- News
Green Dreams: Eco-Friendly Countertops
has a triple bottom line philosophy, “people, planet, profits,” and is organized as a B Corporation, a new business structure that is legally required to consider social and environmental impacts. At the day-lit IceStone plant in the Brooklyn View Details
- 01 Aug 2001
- News
J. Ronald Fox (MBA '59)
professor J. Sterling Livingston's class. Born and raised in Syracuse, New York, Fox graduated cum laude from Le Moyne College and served in the U.S. Navy prior to arriving at Soldiers Field. Drawn to Livingston's interest in managing... View Details
- 25 Feb 2020
- News
In My Humble Opinion: Mr. Coffee
“At the time, it was the highest-volume pizza operation in the world. I learned how to make pizzas very fast and rose to become a store manager during college.” On deadline: “I was editor of a Navy magazine called Surface Warfare, and at... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 25 Feb 2020
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for March 2020
mindsets, behaviors, and actions they need to pursue. Launching the Navy Family Support Program: A Heartfelt Blend of History and Memoir by Ann O’Keefe, Ed.D. (PMD 26, 1973) Self-published Part historical account, part memoir, O’Keefe’s... View Details
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Archival Collections - Georges F. Doriot : Educating Leaders, Building Companies, Baker Library, Harvard Business School
Photographs from the HBS Archives document the activities of training schools and courses at HBS during World War II, including the Army Air Forces Statistical School, Army Air Forces War Adjustment Course, Army Supply Officers Training School, View Details
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Wartime Innovation - Georges F. Doriot : Educating Leaders, Building Companies, Baker Library, Harvard Business School
1943, HBS completely suspended the MBA program in order to devote itself to the training of Army and Navy personnel. The same year, the US War Department established the Army Supply Officers Training School (ASOTS) at HBS, where... View Details
- 28 May 2019
- News
Alumni Achievement Awards 2019
first time I got it under way I was out for a week. Coming back, I crashed it into a buoy. It took me about 11 years to recover from that, professionally.” Moving up: “If after 21 years the Navy had said to me, ‘You’ve commanded three... View Details
- 01 Dec 2004
- News
A Life by Design
president for product design and development with the company’s Old Navy chain of casual-clothing stores. Her influence is evident even in the corridors of Gap’s unassuming Chelsea office building in Lower Manhattan. There for everyone to... View Details
- 01 Dec 1999
- News
Pearson Hunt
Industrial Administrator Program, the Army Quartermaster Corps School, the Navy Supply Corps School, and the Army Air Forces Statistical School (where I did my teaching), as well as the Navy's Contract Termination course in the ending... View Details
Keywords: Pearson Hunt
- 22 Feb 2022
- News
Brand New
Crumbl Cookies. “If it is a long day of meetings and we’re both tired, my wife and I love to order cookies delivered to our house. I’m a traditionalist, so my favorite is the milk chocolate chip—and I want to try the salted caramel cheesecake.” Course correction: Turn... View Details
- 13 Aug 2008
- Research & Ideas
The Inner Life of Leaders
mantra was measurement. As secretary of defense, McNamara developed, along with key subordinates, including Robert Anthony of the HBS control faculty, long-range procurement cycles. He even tried to get the U.S. Navy to subscribe to a... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 09 Nov 2017
- News
Paving the Way for Veterans to Serve in Congress
and get things done,” Barcott says. Barcott also sought out the help of David Gergen, who he had met at the Kennedy School while pursuing his joint master’s in public policy degree along with his MBA. Gergen, a former adviser to both Democratic and Republican... View Details
Keywords: Ralph Ranalli
- 23 May 2019
- News
Michael G. Mullen, AMP 109, 1991
that resulted in the killing of Osama bin Laden. Recalling that historic event, Mullen praises President Obama and gives the Navy SEALs credit for the success of the operation. “It was a privilege to lead them,” he says, quickly turning... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 01 Jun 2017
- News
Case Study: Something New
and build the capacity to create a second brand that focuses on off-the-rack dress. Many examples are available in fashion and the hospitality industry, such as Banana Republic and Old Navy or Andaz and Hyatt Place hotels. —Cindy Park... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 11 Nov 2021
- Blog Post
ZONE DEFENSE: These self-driving, AI-powered drones do recon so soldiers don’t have to
Brandon Tseng (MBA 2017) remembers his aha moment. It was April 2015, and Tseng was a US Navy SEAL approaching the end of seven years’ service; his next step would be Harvard Business School. Tseng was reading about a military effort to... View Details
- 01 Mar 2005
- News
A Dog’s Best Friend: Jim Hawes’s Charles River Rescue
to me as I approached it through my path in the ice. As a Navy Seal officer (and Vietnam vet prior to HBS), this was not my first ice-water swim. I was well aware of the amount of time a body can spend in ice water before conditions get... View Details