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Edward DeBartolo
In 1950, DeBartolo built Boardman Plaza in Youngstown, Ohio, considered one of the first suburban malls in the United States. The success of this mall sparked a major investment and development campaign which led to the construction of hundreds of malls in suburban and... View Details
Keywords: Construction & Real Estate
Henry P. Crowell
Whereas traditional producers marketed oatmeal to wholesalers, Crowell packaged and marketed his brand of oatmeal, Quaker Oats, nation-wide as a breakfast cereal, a unique product at the time. Crowell utilized aggressive marketing strategies to promote the Quaker Oats... View Details
Keywords: Food & Tobacco
Philip Caldwell
Caldwell was the first CEO of Ford who was not a member of the family. He is credited with orchestrating one of the most dramatic and successful turnarounds in business history. Through his focus on quality, commitment to research, and open employment practices, he... View Details
Keywords: Automotive & Aerospace
- 01 Sep 2003
- News
The Levitt Brand
A consultant and professor with a Ph.D. in economics from Ohio State University, Ted Levitt had already published two articles in the Harvard Business Review when he joined the HBS faculty in 1959. One year later, observed HBS marketing... View Details
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Research Links: Photographs - Railroads and the Transformation of Capitalism | Harvard Business School
General File Photograph Collection, Series XVII:724 The General File Photograph Collection includes photographs and other materials relating to various railroads, including: Baltimore and Ohio Railroad; Boston and Maine Railroad’s 4000... View Details
- 11 Oct 2012
- News
Answering the Doctor's Call
Northeast Ohio Medical University, that was seemingly tailor-made to his aspirations. Downing is one of just 35 nontraditional students in the program, aimed at providing doctors to underserved urban neighborhoods. “I want to be a... View Details
- 01 Dec 2015
- News
Snapping Up Voters
environmental group NextGen Climate and Ohio Governor John Kasich’s GOP presidential campaign were among the first—are pioneers in an entirely new format. They are learning to script ads that are 10 seconds long instead of 30 and forced... View Details
Keywords: Sasha Issenberg
Pioneers in management included Benjamin H. Latrobe of the Baltimore and Ohio Railway, who focused on financial accounting; J. Edgar Thomas of the Pennsylvania Railway, who worked on the coordination of regional lines within a large organization; and Daniel McCallum
- 01 Dec 2014
- News
Opportunities Realized Through Fellowships
says. While in high school, he and his father invested in an apartment building that Peter managed while attending Ohio State University. After briefly exploring a career in medicine, he decided to return to his entrepreneurial roots and... View Details
Keywords: fellowships
- 16 Dec 2015
- Blog Post
Unexpected Moments at HBS
Saturday afternoon and was greeted by a dozen strangers. They spoke with her for two hours, shared stories of her son, and inquired about her life growing up in a tiny western Ohio manufacturing town. She had more genuine, inspiring... View Details
- 01 Jun 2000
- News
HBS Alumni Association Board of Directors: President's Report
Berlin will be the place to be June 13-16. To rephrase John F. Kennedy, you can all be Berliners! I look forward to seeing you there. The planning for subsequent conferences is already under way. HBS professor Gary P. Pisano and a strong alumni contingent in northern... View Details
Keywords: Edmund A. Hajim (MBA 1964)
- 17 Sep 2015
- News
Seattle and Cleveland Alumni Connect Around a ‘Vision’ for the New HBS
Joan P. Schaefer (MBA 1997) delivered remarks at The HBS Campaign Cleveland Regional Event, September 17, 2015. Alumni and friends of Harvard Business School from the Seattle, Washington and Cleveland, Ohio regions gathered on September... View Details
- 01 Sep 2008
- News
An American Story
an economic research firm, the couple correspon-ded, getting to know each other through letters. They married on August 1, 1948, six months after their first date. Levitt enrolled in the Ph.D. program in economics at Ohio State, earning... View Details
- 01 Apr 2000
- News
Time to Vote in University Elections
President and CEO, Bay Networks, Inc.; Private Investor. Palo Alto, CA. M. Lee Pelton, Ph.D. '84; BA '74, Wichita State University. President, Willamette University. Salem, OR. Barbara Shultz Robinson, HRPBA '52; AB '51, Wellesley College. Chair, View Details
- 01 Jan 2013
- News
Thomas A. James, MBA 1966
Chairman, Raymond James Financial, Inc. Download James profile Return to Alumni Achievement Awards main page 1942 Born, Sandusky, Ohio 1964 Earns BA, Economics, Harvard College 1966 Earns MBA 1966 Joins Raymond James Financial, Controller... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 02 Dec 2019
- News
A Long-Standing Commitment to Global Understanding
Tom (MBA 1969) and Patricia Barry It was a given in Tom Barry’s family that, having done well in math and science in high school, he would pursue a degree in a related field as a student at Yale. But during his junior year, the Ohio... View Details
- February 2013
- Supplement
Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Video Supplement 2012
By: Anita Tucker and Amy Edmondson
Keywords: Process Improvement; Leadership Succession; Healthcare; Quality And Safety; Transparency; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Management Succession; Health Care and Treatment; Performance Improvement; Business Processes; Health Industry; Ohio
Tucker, Anita, and Amy Edmondson. "Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Video Supplement 2012." Harvard Business School Video Supplement 613-710, February 2013.
- February 1986 (Revised March 1990)
- Supplement
Copeland Corp.: Evolution of a Manufacturing Strategy--1975-82 (C)
By: David A. Garvin
In the preceding case, Copeland had to choose between two alternative plant layouts for organizing its Sidney plant. Now it must get work force approval for a change in "bumping" rules before proceeding with the change. Management must decide how to proceed--to... View Details
Keywords: Strategy; Production; Factories, Labs, and Plants; Labor and Management Relations; Restructuring; Decisions; Change Management; Manufacturing Industry; Ohio
Garvin, David A. "Copeland Corp.: Evolution of a Manufacturing Strategy--1975-82 (C)." Harvard Business School Supplement 686-090, February 1986. (Revised March 1990.)
- August 2017
- Case
Hacking Heroin
By: Mitchell Weiss and Sarah Mehta
"Hacking Heroin" was the first hackathon that Annie Rittgers, founder of Cincinnati-based 17a, had organized or even attended. "There will continue to be a lot of preventable overdose deaths and wasted potential if the opioid crisis continues unabated," she said.... View Details
Keywords: Public Entrepreneurship; Hackathon; Heroin; Opioids; Crowdsourcing; Public Sector; Entrepreneurship; Innovation and Invention; Collaborative Innovation and Invention; Health Pandemics; Public Administration Industry; Health Industry; Ohio; Cincinnati
Weiss, Mitchell, and Sarah Mehta. "Hacking Heroin." Harvard Business School Case 818-010, August 2017.
- April 2000
- Teaching Note
Lincoln Electric: Venturing Abroad TN
By: Clayton M. Christensen and Tara Donovan
Teaching Note for (9-398-095). View Details