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  • 24 May 2022
  • Research & Ideas

Career Advice for Minorities and Women: Sharing Your Identity Can Open Doors

professor at Harvard Business School, who co-authored the study published in Nature Human Behaviour with the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania colleagues Erika Kirgios, Aneesh Rai, and Katherine Milkman. “One of the... View Details
Keywords: by Pamela Reynolds
  • 01 Jan 2013
  • News

Joanna M. Jacobson, MBA 1987

Cofounder and Managing Partner, Strategic Grant Partners Download Jacobson profile Return to Alumni Achievement Awards main page TIMELINE 1960 Born, Framingham, Massachusetts 1982 Earns BA, International Relations, University of View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
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General Management Awards & Honors - Faculty & Research

Giant” (HBS Case 318-104) with Nancy Hua Dai. 2022 Arthur C. Brooks : Received the 2022 Irving Kristol Award from the American Enterprise Institute. Arthur C. Brooks : Received the 2022 Pioneer Award in Positive Psychology from the University of View Details
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Industry Information - Alumni

Company Fast Company is a monthly American business magazine published in print and online that focuses on technology, business, and design. Wharton Technology The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania shares its intellectual... View Details

    Martin W. Clement

    When Clement took the helm at Pennsylvania Railroad in 1935, the largest railway network in the world, operating revenues were $368 million. Clement grew revenues to a peak of over $1 billion in 1944. One of Clement’s major achievements,... View Details
    Keywords: Transportation
    • 01 Aug 1998
    • News

    High Honors

    up poor in a single-parent home in Brooklyn during the Great Depression, such success could not have seemed within reach. After graduating from a vocational high school, Dunn went to work for the Pennsylvania Railroad. In 1947, he joined... View Details
    • October 2021 (Revised October 2022)
    • Case

    The Opioid Settlement and Controversy Over CEO Pay at AmerisourceBergen

    By: Suraj Srinivasan and Li-Kuan Ni
    In 2020, AmerisourceBergen Corporation, a Fortune 50 company in the drug distribution industry, agreed to settle thousands of lawsuits filed nationwide against the company for its opioid distribution practices that critics alleged had contributed to the nationwide... View Details
    Keywords: Opioids; Drug; Investors; Shareholder Activism; Investment Activism; Executive Compensation; Corporate Accountability; Corporate Governance; Governance Compliance; Governance Controls; Risk Management; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Business and Shareholder Relations; Business and Stakeholder Relations; Legal Liability; Distribution Industry; Health Industry; Pharmaceutical Industry; United States; West Virginia; Tennessee; Ohio; Pennsylvania
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    • 2018
    • Flash Talks

    Who Helps Who and How? Comparing the Helping Orientations of Black and White Men Working in Elite Jobs

      William Wrigley, Jr.

      Wrigley started his own business in 1892, which primarily produced soap and baking powder, but also chewing gum. Not long after his business opened, Wrigley realized the chewing gum was his most popular item and decided to market it more heavily. In order to popularize... View Details
      Keywords: Food & Tobacco

        Sigfried Weis

        Weis was instrumental in managing the growth of Weis Markets, often noted as the most profitable supermarket chain in the United States. Weis took the company public in 1965 and went on to produce over 25 consecutive years of successful financial performance. The... View Details
        Keywords: Retail

          Ernest T. Weir

          Having formed National Steel through the consolidation of three small steel firms and a furnace company, Weir managed his enterprise in a somewhat hard-line manner, implementing whatever profit-generating methods he deemed appropriate. These measures, coupled with the... View Details
          Keywords: Metals

            Joseph D. Brenner

            Brenner led AMP’s rapid growth as the world’s largest electrical device manufacturer while generating exceptional financial returns. Every year during his tenure, AMP was ranked as one of the Top 50 companies in terms of market value growth and performance. View Details
            Keywords: Computers & Electronics

              William L. Stewart

              Assuming control of Union Oil from his father, William Stewart’s first task was to repair the company’s finances, which had suffered under his father’s huge waves of expansion. Stewart accomplished this without problems and guided Union to profitability, capitalizing... View Details
              Keywords: Utilities & Energy

                Thomas M. Rauch

                Through significant investments in research and development, Rauch enabled Smith Kline to build a pipeline of new products and drug applications. During his leadership, Smith Kline’s revenues increased from $259 million to $357 million – continuing a 23-year trend of... View Details
                Keywords: Healthcare

                  John H. Pew

                  John Pew, along with his younger brother Joseph Jr., took control of their father's company in 1912. The Pew brothers grew it from a small firm, with just a 0.9% share of the overall industrial production of oil, into the country's 15th largest oil refiner in 1941.... View Details
                  Keywords: Utilities & Energy

                    James S. Bell

                    Bell created the brand name Gold Medal for his company's flour. During the 1890s, Bell created selling and buying networks as part of a vigorous program of vertical integration. Bell also increased the company's production from 8,000 barrels per day to 28,000 barrels... View Details
                    Keywords: Food & Tobacco

                      John J. McCloy

                      McCloy orchestrated the merger between Chase and Manhattan, forming the second largest commercial bank in the United States. Educated as a lawyer, McCloy was very active and successful in a variety of fields. He pursued private law, served as an advisor to the... View Details
                      Keywords: Finance

                        Howard O. Beaver, Jr.

                        Beaver spent his entire professional career with Carpenter, building it into one of the largest suppliers of specialty metal products in the United States. During his tenure as CEO, he nearly tripled revenues from roughly $150 million to over $400 million and... View Details
                        Keywords: Metals

                          Robert W. Johnson

                          Johnson created a large-scale medical products company, specializing in surgical dressings and medical supplies for hospital markets. His name and products have become synonymous with quality health care treatment. View Details
                          Keywords: Healthcare

                            Lido (Lee) A. Iacocca

                            Iacocca, former president of Ford Motor Company, took over Chrysler when it was leaning towards bankruptcy. He asked Congress for a loan, arguing that if Chrysler filed for bankruptcy, the government would have to spend more on unemployment compensation than on keeping... View Details
                            Keywords: Automotive & Aerospace