Runs - Publications - Faculty & Research

23 Oct 2024
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Running Man

There aren’t many people on this planet—let alone septuagenarians—who can contemplate running 50 or 100 miles at a time. But for 77-year-old Eric Spector (MBA 1972), a retired entrepreneur and CEO in the tech, consumer retail, and media... View Details

Keywords: Christine Speer Lejeune; photos by Alison Yin

13 Oct 2020
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Running a Decathlon

Bill and Sandra Patton (photo by Tony LaBruno) While serving on the Los Angeles Olympic Organizing Committee in 1979, William Patton Jr. (PMD 21, 1971) met Orange County superintendent of schools Robert Peterson, who told him about his idea for a competition called... View Details

01 Oct 1999
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Running on empty

Does an invention that would guarantee motorists they'd never run out of gas sound like a good investment? Hundreds of venture capital firms didn't think so, but that didn't stop Maryland retiree William Hubbard (MBA '49), a former... View Details

19 Feb 2020
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Running a Decathlon

Bill and Sandra Patton (photo by Tony LaBruno) While serving on the Los Angeles Olympic Organizing Committee in 1979, William Patton Jr. (PMD 21, 1971) met Orange County superintendent of schools Robert Peterson, who was unsuccessfully pressing the group to include... View Details

Keywords: Lisa Scanlon Mogolov

01 Jun 2018
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The Long Run

Jim Langford waits for no squirrel. On a clear January morning in Atlanta, driving with considerable speed and purpose, he barrels up the hill of the Carter Center campus in a 2012 Toyota Camry. He’s talking about poetry, which he writes and publishes in rare moments... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; photographed by Melissa Golden

06 Oct 2019
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She’ll Be Running Up the Mountain When She Runs

26 Jul 2018
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Running the Numbers

event,” she shares. “The students are learning so much and so quickly about running what amounts to a mini-business every year. On top of that, the excitement of the conference is driven by people talking about innovations in the... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg

24 Apr 2014
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Running faster to compete

his own wells to cool machinery. “The way you compete is to run faster, so that’s what we’re doing,” Knott said. (Published April 2014; updated August 2018) View Details

30 Jan 2013
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Why Running a Family Doesn't Help You Run a Business

01 Feb 1998
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Running Up the Score

modest and unassuming, is speaking, as he often does to young people, about the virtues of hard work, perseverance, and other old-fashioned values. When the Denver Broncos All-Pro running back finishes his talk, it's time to turn the... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons

10 Nov 2015
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Founders’ vision keeps engine running

04 Feb 2014
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Not clear who's running Microsoft

04 Mar 2013
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Lessons from Running GM's OnStar

17 May 2008
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Passions Run High on Indexing

12 Jun 2019
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How to Run for Office

01 Jun 2005
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School’s Entrepreneurial Spirit Runs Deep

Contrary to popular perception, Harvard Business School isn’t just a training ground for future Fortune 500 CEOs, says author Jeffrey L. Cruikshank (PMD 51, 1986). Just as important, it’s a launching pad for thousands of graduates who bypass the corporate track to take... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley; Shaping the Waves; A History of Entrepreneurship at Harvard Business School; Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information