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- 13 Oct 2020
- News
Running a Decathlon
Marymount University for the national competition and support from Pacific Life Insurance Company, Lawry’s Foods, Twentieth Century Fox, Walt Disney Company, and many other businesses. In 1982, Academic Decathlon held its first national...
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- 01 Dec 2000
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The Birds and Bees in China
former executive who worked to promote the Disney Channel across Asia, Kenny soon learned that cable operators were more interested in other kinds of content. As she told the Boston Globe (September 26, 2000), Kenny realized "there was an...
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- 22 Apr 2014
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Putting a spell on theatergoers
Alan Horn (MBA 1971) has brought a touch of magic to the big screen and record-breaking numbers to the bottom line as chairman of Walt Disney Studios and former president and chief operating officer of Warner Bros. Entertainment. At...
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- 19 Feb 2020
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Running a Decathlon
space was donated by Loyola Marymount University for the national competition and funding came from Pacific Life Insurance Company, Lawry’s Foods, Twentieth Century Fox, Walt Disney Company, and many other businesses. In 1982, Academic...
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Lisa Scanlon Mogolov
- 01 Dec 2001
- News
Lone Star Star
Paul Wylie Texas may seem an unlikely point of origin for an ice skater, but the Lone Star State recently welcomed home native son Paul Wylie (MBA '00), winner of the silver medal in men's figure skating at the 1992 Winter Olympics. Wylie, now a marketing executive for...
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- 01 Dec 2011
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Uncle Sam’s Business Man
Barry Johnson (MBA ’89) has over 20 years of business experience as an entrepreneur and corporate executive with media giants such as the Walt Disney Company, Bertelsmann, and Sony Music Corporation. With expertise in public-private...
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- 11 Jul 2013
- News
The Good Writer
of the European Common Market in 1792. Before HBS, he worked as an M&A analyst at Morgan Stanley. In the summer between his first and second years, he worked as a summer intern at Cineplex Odeon in his native Toronto, and then upon graduation started as a senior...
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Julia Hanna
- 01 Dec 1998
- News
Managing the Business of Life
London, traveling to the Continent several times a week to help launch MTV Europe. By the following year she had left MTV, married a Frenchman, and moved to Paris, where she consulted briefly for HBO. After the birth of her first child, Daniel, Dodi joined View Details
- 19 Sep 2016
- News
Thomas S. Murphy (MBA 1949)
growth, highlighted by the purchase of ABC, which included ESPN, in 1985. Under his leadership, Capital Cities grew from one small broadcasting station housed in a former convent to a multibillion dollar telecommunications conglomerate. Ultimately he sold Capital...
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- 01 Mar 2017
- News
Constant Inspiration
2017. Originally from Minnesota, Guidera is part owner of Ski Portillo, a resort in the Andes, and Tierra Hotels, a trio of adventure spa hotels across Chile. Before moving to Chile, she worked for Walt Disney Consumer Products in Los...
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- 01 Dec 2000
- News
Old Meets New: A Dinosaur Named Sue
fifteen-minute presentation. "About a minute into my story," recalls McCarter, "Fred said, 'You want to buy Sue?' and I said, 'Yes,' and he said, 'McDonald's is in.'" While it took several months to sort out the details, ultimately McDonald's made a substantial cash...
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- 15 Nov 2016
- News
China IFC: Global Access, Global Perspective
Manufacture City, a major production site for Taiwan-based Quanta Computer; Alibaba, the internet business giant, located in Hangzhou; and Wanxiang, the automobile components firm set to debut an electric car in the United States. Additionally, the team visited...
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- 01 Apr 1999
- News
A Vibrant Brand
for instance. Yahoo!Internet Life recently called Vibe Online "the most comprehensive and attractive hip-hop site in cyberspace." Vibe/Spin Ventures has also teamed up with entertainment giant Walt Disney to host Vibe Live, an annual...
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Susan Young
- 04 May 2017
- News
How Sheryl Sandberg’s Sharing Manifesto Drives Facebook
co-workers acknowledging her struggle. After noting some of the other political and commercial opportunities potentially available to her—“ Walt Disney Co. CEO or California senator”—the magazine reports that Sandberg wants to stay put....
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- 30 Oct 2017
- News
Giving Minorities a Playbook for Career Success
pipeline at every stage; if we could, then good things would happen,” he says. After HBS, Rice worked at Walt Disney Co. for four years, in new business development and marketing. Next he joined the National Basketball Association as...
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Constantine von Hoffman
- 26 May 2016
- News
2016 Alumni Achievement Awards
businesses develop products, expand into new markets, and create jobs. If we can be the port in the storm where people come when they need us most—that’s a really great place to work.” Alan Horn (MBA 1971) Chairman, The Walt Disney...
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- 01 Jun 2016
- News
Prima Datarina
pricing puts it on the cutting edge of arts organizations. See how other orchestras, theaters, and performing arts organizations are experimenting with business model and pricing innovations – it’s probably no surprise that Disney has a...
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Julia Hanna
- 01 Dec 2020
- News
The Fine Print: Alumni Recommend Their Best Reads
Memoir, by Anna Wiener The Ride of a Lifetime: Lessons Learned from 15 Years as CEO of the Walt Disney Company, by Robert Iger —Kurt Daniel (MBA 2000) Silence and Beauty: Hidden Faith Born of Suffering, by Makoto Fujimura A reflection on...
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- 01 Jun 2008
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Team MBA
would think of. PETER STONE, 28 Modesto, California BA, Political Science and Government, Brigham Young University Peter has traveled to 45 countries; next stop is Australia. Recent adventures: the HBS India Trek and a trip to Vietnam and China with sectionmates....
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- 01 Jun 2015
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Screen Grab
(including ESPN, Disney Channel, Food Network, and CNN) to mobile devices. Sony’s PlayStation Vue offers more channels but at a higher price tag, and later this year, Apple will launch a web TV service. “Everyone is obsessed with figuring...
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