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Louis B. Mayer
Mayer, known as the unchallenged “czar of Hollywood” for over a quarter of century, created one of the largest motion pictures companies in the world. After acquiring control over the largest chain of theatres in New England and creating...
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Harry M. Warner
to secure financing from the east coast that allowed them to take a gamble on “talking movies.” Under Harry’s leadership, the company came to own and operate some 250 theatres in which to screen its films, and, more importantly, was a...
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Entertainment & Broadcast Media
- 15 Sep 2009
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Last Look - September 2009
was performed at Harvard’s Sanders Theatre for an audience of about 1,200 people on November 28, 1942, the evening of Boston’s deadly Cocoanut Grove fire.” George Hanford (MBA ’43 March) wrote, “I can’t help observing that they all look...
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Kara Medoff Barnett Archives | Social Enterprise
Curriculum Social Enterprise Student Club Social Entrepreneurship Summer Fellows Technology for Good Transformative Impact Tri-Sector Impact 1 Results SEI25 Series: Kara Medoff Barnett (MBA 2007), Executive Director, American Ballet View Details
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Jeanine Barnett
life of sweet surrender in which conflicting emotions can peacefully co-exist within me as I make my way forward. Drawing on fond memories of a Caribbean childhood filled with days on theatre stages and tennis courts, she challenges me to...
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- 23 Apr 2018
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Tim Keller, Heavy Metal Mayor
A recent story in the New York Times profiles Tim Keller (MBA 2005), the mayor of Albuquerque, New Mexico, and a major heavy metal fan. The piece details a scene from earlier this year, when Keller—clad in a black T-shirt and pumping his fist in the air—got up on stage...
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Jeanine Barnett
I do what I do because I believe that creativity and competitiveness are not mutually exclusive concepts. Daily, as I draw on fond memories of a Caribbean childhood filled with countless moments on theatre stages and tennis courts, I am...
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2017 Symposium - Race, Gender & Equity
and Workplace Anti-Discrimination Strategies Workshop The Bok Center Applied Theatre Practice Program UNMASKING IDENTITY: An Experiential Workshop Initiatives focus on societal challenges that are too complex for any one discipline or...
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Kristen Forecki
recognized and genuinely appreciated just for being me. Her simple act of kindness changed my perception of who I thought I was. Suddenly, I believed that I had value to offer the world, regardless of my status—in a theatre production or...
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- 01 Aug 1998
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South Africa Conference Preview
program possible. As part of the conference, participants will have a chance to explore Cape Town and take in some of its sights and culture. A performance by the South African International Theatre is scheduled as is a gala to be held at...
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- 09 Oct 2015
- Blog Post
3 Myths About HBS
winning the wheelbarrow race at field day. 2. “I am not going to have time to pursue any of my interests outside of business” I can’t even get through this sentence without laughing a bit, and I am sure that those who know me will do the same. A huge View Details
- 28 May 2012
- Research & Ideas
A Pragmatic Alternative for Creating a Corporate Social Responsibility Strategy
core assets, such as brand reputation or employee morale. In the paper CSR initiatives are explored in three "theatres." Theatre 1 includes activities primarily motivated by charitable instincts, even though they may have potential...
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by Dina Gerdeman
- 30 Jan 2021
- News
Finding a Fresh Approach to Dry Cleaning
houses, a quilt that was hand-sewn by a former first lady, and the flag from the booth at Ford’s Theatre where President Lincoln was shot. He relies on the skills of long-term employees to deliver these specialized services, such as using...
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- 01 Mar 2018
- News
Dance Dance Revelation
photo by Chris Taggart About 30 executives are gathered in a boardroom when a trio of dancers enters, one of them gracefully leaping onto the conference table and assuming fifth position. This star ballerina and her colleagues from American Ballet View Details
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Jennifer Mele
- 02 Dec 2017
- News
Helping HBS Make Big Bets
of American Ballet Theatre (ABT). “After studying ballet from toddler years through my late teens in North Carolina, it was an honor to take the helm of America’s National Ballet Company,” she says. In her new role Barnett is striving to...
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- 29 Sep 2003
- Research & Ideas
Why Managing Innovation is Like Theater
flaky, unreliable, art-based processes. We reject this premise. Our close examination of art-based processes shows that they're understandable and reliable, capable of sophisticated innovation at levels many "scientific" business processes can't achieve. A...
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by Rob Austin & Lee Devin
- 26 Jul 2011
- News
An Entrepreneur of the Arts
particularly in educational, artistic and business spheres.” In addition to her business enterprises, Efimova is also a strong supporter of the arts and international relations. She serves on the Auxiliary Board of the Joffrey Ballet as well as the Junior Board of the...
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Post-war PR Campaigns Reaching Wide Audiences | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School
“Corporate Discourses of Sponsored Films of Steel Production in the United States, 1936–1956.”46 She asserts that films sponsored by U.S. Steel “advocate for public reliance on free-enterprise capitalism as well as on technological progress, experts, and corporate...
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- 13 Jul 2016
- News
From Money to Ministry
arts organizations. He has served as a docent at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Chicago and the Detroit Institute of Arts, and currently serves on the board of the Jackalope Theatre Company, a black-box View Details
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Margie Kelley
- 01 Oct 2000
- News
Linda B. Kanner: All in the Family
three of my children. I understood early on that you can't define who they are. It's been amazing to watch Adam develop." Kanner plans to devote more time in the future to several organizations she's worked with over the years, including the Huntington View Details
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Julia Hanna