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- 05 Nov 2009
- Research & Ideas
A Market for Human Cadavers in All but Name?
the Act's provision. Thus, many opportunities open up for entrepreneurial pursuits. In this context, mom-and-pop shops have emerged alongside more traditional academic-housed programs to procure whole-body donations. As an illustration, a potential donor in View Details
- 19 Mar 2009
- News
Shift to thrift: Is recession creating 'new consumer'?
Louis S. Cates
Through acquisitions, such as the Nichols Copper Company, the Calumet and Arizona Mining Company, and the United Verde Copper Company, Cates expanded Phelps-Dodge into an integrated operation in the copper industry. In 1930, the capital...
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Agriculture & Mining
- Web
Caleb Bradford Archives | Social Enterprise
Curriculum Social Enterprise Student Club Social Entrepreneurship Summer Fellows Technology for Good Transformative Impact Tri-Sector Impact 1 Results Bringing Down the House Prices: My Summer Internship with the Governor of Arizona Caleb...
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- 06 Apr 2017
- News
From Lobster Traps to Border Fencing
an expanded metal wall,” says Jim Knott Sr. (OPM 17, 1991), president and CEO of Riverdale Mills Corporation. In a recent interview with the Voice of America News, Knott noted that Riverdale’s security fencing is already in use along nearly 50 miles of the border in...
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- 31 Jan 2022
- News
Michael Trejo Brings Business Back to the Valley of the Sun
A recent article in Hispanic Executive profiles Michael Trejo (MBA 2013), who left a career in finance to return to his native Arizona and help grow a local business. As the article notes, his return was inevitable. “I always planned to...
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- December 2001 (Revised December 2002)
- Teaching Note
QuickenInsurance: The Race to Click and Close (A) and (B) (TN)
Teaching Note for (9-800-295) and (9-803-071).
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- November 1997 (Revised May 2002)
- Case
MicroAge, Inc.: Orchestrating the Information Technology Value Chain
By: Lynda M. Applegate and Kirk A. Goldman
MicroAge, Inc. started as a storefront in Tempe, AZ in 1976 selling personal computer kits to hobbyists. During their first year of operation, founders Jeff McKeever and Alan Hald sold $1.5 million worth of computer kits, priced at under $1,000 each. Twenty years...
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Transformation;
Growth Management;
Risk Management;
Product;
Opportunities;
Horizontal Integration;
Information Infrastructure;
Information Technology;
Internet and the Web;
Technology Industry;
Arizona
Applegate, Lynda M., and Kirk A. Goldman. "MicroAge, Inc.: Orchestrating the Information Technology Value Chain." Harvard Business School Case 398-068, November 1997. (Revised May 2002.)
- 01 Mar 2008
- News
Join in the Centennial
provides a schedule for the event, a list of speakers, and an online registration form. Global Outreach Events April 3, 2008 HBS Club of France Professor Robert S. Kaplan April 5, 2008 HBS Association of Boston Dean Jay Light April 9, 2008 HBS Club of View Details
- 01 Dec 2003
- News
Acing Reality
stadium in Arizona while deciphering a tricky clue, and biked and jogged to the finish line” (Boston Herald, August 23, 2003). The race was grueling — USA Today described their defining moment as being when “Chip and Reichen raced Millie...
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- November 2002 (Revised February 2003)
- Supplement
QuickenInsurance: The Race to Click and Close (B)
Details events during 2000 to 2002.
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Applegate, Lynda M. "QuickenInsurance: The Race to Click and Close (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 803-071, November 2002. (Revised February 2003.)
- Web
Blog | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School
Down the House Prices: My Summer Internship with the Governor of Arizona Caleb Bradford 29 Aug 2019 Prior to HBS my career spanned a kaleidoscopic range of topics. I’ve hopscotched across different... Fast-Track to Better Outcomes:...
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- 13 Feb 2020
- News
Honoring a Legend
and then figure it out.” That boldness is what makes Nussey a Legend, says Kirschner. “Bill can do anything he wants, but he has elected to do something that will benefit all of mankind if his efforts succeed.” Arizona Alumni Networking...
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Margie Kelley
- February 1999 (Revised May 2002)
- Teaching Note
MicroAge, Inc.: Orchestrating the Information Technology Value Chain TN
Teaching Note for (9-398-068).
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- 20 Dec 2018
- News
Baker Library Webinar Features Resources for Alumni
farewell to Ambassador Lars Lose, who is moving back to Copenhagen to take over the position of Secretary of State. The HBS Club of Arizona celebrated the season with a party on December 8 at the Gainey Ranch Estate Club in Scottsdale. In...
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Margie Kelley
- 12 Jun 2017
- Blog Post
Doubts about Applying to HBS
I am a first generation Mexican-American born and raised in farming and immigrant communities in Arizona. I earned my undergraduate economics degree from Arizona State University. After graduating, I worked for Bank of America Merrill...
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- 29 May 2019
- News
HBS Career Coaches Hit the Road to Serve Alumni
Relations Director in CPD. “It used to be that once you graduated from HBS, your relationship to CPD ended. But now we offer lifelong career services to alumni. This roadshow is a way to engage alumni and remind them of all we offer.” The HBS Club of View Details
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Margie Kelley
- July 1997
- Teaching Note
Phelps Dodge Corporation (TN)
By: W. Carl Kester
Teaching Note for (9-295-132).
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- April 1995
- Case
Phelps Dodge Corporation
By: W. Carl Kester and Kendall Backstrand
A prolonged decline in copper prices prompts Phelps Dodge, one of the world's largest independent copper companies, to consider corporate diversification as a means of protecting itself from copper price volatility.
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Keywords:
Diversification;
Price;
Volatility;
Risk Management;
Mining Industry;
Arizona;
United States
Kester, W. Carl, and Kendall Backstrand. "Phelps Dodge Corporation." Harvard Business School Case 295-132, April 1995.