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    Sanford I. Weill

    on strong execution and delivery of services, stock-based incentive compensation plans, and skillful blending of complimentary strengths and weaknesses, has helped to achieve his mission of building a brand name financial services... View Details
    Keywords: Finance

      Charles R. Walgreen III

      Rico, owned nearly 300 restaurants, most of which were adjacent to the drugstores, and manufactured over 400 Walgreens branded products. Walgreen’s became the first drug-store chain to earn revenues of a billion dollars. View Details
      Keywords: Retail
      • 31 Mar 2016
      • News

      What Lilly Pulitzer Learned About Marketing to Millennials

      Keywords: Clothing and Clothing Accessories Stores; Retail Trade
      • April 3, 2016
      • Guest Column

      The Power of C.E.O. Activism: How Politically Outspoken Executives Sway Public (and Consumer) Opinion

      By: Aaron K. Chatterji and Michael W. Toffel
      Some CEOs are making news by taking public stances on controversial social issues largely unrelated to their core business. This article summarizes the insights from our research paper that shows that such "CEO activism" can influence public opinion and consumer... View Details
      Keywords: Leadership & Corporate Accountability; Non-market Strategy; Corporate Social Responsibility; Politics; Political Influence; Political Strategy; Political Risk; Equity; Gender; Climate Change; Communication Strategy; Law; Leadership; Brands and Branding; Media; Problems and Challenges; Civil Society or Community; Social Issues; Public Opinion; United States; Georgia (state, US); North Carolina; Indiana; Indianapolis
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      • August 2011
      • Supplement

      An Interview with John Fahey, President and CEO of National Geographic Society

      By: David Garvin
      In January 2010, John Fahey, president, CEO, and chairman of the board of trustees' executive committee of the Washington, D.C.-based National Geographic Society (NGS), must decide how best to organize the 121-year old mission-driven organization for a world of... View Details
      Keywords: Transformation; Leadership Style; Business or Company Management; Brands and Branding; Problems and Challenges; Sales; Natural Environment; Business Strategy; Web Sites
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      • December 2010
      • Article

      Why You Aren't Buying Venezuelan Chocolate

      By: Rohit Deshpandé
      The article discusses the "provenance paradox," wherein consumers are unwilling to buy high-quality products from regions not commonly associated with excellence in certain product categories. Venezuelan chocolate maker Chocolates El Rey does little international... View Details
      Keywords: Geographic Location; Global Strategy; Globalized Markets and Industries; Brands and Branding; Marketing Strategy; Product Marketing; Emerging Markets; Food and Beverage Industry; Venezuela
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      Dr. Ahmed Heikal

      Dr. Ahmed Heikal, Chairman and Founder of Qalaa Holdings, explains how building businesses requires a skillset that involves accounting for external pressures, particularly in the context of emerging markets. View Details
      • 20 Nov 2019
      • Video

      Seema Aziz

      Seema Aziz, the founder of Sefam, the first high-quality fabric manufacturer in Pakistan, describes the way her employees have been taught to monitor quality and educate customers.

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        Nathan Cummings

        By 1966, Cummings had grown Consolidated Foods into the nation’s fastest growing food processor, with sales of $830 million. Cummings’ most significant acquisition was Sara Lee, which he purchased in 1956 and grew into the nation’s leading View Details
        Keywords: Food & Tobacco

          Lilian Simbaqueba

          Keywords: Microfinance
          • 04 Mar 2015
          • News

          How Harley-Davidson is Cruising in India

          Keywords: Transportation

            Jon Staff

            Consumer brand building - Mission/vision/values development and adherence - Co-founder and early stage team building - DTC marketing - Go-to-market strategies - Hospitality startups - Real estate businesses - Investor management -... View Details
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            Alumni-Authored Books | Baker Library

            Cost of the Iraq Conflict . Dennis, Steve: Remarkable Retail: Winning in the Age of Digital Disruption . Draper, Timothy (Tim). How to Be the Startup Hero: A Guide and Textbook for Entrepreneurs and Aspiring Entrepreneurs . VanAuken, Brad: The View Details
            • 22 Sep 2003
            • Research & Ideas

            When Protestors Knock at Your Door

            are, and often to differentiate among different groups—examining, for example, which are more reasonable, which might want to work with the firm, and so on. Then, it's useful to plot out lines of complete disagreement and possible compromise. Q: You cite transaction... View Details
            Keywords: by Cynthia Churchwell
            • 01 Jun 2015
            • News

            Alumni and Faculty Books for June 2015

            study of brand relationships outside of traditional areas by applying new theoretical frameworks and considering new contexts (online digital spaces, consumer collectives, global brands, luxury brands, and View Details
            • 26 Jul 2011
            • News

            An Entrepreneur of the Arts

            moved to the United States in 1993 and settled in Chicago. An early blooming entrepreneur, Efimova founded Russian Pointe, her first company, in 1998 while she was a junior in college. Russian Pointe, a brand of luxury ballet shoes, is a... View Details
            Keywords: ballet; Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Arts, Entertainment; Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management
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            Research Tools

            Which research tools do I have access to as an HBS affiliate? Qualtrics (HBS Faculty and Staff only) Qualtrics empowers users to capture... View Details

              John M. Hiebert

              In his years of leadership at Sterling, Hiebert consolidated the brand names of Bayer, Centaur-Caldwell and Chas into a single division that became increasingly profitable and also launched the environmentally conscious Zimmerman process,... View Details
              Keywords: Healthcare
              • 01 Sep 2008
              • News

              Alumni Books

              brands like Toyota, Nike, Sony, and Nestlé, Blackshaw shows managers and marketers how to establish and maintain credibility for their brand by being authentic, listening and responding to customers, and... View Details
              Keywords: Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services
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              Online Digital Marketing Strategy Course | HBS Online

              digital technologies and innovations introduced by direct-to-consumer (DTC) companies, their associated marketing risks and challenges, and how to reshape your marketing practices to compete with emerging brands. Highlights Nicholas Ling, Pattern View Details