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Albert H. Gordon
Gordon, with the financial assistance of Stone and Webster, acquired the venerable investment firm in 1931 when it was on the brink of collapse. Gordon helped rebuild the firm by focusing on specific niche markets including utility...
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Finance
- 29 Oct 2000
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Building a Powerful Prestige Brand
Lauder, founded Estée Lauder Cosmetics. By the time she retired from public life in the mid-1990s, this company had become one of the largest cosmetics manufacturers in the world and was recognized as one of the leading players in the global View Details
- 31 Jan 2016
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Studios Back App, Hoping to Fill Cinema Seats
Backed by $50 million in capital from three movie studios, startup Atom Tickets is planning a nationwide launch this summer, reports the Wall Street Journal. Cofounded by Matthew Bakal (MBA 2004), Atom is entering a View Details
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Investing in Life Sciences - SIP Resources
Market research: BCC Research - Reports on major economic, scientific, and technological developments in industrial, pharmaceutical, and high technology worldwide. Frost & Sullivan - Reports and market...
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- 28 Jun 2004
- Research & Ideas
Microfinance: A Way Out for the Poor
to Chu, himself a Wall Street refugee with grounding in consulting and buy-outs, microfinance has "a double bottom-line." It brings above-average returns for first-movers who tap into what finance specialists see as a new...
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Ricardo De Armas
feminine-care products in Latin America," says Ricardo. "Then, in a senior position, I managed material and productions costs for our baby-care business. Finally, I was involved at the intersection of marketing and View Details
- 01 Jun 2011
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An Economy Undermined
anger, and shifting ideologies. Then, in 1982, the bull market in stocks began. It changed the way companies were managed. CEOs focused on getting the stock price up. There was a takeover movement, then junk bonds, and then leveraged...
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- 23 Mar 2015
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It’s Called ‘Price Coherence,’ and It’s Surprisingly Bad for Consumers
attract desirable customers. "On the face of it, price coherence seems good for consumers because they get a benefit for choosing the intermediary, and they pay no additional fee," says Benjamin G. Edelman, an associate professor at Harvard Business School in the...
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Carlos Reines
Carlos Co-founded RubiconMD and led its growth until its acquisition by Oak Street Health/ CVS. Originally from Spain, he’s passionate about leveraging technology to drive change in healthcare and improve patient lives. Prior to...
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- 01 Oct 1996
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No Bull — Nancy E. Havens-Hasty (MBA 1971)
When Nancy Havens-Hasty stepped onto Wall Street after graduating from HBS, her first account as a corporate finance associate was not one of Kidder Peabody's several computer company clients, despite her background as a physics major at...
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Linda Goodspeed
- 01 Sep 2013
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Faculty Books
must serve "the new invisible hand," powerful, pervasive markets that affect almost every decision leaders make. As a result, struggle has become a central, nagging issue. Badaracco recommends addressing this "good" struggle head-on by...
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- 01 Jun 2006
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The Baby Business
market. As an individual, you don’t want to stand out on a street corner and tap people on the shoulder and ask them if they’d like to donate their eggs or their sperm to you. You want an arm’s-length transaction. That creates a nice...
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- 08 Sep 2011
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What’s Apple’s Biggest Challenge: Replacing Steve or Wall Street?
will be a tough task." A second line of thought is, as Khurt Williams commented, "Apple's biggest threat is Wall Street fickleness and incessant focus on growth." Others felt that it is impossible to sort out whether the...
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FIELD Global Immersion Resources: Vietnam
Where can I find country, industry and market information and news about Vietnam? Industry and market research Passport Useful for: consumer-related industry reports across a variety of...
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FIELD Global Immersion Resources: Rwanda
Where can I find country, industry and market information and news about Rwanda? Country information and economic data Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU): Useful for: in-depth country information covering recent economic...
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FIELD Global Immersion Resources: Finland
Where can I find country, industry and market information and news about Findland to help me with FIELD Global Immersion? Industry and market research Passport Useful for: consumer-related industry...
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FIELD Global Immersion Resources: India
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- 01 Sep 2005
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Fixer Upper
Real estate broker Sharon Enloe Baum (MBA ’65) cruises the streets of Manhattan in a chauffeured black Rolls-Royce that sports the license plate SOLD 1. Actually, in terms of co-ops and houses, she’s sold a lot more than one during her...
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Book publishing industry
How can I find industry and market reports & statistics on book publishing? For Industry & Market Research: IBISWorld: Market research reports on the book publishing...
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- 10 Oct 2018
- Research & Ideas
The Legacy of Boaty McBoatface: Beware of Customers Who Vote
McBoatface. Overruling the public’s wishes, NERC named the craft after British naturalist Sir David Attenborough. The public was outraged; newspaper editorials decried the lack of democracy, and citizens protested the unfairness of it all on social media. So much for...
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