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- 01 Dec 2017
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Global Perspectives
members across disciplines, noting the dynamic discussions that took place on topics ranging from supply chain management to social enterprises. Opportunities for faculty members to take a deep dive into the cultural, economic, political,... View Details
- 01 Jun 2015
- News
Alumni Take Action to Improve US Competitiveness
middle skills jobs,” Worrell says. “We focused our research on that gap and the failure in the talent supply chain that’s leading to that gap.” HBS alumnus Matt Sigelman (MBA 1999) also stepped up to help understand the talent gap. As CEO... View Details
- 01 Oct 2002
- News
Sam Hayes
drop in the price of the shares, which could hurt their annual performance bonuses. So you have a whole daisy chain of preoccupations that are short term in nature, created in part by the institutionalization of the market and the growth... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 01 Jun 2010
- News
Admit It: You’re in Denial
the line in order to retool his factories for its successor, the Model A. To make the change, he shut down production for months, at a cost of close to $250 million. This chain of events was disastrous for the company because it allowed... View Details
- 01 Feb 2001
- News
Books
three factors that differentiate growth strategies that succeed from those that fail. In Unchained Value: The New Logic of Digital Business, Internet expert Mary Cronin argues that corporations will fail at e-business as long as they continue to use the traditional... View Details
- 01 Mar 2010
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Eric Schiffer
Schiffer Illustration by Daniel Vasconcellos Founded in 1982, 99¢ Only Stores is the oldest single-price retail chain in the country, with 273 locations in California, Texas, Arizona, and Nevada offering a mix of food, beverage, and... View Details
- 29 Jul 2010
- News
Yes, You Can Raise Prices in a Downturn
- 01 Sep 2012
- News
On a Sound Track
that is relevant in Shanghai, Panama, South Africa, Europe, or wherever. The United States is one big market. Contrast that with Europe, where we have a central office, but where there are lots of different markets that require different strategies and investments. Our... View Details
- 19 Aug 2010
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Catchphrases, Mottos, and Cheers
PMD, it's OPM for me. Refrain: OPM (OPM), Harvard Square (Harvard Square). You'll learn with all the smartest teachers there. Come on down to Cambridge to spend a week or three. AMP, PMD, it's OPM for me. OPM 34. Wasabi! (from a case about a Japanese restaurant View Details
- 01 Dec 2017
- News
Yoga Inc.
chain YogaWorks went public in August, valued at about $40 million; and Wanderlust’s yoga-focused festivals have attracted major crowds and major sponsors. But the bigger the business of yoga gets, the further away it moves from its... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Halber
- 01 Jun 2014
- News
Screen Saver
1963 introduced moviegoers to the first US "multiplex" by renovating a theater to include two screens; in 1988, the company opened North America's first "megaplex," the AMC Grand 24 in Dallas, Texas, and pioneered stadium seating in 1995. The second-largest American... View Details
- 01 Jun 2010
- News
MBAs on a Mission
their supply chains in the developing world. I wanted to get involved in that.” During his year as a Leadership Fellow at the WWF, Murphy served as director of enterprise planning and got to know the organization well enough to make a... View Details
- 03 Mar 2020
- News
Can This Man Change the American Diet?
average American consuming 3.1 servings of meat daily, Muir (MBA 2004) realized that food was a place he could make a difference. In 2008 he started Clover Food Lab with the goal of making vegetables irresistible for people who love to eat meat. Now a View Details
Keywords: Agriculture
- 01 Mar 2018
- News
Making Sense of the Modern Startup
MBA course, in which he would combine then-emerging thinking at HBS about entrepreneurship with some new kinds of financial strategies he had been roughing out. Entrepreneurial Finance seemed like a logical name for the course. Almost nobody up the food View Details
Keywords: Jeffrey L. Cruikshank (PMD 51, 1986)
- 01 Jun 2009
- News
Dispatches from the Global Classroom
States, complete with fast-food chains and high-end malls. It’s a long way from our stay in the Zapotec villages. The companies we visit — Sealed Air, Femsa (Mexico’s largest beverage company), and ALFA — demonstrate the diversity and... View Details
- 01 Apr 2002
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Urban Evolution - HBS Research on the Inner City
forth." As it happens, a large grocery store chain recently moved into the neighborhood Crockett studied, and he hopes eventually to return to Milwaukee to document the impact the new facility is having on the community. "Clearly, having... View Details