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- 22 Feb 2022
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Breaking News
part of what’s driving consolidation across the country,” Hansen Shapiro observes. The National Trust used a leveraged buyout to acquire the titles, which will continue with their mission under a new public benefit corporation that is owned and View Details
- 01 Feb 1997
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Doing It Your Way
company operation or process." "I think of intrapreneurship as an attitude or spirit that involves creating something new," she says. The General Motors Saturn and the Hewlett-Packard DeskWriter computer printer, for example, were both...
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- 29 Feb 2016
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How Joe Shoen Got U-Haul Back on Track
Dressed in black pants and a black U-Haul shirt, Joe Shoen, 66, is sitting in a conference room in the middle of a meeting. His cellphone buzzes. Brenda, a customer moving from Michigan to Florida, is furious about a U-Haul phone View Details
- 01 Dec 2014
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In My Humble Opinion: Vittorio Colao (MBA 1990)
daily basis, however, he is focused on operations and loves the energy of commercial challenges. “I am more of an execution-under-pressure type than a chess player,” he says. “I’ve seen too many strategies fail due to poor execution—and...
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- 01 Oct 2000
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Laura Scher of Working Assets
socially responsible Working Assets Money Market Fund. Working Assets Funding Service emerged from the fund entity in 1988 and now operates various enterprises, with telecommunications as its core service. The company purchases...
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Marguerite Rigoglioso
- 01 Jun 2010
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Michael Depatie
builds. We think that our distinctive competence is operating excellence and the way our people show up for our guests — which isn’t to say that the Hiltons and Marriotts aren’t trying to be good operators. But their niche is distribution...
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- 26 May 2016
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Sunil B. Mittal, OPM 27, 1999
Telecom 1992 Launches Bharti Cellular 1999 Completes OPM Program 2002 Bharti Airtel lists on Indian bourses through IPO 2004 Airtel becomes India’s largest mobile operator 2006 Launches Satya Bharti School Program to educate India’s rural...
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Susan Young
- 07 May 2020
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Ensuring Student Equity
learning programs, food and other basic resources, and health services for more than 1,200 children each week in this underserved community. “We had to rethink the operation of our food pantry. We had to develop learning materials that...
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Jennifer Gillespie
- 01 Dec 1996
- News
Laurel without Hardy? A Lesson for Business
less, attractive. Hardware and software are complements. So are hot dogs and mustard, cars and car loans, cable television and TV Guide, the Internet and high-capacity digital phone lines, catalogues and overnight delivery services - even...
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- 01 Mar 2004
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Job Hunting in a Tight Market: Strength in Numbers
job-hunting targets. If you are searching only in Los Angeles, for example, think of other geographic areas. If you are looking only in large public corporations, consider small or private companies or nonprofits. It takes an average of eight follow-up View Details
- 01 Jun 2014
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In My Humble Opinion: Jan Swartz (MBA 1996)
cruise-director cheeriness. "It's a 24/7 business, with ships sailing every day, everywhere in the world," Swartz says by phone from her office in Valencia, California. "Our ships are small cities." Time on the road: 10 days a month. "We...
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- 01 Sep 2004
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Inside Executive Search
leading companies in the relevant industry sectors, then works to identify the managers most responsible for the success of the relevant business. We want to learn why a prospect may be an appropriate candidate before making the first View Details
- 01 Mar 2013
- News
Making Change
finding allies in several HBS professors bolstered my confidence to take the leap. When I graduated, I had nothing but a business plan and the $3,000 pitch prize. Then came the $25,000 HBS fellowship in 2009. Today, we are a $3 million View Details
- 19 Oct 2011
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A Good Look
expected to reach $6.7 billion in sales in 2015.) “Everything we’re making is plant-based,” explains Levy in a phone interview from Kemin’s headquarters in Des Moines, Iowa. “FloraGLO Lutein is a natural antioxidant from marigold extract....
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- 30 Nov 2017
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Happy Meals (Are Here Again)
redefining the sector, and McDonald’s wasn’t keeping pace. MORE Growing from Within—Almost 90% of McDonald’s in the US are owned and operated by franchisees. Paulo Pena (MBA 2004) runs the rest. Hear from Kristy Cunningham on the all-day...
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- 15 Nov 2013
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Helping Bright Ideas Shine Again
companies I invest in." Laguë's own desire for active involvement is really what he calls his "entrepreneurship gene" kicking in. "I've always had a bent for the finance side, but I also like to play a strong role in building companies, putting teams together, and...
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Robert S. Benchley
- 01 Jun 2011
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All in Good Time
from home after leaving the corporate world in 2004. When her workload overwhelmed her, she got some friends involved. “I realized that there were many other people who had the same need for flexibility,” O’Kelly says in a phone interview...
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- 24 Mar 2022
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Well Said
honestly, saying my own phone number on the phone to someone who'd be asking. Figuring out you would say an “O” instead of a zero. And you would say it in a specific cadence. All of these things are, you...
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- 01 Apr 2000
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Award-Winning Article Urges Companies to Loosen Ties that Bind
One function builds relationships with customers, another develops products, and the third oversees the operational infrastructure. Even though these activities often conflict with each other, traditionally they have been bundled together...
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- 01 Mar 2006
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The Little Ice-Cream Company That Could
fateful day in 1977. “We started to chat, and the phone rang,” recalls Rogers. When Cook hung up, he had tears in his eyes. “I offered to excuse myself, but he said, ‘No, no, let me tell you what just happened.’ ” Wells Fargo Bank had...
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