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- 02 Oct 2000
- Research & Ideas
The Dubious Logic of Global Megamergers
expansion." In this excerpt, they detail seven such strategies that corporate leaders can pursue. Pick Up the Scraps. As Peter Drucker recently noted, for every megamerger or large acquisition, there are usually several spin-offs, divestments, or asset View Details
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by Pankaj Ghemawat & Fariborz Ghadar
- 01 Jan 2007
- News
A. Malachi Mixon, III, MBA 1968
development cycle used to be 24 months; it's now 12." Complementing this, he adds, is a knowledgeable sales force that fosters relationships with home-care providers, nursing homes, and medical equipment...
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- 08 Mar 2019
- Blog Post
“There’s no quick shortcut to success:” Zorpads takes off
in New York City working as a healthcare consultant, and Wiegele, who spends his days working in product marketing for Hot Wheels in Los Angeles, credit their partnerships for allowing them the freedom to explore the creative side of this growing business. They brought...
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- 25 Apr 2005
- Research & Ideas
New Learning at American Home Products
forced that company into bankruptcy. The acquisition further strengthened American Home Products's new animal health unit and its established prescription drug line. In 1987, predating the Robbins transaction and the View Details
- 01 Dec 2018
- News
Competencies and Credentials
Joseph Fuller (photo by Russ Campbell) Joseph Fuller (photo by Russ Campbell) American businesses can’t afford to ignore the reality: The nature of work is changing. If companies hope to hire and hold on to employees, they need to be ready to respond to the View Details
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Damali Brown
she applied and was accepted as a Fellow by Morgan Stanley, initiating a working relationship that began with a summer sales and training position and that led to five years of employment in various positions at the firm. Equated with...
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- 20 Dec 2016
- Research & Ideas
The 10 Most Popular 'Cold Call' Podcasts
Madam C.J. Walker helped invent what have become staples of our modern country and economy: national sales forces, corporate social responsibility, and, yes, even basic haircare. Orphaned at age 8, married at 14, and widowed at 20 with a...
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- 01 Mar 2007
- News
Courting the Poor
A BETTER MOUSETRAP: At a Magazine Luiza virtual showroom, sales staff use computers to help customers make their purchases. Photo COURTESY MAGAZINE LUIZA The inspiration for a new case can strike at any time. For HBS associate professor...
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- 23 Apr 2014
- HBS Case
Are Electronic Cigarettes a Public Good or Health Hazard?
and analysis," says Quelch. A Smoking Market Uncertainty over health data hasn't hurt the product's popularity. In 2013, electronic cigarettes tripled in sales in the US to approximately $3 billion. (The overall tobacco retail market...
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- 20 Mar 2007
- First Look
First Look: March 20, 2007
Working PapersIncorporating Price and Inventory Endogeneity in Firm-Level Sales Forecasting Authors:Saravanan Kesavan, Vishal Gaur, and Ananth Raman Abstract As numerous papers have argued, sales, inventory, and gross margin for a...
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Martha Lagace
- 06 Jan 2003
- What Do You Think?
China: The Next Big Market Opportunity or the Next Big Bubble?
Original Article It was recently announced in somewhat wondrous tones that new car sales in China this past year exceeded one million. Reports in BusinessWeek and Forbes trumpet the growth of China and the size and promise of Chinese...
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by James Heskett
- 05 Aug 2002
- What Do You Think?
Is Platform Leadership Old Hat or the Wave of the Future?
sale to Procter & Gamble. Platform leadership requires ingenuity, a strong customer franchise, a vision of the future, and substantial resources. It is not for everyone. But is it a goal that more and more organizations should strive...
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by James Heskett
- 01 Dec 2020
- News
Karmic Kickstart
up an advanced and highly aggressive cancer. Even with a hideous year of surgeries and chemotherapy, the best I could hope for was a 50 percent chance of surviving the next five years. I was forced into an abrupt fire View Details
- 01 Dec 2015
- News
Snapping Up Voters
Saliterman—a 33-year-old veteran of the Bush White House and Republican National Committee—promoted new tools that permitted campaigns to run ads for a select group of voters before YouTube videos. After moving to launch Snapchat’s first political advertising View Details
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Sasha Issenberg
- 01 Mar 2004
- News
Reforming Company Boards
or annually? I think it will go the other way. We will get to a point where some performance measures — like sales or orders — are reported daily. Many people argue that this will increase volatility. I suggest the opposite. Once the...
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Corporate Services
- 26 May 2003
- Research & Ideas
What Your Competition is Telling You
Competition keeps you hungry. It forces you to continually find new and more cost-effective solutions to business problems. Although there's nothing new in this insight, recent research suggests some often-overlooked ways in which...
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by David Stauffer
- Web
Turnarounds and Transformation - Course Catalog
digital transformation, sales force effectiveness programs), and common operational improvement levers (e.g., SG&A reduction programs, supply chain restructuring programs). These sessions will be led by...
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- 26 Jan 2017
- News
Finding a Path out of Poverty
Witwatersrand and then earned a master’s degree in finance from the University of Pretoria. From there he took on a series of positions in financial services, including head of trading, head of sales and marketing, and vice president,...
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Margie Kelley
- 01 Dec 2009
- News
Alumni Books
times. Rigby ex-plains how to craft an action plan tailored to the specific situation, providing tools for cutting costs intelligently, sustaining margins and the brand, boosting revenue by refocusing the sales View Details
- 01 Oct 2002
- News
Andrew H. Tisch
company focused on improving its sales force and restoring retailers' confidence in the quality of an expanded and more fashionable product line. After five years, Bulova was breaking even; when Tisch left...
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