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- 01 Dec 1999
- News
Q & A: Herb Kohl
the cracks. But for the most part, the money is spent in a legitimate way. We are always trying to do a better job, but we still have the best, most effective, most efficient government in the world. What are your proudest... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 24 Apr 2020
- News
Spreading the Love
Government Manufacturing Emergency Response Team (M-ERT) to determine what Lovepop could produce from among the list of PPE needed—N95 respirators, surgical masks, face shields, gowns, hoods, coveralls, and hospital beds—and to assist... View Details
- 01 Sep 2011
- News
The City Solution
Life Green Day Related Links What businesses can do to make a difference Takeaways: Preparing for the population boom Case study: Slum for sale Conference report: Investing in Cities of the 21st Century Making a Difference in the World -... View Details
- 01 Sep 2004
- News
Promise & Perils
the local level, and typically filled rural niches for consumer goods. At their peak in the early 1990s, an estimated 19 million TVEs operated across the country. By contrast, the SOEs were controlled by various government ministries at... View Details
- 01 Dec 2017
- News
Ask the Expert: Human Intelligence
Talla, which leverages AI to resolve low-level IT issues without the need for human support. That doesn’t immediately reduce costs for IT services, but it does drive employee productivity. And if you think about AI-enhanced sales or... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 01 Jan 2009
- News
Jorge Paulo Lemann, A.B. 1961; Carlos A. Sicupira, OPM 9, 1984; Marcel H. Telles, OPM 10, 1985
grown the concern into one of Brazil’s largest nonfood discount retailers with some 500 stores and a powerful Internet presence: Today, half of Lojas’s sales take place online. In 1993, Sicupira, Jorge Paulo Lemann, and Marcel Telles,... View Details
- 01 Dec 2004
- News
Finding a Balance
pirate by global pharmas that consider Cipla’s products a direct rip-off of patented drugs. From 1999 through 2002, Cipla enjoyed an average annual growth rate of 30.3 percent from the sale of more than 400 drugs, including generic... View Details
- 01 Dec 2003
- News
An Authentic Leader
my generation. It’s not about passing more laws. We need to have new leadership of our companies and the boards that govern them. I describe the kind of person we ought to have as an authentic leader who is genuine and trustworthy. What... View Details
- 01 Jun 2009
- News
Inside the Partnership
Weinberg this was an opportunity to go the other way and reach out to be helpful to the president, and he took it. In 1933 the president had him organizing the Business Advisory and Planning Council, through which corporate executives could present their views to the... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 01 Sep 2020
- News
Road Work
sales below pre-COVID levels, a figure that tracks closely with figures represented by small-business owners overall; yet only one in five of Camino’s members has received some form of government relief.... View Details
- 01 Feb 2013
- News
Growth Strategy Has Double Bottom Line
playbook, but it has cultivated an additional source of revenue: the sale of conservation easements. Lyme Timber buys pieces of land targeted by conservation groups such as the Nature Conservancy and the Trust for Public Land, which pay... View Details
- 01 Dec 2008
- News
Lesson from the Fall
both the movement of capital markets and gains in the price of competitors’ stock can provide executives with unearned windfalls for uncompetitive performance and promote unwarranted overconfidence. Awarding stock grants without restricting the amount and timing of... View Details
- 02 Sep 2018
- News
Havana Rising
requirement for operating in the country—sometimes requires creativity. A recent umbrella order took about three months to fill (“I guess there are no umbrellas in Cuba”), and even something as common as room upgrades requires oversight by View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell; photographed by Eve North
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
Leading a battle against corruption, a force that slows economic development
efforts are having a real impact, with fewer allegations of corruption appearing in the media. Companies with low anti-corruption efforts, while enjoying faster sales growth in corrupt markets, have lower profit margins and return on... View Details
- 01 Feb 1997
- News
Made, Not Born: HBS Courses and Entrepreneurial Management
of the most important things Bill taught is that the source of your funding is often more important than the terms and conditions of the agreement," says James A. Goldstein (MBA '94), founder and sales and marketing vice president of... View Details
- 01 Sep 2009
- News
Read All About It!
the 1930s, for example, per-person movie ticket sales were seven times higher than at the end of the 1990s. Fox Photos/Getty Images In the sweep of U.S. history, consumption had been a force for great change. Much of this change played... View Details
- 01 Jan 2003
- News
Daniel L. Vasella, M.D.
primarily based on a narrow definition of 'good business,'" says Vasella. "If you can improve the way medicine is practiced, I believe you will also make money." With sales up 21 percent to $5.7 billion in the first quarter of 2003,... View Details
- 01 Dec 2003
- News
Can Manufacturing Keep Its Edge?
Linda Katz (both MBA 1994) considered thirty different companies before buying Molded Dimensions, Inc., a manufacturer of rubber and polyurethane products located outside Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Since purchasing the company in April 2001, the Katzes have concentrated on... View Details
- 26 Feb 2020
- News
Phoenix Rising
community, see this new government as the now-or-never chance to finally set the country on solid footing. But Mitsotakis is clear that his goal is not growth at any cost, and it’s not just about business interests: To truly transform... View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint
- 01 Jun 2016
- News
Ink
there is only Box 3. But very quickly, you get into Box 1. Take Square. Its Box 3 opportunity was micromerchants who want to take credit cards but don’t generate enough sales to have an expensive, big credit card processing machine.... View Details