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- 16 Feb 2021
- Blog Post
The Rise of The Sixes: Interview with CEO and Founder Franci Girard
and is operationally sound.” On top of building out the business plan and managing manufacturing delays, one of the other challenges Girard faced as a new CEO was deciding what she was going to hire for and what she would do herself....
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- 24 Jul 2007
- First Look
First Look: July 24, 2007
Pincus Ventures. The buyout would rid the division of a "bad" parent and place the division's destiny in its own hands. A recently instituted restructuring plan seemed likely to improve profitability, but the turnaround was in...
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Martha Lagace
- Career Coach
Deborah Resnick
Deborah (HBS '06) has deep expertise in consulting (breaking into consulting, navigating a career in consulting, and breaking out!), complemented by a diverse set of operational and managerial experience across Fortune 500 companies and a private-equity backed natural...
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- 12 Apr 2016
- First Look
April 12, 2016
positions in Kodak's debt during the previous four years, GSO is now faced with a major decision. Under the company's recently proposed plan of reorganization, secured creditors were to be given 85% of the company's common stock, but...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 29 Mar 2016
- First Look
March 29, 2016
paper prices necessitated the development of a comprehensive financial plan to relieve the financial pressures on Stone. Among the alternatives to be considered are straight debt, convertible debt, and equity. Purchase this case:...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 09 Feb 2009
- Research & Ideas
Uncompromising Leadership in Tough Times
observed, "We know our limits and understand the law, but we tend to be very open with our employees, we communicate a lot." "They reassured us," said an account executive, "by calling it straight they informed us of their game View Details
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by Martha Lagace
- 27 Jun 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, June 27
Vladimir Putin in 2000. Berevosky's opposition to Putin's plans to restore the authority of the Russian state led to his exile in Britain, where he reinvented himself as an opponent of authoritarianism. Purchase this...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 28 Oct 2015
- Research & Ideas
A Dedication to Creation: India's Ad Man Ranjan Kapur
have to start thinking about how you influence the way consumers obtain information and get influenced. The third thing that has changed is around media buying. For a long time, ad agencies were compensated 15 percent of their media buys. There was a large media View Details
- 25 Sep 2012
- First Look
First Look: September 25
she plans for the next year and tries to manage a difficult board of directors in the challenging entertainment industry. Purchase this case:http://hbr.org/search/813043-PDF-ENG Lyric Dinner Theater (B) Richard G. Hamermesh and James M....
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Sean Silverthorne
- 21 Jan 2009
- First Look
First Look: January 21, 2009
focus of most panelists is the importance of a capital structure and risk management approach that complement the strategy and operations of the business. Instructive examples are provided by Judy Lewent, former CFO and head of strategic View Details
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Martha Lagace
- 26 Sep 2006
- First Look
First Look: September 26, 2006
Danner was about to make his first presentation to the board of directors of Codon Devices, a one-year-old biotechnology start-up based in Cambridge, Massachusetts. After a month as the company's CEO, Danner was prepared to lay out his strategic View Details
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Sean Silverthorne
- 12 Mar 2006
- Research & Ideas
Global Poverty Needs a Global Answer
revenue—to reduce global poverty substantially. It can only be done by profitable business. In 1997 the World Bank sent me to Kazakhstan to help the minister of planning think about the country's growth. At the same time I had an...
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by Cynthia Churchwell
- Web
Supplemental Financial Information - Annual Report 2017
increased by $2 million from the prior year to $75 million, reflecting planned expansion in these activities across the School. Debt Service HBS finances major capital projects with a mix of three sources of funding. The most important...
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- 01 Jun 2009
- News
Letters to the Editor
practical transit development. Now, BRT is “in,” with extensive applied and planned programs around the world. In the future I hope we can hold on to our good ideas longer and move forward with them, instead of always having to rediscover...
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- 27 Feb 2018
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, February 27, 2018
commercial and companion animals. The company has been growing rapidly and is considering whether or not to implement an enterprise resource planning (ERP) system. Ozark currently uses an IT system built and refined in house and, though...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 28 Aug 2017
- Research & Ideas
Should Industry Competitors Cooperate More to Solve World Problems?
Source: Cecilie_Arcurs George Serafeim has a startling suggestion to fix the world’s biggest environmental, social, and governance (ESG) problems such as water pollution, deforestation, and wealth inequality: encourage companies within industries to do less competing...
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- 08 Mar 2016
- First Look
March 8, 2016
about how companies could focus on “doing well by doing good,” and they jointly initiated four projects on which they could collaborate. Ahmed planned to leverage these projects to transform Fujitsu’s innovation culture by illustrating...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 21 Oct 2014
- First Look
First Look: October 21
their core differ in their approaches to identity (how they think about sustainability), strategy (how they plan for sustainability), and design (how they act toward sustainability). Advocating a holistic approach to these three...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 04 Nov 2008
- First Look
First Look: November 4, 2008
Fashionable Opportunity Harvard Business School Case 209-012 Roberto Charvel is a young MBA graduate making his first personal real estate investment in his native Mexico City. Charvel is planning to purchase and renovate a nine-unit...
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Martha Lagace
- 10 Oct 2007
- First Look
First Look: First Look: October 10
Case 407-050 Gianna Angelopoulous-Daskalaki led the bidding organization that secured the 2004 Olympics for Athens and then later the preparations for those Games. Tracks her leadership style and how she and her team won the bid. After substantial View Details
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Martha Lagace