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- 10 Jul 2014
- News
Harpoon Brewery CEO Steps Aside, Turns Stake over to Employees
- 25 Mar 2019
- News
Rent The Runway Joins the Unicorn Club
milestone, CEO Jennifer Hyman (MBA 2009), told Forbes that the company “has created a new consumer behavior of dynamic ownership and clothing rental has become an essential utility in our members’ lives.” Hyman goes on to say that RTR is... View Details
- 25 Jun 2014
- News
Giving millions of students a new path to learning
ownership over their own learning, and if they can pull information instead of having information pushed on them, they’re going to be OK in life.” (Published June 2014) View Details
- 01 Mar 2019
- News
3-Minute Briefing: Richard Edelman (MBA 1978)
Above: “Mainstream media is read by less than half of the people in the United States and Western Europe,” Edelman (MBA 1978) says. “The opportunity is to build your own communities, create your own content, and go direct to the end user.” (photo by Chris Sorensen) My... View Details
- 01 Oct 1996
- News
Working Behind the Scenes — Alan F. Horn (MBA 1971)
movie business. It was perspective he needed this past year, in particular, as Castle Rock, suffering through a string of financially disappointing pictures (including City Hall and even the critically acclaimed The Shawshank Redemption), sought new View Details
Keywords: Thomas Frick
- 31 Jul 2014
- News
Making Private Equity Public Knowledge
first tried to transition to private equity from consulting, looking for more ownership over his work. Because the consulting company he worked for wasn't targeted by private equity, he had to go out and sell himself. "Traditional... View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell
- 01 Dec 2015
- News
A Legacy of Support
breakfast with HBS fellowship recipients whom Robert and Myra sponsored, hoping to someday follow in his father’s footsteps as a student and then as a donor. Today, the Krafts work side by side in the family business—best known for its View Details
- 06 Dec 2021
- News
Truth Be Told
things, they can resolve it internally more quickly and in a more efficient way than if it goes to regulators. Although we don’t study this I think it could also empower employees to feel ownership of the company because they’re helping... View Details
- 01 Mar 2024
- News
Research Brief: The Real Cost of Countering China
explains. “It is likely that any import the US buys from another country has a similar share of Chinese ownership as it used to five years ago.” While the intent of these policies was to move away from China, they have backfired by... View Details
- 01 Mar 2010
- News
The Meaning of Ramadi
leader to shoulder blame rather than search for excuses. Everything that happens is ultimately the leader’s responsibility anyway, and promptly taking ownership of a difficult situation means that you can lead your team out of it that... View Details
- 01 Dec 1999
- News
The Message and the Media: Advertising's Brave New World
On the regulatory front, the Telecommunications Act of 1996 and a relaxation of restrictions on multiple ownership of media outlets are realigning and consolidating the power of media ownership. Lastly, in the economic arena, a wave of... View Details
Keywords: Peter K. Jacobs
- 17 Dec 2014
- News
The Sharing-Economy PR Stunt That Turned Into a Real Business
- 01 Sep 2004
- News
American Dream
Standing in a swirl of tourists that includes a gaggle of teenage girls, clusters of road-weary families, and a nun in full habit, Ted Hustead (OPM 30, 2001) appraises a mechanized Tyrannosaurus rex as it raises its enormous head, roars, and blows clouds of smoke from... View Details
- 01 Apr 2000
- News
Deep in the Heart of Texas
"for six billion and change," remembers Winslow. "He came to our club's event right before he bought the Dallas Mavericks. I remember sitting next to him and sharing my opinions with him about the ownership of the team. That's one of the... View Details
Keywords: Amy E. Dean
- 07 Sep 2016
- News
Appreciating the Big Role of Small Business
“Why isn’t anyone talking about Joe the Plumber in this presidential election?” Dean Nitin Nohria asks in a new opinion piece in the Wall Street Journal, in which he makes a case for the vital role of small business in the America’s economic landscape. In the article,... View Details
- 01 Dec 1999
- News
Water, Water Everywhere
both domestically and in emerging markets, looks favorable. "This is a business that has been primarily government-controlled without significant economies of scale," Mark said. "The ownership and operation of assets to improve operating... View Details
- 01 Apr 2000
- News
Porter's Paradox
in this country and abroad. With the proximity that clusters provide, companies can do things together without formal ownership or legal relationships. And this kind of flexibility opens up more possibilities for change and dynamism,... View Details
- 01 Sep 2008
- News
Alumni Books
Publishing) Horses for Courses: Adventures in Thoroughbred Racehorse Ownership by Dick Pollard (AMP 86, 1981) (Vantage Press) The Contrarian Edge for Football Offense by John T. Reed (MBA ’77) (John T. Reed) View Details
- 01 Mar 2009
- News
Gazprom Goes Global
pipelines in Ukraine, to Europe. Abdelal’s case examines the history of Gazprom, the recent return of the state to ownership (with 50.002 percent), and Gazprom’s strategy for becoming a global energy company, mainly through acquisition... View Details
- 01 Dec 2006
- News
Enron’s Legacy
recent poll by the Investor Responsibility Research Center, the average dollar value of stock held by directors of companies with stock ownership guidelines (only 20 percent of the sample!) was roughly $175,000 in 2004, although how that... View Details